Kneeling Tilda

Hi there everyone.

What does the weekend have in store for you?

I have a fairly simple card to share today. I felt the cute little scene said a lot so I didnt need to add many layers. 

This is "Kneeling Tilda" which has been masked with "Mushrooms with Snail" (stamped twice), both from the Sweet Rainbow collection.

The images have been coloured with Copic markers and the pretty edge is a Doo Hickey die "Antique Lace".

Thanks for checking out my card today.

Have a lovely weekend,

Hugs Kylie

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

Watercan Tilda

I think I must have a favourite Tilda afterall!!! I did know she was my favourite from the Sweet Rainbows collection, but this little sweetie has been pulled out of her binder three times recently. I can't seem to get enough of her. 

The are two great new challenges up this weekend - The Sketchy Challenges has a fabby new sketch by my gorgeous friend Jane, and Magnolia Down Under Challenges has a colour recipe.... can you guess???

Red, Yellow and Purple. OMG. Yes. I initally thought HOW on EARTH am I going to do this?? But I went with a fairly white card and coloured little miss Tilda in the colours. You should check out what the MDUC girls did with the colours - wow oh wow - those girls know how to rock a colour challenge. I am even more stunned than I am usually with their amazing work. 

Well.. thats it from me today. I'm sorry I've been a bit quiet lately. Its just a bit nuts here. 

Hopefully things will ease up soon. 

I'll be back tomorrow with something else to share. Til then, have a great weekend,

Hugs x

Watercan Tilda

Hello again, wow, two posts in one day? OMG - I haven't done that in a very long time!

There is a new challenge up at Wild Orchid Challenges today, the theme is "Spring is in the Air".

There is also a new challenge over at The Sketchy Challenges this week - we have a brilliant sketch from one of our new teamies, Janine :) 

 I have combined my DT efforts into one card, something I try not to do, but I really didn't have time to make two separate projects and I dearly wanted to participate in both.

I have inked up adorable Watercan Tilda from the Sweet Rainbow collection from last year. This is such a sweet little Tilda :) She is coloured in Copics and wow, I almost gave up. You know those days when its just NOT working??? That was me with this card :S But I got there in the end and I am actually quite happy with the result. 

All of the lovely embellishments are Wild Orchid Crafts.

The alphas are by October Afternoon and the papers are Kaisercraft. The lacey edge of the card is cut with a Doo Hickey die and all of the layers are stitched together. 

I hope to be back later on in the week with something else to share -  I received my new Magnolia stamp club in the  mail today so I am really keen to get colouring!

Have a lovely week,

Hugs, Me x

Seeding Tilda

Hi there everyone! We have had a very busy weekend with lots going on, all good and promising, but it didn't really allow time for blogging!  I am back now an I actually have two posts to share with you.... I'll save one until tomorrow.

This card is for Pink {INK} Sketches. We had a new challenge go up and this time it is gorgeous Ann's turn to host the challenge. She designed a lovely sketch to play with so please head on over and check it out.

I thought I'd have a go watercolouring again. Its been a little while :) So here is my card using Ann's sketch. I've used the new Prima paper pad "Alla-Prima".

I hope you are all having a wonderful weekend. I'll be back soon to chat about my MDUC card.

Until then, big hugs xx

TOMIC #17 - Get Inspired

Happy Monday to you all! 

Are you ready for some luxury and elegance? The new challenge at TOMIC this week is just perfect if you are. Not only do we have the most fantastic sketch by Tina to play wtih, there is also the theme of Gustavian Style with a stunning inspiration photo to get your creative juices flowing. 

For my card, I took inspiration from the lovely gold furniture and the cute kitty :) I guess it is kind of obvious, but the fabulous Vintage Chair from the You are so Special Collection was the perfect choice for this challenge.  If you are curious about Gustavian Style, you can read about it HERE. There are lots of fabulous hints.

  

I've used Magnolia papers for my and some Prima lace (the darker cream lace) and a mix of flowers from Magnolia, Petaloo and WOC.  The Vintage chair was inked in Versamark and embossed with gold EP. Tilda and her kitty are both coloured quite pale in Copics.

