Art Giveaway WINNERS

Hi LoVelies

Back in today with winners of last Friday's Art Giveaway...HERE thank you all for your amazing support and lovelyb words. they truly mean the world to me - much loVe to you all....

Drum roll.....and the lucky winners are shown below - Please contact me within the next 2 weeks with your address details so I can post out asap eeeeeep! khayselden@aol.co.uk

Pam C9 July 2017 at 01:50

I have loved your art from afar for awhile now and would love any of your pieces. It's so hard to pick one! If I had to choose I would choose the one with the woman's face on it. I loved your review of the paints as you used simple terms to describe all of them. Now my shopping list has gotten bigger as I need to expand my finnabair paint collection! :)

Gemma Maggs11 July 2017 at 02:20

Amazing reviews and tips on how to use the paints Kas, really helpful. You're work and talent is outstanding and I just love the colours you use. Xoxo

Kris Johnson8 July 2017 at 19:54

Hi Kassa, loved the info on all the different paints! Now I know how to use them! Hehe
I really like the "daisy" art!

Redanne8 July 2017 at 20:33

Such a great review Kassa, you are a wonderful enabler! I cannot imagine anyone NOT wanting to have a piece of your art!! All of your pieces are gorgeous... Hugs, Anne xx

Finnabair CT Paint Review & Giveaway

Hi lovely friends
tis an exciting post today eeeep!

Recently, I was asked by Prima to create a little art for them using Finnabair's amaZing Art Alchemy paint range, and I couldn't think of a better way to share my creations with you all than a GIVEAWAY of the 4 pieces of art I created alongside a review of the Art Alchemy paints.

Firstly I'm going to link you over to Finnabair's blog for my review on her Art Alchemy paint systems (including the new Impasto Paints)  Amongst other things, I will tell you in which order I use the paint systems when using them all on the one same piece of art and I'll tell you why too.  I will tell you the differences between the paints and why I loVe the differences, I throw a few tips in too.  Anyways grab a cuppa and hop over PRESS HERE for Finnabair's blog (my Review post will be up and running over there sometime Friday)

Once you've read through my review over on Finnabair's blog, whilst you are there please feel free to stop by in their comments section to ask any questions about the paints, I will be happy and will do my best to answer any questions you may have or if you have a favorite Art Alchemy paint system I'd love to know and why its your fav or simply leave me some love, then follow the link back over here and if you'd like to be in with a chance to win one of my 4 pieces of art featured in the posts today please leave me a comment on MY blog, letting me know which piece of my 4 artworks you'd love to WIN

On Fiday 14th July, a weeks time I will post over here on my blog the 4 winners who will be picked randomly - so remember to check back in to see if it's your lucky day...then you can email me your details...

I'm hoping you're feeling inspired now, go on, let your hair down, push back your sleeves and get all messy and painty heeheehee :-)

Stampotique Designers Challenge - Celebration

                 

Hi there lovelies

It's time for a brand new challenge up over on the Stampotique Designers Challenge blog and you can meet the new team over there too...

This week we challenge you to create art with the theme 'Celebration' so tis a nice easy one with lots of choices...  

I went with this cute and oh so colourful Cupcake designed by Daniel Torrente 'Cup Of Fun Certainty' and finished it off with 'Wish' one of the words from this much used and stamp that I love by Amy Wilson Wellenstein 'Tall Word Collage'   - for a list of colour/products I used on this Cupcake art I'll link you over to my Instagram feed where you can read through the hashtags # PRESS HERE

And below you can see I wanted to celebrate True Love :-)  How cute do Roc Nicholas's 'Polka Dot Dog' and 'Dog' look kissing and cuddling under Roc's 'Flying Heart' - The word 'Love' came from another stamp by Amy Wilson Wellenstein that I use so much 'Word Collage' - and once again hop over to my Instagram feed for a list of colour/products I used - PRESS HERE

To peep at the huge range of unique Stampotique stamps in their web shop here's the link - HERE

And to look at my very own Stampotique stamp designs here is the direct link - HERE

Please do join us in the challenge fun, you could win a randomly drawn $30 gift certificate for the Stampotique web shop - you can upload your art over on the Stampotique Designers Blog or their fb page, here is a link to go see all the rules and you will find where to link your art too either via the blog or fb :-) PRESS HERE

ps don't forget we have a blog hop running at the moment (till the 7th) with fabulous prizes, hop over and take a look, join in the FUN HERE

                 

Right as per I'm off to do my tidy up - my worktop is splattered with lush colour and I have a few stamps to clear away, I wonder what stamps you will be using this week...

