Tilda and her Bunny

Happy Easter everyone :) 

I hope you've all had a lovely day so far. 

I've used an older Tilda from 2011, Butterfly Dreams "Tilda and her Bunny".

I've used lots of pretty Ribbon Girl products on my card. 

On the background I have stamped "Chicken Wire" from Little Easter 2013 and Black Dots and Butterflies from Butterfly Dreams 2011

I hope you have an enjoyable Easter with your family. 

Until later, 

Hugs Kylie

Happy Easter

Hi everyone, 

I have finally made a start on my Easter cards for this year. 

I dug out these two cuties from a few years ago and sat down to do some masking

The images are coloured with Copics and the sky is inked using a Doo Hickey cut cloud as a template and a dauber and DI. Another Doo Hickey was used to create the pretty edge on the card. 

The "happy" word was cut using a Heidi Swapp die. 

The string and buttons are from the Ribbon Girl. 

The paper is Pink Paislee Colorwash.

It was nice for a change to make a fairly clean and simple card. The images are made the focus rather than the embellishments. 

I hope to find a few more hours at my craft desk over the next few days so I hope to be back soon!

Spring!

Hello everyone :o)

Did you enjoy the Magnolia DT blog hop? It was great for the team to get together and have some fun. Be sure to look out for the next one on the 15th of April.

I am a teeny bit late with my card this week, I've been down with a sinus infection all week :( I wish it would just go away! 

For my card I have used Butterfly Tilda from Butterfly Dreams Collection and coloured her black and white using Copics (W 0 - 7), except for the butterfly which is in colour. 

Lots of gorgeous Ribbon Girl goodies here ..... 

And Magnolia Doo Hickey dies as well. 

I'll be back in a couple of days. 

Happy birthday MDUC!

Hi there everyone! I'm finally here with my card for MDUC's 5th birthday! 

This fortnight the challenge at MDUC turns 5 years old, something we're very proud of. 

Unfortunately it is also a bitter sweet birthday as our DT "Mum" Debbie P is leaving us :( 

Debbie has been at MDUC since the very beginning. Karen and I came in 12 months later. She has worked tirelessly and with so much love behind the scenes for the DT. She means the world to us and her absence is going to be very much missed. 

We are VERY lucky to call her our friend but there are other exciting things in store for Debbie down the track. Debbie Hunny, we miss you already. 

My card for the challenge is actually a gift for Debbie and I have three little Tilda's on the front who are supposed to represent Debbie, Karen and myself. 

The papers are old Pink Paislee "Sweetness" from about 3 years ago :) I've used one of my MS Punch around the page sets for the pretty doily edge and all of the papers have had a little touch of white paint added to soften them. 

Most of the embellishments are from The Ribbon Girl. I've also used some Doo Hickey dies and my trusty sewing machine to stitch around the edges. 

There is still a week to go for the challenge even though I am a little late in posting my card. We're sponsored by Magnolia for our birthday challenge so pop on over and check out the work by the amazing DT, I love our girls, they are so loyal and wonderful, as much as they are talented. 

I hope you're inspired to join us and help celebrate our 5th birthday challenge 

Until later, 

Have a great week, Hugs x 

Beautiful Tilda

G'day friends, how was your Monday?  I suppose it is just beginning for some of you! Here on the Eastern side of Australia, the day is coming to an end, my little boys are in bed and about to catch some zzzzz's and Hubby and I are settling in for a quiet evening. 

A close friend of mine has a special birthday tomorrow......she is turning the big 4-0 oops, I mean, 21 again! 

I thought I would make an explosion box with a surprise cupcake inside. Adorable Beautiful Tilda is sitting atop some gorgeous flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts.... 

The tag is cut with a fantastic Magnolia Doo Hickey die. 

My friend has lovely dark brown hair with burgundy tones throughout, so I tried to colour Tilda with similar hair colour.  I think the Copic colours I used were E 49, 57, R 59, E 42 and lots of gold Spica pen. 

Have a  great week,

xxx

Its beginning to look a lot like Easter...

Good morning! 