I hope you have a chance to play along with this challenge this week. It was heaps of fun, I just loved the inspiration pic and reading about the style inspired by King Gustav III.

Thanks so much for stopping by to visit me today. I will be back with something else to share with you tomorrow.
Have a great day!
Hugs x

Texture

Good Morning everyone. I hope you are all having a great weekend.

There is a new challenge at Magnolia Down Under today and this week we are asking you to show us some texture.

My Doo Hickey dies arrived this week (woooohoooo - so excited) so I used the little cloud and coloured up with little Sweetie Tilda from the Sweet Rainbow collection.

I love these book box cards so I thought I would make one for a birthday gift. The gorgeous papers are Crate Paper. Love them! They are so bright and cheerful. The quality of the paper is amazing, so heavy. All of the flowers and lace are from Wild Orchid Crafts.

And the inside with a little pocked for a note and the cute little box. I was a little bit punch happy.

We would love to see what you create for us this week.I hope you get a chance to pull out your favourite Maggie stamps and show us some texture :)

I'll be back tomorrow with some more Maggie cuteness for the next TOMIC challenge to share with you.

Until then, have a fabulous weekend!
Hugs Kylie 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 :) 

Create a scene

Good morning! I hope your weekend is going well. We are in the middle of a very relaxing weekend where we haven't done very much at all. I love these weekends after a busy week. Mind you, considering I am a SAHM, I think if we did this every weekend I might go a teeny bit nuts, but every so often it is great to just do nothing.

So... my little project that I am sharing with you today.... I'm not going to mince words here - I absolutely, 100%, unashamedly stole this idea off my good bloggie buddy, the very talented and lovely Ms Jane. When I saw her altered jar in her post HERE I thought to myself - I wanna do that. hehehe. So sorry Jane, I copied, I am a copy cat ;) But thank you for the inspiration Hunny! haha.

The challenge this week at Magnolia Down Under Challenges is to "Create a scene" - hence my title ;) I thought Jane's jar idea was a fantastic way to show off a few gorgeous little Tildas and some garden scenery.  The two cuties above are new to me. They were a giftie from my good friend Kellie :) Thanks Hun, I inked them up as fast as I could!

So the other night we had spagetti bol, I saved my jar from my tomato base and gave it a good wash. The jar is a strange shape, it is tapered towards the top so I thought it would give my little project a fun edge... but it just turned out to be a bit of a pain to decorate :S I gave the jar a bit of a shabby look with some gesso first then wrapped some cheesecloth around it, cut my strip of pretty Prima paper and punched and inked the edges and stuck it over the cheesecloth and got to work choosing my Tilda's

I stamped the cute flowers all around the patterned paper and water coloured them. I was surprised how well that worked. I've only ever coloured on patterned paper with Copics before so this was just a but if an experiment. There are 5 different Tilda's from various collections and of course, it wouldn't be complete without one of Tilda's little birdies :)

My original idea for my jar was to store my watercolouring brushes... but now its finished, I don't know... I am considering using it as a little vase in my family area for a posy of roses or even for a small indoor plant, even though I am a bit of a failure at indoor plants haha, I might try and find a fake one.

So! There you have it. My altered jar. Thanks again Jane for the awesome inspiration. I think I want a couple more of these :) I'll have to start saving my jars in all different sizes.

Thanks for your visit. I will be back tomorrow with something else to share :)

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Hello there my Bloggy friends! I hope you are all well and enjoying your Thursday.

I finally inked up my cute little Tilda with Kite from the Sweet Rainbows collection. Poor little Tilda! She was so neglected. I actually adore this stamp. She was a must have for me when I saw the collection. And yet she was the last to be placed at home on a card.

The sentiment is also from the Sweet Rainbow collection. I just love it, so, well, Sweet! hahaha. As you can see, I've been watercolouring again... yup, addicted. My poor neglected Copics.

I cut the card using my Grand nesties and Grand Callibur. It has not left my desk yet! The papers are some older Kaisercraft I've been hoarding :) The gorgeous flowers are of course Wild Orchid Crafts.

Well.. that is it for me today!

