Tilda Paints Egg

Happy Easter everyone!

The Easter bunny paid a visit to our house overnight and the boys are quite pleased with what was left behind - a good mix of hot wheels cars and chocolate eggs. 

There is a new challenge up at MDUC this morning as well. This week we have a sketch to play with. 

I've coloured up Tilda Paints Egg. I think she might be from the Hoppy Easter collection from 2010.

All of the gorgeous flowers are Wild Orchid Crafts. The papers are Kaisercraft. 

I hope you have a nice day planned with your loved ones. We're busy trying to curb the intake of chocolate in our little boys. Apparently the idea of "you dont have to eat it all at once" is a bit strange to a 3 year old and a 2 year old!  

One of the Easter gifts from the Easter bunny to the boys was a cardboard Fire Station with some little eggs in it. I'm going to have to pull it apart later and trace off a template! It is awesome haha. It opens out so you can see inside and the roof opens for the eggs to go in... um.. yes... perhaps the Easter bunny brought these for the boys just so Mum could check it out... 

Wish me luck! haha, I don't like my chances of getting the boxes off the boys without a tanty ;)

Have a great day everyone! Don't eat too much chocolate!

Hugs x

Spring Chicken

Happy Easter everyone!

Do you have a lovely quite weekend planned with family? Hopefully with lots of Easter eggs and Hot Cross Buns to keep you company?  I do! I LOVE Easter. It is my favourite holiday. Being in Australia, it is autumn here at Easter time and it is my favourite season, so it is just perfect - good weather, good food and a long weekend.

Wow, can you believe I only made my first Easter card last night? OMG.. I am waaay behind. I have a couple more to go, but with that in mind, I thought I would try and create something simple..

I coloured this cute little Chicken Tilda from the Hoppy Easter collection  with Copics on Make It Colour cardstock, then fussy cut around her. The card is white bazzil that I've run through my Grand Calibur using my new Nesties that arrived a couple of weeks ago. Some sponging with Antique Linen DI to follow and then my sentiment and tulips were stamped directly onto the cardstock.  The tulips are coloured with Prisma pencils - this is when disaster struck... yup, I spilled my entire bottle of odourless spirits on my desk - eeeeekkkk!!! Yup, its all gone. So I'm heading off to the art store tomorrow to find some more. Sigh. 

I was a little worried, but the odourless spirits DID end up drying and you can't tell that it was spilled all  over my card :S 

Isn't the sentiment cute? I love Magnolia's sentiments. 

So there is my simple Easter card.

Thanks for visiting me. I have been a bit quiet these last few weeks, I hope things pick up a bit soon. 

I do miss my bloggy friends :o)

Heeeey YA!

Happy Fathers Day to all the Dad's celebrating today :o) My hubby has had a nice morning of a sleep in, cuddles with the boys and a yummy breaky (wentelteefjes - YUM). So he is pretty satisfied with his morning so far.

My project today is for Magnolia Down Under Challenges this week. Our challenge is "Frame It".

I bought the Tim Holtz Small Easel Die a few weeks ago as I had seen my gorgeous MDUC Teamie Anne use it a couple of times and I thought what a great idea. So that is what is behind my frame holding it up. I forgot to take a picci of it though, silly :S I finally inked up adorable little Karate Tilda from the new Winner Takes It All collection and masked her with the Magnolia Tree from the Hoppy Easter Collection. Of course it is all coloured with Copics :o)  To achieve the 'white' on Tilda's Gi I coloured with W 3, 1, 0 and BV 31 to get some nice shaddows. I thought she deserved a black belt hahaha. I asked my Hubby if she could have a pink belt but apparently the highest rank is a red belt so sorry Tilda!

The stunning flowers, Seam binding and silver corners are all Wild Orchid Crafts. 

I've used my Doo Hickey die "Antique Lace" around the frame for a bit of extra girlieness. The paper is 7 Gypsies lightly inked with DI Antique Linen and then stitched in linen thread.