Only one week to Easter, my favourite holiday of the year. 

It is so much easier than Christmas and so much more fun. 

The challenge at MDUC this week is "Easter Inspired"

I found these cute little metal buckets at my local supermarket to decorate. I wanted to decorate them for my little boys, but I don't have any Easter Edwins! It is really strange but this is the only Easter project I have made this year. Oh well.. there is still a week to go :) 

The papers are Echo Park, flowers are all Wild Orchid Crafts. 

The buckets were full of mini easter eggs... but I kind of ate some so you can't see them above the trim hehehe. See... Easter is my favourite holiday of the year ;)

I hope you have a chance to join us at MDUC this week. 

Hugs K xx

Lions and Elephants

Good morning everyone :o)

Time for another fun challenge at MDUC. This week the challenge is BINGO.

I thought I'd mask together these two cutie pies from 2009 Pets collection with the Tulip Path from Butterfly Dreams 2011.

The card itself it quite tall to fit my Ellie and Lion tower, approx 7 inches tall and 4.5 inches wide. I've punches around the edges with my MS Cherish punch set and then folded both sides of the card inwards.

There is some cheesecloth, a paper doily and metal corner, along with some flowers and rhinestones and stickles.

The flowers are all Wild Orchid Crafts. 

All images are coloured with Copics. 

I hope you get the chance to join us at MDUC this week, we are choosing the winner by random org this week and the winner will be our GDT for April! 

Until later, thanks for stopping by!

Hugs x

Tilda with Lace Jeans

How is your Saturday treating you?  We spent the day with my Inlaws and went out for a drive to the property we plan to move to when we finally sell our house. It was wonderful walking around in the beautiful sunshine watching my eldest son enjoy the country side. My youngest was fast asleep in the car, snoring his little head off. So cute. The neighboring property has 5 alpacas grazing so we had a little visit with them. Such curious animals! And so adorable, well, at least my son and I thought so. There was a hare jumping around in the bushes and a mob of kangaroos watching us in the distance. Tranquil! Every time we go out there we just fall in love with the area some more. I hope the wildlife hangs around when we move out there. I'm quite keen on the idea of furry neighbors!

I meant to post this card last Sunday.  How time is getting away from me at the moment.  It was for Magnolia Down Under Challenges. The challenge was a sketch by Eulanda and I just loved creating my card with the sketch. Thanks Eulanda!

I pulled out my scalloped Grand Nesties to cut my card base and cut into some beautiful Prima "Printery" papers. They are just gorgeous.   This little cutie pie is Tilda with Lace Jeans and she is from the Butterfly Wishes Collection.

I have sanded all of the paper edges instead of using a distressing tool, just for a little change. The amazing flowers are all Wild Orchid Crafts, as is the gorgeous pearl brad.

I hope to be back tomorrow with a new card to share with you. Until then, enjoy your weekend.

Hugs K xx

Adorable Yoga Tilda

Good morning! It is MDUC time again :) This week we have a gorgeous inspiration photo for you to play with. It is just beautiful. I thought it was a fantastic opportunity to ink up the most adorable stamp from The Winner Takes It All collection - Yoga Tilda. As soon as I saw her I HAD to have her. She is just the cutest. 

I've masked Tilda with the Stone Path from the Butterfly Dreams collection and the gorgeous Birch Tree from 2007.

The gorgeous butterfly is a Magnolia Doo Hickey die, as is the branches. The fun gold coil things are from Magnolia too. I just love these.

So here it is - it is a little door hanger. The pink seam binding and mini pink roses are from Wild Orchid Crafts. All of the edges are inks with DI Antique Linen and I've punched around the edge with my MS Cherish punch set. The letters are from Prima.

Well ,thats it from me for a few days - I'm back out in the garden and then will be painting a few walls in preparation to sell the house :S Lots of fun! haha.