Stampotique Design Team Blog Hop AND New Stamps Release...

Hi Lovelies....

You should have just arrived from Arwen McCullen's blog

And when you leave here you need to hop over to Nellie van Leeuwen's blog

sooooo excited because today we are announcing the  new design team over on the Stampotique Designers Challenge blog, we will be having a Blog Hop and it's New stamp release day too!

firstly I've gotta say (with a tear in my eye) goodbye to such talented and amaZing friends that I have had the pleasure to get to know over in the Stampotique team , you truly are beautiful and have made my stay in the team so special...


Now new release stamps for July eeeeep!  - to go spy the NEW beauties PRESS HERE (can you see my very own new Angel Toes there too with her cute turned up toes teehee!)
(to see my other 23 Stampotique designs PRESS HERE)

Now onto the Blog Hop where as you hop through you will be introduced to the new and returning team members……. and we will be showing off Stampotique’s new stamps for July! Make sure to leave a comment on each blog. We will be doing a random drawing for:

A Stampotique Grab Bag
A 30.00 Gift Certificate to the online Stampotique Store - to wet your appetite and get you in the mood for the blog hop go look at all the amaZing Stampotique stamps HERE

You will not know which blog we are drawing from so leave a comment on each one. Come back here on Friday July 8th to see if you won!!

Remember be sure to hop to each blog and leave a comment....
Have fun!!! Mwah xoxo Kassa

ps. now hop over to Nellie van Leeuwen's blog

June's Finn Art Recipe

Hi lovelies
It's time for another Finn Team Recipe using Finnabair's amaZing products up over on the Prima Blog....
You'll find a couple more pictures up there of this oh soooo colourful seahorse I've doodled and teehee I'll tell you my latest color-crush secret (tis one of the new Art Alchemy Impasto Paints but which one - can you guess?  hop over to find out - PRESS HERE)

Anyways busy busy busy....I hope I've left you in a haPPy holiday mood now, I'm off to finish up the last details for my next 2 posts - a bloghop, then a giveaway of 4 of my pieces of art....

love to you all....

Stampotique & Eileen Hull Collaboration...

Morning lovelies
I've thought I'd share this lovely little Stampotique Designers Challenge piece I created....
For the whole of this month we over here at Stampotique have been collaborating with Eileen Hull's Heartfelt Designs and WoW look at this LUSH Heartfelt Journal tis so easy to assemble and is very sturdy too so you can add loads of leaves to journal on eeeeee!  So mine is nowhere near finished, I have loosely popped it together so as I finish a page I can simply deconstruct and pop in a page....

So the stamps I used...
The words... What? Never Seen A Diva Before? by Carols Collection
The Background... French Journal page by France Papillon
                               Design Cube by France Papillon
                               Colour Wheel by Kate Crane

The Characters... Hazelheart by Linda Peterson
                            Olive The Ostrich by Karen Hayselden
                            Dora Doodle Dolly by Karen Hayselden
                            Maude Doodle Dolly by Karen Hayselden
                            Florrie Doodle Dolly by Karen Hayselden

For the background colour I used Prima Watercolor Confections in Decadent Pies, Pastel, Tropicals, The Classics

The pretty stencil is Doily 2

I used a combo of Faber castell Polychromos & Caran d'Ache Pablo colouring pencils for the girlies, a few journal pens and crayons to scribble around the edges :-)))

Right, I'm off to write up a review next (shhhhh don't let on but I will be back in at the weekend with a blog-hop and then next week with a give-away...4 pieces of my art! eeeeep! exciting times, busy times heeheehee)

take care lovelies xoxo (don't forget to join in the Stampotique Designers Challenge, a different theme every fortnight and there's always a $30 coupon at the end of the month to spendo in the Stampotique web shop.  You can upload your creations via the blog, just scroll down the various challenges for the month and enter what takes your fancy, and you will find the challenge link upload there too - press here for the Blog OR you can hop over to the facebook group and upload there too - press here for Facebook

HaPPy Easter Lovelies

Good morning lovely friends

Happy Easter to you all, hope the bunny brought you a little chocolate to feast upon..

