A bookmark for my son

Good morning friends 

I have a project here to share with you for MDUC today. There is a new challenge up and this fortnight we're looking for "Snips and snails and puppy dogs tails" - or if you prefer, one for the boys.

I am very excited that my eldest son has been showing interest in "chapter books". He is 6 and in the first grade at school. We've just begun "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and I couldn't be happier. 

To celebrate this milestone, I made him his first bookmark. 

This features an adorable older Edwin, "Heartbreaker Edwin" from the Right Through my Heart collection of 2010. He is sitting on "Books" from the Graduate collection of 2009.

The ribbons, string and button are all from Ribbon Girl.

I stamped the background with a Prima script stamp using "Old Paper" DI. The sentiment is Bildmalarna. 

It would be great for you to join us at MDUC this fortnight. 

Magnolia themselves are sponsoring the challenge so it would be a fantastic prize to win. 

hope to see you there!

Hugs x

Ladybug Tilda

Hi there friends,

We have a new challenge up at MDUC today - a colour challenge - PINK and LIME.

I decided to get out an oldie but a goodie for the challenge:

Ladybug Tilda is from Raising the Ceiling & Right Through my Heart collections from 2010. Isn't she adorable?  She would have to be in my top 10. 

The papers are old Memory Box as is the pretty die cut at the top. 

The flowers are both Wild Orchid Crafts and Prima

The crystal string is from The Ribbon Girl. 

The pretty ornate frame behind Tilda is by Marianne Creatables. 

I hope you have a chance to come along and play with our zesty colour combo. 

We da Same!

Hehehe, "we da same!"  is something that my youngest says when he and his brother happen to wear something similar. Its so cute. And my card and this week's challenge at Magnolia Down Under remind me of him and the funny things he says. 

The challenge at MDUC this week is "Seeing Double" - we want you to use two of the same thing on your card. This could be anything... use the same stamp twice, use a large stamp and a mini of the same, two ribbons, two anything really. 

For my 'seeing double" element on my card I have stamped the Magnolia Branch (Sweet Rainbow Collection) twice on my background.  

This Edwin is one of my favourites. He is Edwin with Airplane from the Princes and Princesses collection. 

And this is Heartbreaker Edwin from the Raising the Ceiling collection. 

All of the gorgeous flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts. 

I've also used the new Doo Hickey Corner die. Its so pretty! Along with a few other Doo Hickey dies :) 

I hope you have something fun planned this weekend. I'm hoping the rest of our weekend is nice and quiet. It began a little stressful but I think we might have resolved our big problem so that is a huge weight lifted. 

I hope to be back mid week with another card to share with you. I've been finding it difficult to get busy at my craft desk lately so I will have to find some inspiration somewhere. I am please to be able to say that my inspiration for this card last night were my gorgeous little sons. We love them to bits. 

Hugs K xx

Happy Birthday Tilda!

Its Wednesday so it is TOMIC time again!! And this week it is Tilda's birthday!!!

Happy Birthday Tilda! To celebrate we have a fantastic sketch to follow and

have been given these guidelines...

"Tilda Stamp + girly Birthday theme following Tina's Sketch

The "Birthday" text is mandatory and can be hand or computer written, stamped, chipboards, dies etc... and in each of your own language. We want to see girly themed cards so use pinks, lace, tulle, glitters and whatever is girly"

I decided to ink up Happy Tilda for her birthday celebration.

The papers are new MME Miss Caroline - I just looove them!! 

The flowers are all Wild Orchid Crafts. As is the bakers twine, metal corner and rhinestones

I used Tilda's lace doo hickey die on the bottom edge of the card for a pretty lacey effect and a cute butterfly charm on the twine

I hope you get a chance to play along with us at TOMIC this week!

Collage stamping with Magnolia stamps

Hi there everyone! I hope you are having a great weekend.

I was challenged this week to try a new- technique..Collage stamping.  

 It was heaps of fun and so fast compared with making a card has a coloured image.

I hope you get a chance to try collage stamping for yourself.

Right Through my Heart

I'm late! I'm late! Sorry! Its been a busy day!

There is a fantastic new sketch up at Pink {INK} this week! Erica is hosting for us and she has designed a great sketch for us this week (of course! They all are!) and I thought I'd try and use it on a circle shaped card....

Adorable little Tilda is "Right Through My Heart" Tilda from the... you guessed it, Right Through My Heart collection :o) .  The papers are my new favourite - Prima Romantique. They are just stunning and vintage, perfect for this adorable stamp.

All of the lavish embellies are Wild Orchid Crafts.  I thought I'd try and stitch some cotton lace around the card. It came out kind of sweet don't you think? I tried this once before and it just didnt work, but this lace is really quite soft so the result was much better.

All of the panels are stitched together and inked with "old paper" DI.