We would love to see you Frame It projects at the MDUC blog this week.

Thanks for your visit here today :o) Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Hugs x

Magnolia Down Under Challenges #92

Only one week to go until the Easter Bunny visits! So over at Magnolia Down Under Challenges this week our challenge comes as no surprise ;) Yup, we're lookin' for Easter themed creations!

I've been getting into shaped cards quite a bit recently so thought I'd make another egg shaped card. I've used the cute "Tilda Holding Egg Basket" from the Butterfly Dreams collection and the Magnolia Tree from the Hoppy Easter collection, I just adore this tree! I have also used the cute little Magnolia birdie (sorry, I can't recall what collection it is from).

I have had a bit of a play with my punch for the edge and some Doo Hickey dies for one lace flower and Lovely Fence. There is a paper doily hiding in behind the images as well. While rummaging around my drawer I came across a sheet of gold German Scrap corners, so decided to add one of those as well :)

Everything is stitched and the images are coloured with Copics. The inside of the card is decorated to with the same gorgeous Prima "Annalee" papers.

The gorgeous girls over at MDUC have really created some amazing cards to share with you this week so please pop over and check out their work.

I would love to enter this card into these challenges:

Thanks for visiting me and have a great weekend!

Kylie xx

Tilda with Daffodil

This cute Tilda is for Magnolia Down Under Challenges #91 - No patterned paper, make your own! Hahaha, yes, we are not tricking you, and yes, it can be done! You should see my clever teamies have done over at the MDUC blog - OMGosh! I went with the easy option and I embossed. There is also some corrugated cardboard there that I've put a bit of distress crackle paint on, a page out of a book (not mine, my hubby's hahaha) and a paper doily... ok, not soooo imaginative :) But there are numberous options out there for you to try, emboss resist, stamping your own, the list is pretty endless.

I have masked the adorable "Tilda with daffodil" from the Butterfly Dreams collection onto the "Spring Fence" from the Hoppy Eater collection and coloured them both with Copics. I've also had my first attempt at colouring with Prisma pencils and the blue haze in the background and the shaddows are coloured with Prismas. I've got quite a bit of practice yet, but they are fun and something I can see myself becoming addicted to!

Have a great day!
Hugs xx

Tilda and her Bunny

Good morning! What do you have planned for your Sunday? I have to vacuum today, and do the grocery shopping, yuck, lol. Why can't grocery shopping be as much fun as clothes shopping? hahaha. Oh well, it has to be done and it is great when you've got a fully stocked fridge and panrty ready for the week.

This week at Magnolia Down Under Challenges we are getting all Shabby Chic! I've been poking around some gorgeous scrapbooking blogs lately and took my inspiration for this card from several ideas I've seen from those. I have used the adorable Tilda and her Bunny stamp from Butterfly Dreams Collection which was in the Spring Club set.

The adorable stamp is coloured with Copics: Skin- E 13, 11, 00, 000, 0000, R 21, 000, Hair - E 44, 42, 41, 0000, Green for shirt and bow: G 82, YG 61, Hat - R32, 30, 00, 0000, Pants - E 42, 41, 0000, Shoes - W 5, 3, 1, 0, Bunny - W 3, 1, 0, E 41, 0000, R 00.

The circle, leaves and flowers are cut using Doo Hickey dies from good watercolour paper. I have a heap left over from my pre-copic days. I just dabbed my green and pink ink pads on them and spritzed them with water so they had a light wash of colour. The paper is new Prima Spring Time and the large white flower is also Prima.  The label shape was cut on my Cricut using the SCAL software and a shape from SVG Cuts.

Here is the inside with the cute little sentiment from the Hoppy Easter 2010 collection. I've stamped the sentiment in Memento Rich Cocoa ink.

And my last photo is a litle bit dodgy, lol. I was holding the card directly in the sun trying to get the Spica pen to show in the photo. Tilda's pink hat is covered in Spica at You clear.

