Paperbabe Stamps Challenge ~ 'Embrace Your Dark Side'

Which is what I wanted to put on my card front but there simply wasn't the room...

Hello everyone!!!

Hope you're keeping well and safe...

We have a new challenge up on the Paperbabe Stamps blog today,

I was completely inspired by this wonderful artist... Ling Song

It's a simple stamping, and I used pencil, biro and black fine liner to add shadow and depth.  I've added bat wings, but I'm not sure if it's become too fussy with them, I've also added long finger nails to her dinky hands as well as a few drips, but all the spider webs have been drawn free hand.

The eyeball was a fun combination of the large circle in the standard set and the iris and pupil ffrom the mini set. It was quite fun to doodle away on this sitting with the kiddies in the evening.

Thank you so much for stopping by

enjoy a wonderfully creative weekend

HuGs Kim x

Paperbabe Stamps Mid-challenge Reminder...

Hello everyone!!!

Hope you're having a lovely week,

There is still plenty of time to take part in our current Sketch challenge...

and I'm sharing my project for a mid challenge inspiration...

So I've created a Halloween inspired card, it's been ages since I've made a 'card' seems strange lol.

Check out the vintage pattern papers, a Pink Paislee, called bayberry cottage, possibly discontinued now.

I started by creating my witch using the dinky face with the torso template and the fringe part from the loose plait hair templates

I added a witches hat and bat wings from two different digi's and sized them to coordinate. These represent the three elements from the sketch lol.

She has been coloured with copics, definitely found my love for these pens again... I went for a grey tone for her skin, with a little sparkle in her witchy eyes.

BV 23,25,29/N0,1,2,3/R00,85/G000/100

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You can find all the details of the challenge and how to enter HERE.

Thanks for stopping by today,

Enjoy a wonderfully creative spooky weekend!

HuGs Kim x

Paperbabe Stamps Challenge #59 ~ Scare Me

Good morning, we have a new challenge on the Paperbabe Stamps blog today, it's a fun scre theme.

I had lots of fun creating this mixed media witch,

Chatting with my daughter Maoleidigh we decided that a witch in a mirror would be much more fitting than in a coffin shape etc so I used an ornate frame and doodled along the edges to give a gold frame effect.

The background was created with neocolors, I didn't think the colours would be so vibrant.

I used the mini Head & torso with loose plait and female face to create my witch. The roses and spider web were from the standard and mini sugar skull sets combined, it was great to have two sizes.

For the witches hat I have created the brim to be dimensional,

I've finished off with a magic bottle, I've heat embossed the bottle and label onto vellum, the bottle itself was on some blue vellum I've had in my stash for many many years and the smoke flume I coloured the back of frosted vellum with distress oxide.

I've put together a slideshow of the steps, it's not easy to create videos at the moment as viewers coming to the house I feel I always have to put the equipment away... not fun, but a few pics should help.

Thanks for stopping by enjoy a wonderfully creative weekend

HuGs Kim x

Paperbabe Stamps Challenge #45 ~ Spooky

We have a new challenge on the blog today and the theme is spooky...

I didn't think mine was too spooky, I've created a day of the dead girl this week, using a the female face mini along with the Sugar Skull mini stamp set.

I opted for the Central Wavy Parting hairstyle with the Head & Torso templates. Her top was created using the dots from Pop Dots stamp set.

So I am an advocate of always trying new techniques and styles, I wanted to use coloured pencils without blending like I usually do, very rough texture, and I'm screaming to get a blending stump and more layers of pencil on it.

Her eyes are coloured with copics as well as the background and I've used grey ink for all the stamping.

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Thank you very much for stopping by.

Enjoy a wonderfully Spooky weekend!

HuGs Kim x

Paperbabe Stamps Challenge ~ Frankie Doll

Good Morning wonderful people, I hope you are well, it has been a while, home life is pretty busy right now but I certainly found a bit of time to make something for the next challenge on the Paperbabe stamps blog, today...

It's an anything goes and I went a little Halloween crazy and created my very own Frankie Doll lol!

So, I started off by spritzing the canvas background with some scrumptious dylusions spray inks, yum! 

