Paperbabe Stamps April Release - Day 1

 

Hello everyone! Today is the first day of previews at Paperbabe Stamps, the DT are introducing new templates and stamps for April! And this new release is devoted to men this time! Kim has designed a versatile male face stamp set with layered eyes, separate lashes, ears, eyebrows, nose, and even stubble stamp - so everything to create the face you would like to see!

And of course, there are male templates too with three different hairstyles! 

Today's stamp set and templates are Standard Size - here is what I have created, about 9x12" piece:)

Stamps: Paperbabe Stamps Male Face Standard Stamp Set

Template: Paperbabe Stamps Male Face Template (Side Swept Bangs)

Colouring: Acrylic Paint, Markers and Ink mostly (plus a bit of Polychromos, Posca and Neocolor II) on Canson Fontenay CP

I challenged myself to use only (mostly) acrylics this time - scary for me especially when working big! I traced around my hair template, then aroud the face and neck templates in pencil. I coloured the skin tones in acrylic paint, then stamped the face details. I coloured them and shaded in Polychromos. I then did most of the background and went back to finish my man. The hair was done using mostly acrylic markers and the shirt is acrylic paint with Posca.

To see amazing inspiration, please visit my teamies on the Paperbabe Stamps Blog HERE! I'll see you tomorrow for another make, a bit smaller this time! Thank you very much for your visit, have a great day! Hugs,

Delphine xx

Paperbabe Stamps December Release Day 2

Hello everyone! It is Day 2 of the December Release sneak peeks at Paperbabe Stamps and today the DT are showcasing the Mixed Media Herringbone Stencil and the Winter Fairy Wing Template.

Stamps: Paperbabe Stamps Mini Profile Face stamp set

Templates: Paperbabe Stamps Mini Head Neck & Torso, Long& Fringe Hair and Winter Fairy Wing Templates

Stencil: Paperbabe Stamps Herringbone Stencil

Colouring: Acrylic Paint, Zig and Tombow Watercolour Markers, Neocolor II on Arches wtc HP paper

Other: Versafine, Versamark, Embossing Powder, Pitt gold pen, Posca White pen

I had great fun creating that piece and used a bit of everything on it as you can see from my long list above! 

All the new items will be available in the shop on Saturday 19th December!

Thank you very much for your visit, please stop by the Paperbabe Stamps Blog to see what my teamies have created! Hugs,

Delphine xx

Paperbabe Stamps New Release Day 2

Hello everyone! Today is Day 2 of our new release at Paperbabe Stamps and today it is all about Quotes :) Kim is releasing gorgeous art quotes in red rubber in different beautiful fonts :) They are perfect for cards, by themselves or with a character, on art journal pages or in mixed media pieces - lots of possibilities!!! I really enjoyed creating this card and just had to use this quote about art...

Stamps: Paperbabe Stamps Art quote 

Colouring: Neocolor II, Distress Paints, ink pads

Other: Kesi 'Art splatter stencil

I did the coloured background first using mostly Neocolor IIs. Then, to create the heart form, I cut a heart in a piece of acetate and then used the negative form as a mask for my background. I used a splatter stencil to create splatters with inks inside my heart. 

Challenge I am entering:

Take It Make It - Anything goes (#2)

Thank you very much for your visit, have a lovely day! Hugs,

Delphine xx

Paperbabe Stamps Class with Kim :) Dream Come True!!

Hello everyone! As some of you are aware, I travelled to England last weekend to attend the awesome Kim's (Paperbabe Stamps) Mixed Media class!! It was a dream for me to go there and I had the best time ever!! I am still on cloud 9 thinking of the time I had! I met lovely, lovely ladies (hey there ;)!!!) and Kim is the sweetest, best teacher you can find! 

The aim of the class was to make a gorgeous portrait and to do so, we used Paperbabe Stamps Templates and Stamps and different media.

Here is my little BIG workspace with all the best stuff to create with :)

I took a picture of my work in progress - sorry, my phone does not take the best pictures!!

And just for the record for myself, a picture of my delicious English lunch hehe;)

After lunch, we continued working on our portraits and you can see below what we did (sorry for the bad pic!)!

I had not completely finished when we took the photo (I may be a little bit slow... and I always have to come back and add details!!), so worked on my piece afterwards, added more colours to the face, highlights and blush, painted the edges of the block and here it is all finished, on my French desk :)...

I have to say that I am very excited and happy with what I managed to do all thanks to Kim!!!