Enjoy your week!
Hugs x

TOMIC #12 - recycle

It's time!!! It is Monday and you KNOW what that means - a new challenge at TOMIC!  This week at TOMIC is very special - we are celebrating the birthday of the Magnolia Ink Magazine - its two years! How amazing is that? And because the Magnolia Ink is printed on recycled paper, the challenge this week is to.... RECYCLE SOMETHING.  So here is my little project for this week:

And what did I recycle you might be wondering?  Here is it..... empty boxes from my kids snacks (yeah, I'm cheap, lol, I buy store brand snacks hahaha).  I adhered my patterened paper to the cardboard and then put it in my Cricut and cut out the birdcage shapes. I love recycling! And this was a good experiement to see how the Cricut went cutting out something with great detail on heavier card. It worked brilliantly!

All of the edges are inked with Walnut stain then stamped around each piece with "New Years Swirl" from the 2008 New Years Collection. The chipboard bird is painted in Distress Crackle paint. I had stitched the lace to create the little flower, then added a Prima pebble. The rub on is Kaisercraft. The white rose was a gift from my beautiful friend Jane and the deep pink flower at the bottom was a gift from my cousin.

The papers are Prima Botanical. This page of the album features the sentiment from the Sweet Rainbow Collection.  The leaf is by Magnolia. The glitter heart is Melissa Francis.  The Eifell Tower has been in my collection for so long I dont know where it came from... but it is so lovely and sparkly :) Love it!

Here is adorable Ballerina Tilda from the Fairytale collection 2010. The shabby flowers and pebble are Prima. The leave and berries are Magnolia and the pink hydrandea is Petaloo. The pearls are Flourish with a Bling.

So that was my effort of recycling this week! I had a ball putting this album together. It is loads of fun creating somethin other than a card sometimes.

All of the images are coloured with Copics. Oh, and here is a repeat of the first pic of the cover so I can give you the details.... Beautiful Tilda from the Butterfly Dreams collection and large Dragon fly doo hickey die. The taupe rose trim is from my gorgeous bloggy "sister" Louise :) As are the Prima Botanical papers. Thanks Hunny!  The roses are Wild Orchid Crafts.

I hope you like my little project as much as I liked creating it :) 

Flutterby

Gosh, aren't the weeks flying by? Can you believe it is only 4 months until Christmas? I am trying to get into the Christmas spirit early this year as I am currently trying to get some pieces done for the Christmas issue of Magnolia Ink. Hmm.... I was kind of hoping the newly released Christmas paper ranges would help with that! But I think I might have to put on some Christmas Carols to do the trick :)

My card today is for Magnolia Down Under Challenges where the challenge this week is Flutterby - Use a butterfly - or many butterflies on your work. I thought it was a brilliant excuse to get out my MS Butterfly edge punch and make an accordian card.

I've coloured four Magnolia stamps from the Butterfly Dreams collection for my card, including the adorable little Magnolia. The papers are just gorgeous, they are Pion Design all the way from Sweden.

Aren't the papers perfect for this challenge? I am just in love with them. The amazing flowers are Wild Orchid Crafts. All of the images are coloured with Copics. The pennant banner is cut by hand and dotted with Liquid Pearls. All of the panels are stitched to the card.

The reverse side of the card has little pockets on each panel with different tags in them for messages to the recipient.

Some detail shots of the cute Tilda's and Magnolia. And the amazing colour of the WOC flowers. Check out that amazing Trellis Rose. I wish I could grow roses like this one! It reminds me a lot of the roses I had in my wedding bouquet. Just stunning!  There are more punched butterflies and some silver butterfly charms as well.

I hope you get a chance to come and play at MDUC this week. The girls on the DT have put together loads of gorgeous inspiration to share with you.
I will be back tomorrow with my creation for the next TOMIC challenge. I'm not going to let out any secrets, but it is a special week at TOMIC this week, not one to be missed ;)
Enjoy the rest of your weekend!
Hugs K x

Flutterby....

Hello! I hope you have a nice weekend planned. We are hoping for a nice quiet one.

I've used the Large Butterfly from the Magnolia Butterfly Dreams collection and the new Sweet Rainbow mini papers.

My buttins are the cute little wooden bee buttons that I've had in my stash for ages. The edges have had a little bit of a white wash  and distress.

Thanks for visiting me today.