I drew around my fabulous mini mixed media templates;

First the flick and fringe hair, I then mixed it up a bit and borrowed the fringe from the short and fringe templates, I love how easy it is to change.

Next was simply drawing the head and torso, I opted for the slim head shape, it's still my go to shape.

I painted the skin first, in a mix of green acrylics this could definitely be used for other spooky characters like a witch, zombie, I can't wait to get messy trying other multi coloured skin girlies!

I stamped her facial features using the mini doll face set, I opted for different coloured eyes(of course).

So, I painted gesso on some old old book pages, which I used to create the hand using the mini hand template and the same green paints as the skin. I also used this same paper for her stripy dress.

 The Best Version quote sentiment stamp, I thought very fitting, rotfl! I heat embossed in orange embossing powder on tissue paper but it didn't quite disappear on the black stripes, shame.

Then it was just a matter of adding all those special finishing touches, like her stitching, the needle and thread in her hand and of course the very important neck bolts for receiving extra energy!!!(think I could do with some)

Well, I thought I would enter my mixed media piece to these current challenges, I was so pleased to discover these, it took some searching out, it's great to see the mixed media creativity growing!

Kim Dellow ~ Show your face

Mixed Media Monthly Challenge ~ Word Search (Orange & Purple)

Mixed Media Mojo ~ Halloween

Anything but cute challenge ~ 31 days of Halloween

Decoart Mixed media blog ~ Haunts Challenge

Altered Eclectics ~ Anything Goes

The Mirror crack'd ~ Tic Tac Halloween

That Craft Place ~ Mixed Media Anything Goes

There is also still plenty of time to enter our Design Team call, just click the picture to take you to all the details.

The entries so far have been wonderful, thank you!

Thanks for stopping by, we have a new release coming next week, 

so see you then!

Enjoy a wonderfully creative day!

Hugs Kim x

Paperbabe Stamps Red Rubber Cling Stamps.

I'm introducing the new red rubber character stamps over at Paperbabe Stamps today... and here's my sample...

I've been noticing quite a few designers creating cards with a partial die cutting technique, although I don't have co-ordinating die's I simply cut the frame first then went in with my scissors to trim a border around my image.

Pretty pleased with the result.

I opted to use Mayleedee Witchily for my sample... I've coloured her a bit more wizard than witch. The sentiment has been heat embossed onto vellum and die cut. I've used clear dimensional adhesive behind the gems and letters.

Here's the selection of copic colours I've used. The orange background I airbrushed with copics then used my old stamp cumulus background and stamped over the orange in grey ink.

White hair certainly has it's challenges it was very close to it becoming grey, lol.

Challenges I am entering:

Copic Marker Europe - Challenge 32 ~ Anything goes

Craft room: Something old, something new(old cloud background stamp & new red rubber character stamp)

Penny Black And More - Anything Goes

Cute card Thursday 336 - anything goes

Card and scrap 81: everything is allowed
Let's craft and create 96: anything goes

Craft Creations - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by enjoy a wonderfully creative day!!!

HuGs Kim x

It's Been a While... No time to Blog Just CREATE!!!

Guess who's a guest tutorial author on Splitcoast Stampers..... 

I Know...

SO.... 

A while back, the very talented Beate from Splitcoaststampers offered me the chance to do a tutorial on SCS. Imagine my surprise, of course I jumped at the opportunity & finally today is the day...

 It goes live! Yippee!!!

You may remember the original Steampunk Top Hat I made way back here?

This is a spookier variation using the same template you can find a copy here or here...

NOW EVEN BETTER then that is I managed to create a video tutorial... ok three videos, I really struggle to create these my editing is non existent and forget working out the voice over bit, I was seriously happy to find I can just add music over it!!! Then I've simply added notes for the actual steps lol! I hope you enjoy and it's not too long winded... any feedback would be great! 

I really like this latest version can suit all those difficult males in our lives LOL!!! The book in the stand is still a working box so can hold some special keepsake!

I have one of these telephones in real life.. collecting dust now but it worked so well for ages. I've heat embossed the die cut with black powder yummy!!!

I would truly love to see any top hat makes out there... as for this little beauty, it will be up for sale very soon I will post the details then!

Thank you so much for stopping by,

Have a wonderfully creative day

HuGs Kim ♥