Paperbabe Stamps Products used to create my portrait:

Profile Face Stamp Set

Profile Face Template - Curly Fringe

Profile Face Template - Head & Torso

Challenges I am entering:

Take It Make It Challenge - Take A Stamp Anything Goes (please feel free to delete my entry if class make cannot be entered, all the merit going to Kim!!)

I still can't believe how lucky I have been to be there and how much I have learnt in one day! And I can't wait to do more!!! 

Huge thanks to Kim for everything and all the wonderful memories!! Hugs,

Delphine xx

Paperbabe Stamps Challenge #11 - Anything Goes!

Hello everyone! There's a new challenge at Paperbabe Stamps and it's an esay one - ANYTHING GOES! We would love to see your Paperbabe stamps but you are welcome to use any stamps you like! 

I couldn't resist doing another mixed media portrait with the Doll Face Mini Stamp Set and Mixed Media Templates ;)!!

Stamps: Paperbabe Stamps Doll Face Mini Stamp Set

Other: Paperbabe Stamps Mini Portrait Face Mixed Media Template

Colouring: Neocolor II, Polychromos and Acrylic Paint on Arches HP

I used several stamps from the Doll Face Mini Stamp Set - the eyes, the nose, and the mouth. In pencil, I traced the shape of the head, the neck and shoulders and general shape of the hair using my Mini Portrait Face Mixed Media Template. I coloured everything in Neocolor II, then went back on the face in Polychromos and added acrylic Paint to my pink background.

Challenges I am entering:

Take It Make It - Take A Stamp ( I used 4 for the face)

I hope you can join us at Paperbabe Stamps - you have almost 2 weeks to enter! Thank you very much for your visit, have a lovely day! Hugs,

Delphine xx

Paperbabe Stamps Previews Day 3

Hello everyone! Today is the final day of previews at Paperbabe Stamps and all the new stamps are templates are now available in the store!! YAY!! Today we are showcasing a super cute digi, Mayleedee In Wonderland!

Digi: Paperbabe Stamps Mayleedee In Wonderland

Colouring: Copics on Make It Colour Blending Card

Other: Neocolor II and Distress Ink on Montval wtc paper, stencil, stickers

I coloured Mayleedee In Wonderland in Copics on Make It Colour Blending Card then cut her out. For the background, I first put a layer of Neocolor II on watercolour paper, then used a stencil with Distress Ink for the circles. I faintly stamped some text in white ink and added Doodlebug stickers with a touch of white gel pen.

Copics I used for Mayleedee:

Skin: E000, 00, 01, 13, 71

Hair: E50, 51, 53, 55

Blue: B00, 02, 16, 37

White: W0, 1, 3, 5

Challenges I am entering:

Simply Papercraft - Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday - Clean And Simple

Simon Says Stamp - Clean And Simple

Whimsy Stamps - Colour An Image

Don't forget to visit my teamies for gorgeous inspiration and to leave a comment on the Paperbabe Stamps Blog for a chance to win the digi! 

Thank you very much for your visit, have a lovely day! Hugs,

Delphine xx

Paperbabe Stamps New Release Day 2

Hello everyone - again ;)! I'm back to share my DT make for Paperbabe Stamps with the new release that will be available in the shop tomorrow. We are previewing another awesome stamp set today which is presented on the BLOG HERE, the Profile Face which comes with all the stamps you need to make a profile face and which I'm in love with too!!! AND to help us with the rest of your image, there are fantastic templates being released too - and again I'm in love! You can use your stamps and templates for "regular" sized cards with your favourite medium, or you can use them to make bigger pieces... as I did today, for the first time and I have to say I am pretty excited about it :)

Stamps: Paperbabe Stamps Profile Face

Colouring: Neocolor II and Polychromos on Canson Fontenay CP

Other: Paperbabe Stamps Head & Torso Template and Wavy Hair Template

I used the Head & Torso template to trace the head, then put the outline of the face, the eye and the lip on the template to align the stamps as I wanted, grabbed them with an acrylic bloc then stamped in a light blue ink (Adirondack cloudy blue, that's all I had). I then took the Wavy Hair template and drew around it in pencil to have the general shape of the hair, then did the same to add the neck and torso. 

I coloured everything in Neocolor II, then did the hair in Polychromos, then decided to go back on the skin in pencil too. And voilà ;)

The whole piece was done on a 24x32 watercolour sheet - a scary size for me, but I'm really happy I tried! I really hope you'll give a go at these face stamps and templates, they are going to change your life ;)!!!

Don't forget to stop by the Paperbabe Stamps blog to see gorgeous inspiration and more of what you can do with your stamps and templates!