So I finally got round to blogging again, sorted out a few problems over here and bam I'm back on this sunny Easter Monday morning with a mug of hot coffee and a little kaleidoscope of Easter colour.  I soooooo enjoyed creating this loose leaf 3D journal page, it's my Finnabair Creative Team art and if you'd like to see the easy to follow creative process, ingredients list and more pictures just press the following link HERE - I feel so very blessed that I can share my art with you all over on Finnabair's awesome blog and creating with Finnabair's amazing products is a dream come true, yup I still pinch myself everyday...

Mwah my lovelies xoxo
I'll be back in again this week as I've so much art to post from the last few months :-)))

girls will be girls...

hi there lovely friends

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeep! 

if you pop over to the Finnabair blog today you'll see my step by step tutorial,  ingredients list, tips and techniques to my 1st ever Finnabair Creative Team blog post.....'girls will be girls...'

i'm uber uber UBER excited!!!

tis full of vibrant color and sooooo much fun (not forgetting the sparkle too:-)))

please go leave some loVe, let us know what you think 

go see and read how to recreate this colorful vibrant background...

(PRESS HERE to hop over to Finnabair's blog)

Stampotique New Release Stamps Blog Hop - 'you're my favorite'

Hi there lovely friends...

so...

...blog hop fun!

You should have just arrived after peeping at he the amazing blog hop art by Arwen McCullen and if you didn't, you may want to start the blog hop from the beginning PRESS HERE to start at the beginning... 

(Stampotique will be giving away a $30 gift certificate to go shopping at their online store AND a grab bag of stamps to two random winners who have visited the blogs, make sure to stop by and visit them all - winners will be picked on the first challenge in August!)

My colourful piece of art is a 'squad line-up' showcasing a few of the new characters and I also popped some of the new background stamps in there too - 11 of the new stamps were used in total...

ingredients... (left to right)

• Kitty Cube - Daniel Torrente
• Arnold - Daniel Torrente
• Animal Cube - Magda Polakow
• Marsha - Daniel Torrente
• Scribble Angel - Kate Crane
• Casper - Tracy Scott
• Sargent - Daniel Torrente
• Lola - Tracy Scott

(background stamps...)

• Spiral Daydream - Daniel Torrente
• Spiral - Kate Crane
• Texture cube 1 - Kate Crane

11 stamps later, and I decided to go with the ironic title of  'you're my favorite' hahaha! cos oh boy I have soooooooo many favorites :-)))

This release is awesome - sooooo many stamps to choose from...

...and eeeeeeep! I have 8 new designs too - go check my new stamps out HERE

To check out all the new releases press HERE

Awe it's time to direct you onto the next stop, I hope you have enjoyed peeping at my squad line-up all lovingly colourised with Prima Marketing's watercolor paints/oil pastels - you now need to hop over to spy the amazing blog hop art by Kathi Rerek

(go peep at all the design team's WoWzers and inspirational blog hop art - don't forget to leave a little love on everyone's post cos you could be one of the lucky random winners eeeeeeep!)

Ranger Ink Guest Blog Art - Sunshine and Daisies

Hi there beautiful friends

I'm so excited and blessed as I'm back over guesting on the Ranger Ink Blog with a tutorial on how I created this 'Sunshine and Daisies' watercolor stylee art with Dyan Reavely's amazing Dylusions Acrylic paints.

I know many of us are all mad about the kool watercolor effects out there at the moment so I thought I'd share my tips n techniques using acrylics as they sooo easily recreate the 'watercolor' look.  

I take you through my (always) easy to follow process step by step (including piccys) and give you an ingredients list too so you can create your very own kaleidoscope of color with the Dyan's lush über bright paints that I sooooo lovingly used eeeeep!

Here's the link my friends - hope you enjoy my easy to follow steps - let me know what you think eeeeep!

PRESS HERE to hop over to the Tutorial on the Ranger Ink Blog :-)))

I take you from this...

A few steps later to this...

and ta dah!

finally eeeeeep!  

Sunshine and Daisies ( not forgetting the oodles of doodles...)

Ranger Ink Guest Blog Art - Make Impossible Possible

Hi there beautiful friends

I'm ever so excited as I'm back over guesting on the Ranger Ink Blog with a tutorial on how I created this 'make impossible possible' art.  I take you through my process step by step (including piccys) and give you an ingredients list too so you can create your very own kaleidoscope of color with the Dina Wakley lush stash that I lovingly used eeeeep!