I hope you get a chance to join us at Pink {INK} this week fortnight. The DT has created some stunning work to share with you. I am always in awe of their amazing work.

That is it from me today! I am exhausted. Hubby and I have been busy with the house and garden today so it is time to sit and relax with a cuppa. I will be back with something to share with you tomorrow though. Until then, I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Hugs K xx

Wilma is looking rosy

Hi! It is time for more fun and games at both Pink {INK} and Fuzzy Wuzzy Challenges.

My sketch is a fairly easy one to play with. I live to leave as much as possible for you to interpret so I can't wait to see what you come up with. The DT have created amazing jaw dropping cards to share with you again. They are so creative these girls!

I have combined my card for Pink {INK} with my Fuzzy Wuzzy challenges DT again. The challenge at Fuzzy Wuzzy is PINK for this month. It is our last month and the DT are self sponsoring with some of us giving away the prizes - so there are multiple prizes to be won.

I've used Magnolia's Wilma from the Right Through my Heart collection and also some of their gorgeous Magnolia Ink papers. The flowers are all Petaloo.

For once I have managed to decorate the inside of my card! haha.

That is it for me today, I will be back with some more cuteness tomorrow for MDUC.

Well, have a great Saturday! We're fixing up our house to sell these next few weekends so busy busy!!
See you tomorrow
Hugs xx

La-la-lala!

Hi there bloggy friends! 

I thought I'd ink up this gorgeous singing Tilda (wedding collection) and mask her together with the piano (Right through my heart collection). I've had both of these stamps for months and not used them - naughty naughty ;) So it was a great opportunity to have a bit of a play with them.

The papers are Melissa Frances. They are just gorgeous. The amazing flowers are of course Wild Orchid Crafts.

The images are coloured with Copics and everything else is from my stash :)

Enjoy the rest of your week, chat again soon,
Hugs 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

Ladybug Tilda goes dotty

Hi there! I hope you're having a great day. I have Ladybug Tilda here to share with you today from the Raising the Ceiling/Right Through my Heart collection from 2010. This was the first time that I've actually coloured this little darling up.
I thought I'd have some fun with my Cricut and cut out the hearts from the Basic Grey June Bug paper pad. The white paper lace is cut with the Magolia Doo Hickey die "Tilda's Lace". The cute sentiment is from the 2009 Love Collection.

All of Tilda's little hearts have had some stickles added. She is coloured with Copics. I've created some grass for little Tilda to stand on and sponged the clouds in the background.

I've punched out little hearts from the DP and some cardstock, stacked them and given them a dose of Glossy Accents.



And of course a little ladybug embellishment to finish :)

Have a great day !

 

Dreaming of Paris

I was just having a little bit of a play with a few different ideas with this card :)

I've been itching to ink up my Eifell Tower stamp for a while, its one of those stamps that have only seen ink once or twice before (very BAD!) and I recently bought little Heartbreaker Edwin and I thought they would work well together.  The papers are Sassafrass Lass "Indie Girl" and have been sitting on my desk waiting for attention since before Christmas (very, very BAD!).  The hot air balloons are one of my favourite accessory stamps that I ink up and fill in gaps when I find the opportunity.

The distressed look of my card is something I don't do very often but these gorgeous papers and lace were just crying out for it. The paper flower behind the rose is a Magnolia Doo Hickey die "Peony Petals". The Eifell Tower is actually stamped in "Antique Linen" distress ink, then stamped over in versamark and embossed with clear powder to make it glossy. The crochet doily was a pressie from a friend and the lace is Kaisercraft.

Everything is coloured in Copics and machine stitched for fun :)

Wilma comes out for a play

Its time! Its time! Magnolia Down Under Challenges are back from our little holiday! We're all refreshed and ready to go with a wonderful year of challenge planned for you.

This week we have a great sketch to play with by our very own Karen.  I thought I would let little Tilda and Edwin have a small holiday of their own this week and I inked up the cute Wilma instead. I have had this little puppy for almost a year now and she's only seen ink once ... isn't that bad? She is just too cute to be ignored like that.

Karen's sketch was just PERFECT for these amazing Pink Paislee "Sweetness" papers that I've been hoarding. They are far too pretty to cover much of it up, I've used the Doo Hickey die Tilda's lace and the sentiment "a gift from the heart" as well. The ribbon is some seam binding I've coloured with pink and yellow ink to give it a bit of a tie dye affect, yup, I couldn't decide which colour I wanted to go with, hahaha.

Magnolia Stamps used: Wilma (Right Through My Heart 2010), A gift from the Heart sentiment (Right Through My Heart 2010),

Doo Hickey dies used: Tilda's Lace

Enjoy the rest of your weekend :)

Hugs xx

All you need is love...

Happy New Year to you all!!  I hope you all have something fun planned for tonight.

For my last card of the year I thought I would show you this little tag card I made. My cousin is getting married soon and unfortunately we are unable to attend so I made this as our inability card.