Thank you very much for your visit, have a lovely day! Hug,

Delphine xx

Paperbabe Stamps New Release - Day 1

Hello everyone! Today is the first preview day of Paperbabe Stamps new release, and let me tell you, it's a fantastic one!!! Kim shared sneaked peeks of everything that is coming here, and today we are showing you the Mini Doll Face stamp set which contains all the little stamps you need to make a face - and there are templates too that you can use to draw the shape of the head, shoulders and hair too and which are just brilliant! The perfect addition to your collection to have fun creating faces! I am totally in LOVE!!! Here is what I did  for today:

Stamps: Paperbabe Stamps Mini Doll Face stamp set, A Lot Like Christmas set and templates

Colouring: Neocolor II, acrylic paint and markers on Canson Montval

Other: Stencil

To do my face, I selected the stamps I wanted to use from the Mini Doll Face set - because the set includes a lot of different possibilities - and placed them on the face template to position them, then grabbed them with an acrylic block. On my watercolour paper, I traced the outline of the face in pencil, then stamped my face. I painted the hair without a template, but there is also one if you prefer to use a template. I really wanted to try my face in a mixed media style although I have never coloured a face that way, but I had so much fun doing it! I used Neocolor II and a bit of acrylic paint. For the hair, I used acrylic markers and the background is Neocolor II. At last, I added the text which is the Paperbabe Stamps A Lot Like Christmas  text in white ink and added details with a stencil, and voilà! 

Challenges I am entering:

Take It Make It - Colour (#3)

Addicted To Stamps And More - Anything Goes

Don't forget to stop by the Paperbabe Stamps blog to discover all the possibilities behind these stamps and templates! Thank you very much for your visit, see you tomorrow! Hugs,

Delphine xx

Without Words Girly Birthdays

Hello everyone! Today is the start of a new monthly challenge at Without Words and this time our theme is "Femme Fatale: Girly Birthdays"! Girls, Birthdays, easy ;) We are sponsored by Quixotic Paperie (YAY!!) offering a Gift Voucher to the lucky winner! You can find all your favourite brands of stamps - including the latest Greeting Farm stamps such as the one on my card :)

Bonjour à tous! Nouveau challenge chez Without Words "Anniversaires au féminin", sponsorisé par Quixotic Paperie (youpi!!) qui offre un bon d'achat pour la boutique! Vous trouverez vos marques de tampons préférées - entre autres les derniers tampons Greeting Farm, comme sur ma carte :)

I have done an ATC, put on a little card blank... easier to take the photo ;)

J'ai fait une ATC, placée sur un fond de carte... plus simple pour prendre la photo ;)

Stamp: The Greeting Farm Up Up Bean

Colouring: Polychromos, Neocolor II, Acrylic Paint on Daler Rowney Mixed Media ATC

Dies: CC Designs

You can see my teamies' gorgeous Birthday Inspiration HERE! Thank you very much for your visit, have a lovely day! 

Vous pouvez voir les superbes cartes de mes collègues sur le blog Without Words! Merci de votre visite et bonne journée! Bisous,

Hugs

Delphine xx

Make It Crafty Scene in no line and pencils...

Hello everyone! Not long ago, on Facebook, a challenge was set by Melanie to colour a Make It Crafty scene in Zoe's no line technique. I have already done a few images using the no line technique, not many and no scenes, and I thought I would push the already difficult challenge a little further and do it in pencils. GREAT FUN!!! I took my image and my pencils with me on holiday - and well... here is the result!

The two images combined for the scene are the beautiful Pipi Faye and the Whimsical Flowers background. I started by colouring the background using Aquatones and Neocolor IIs with water and then coloured the characters, flowers and details with my Polychromos. I added two Make It Crafty Corners and that was it!

Images:  Make It Crafty Pipi Faye, Make It Crafty Whimsical Flowers digi

Colouring: Aquatone, Neocolor II, Polychromos on Langton

Other: MIC Chipboard

I will keep practising and hope to do more no line very soon, it is really a fun technique! Have you tried it ;)?
Hugs
Delphine xx

Tilda's Town #63 - Summer Scene

Hello everyone! It's Friday, so time for a new challenge at Tilda's Town! This week, the theme is "Summer Scene" and you can win a $10 Gift Certificate to Tilda's Town!

 Tilda's Town is a most magical shop specializing in Magnolia Stamps. Over 1,100 stamps in stock at all times. Tilda's Town offers FREE worldwide shipping on every order, every day. You can also save up to an additional 20% on your purchase by using one of the famous coupon codes. Shop at www.tildastown.com and live the magic.