Here's the link my friends - hope you enjoy my easy to follow steps - let me know what you think eeeeep!

PRESS HERE to hop over to the Tutorial on the Ranger Ink Blog :-)))

Simon Days Stamp Monday Challenge Blog Guest Art - Tim Holtz Sizzix Inspired 'beautiful beautiful sunny days' Wreath

Hi there lovely friends - oh no tis my last guest spot over on the Simon Says Stamp Blog Monday Challenge - I've had a ball this past month and would like to thank them (Simon Says Stamp) for having me over and Lols you are not only a star, you are an angel too, a beautiful friend MWAH xoxo A quick thanks to everyone who has taken time to pop over and peep at my artwork and left heartwarming words too over here on my blog,, over on my Facebook Page, Instagram Page & Pinterest Page.  And my teamies this past month have been the best - they create stunning artwork each week to inspire us all and warm our hearts with their beautiful words...thanks a million sweet teamies xoxo

SO...
...to business teehee!

This weeks challenge was a no brainer for me - 'pinks' I'm a girly girl at heart the challenge being 'Monochrome'

And Tim Holtz knows how to spoil us girly girls with his lush pinks...

I got my hands on all my Distress Paints and Distress Stain Sprays in the 'pinky' tones to create custom background sheets to die cut my petals from...

I started with a squirt or three of the distress sprays and blended it over some watercolor paper.  From sheet to sheet I vary the colors, I make plenty of these backgrounds cos you can always use any spares at a later date and gets the messy bit outta the way in one go...

Now I go in with a layer or three of the Distress Paints, such fun!

My final layer is usually a little squirt from the Distress Stain Sprays, usually in contrasting warming or bright colors or the darks shading tone of the Black Soot (usually the 1 squirt though) or the beautiful softness of Picket Fence (again 1 maybe 2 squirts BUT this spray is a total MUST tis just amazing & I use it in most of my artwork!)

 TIP: I can go in and add multi-layers, alternating the paints and sprays till I get the desired look, because the colors are all so close I rarely dry the layers before adding another - sometimes I hit the jackpot after the first layers and sometimes I simply keep going till i'm happy eeeep! the process has no hard and fast rules apart from having fun is a tots must!!!

Tah Dah!!!  1 background sheet set aside to dry whilst creating more, more more eeeeep!

These are the Tim Holtz Sizzix Tattered Florals Dies I used to create my wreath with - I mix and match the various petals to create the larger flowers down through to the medium and too stinkin cute uber tiny flowers!

So that's where I'll start the tiny flowers are from the Tiny tattered FloralsThinlits Die
The small/medium flowers are from the Tattered Flower garland Die Decorative Strip Sizzlits
Medium Flowers can be created using the Mini Tattered Florals Dies Movers Shapers
The larger flowers I use the Tattered Florals Bigz Flower Alterations
Plus I used the small petal from the Jumbo Tattered Florals Bigz XL

Yum Yum Yummmmmmm!!!

I like to 'build' my Wreath as i go, you can then determine which flowers need to be created next...

I spritz the Tim Holtz Ideaology Crinkle Ribbon with various colors of the Distress Stain Sprays, checking against the flowers to see if I have a perfect color match (keeping in mind the ribbon will dry lighter though) I also like to add a tiny touch of Distress Paint, simply cos it gives the ribbon a different texture layer! Carefully dry the ribbon with your Ranger Heat Tool scrunching it up between your fingers eeeeep!

And can you spy the Tim Holtz Ideaology Occasions Small Talk Stickers and a couple or 3 coordinating pinky Sequins...I've squrted a little finishing touch of  the 'Black Soot & Picket Fence' Distress Stain Spray too!

You can see how deep these flowers really are from this angle...they are truly glorious and addictive - great to 'build' whilst watching tv...

Tip - My wreath ring is simply up-cycled grey-board card-stock from packaging - I draw round various sized dinner/tea plates to get my wreath circle!  I adhere wreath circles together for extra strength...

These really do make kool and beautiful gifts for friends and family, they always bring a smile to the recipients face :-)))

So you need to pop over to the Simon Says Stamp Blog Monday Challenge to peep at all the design teams amazing artwork, tis truly inspiring...

I can't wait to see what you all create, I loooooves that we all share our art with each-other <3
And do join in the fun - cos as always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away $50 to spend in their web shop eeeeep!