Fond Farewell

Hey All, I have a tag for you today using the lovely Paper Smooches Promenade stamp kit available over at the Make The Day Special shop.

I've used the ZIG Art and Graphic Twin pens for this make and if you like the shape you can find a link to the template over on my blog.

Well, I have to say a fond farewell, this will be my last post on the Make The Day Special blog as I am stepping down from the team. I've had an absolutely wonderful time with Emily and the girls at MTDS and of course all of you and your lovely comments, thank you all! 

You will still spot the occasional thing from MTDS on my blog or in the magazines so keep your eyes peeled and have a lovely Christmas and New Year.

Big Kisses

Kim

Christmas House

Hey All, Kim Dellow here with a Christmas Card, thought I had made my last Christmas card last week but then I had the idea of using stamps from the Paper Smooches Promenade kit, available over at Make The Day Special, with some puff paint to give some snowy touches.

Gives a cute Christmassy feel don't you think?

Have you finished your Christmas cards yet?

Have a good week.

Kim

Merry And Bright

All Merry and Bright today and with the results of last week's experimenting in the Kim Labs with texture stamping using the ZIG Art and Graphic Twin Pens available at Make The Day Special.

The stamp is the Unity Itty Bitty Merry And Bright Set.

Hope you have a Merry and Bright day!

Kim

A Stamping We Will Go...

What to do when your mojo has hit rock bottom? Experiment of course! Yep, I am having one of those days again and I need a bit of a creative breather, where I am still working but not having to come up with a finished make.

So I thought I would try out some different stamping textures by stamping with the ZIG Art and Graphic Twin Pens, available from Make The Day Special, on different papers in my stash.

The stamp I'm using is the Merry and Bright Unity Itty Bitty stamps also available from Make The Day Special.

Well that's it from Kim Labs for today.

Hope you are having a good creative Tuesday.

Kim

Itty Bitty Silhouette Song Bird

Hi All, Kim here, thought I would play with some alcohol inkiness for today's Make The Day Special DT project.

The stamp is the Unity Itty Bitty Silhouette song bird. I love the Itty Bittys, they are such a good price and as they are foam mounted rubber they are so very versatile too.

Have a fabulously creative Tuesday.

Kim

Your Ticket To Glitter

I've been making more Christmas notelet cards with the Itty Bitty ticket to jingle stamp from Unity available form Make The Day Special.

This time I've broken out the glitter.

I've used ZIG Art and Graphic Twin pens, from Kuretake which are also available from Make The Day Special, to stamp with and added a border of glitter with the ZIG 2 Way Glue pen on the ticket.

Right, I've got to go and clean up all the glitter!

Have a glittery day.

Kim

Ticket To Jingle

Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle all the way with this Itty Bitty ticket to jingle stamp from Unity available form Make The Day Special. 

It is one of three fab ticket stamps in the set and you can use them together or apart.

I've used ZIG Art and Graphic Twin pens, colours 9, 29 and 260, also available from Make The Day Special, to stamp with.

Have a fun week.

Kim

Sunshine In Autumn

I'm obviously in a Clean and Simple mood with my makes at the moment and as today is a beautifully sunny Autumnal day I thought this little notelet would fit the bill!

The stamp is from The Cat's Pajamas range over at Make The Day Special.

I hope you are having a beautifully Sunshiney Tuesday.

Kim

Say Hello To Josie

Have you seen Josie yet? She is a perfect Halloween cutie! She is one of the Simply Betty stamps available from Make The Day Special.

I love her button eyes and owl friend!

Catch you all later.

Kim

The Kindness Of Zinnias

A bunch of flowers for you all today and this is my DT make for Make The Day Special. The flowers are from the Flourishes range of beautiful stamps these ones are the Zinnia Kit. 

I've fallen in love with colouring with greys, you can get all sorts of effects with greys, they are so useful. I used a bit of watercolouring with the ZIG Art and Graphic Twin Pens to colour
this make.

The pop of yellow really jumps at you doesn't it?

The lovely sentiment is also from the Flourishes Zinnia kit.

Hope you have a day touched with kindness.

Kim

Look Back In {Ippity} - Last Chance Sale

How about a 'Look Back Tuesday' post?

The reason why I thought I would do a little skip and hop down memory lane is that there is an

{Ippity} Stamp Sale

going on over at the {Ippity} Inspiration Blog and I know this is the Make The Day Special blog but I thought that stamp connoisseurs like yourselves would want to know about this last chance to get gorgeous stamps sale! Emily is one of the only distributor of {Ippity} in the UK and she is moving on and will not be stocking this range any more. 