Here is my Summer Scene, inspired by last month's MiC Facebook challenge about sunsets... I did a tutorial on a kind of sunset and really wanted to try other sunsets, a bit differently, and including this time a bit of purple and blue as in Zoe's magic sunset she shared on FB.

Stamps: Magnolia Flip Flop Tilda, Magnolia Romantic Sunset, Hero Arts sentiment

Colouring: Neocolor II (background) on Canson Montval and Copics (Tilda) on Make It Colour Blending Card

Embellishments: Make It Crafty Delicate Corners 

Copics used on Tilda:

Skin: E000, 00, 11, 23

Hair: E49, 55, 59

Flowers: G99, R00, 22, 24, YG03, 63

Outfit: R00, 22, 24, Y11, YG93, 95, 97
 

Challenges I am entering: 

Crafty Creations - Summer

Divas By Design - Anything Goes (#2)
Stamping Sensations - Summer Colours and/ or Sketch
Crafts And Me - Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday - Beside the Seaside

Thank you very much for your visit, have a lovely day!
Hugs
Delphine xx

Tiddly Inks DT Call:)

Hello everyone! As you probably know by now, Tiddly Inks is having a DT call, so if you like Christy Croll's images, now is the time:)! I saw the both exciting and scary DT call just before leaving on holiday and I have had it on my mind since then... I love colouring Tiddly Inks images so much, I thought I would forget about the fear and keep only the exciting part in mind and apply.

Bonjour à tous! Comme vous le savez peut-être, Tiddly Inks a lancé un appel à DT, alors si vous aimez les images de Christy Croll, c'est le moment! J'ai vu ça juste avant de partir en vacances et je n'ai pas arrêté d'y penser, j'aime trop ces images... alors, on oublie sa peur, et on y va!

I could not really decide on ONE favourite character - I love the Wryn range and I also love the  Victorian/ Steampunk images that were part of a joint release with Make It Crafty two years ago. So I made 2 cards. Here is my first project...

Impossible de choisir UN personnage préféré - j'adore toute la gamme des Wryn et j'aime aussi beaucoup les images Victoriennes qui étaient sorties lors d'une sortie combinée Make It Crafty/ Tiddly Inks il y a deux ans. Voici ma carte avec l'une d'elle...

Images and stamps: Tiddly Inks Owlette (and her tree) (digis), Tiddly Inks Grow Old Friends (clear stamp set)

Colouring: Aquatone, Neocolor II, Acrylic Paint and Copics on Canson Montval

Other: Pearls

I used the digis to make my scene, creating a background with the tree in different sizes, then I printed my scene and added the sentiment from my stamp set. The background was first watercoloured using Aquatone and Neocolor IIs, then I added acrylic paint to the leaves, and I coloured Owlette in Copics. 

J'ai utilisé les digis pour créer ma scène, le fond est fait avec l'arbre fourni, puis j'ai imprimé et j'ai ajouté le sentiment qui vient du set de tampons avec ce même personnage. Pour le fond, Aquatone, Neocolor II, puis peinture acrylique sur le feuillage - Owlette, elle, est colorisée aux Copic.

Now to Wryn :)...

Passons à Wryn, cette fois-ci :)... 

 

 Images and stamps: Tiddly Inks Winter Wryn, Make It Crafty Christmas Town, Personal Impressions sentiment

Colouring: Tombows and Copics on Canson Montval

Other: Stardust Stickles

I coloured my background with Tombows (only used a little bit of acrylic paint for the snowflakes) and Winter Wryn is coloured with Copics and mounted onto foam squares - simple.

Le fond est colorié avec mes feutres Tombow (plus un peu de peinture acrylique blanche pour les flocons de neige), et Winter Wryn est coloriée avec mes Copic et montée sur mousse 3D. 

I'll keep my fingers crossed, but whatever happens, I have really enjoyed creating these projects and will be creating more! Thank you very much for your visit! 

Je croise les doigts, quoi qu'il arrive, j'ai pris beaucoup de plaisir à créer ces projets et vous en verrez d'autres! Merci de votre visite et à bientôt!

Hugs

Delphine xx

No DPs - such a joy ;)

Hello everyone! It's Friday which marks the start of a new challenge at A Creative Romance, and it is one I like very much and that is meant for me lol - No DPs! There is a fantastic prize to win, a selection of rubber stamps from Little Darlings!

My card is also a bit special, it is my take on a challenge for fun that took place in the Little Miss Muffet group on Facebook which was to colour a Little Miss Muffet cutie in pencil - here is mine!