Hugs xx

Kneeling Tilda

Hi there, I have made another shaker card to share with you. I think I am becoming addicted :)

I have used adorabe Kneeling Tilda from the Sweet Rainbow collection. I've coloured her with DIs on Archers 300 gsm paper.  There is a lot of white paint and cheesecloth to add a shabby touch to my card.  The gorgeous corner is from Make it Crafty.

The papers are all Magnolia as well. I thought the great sketch lent itself well to a shaker card (Thanks to gorgeous Camilla for the inspiration).

I will be back tomorrow with my MDUC creation to share,

Have a fantastic weekend!

Mmmm... Strawberries....

Hi there, I finally inked up the cute little Strawberry Tilda from the Sweet Rainbow collection. I think she is the second last stamp that I have to be inked from the collection. I have the new Summer kit sitting on my desk screaming at me for attention but I am forcing myself to use up all of my uninked stamps from the Sweet Rainbow collection first. Can you believe I've had the Summer kit for a week and a half and not used it yet? Its just unheard of! I think the cute little Soccer Edwin will be first to be inked ... hopefully on the weekend. Closely followed by little Astronaught Tilda.

 Anyway, back to this card, lol. I decided to make a Strawberry shaped card and found the template at The Cutting Cafe. It was so easy to use and the size was perfect for litle Tilda.

There is lace just under the top of the strawberry as well as around the stalk. I've embellished with Magnolia tulips and berries. The papers are gorgeous Pink Paisley (a birthday pressie from my buddy Karen).
Thanks for visiting me today. I'll be back on Saturday, hope to see you then :)

Hugs

Scarecrow Tilda

Hi! Wow, July has come around so quickly, we are officially into the 2nd half of the year, before you know it Christmas will be knocking on our doors! I have a cute little Tent card to share today. Its been about a year since I made my last Tent Card so I had a great time making this one.  

I have decorated  the back of the card as well. All of the edges are distressed with scissors and inked in DI Old Paper with some white paint thrown in there for good measure :D

Here is a better shot of the gorgeous flowers. I've closed the card with some large burgandy eyelets and some organza ribbon.

I've used three Magnolia stamps for my tent card from the Sweet Rainbow Collection - Scarecrow Tilda, Bird Background and Mushroom with Snail

The adorable papers are by Memory Box from the "Brioche" collection.

And the images are all painted in DIs. There is a liberal spray of Glimmer Mist Irridescent Gold as well but it didnt show up so well on the photos.

So there is my card!

Thanks for visiting me today, I hope you all have a fantastic week!

Hugs x

Fishing Tilda

Good morning! There is a new challenge up over at Magnolia Down Under today, this week we have a great sketch for you.

I have finally inked up my little Fishing Tilda. She's been sitting on my desk for a couple of weeks taunting me. She is such a little sweetie!

I really love this sketch. I started out by making a slightly smaller card, but I decided that I needed more space, so I cut a new base. The papers are just beautiful. They are Pion Design papers that I've had for a little while that I just could not cut into. The texture is just stunning. I water coloured Tilda again with DI. I am really enjoying painting at the moment. This particular image was stamped onto Canson 300 gsm water colour paper.

The large white rose was a birthday pressie and the blue littles are Magnolia.

We would love to see you over at MDUC this week and how you interpret the sketch.

Thanks for your visit! See you tomorrow!

Tilda's summer car

Hiya :) I have finally inked up that adorable Summer Car from the Sweet Rainbow collection. It has been sitting on my desk for a few weeks now and it has been staring at me!  I've masked Tilda with the car and the Sea background from the Summer collection from 2008.

I decided to make an easel card as the image ended up being quite large and I wasn't left with a lot of room for much else :)   The gorgeous red floral paper is really pretty isn't it? A little bit kitsch. So I tried to keep with that theme and did the car red and added a lot of white paint and paper lace and doily.

I used a rub on on the pretty Magnolia doo hickey label and added some butterflies and pebble.

Thanks for visiting me today! I have something off the page to share with you tomorrow, so I hope you have a chance to stop back in for another chat :)

Hugs xx