I received these cute Magnolia papers for Christmas (thanks Tanja!!)  and I thought they would be perfect.

 Here is a better pic of "L". The letters are chipboard which I've painted with distress crackle paint "Tattered Rose". All of the edges are sponged with Walmut Stain. This is Heartbreaker Edwin from the Right Through your Heart collection 2010.

 For "O" I've used the Heart with wings.  It is a little difficult to see, but the heart has crackle paint in Rock Candy all over it and Stickles on the wings.

"V" is a tag with Kaisercraft letters to spell out "is all U need"

 And "E" is Longing Tilda from the Once Upon a Fairytale collection 2010.

I've used some Doo Hickey dies in embellishing this as well - Tilda's Lace, Old Swedish Lace and Tag.

Ok - have a wonderful New Year celebration what ever you are up to!

A Christmas gift from the Heart

Hi everyone! Well... here it is, my very last Christmas card with a Magnolia stamp... I think... :o)  I have a couple more Christmas cards on the way, but I am fairly sure this is the last Magnolia one.

It is time for Magnolia Down Under Challenges #76 today... and the challenge this week is Red, Chocolate and Cream.... perfect for Christmas cards or any other occasion really! I chose to make a card and matching gift wrap for a little pressie for a great friend :o) She hasn't received this yet... lol, so it is a little bit of a sneak peak and I'm not going to name any names, hehehe.

This is my last Christmas Maggie to be inked up. She is Jolly Tilda and she is sitting on the little fireplace from the 2009 Christmas collection. The papers are a little bit of a mix.. they are Basic Grey Archaic, Cloud 9 Design Fleur and SU. All of the images are coloured with Copics and the edges of all of the papers are inked with Distress Ink Vintage Photo. The panel that Tilda is sitting on is embossed with a Craft Concepts folder called Venus.  The pretty chocolate lace is Websters trims.

Here is a little close up. She is such a cutie! She looks like she is keeping a secret :)  The holly leaves are cut using my Whiff of Joy die. The swirl is cut using the Magnolia Doo Hickey swirl die.

The gift is in a lovely box as part of its packaging, but the sleeve around the box was pretty boring and daggy, so I removed that and made a new sleeve from cardstock and covered it in patterned paper and a belly belt and a big bow. I've stamps and colours the little bauble images that came in the Christmas Stamp Club from Magnolia and then popped them on foam tape and given them a coat of Crystal effects to make them shiny.

Both the card and the box have been generously sprayed in Iridescent Gold Glimmer mist. I love that stuff! But gosh, it smells a bit when its wet! It was a bit hard to photograph but I was determined!

The challenge will run until Midday Saturday so if you have some time to craft, please check out our little challenge. The DT have come up with some amazing creations.

A Summery card :)

Happy Sunday to you all! The next challenge is up over at Magnolia Down Under... and this week our challenge may be a little bit out of season for all of you  in the Northern Hemisphere....but not for us Down Under! The challenge this week is.... Summer!! LOL - put those snowflakes away for a break and get out your summer themed stamps!

I thought I'd make a card that opened out.. I'm not sure if there is a special name for it, but it is a bit like a sideways gatefold. I used the very summery ice cream image on the front of the card and on the inside I have Happy Tilda from the Right Through My Heart collection. I've had this MME "Bloom and Grow" paper in my stash for some months now and I pull it out all the time, admire how gorgeous it is and then carefully put it back in the rack, lol. So I thought it was time to actually cut into it... OMG! Such a gorgeous colour combo.  And I had to use a pretty lace doily as well, I thought it suited the ice cream feel. I used my EK Success Binder edge punch on the main image matt, both outside and inside, and also the MS Double Scallop edge punch on the bottom edge of the top flappy bit.

And here is the inside of the card...

Right through your Heart

Hi there! Just me again with another Magnolia card to share with you. I recently acquired this gorgeous Tilda - I have no idea why I didn't just buy her when the collection was released earlier this year, but I didn't and then spent the rest of the year tracking her down!

The cardstock that I used to colour her on is something very new to me. I normally use Xpress it Blending card, but this is Cryogen Irridescent White - and OMG - what a fantastic alternative to the Xpress It. Like the Xpress It, the Cryogen is a dream to blend on (although I've been told it is not much fun with reds), but what is unique is the shimmery finish to the paper. I tried to get a good photo of this to show you but this is the best I could come up with:

Pretty cool hey? I love it. But guess what? IT IS NOT AVAILABLE IN AUSTRALIA!!!! Of course. Sigh. So if you want any, expect to pay hefty postage to get some out here. I have a small stash of this awesome cardstock which I will be saving for special occassions :o) (Thanks so much Claudia). Don't get me wrong - I still LOVE the Xpress It Blending card. I just think that the Cryogen is also a really nice paper