Stamps: Little Miss Muffet Jr Hatter Lilith, Make It Crafty Whimsy Toadstools, CC Designs Birdie Day (sentiment)

Colouring: Aquatone, Neocolor II, Polychromos on Langton

Other: heart button

Isn't Jr Hatter Lilith super cute? I just love her! I merged her with the Make It Crafty Whimsy Toadstools background in Microsoft Word, and I coloured the background with Aquatones and Neocolor IIs (and water). For all the details and for Lilith, I used my Polychromos. 

Challenges I am entering: 

The Paper Shelter - Clean And Simple

Addicted To Stamps and More - CAS

We hope you will play with us at A Creative Romance and if "No DPs" scares you, take a look at my teamies' gorgeous inspiration - they rock!!  Thank you very much for your visit, have a lovely day! 

Hugs

Delphine xx

CANDY time and MIC inspiration!

Hello everyone! I'm not really here (holiday time!) but sharing a very summery card today (and MORE if you make it to the end of the post;)... Here is a card featuring my all time favourite background (again!) and a beautiful girl:)...

Bonjour à tous! Je suis là sans vraiment y être (vacances...) pour partager une carte très estivale (et PLUS ENCORE si vous lisez le message jusqu'au bout;)...

I stamped Hula Girl then masked her to add my background - The Beach. I coloured the background using Aquatone and Neocolor II "pencils" with water, then I coloured Hula Girl with Polychromos only. The sentiment I added is by CC Designs from the Summer Sentiments set. 

J'ai tamponné Hula Girl puis je l'ai masquée pour ajouter mon fond - The Beach. J'ai colorié le fond avec mes Aquatone et Neocolor II, et Hula Girl avec mes Polychromos. Le sentiment vient du set CC Designs Summer Sentiments.

Very simple, but I REALLY enjoy making this kind of cards focussing on the image and spending my time colouring!

Make It Crafty Products used/ Produits Make It Crafty utilisés

The Beach (also available as rubber from Quixotic Paperie HERE)

Hula Girl  (also available HERE as rubber stamp) 

AND... last but not least... if you love these stamps as much as I do, well here is your chance to win some candy...

Et enfin... si vous aimez ces tampons autant que moi, voilà votre chance de les gagner! 

Candy includes Make It Crafty The Beach and Hula Girl rubber stamps (and you can have my card if you like, but that's not very interesting!) 

A gagner: Tampons caoutchouc The Beach et Hula Girl de Make It Crafty (et vous pourrez avoir ma carte si vous voulez, mais cela n'est pas très intéressant!)

What should you do if you want to try and win?

Que faire pour jouer?

1. Be a follower of my blog (old or new)

2. Post the picture above in your sidebar with a link to this post

3. Leave a comment on this post (and don't panic if comments don't show immediately - I'm on holiday!!!)

1. Etre membre de mon blog (ancien ou nouveau)

2. Publier la photo ci-dessus dans votre sidebar avec un lien vers ce message

3. Laisser un commentaire au bas de ce message (pas de panique si cela n'apparaît pas tout de suite, je suis en vacances!!!)

You have until August 3rd midnight GMT to enter! Good luck!

Vous avez jusqu'au 3 août minuit GMT pour participer! Bonne chance! Bisous,

ETA: Candy now closed, I'll draw a winner shortly:)

Hugs

Delphine xx

CC Designs Review Day - EXTRA CAS...

Hello everyone! Today is review day at CC Designs and the DT are showcasing Christine's stamps. I picked the adorable Pinwheel Birgitta and decided to go even simpler than usual and to listen to my urge to colour only - so, recipe for my make: one stamp!

Stamp: CC Designs Pinwheel Birgitta

Colouring: Aquatone, Neocolor II, Copics, on Canson

I told you - extra simple, but I hope you like it!
Thank you very much for your visit, have a lovely day!
Hugs
Delphine xx

Fairy Happy Day with Quixotic Paperie:)

Hello everyone! I'm back today with a card I made for Quixotic Paperie and I couldn't resist using another Tiddly Inks clear stamp set - I just love these stamps, love colouring them so much! For today, I have chosen one the gorgeous new fairies, Fairy Happy Day:)

I stamped Fairy Happy Day on watercolour paper to colour her with different sorts of pencils, both watercolour and dry. I used Neocolor II and Aquatone with water mostly for the background, and Polychromos and Luminance pencils for the fairy and details. The flower is from another Tiddly Inks clear stamp set - Harmony At Home. I watercoloured it to match the flowers in my image, cut it out and put it on foam.

Challenges I am entering: 

Color Me Creative - Colors of Summer

Di's Digis - Summer Fun

Stampin' For The Weekend - Anything Goes

Thank you very much for your visit, have a lovely Sunday!

Hugs

Delphine xx

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