So I thought I would show some makes where I've included some {Ippity} stamps just to remind you of the awesomeness of these stamps LOL!

So get a cuppa and a biccy and enjoy!

First up is this card from August 2010 using the {Ippity} What Matters Most Kit

Ooo then what about these mushrooms from one of the first stamp sets I got from Emily? They are from the {Ippity} Because Of You kit and I used them on an Alice In Wonderland Altered page in April 2010.

Then we have the fabulous bird on the fence stamp from the {Ippity} Totally Happy kit used on this card from September 2010.

I always did love the stamps from the {Ippity} Moon Beams and Heart Strings Kit, you can see the stars in this make from March 2010.

Then there was this card from March 2011 which uses the wonderful {Ippity} Gurnsey Gingham stamp as a back drop to the Unity Suzi Blu You Are Loved (not {Ippity} I'm afraid but still a must have!

This {Ippity} Gurnsey Gingham stamp is now £2.75 I mean come on! Think of the creative possibilities! I'm a bit of a Gingham junky!

Then there were the cute Fishys from {Ippity} Fishy Philosophy used here in March 2010.

The next to show is another April 2010 make and used the {Ippity} Simply Home kit with the {Ippity} Moon Beams and Heart Strings kit.

Ok one last one, I've got a bit carried away but just thought I would show how versatile these stamps can be with this Christmas make from 2010 using the {Ippity} Totally Happy kit which was a Summer release but I've given it a Winter spin with some embossing powder and turned the bird into a Robin.

Don't forget to check out the stamps yourself and get them whilst you still can, all of the releases are listed by release date in the sidebar on the {Ippity} Inspiration blog.

Catch you next week

Kim

Ooo, Have You Seen...?

Hiya, Kim Dellow here, I haven't managed to get a make done this week so I thought I would pop in to show you some of the yummy stamps available over in the Make The Day Special shop instead! 

So have you seen these fabby Halloween stamps from Lawn Fawn?

So cute and I love the faces on the ghosts!

What about these make your own Snowmen stamps also from Lawn Fawn! Cool!

Now I have a bit of a thing for maps so the Travel Notes stamp set from Unity / Simple Stories is perfect!

I could go on for ages but I think I will show one more before I go!

This one is from Flourishes and is called Sweet Days Of Summer and is very on trend with the Silhouettes! So sweet!

Well hopefully back to normal services next week with a make!

Have a good week.

Kim

Buzzy Buzzy Buzz

Hi All, it's Kim here with the last sounds of Summer buzzing on by.

I have my Summery DT make for Make The Day Special this week. I've used one of the new stamp sets from Paper Smooches, have you seen them yet? Very cute, this set is called 'Giddy Bugs'.

I stamped the sentiment, also from the kit, and coloured the image with ZIG Art and Graphic Twin pens and there is a little touch of glitter on the wings. 

Right well I need to buzz off now. 

Hope you all have a good week.

Kim

Go With Your Heart

Hope you all had a good long weekend, did lots of fun relaxing and art making. I have my make for this week for Make The Day Special and I went with a grungy, shabby chic tag using the Unity Itty Bitty and Authentique Co-branded stamp Go With Your Heart.

I've used lots of distressing, some stitching and a bit of embossing for this one.

Have you checked out some of the new stamps in the shop? Here are some of them:

Flourishes:

Simply Betty

Paper Smooches

Which are your favourites? 

Have a great week.

Kim

Home Is Where...

Hello folks, how are you all doing today? I'm watching the rain on the window and happy to be at home today :)

Perfect day for a Home is Where the Heart is card :) This stamp is one of the co-branded Itty Bitty stamps from Unity.

I've used the ZIG Art And Graphic Twin Pens to stamp the image and you can now get these pens over at Make The Day Special! Wahoo!

Hope it is sunny where you are.

Kim

Cruising Through Life

Hello folks, how are you all doing this week?

I thought I would try something a little different for my Make The Day Special make this week and stamp out and colour the Lawn Fawn Cruising Through Life bicycle stamp directly onto some
designer paper.

If you look very closely you can see that the Basic Grey paper I've used has little bicycles on it - I thought that was perfect for the stamp!

I really like the sentiment that comes with this kit.

Have a fun and creative week.

Kim