So that is my attempt at Shabby Chic. I'm sure I've missed an element here and there, lol, I think you're supposed to use some vintage lace as well, but I ran out of room on the card! haha.
Thanks for your visit! I love reading all of your comments, they really brighten up my day :)
Hugs! Have a wonderful weekend,
Kylie xx

Tilda's Easter Egg Hunt

Hi! Happy Friday to you all :)

Today I have "Tilda with Lace Jeans" to show you. She is from the new Butterfly Dreams collection. I've masked her behind the cute little mini "Two Eggs" (Hoppy Easter collection 2010) and stamped the New Years Swirl (New Year collection 2008) around the edge of the image.

I have used the amazing "Pion Design" papers again that my gorgeous friend Louise sent me - thank you Hunni! I am loving them! I've used two Doo Hickey dies, "Peony Petals" and "Romantic Lace", there is some of Tim Holtz's film strip ribbon in there and some coloured seam binding ribbon.  The crochet doily is Kaisercraft.

You can see a little peek of the inside of the card - I've actually decorated it too for a change, lol, but I didnt get any pics, sorry!  The large curly rose and the aster flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts. The silver photo corner is actually a brad! Cute hey?

Tilda is coloured with Copics: Skin - E 13, 11, 000, 0000, R 20, 00; Hair: E 44, 23, 41, 0000; Overalls: B 95, 23, 21; Shirt: E 42, 41, 0000; Bow: R37, 22, 00, 0000; Shoes: E 44, 42, 41; Eggs: G 82, 000, 0000, R 35, 20, 00, 0000; Hue: B 52, 0000; Ground: W 3, YG 61

So thanks so much for stopping in to visit me today! Have a terrific weekend! 

Hugs,

Kylie

Magnolia Down Under Challenges turns 2 years old!

Hi everyone! Thanks for stopping by to see me today.

I made this card for the Magnolia Down Under Challenges second birthday blog hop. How amazing that our little challenge is already two years old :) The challenge this week is "twos" so anything in groups of two...

For my card...I have used two images, two sheets of gorgeous Pion Design papers (a gift from my gorgeous friend Louise), both sides, two cherry blossoms, two asters, two rows of hearts.... umm...lol, I think that will do!

The stamps are "Tilda with Hanging Rabbit" from the new Butterfly Dreams collection and also the Spring Fence from the Hoppy Easter collection 2010.

Check out the amazing papers!!

I've coloured the images with Copics, and I was lucky enough to get a set of the 12 new colours and have had a ball using some of them on my card. The new E 81 and E87 are fantastic earthy green/brown tones and I've used them on the fence along with my favourite earth tones. The new BG 70 I used for the sky.

And just one more photo for fun :)

If you would like to play along with the challenge, you can check out the details on the Magnolia Down Under Challenges blog.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Hugs, Kylie xx

Tilda's wishing well

I am very lucky and have been asked to be a guest for Make It Crafty for their 3D challenge starting on the 10th. Zoe very generously supplied me with her Wishing Well kit to play with and wow - it was heaps of fun.

When the kit arrived I was a little... apprehensive :) There were a lot of pieces, lol. And I have to admit, I am a bit of a novice when it comes to assembling kits so I thought I'd be good and actually read the instructions prior to assembling the kit. Much to my relief, all the parts were very clearly labelled and the instuctions very easy to follow. Would I make another one? Oh you bet! I loved it. And - for those of you who enjoy kits that work - the handle cranks and the bucket moves up and down - how totally awesome is that? LOL, I have to say I was a bit relieved when I'd assembled mine that the bucket actually DID work as it should.

I decorated my Wishing Well with some Magnolia images, and Zoe very cleverly designed the Wishing Well exactly the perfect size for Tilda.
I painted mine in Distress Crackle paint "Picket Fence", then gave it a light sponge in "Antique Linen" to grunge it up a little. I filled the little bucket with flowers and glued them in with the hot glue gun.