Hugs xx

Tilda with Hawaiian flower

Hi there, thanks for visiting me today.

This is Tilda with Hawaiian flower from the Butterfly Dreams collection. She is such a sweetie. I think she has to be my favourite stamp from the collection.

The papers are a mix of Prima Annalee (my fav) and Jillibean Soup Blossom Soup. The bookpage is from Little Women. All have been given a bit of a white wash to tone them down a bit and make them look a little shabby.

I had a bit of fun with this card :)

Thanks for stopping by, enjoy the rest of the week!

Hugs xx

Tilda gets krafty

Hello! Its almost Friday again! Just a quick post today.

I've had a little attempt at colouring on Kraft cardstock.... I found this a little challenging... my first attempt was with Prisma pencils and wow, it looks terrible. hahaha. I'm not sharing! This is my second attempt.. and I coloured with both Copics and Prismas. I coloured most of Tilda with copics as I normally would, then went in with a white prisma pencil to lighten up some areas and do the surround.  I need a lot of practice colouring with Prismas :)

Thanks for stopping by for a visit :) It means a lot to me.
Have a great day!

Happy Mothers' Day to all the Mums out there, even if it isn't Mothers' Day where you are :) I have had the best morning so far. I had my first sleep in since... well since we had the kids, lol. I woke at 9am with the boys climbing into bed with me for a cuddle and then was spoiled with croissants and coffee waiting for me for breaky. Perfect! What more could I ask for :)

My card this morning is for Magnolia Down Under Challenges - So Krafty. I had a little play with a "Magic Card" (tutorial HERE) and this is the other image that I coloured with water colours. Her hair looks a bit odd... lol, I went a bit mad with the white gel pen after I made her hair a bit too dark.

The papers are all Magnolia as well.

Thanks for visitng me today, have a wonderful day!

Pin Up Girl

Good morning! It is (hopefully) another sunny day here in Canberra. As usual I am actually typing this post just before I go to bed and scheduling it to appear first thing in the morning :o)

Today it is time for a new challenge at Magnolia Down Under Challenges and this week we are looking for LACE AND RIBBONS... easy peasy.

I decided to make something a little bit different for a change. I was sitting at my desk hunting around for a packet of pretty pins I had stashed somewhere. I don't know about you, but I have packets everywhere.  I was in need of a pretty storage solution for them - and a child safe one in case my little boys broke into my craft area (hmm... yes, it does happen!).  And then I thought back to my sewing and quilting days and went on the hunt for some pretty quilt fabrics I knew I had somewhere.. yes, another treasure hunt :o)  I have stamped and coloured on fabric before knew it could be done so I thought this may just work...

PIN CUSHIONS!

I actually made a few because I thought I would like to post some off to friends. They are stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa onto pre-washed Calico and coloured very quickly with Copics. I then added some pretty fabrics, lacce, ribbons, buttons and charms to girly them all up. Each pin cushion has a little loop of ribbon at the top so it can be hung up nice and high.

When colouring on fabric, it is important to prewash the fabric to remove the 'size' (the chemical added to the fabric during manufacture). It is also important to know that the copic ink tends to feather very quickly so you have to work fast. Normally when colouring faces I use five different colours to blend. On fabric because you are unable to blend as effectivly, I used  R21 for the cheeks and then only three shades for the skin. Try to stay a little further away from the stamp lines than usual until you are comfortable with how far the ink will feather.  The only other tip I really have for you is that these are not wash proof... if you wet them, the ink will run and create quite a pretty faded rainbow :o) So it is best only done on items that don't get washed... such as these pin cushions.

This last one isn't quite finished as I ran out of stuffing. It is a bit larger and more embellished. 

I have used some of my favourite stamps on these pin cushions:
Beautiful Tilda and Tilda with Lace Jeans - Butterfly Dreams Collection 2011

Tilda with Hearts - Love Collection 2009

Lovely Tilda - Cozy Autumn 2010

We would love for you to join us at Magnolia Down Under Challenges this week for our challenge. We always love to see what you create to share with us. 

Thanks for checking out my little project today - enjoy the rest of your weekend!