Tiida with Heart Balloons

Happy New Year friends!

Starting off the new year with a pretty little card. 

Again Tilda has been water coloured. Still practising. 

She is such a sweet little stamp. I was getting impatient waiting for the new stamp club to hit my mail box with the Christmas mail and public holidays so I pulled out this older one to play with. 

She is from the Sweet Crazy Love Collection of 2012.

The papers are from Maja Design. Lots of different dies to embellish as well. 

I hope you had a lovely New years eve whatever you were doing. 

I did finally receive the new stamps so I have been playing with those too.... I hope to have something to share with you soon.

xXx

Edwin makes an appearance

I made a card which reminds me a lot of my little boy, Aiden. He is always munching away on apples, loves planes and LOOOOVES green. Anything green... his shoes are green, he likes green ice cream, everything - except broccoli - haha, I can't seem to trick him on that one ;)

The cute Edwin and the Apple are from 2012, Sweet Crazy Love collection. 

My cute little birdy

I was pretty happy how the masking turned out. 

I've had some requests from some lovely ladies to show you what colours I've used on my cards, so here they are below:

If you see anything you like, you can click on the links below to go to the store.... 

That's it from me for today... Maybe I will have something else to share later in the week, until then, have a good one!

Surprise Baby Shower - for Louise!!

Hello there friends!!

We're having a baby shower over at MDUC for our gorgeous teamie, Louise. 

Louise is expecting her second bubba, due any day now and we wanted to help her celebrate by throwing her a baby shower. 

We all wish we could be with her in person to do this, but this is the best we could come up with.

The girls at MDUC have put together some beautiful baby inspiration to share with all of you. 

Louise is a close friend of mine and we are all eagerly anticipating the arrival of the newest addition to her family.  It has been an exciting few months for Louise and her gorgeous family. We wish them the very best and know their newest addition is going to be as perfect as their first daughter, Signe. 

The challenge for all of our MDUC friends to join in with is an inspiration photo with the theme - baby. 

I have made a gift for Louise, a door hanging for the new baby's nursery. 

I had so much fun making this for Louise. Its a joy to make a baby gift :o) 

I have masked Hobbie the Bear with Sweet Moon. 

The frame is cut using my Cricut and then the bottom layer punched with a MS Deep edge punch. 

All of the flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts.

I had to show you some photos of my little guys in their PJs, straight out of bed with bed hair, lol. They wanted to be a part of the baby shower for Louise. 

Louise - I hope you are thoroughly surprised!! The girls really went to town, hahaha. 

We wanted to make the last few days of waiting special. 

Best of luck over the next few days, I hope your little princess is kind to you. 

We can't wait to meet the newest addition to your gorgeous family. 

Take care!

And big hugs!!

Happy Birthday MDUC!!

Wow - we have turned three years old! Wowee - where did the time go?

There is a birthday celebration over at MDUC and you are invited!!

The challenge this week is the theme BIRTHDAY - so anything you create with a Magnolia stamp and the birthday theme is eligible for entry to win a fantastic prize from our sponsor. 

I would like to take this opportunity to say a massive thank you to my MDUC teamies - they are the reason that we have been so successful over the last three years - all DT, past and present! You have all been and continue to be the most wonderful people and crafters, xxxx.

I decided to finally ink up Tilda with Winter Flowers, the last of my Sweet Crazy Love stamps. She is coloured with Copics.  The papers are gorgeous Pion Design. 

I cut my teapot shaped card with my Cricut machine and went to town with the liquid pearls and gorgeous flowers. The Magnolia flowers are Petaloo, but everything else is Wild Orchid Crafts. 

We would love you to join us for our birthday celebration! The blog has had a total revamp for our celebration with new banner and badges. 

I hope you have a fantastic week!
Hugs Kylie

Tilda sends love

Hi everyone, I'm here to share with you a pretty little lilac and white card. I'm slowly inking up all of the adorable stamps from the Sweet Crazy Love collection. 

I have used some pretty lace trims, flowers and embellishments from Wild Orchid Crafts. The paper is Magnolia... which yes, I do realise I have it sideways... oops.. I got my measurements wrong when I was cutting. 

The stamp is Tilda sends love from the current Sweet Crazy Love collection. She is just adorable. 

Coloured with Copics and some stickles and liquid pearls added. Some punched pieces and die cuts to finish off. 

That is it from me today. Its the end of Monday here and it is raining and wet. It is starting to cool down and Autumn is on the way. I just love autumn, its the best time of the year! 

So until next time, have a great week :)

Hugs K

TOMIC #37

Hellloooo there Maggie lovers!

It is Wednesday and you know what that meas.... its TOMIC time! 

Waahhooo!

The challenge this week is a recipe challenge - 3, 2, 1.

We are looking for 3 patterned papers, 2 (or more) different types of embellishments and 1 (main) stamped image - small accessory stamps and sentiments are also allowed.

So you can see I inked up this little cutie pie from the Sweet Crazy Love Collection. She is just adorable. 

My papers are MME 2 and my choice of embellishments were die cuts (all doo hickey dies) and flowers. Of course all of my scrummy flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts :) Where else? lol.

The girls have put together some amazing projects to share with you this week so please head on over to TOMIC to see their amazing work. 

I'll be back a bit later in the week to have a bit more of a chat.

Hugs x

Tilda with Cosy Heart

Good morning, good evening and good night! Depending on where you are in the world right now ;) It is morning here in Australia, Sunday morning actually, so that means it is time for the next Magnolia Down Under Challenge! Yay!

The challenge this week is "Love is in the Air"... just in time for Valentines Day... not that your project has to be Valentines themed at all... nope, just Love themed will get in the running for the fabby prize up for offer from ShopBron. 

I hope you have something fun planned for the weekend. 

We're having a nice quiet one cleaning up around the house. We've been for a drive out to the block of land we *hope* to buy and build on this year.... it is so peaceful out there. The block next door has a house being built on it currently so we are watching their progress instead of our own :/ Fingers crossed we do actually get out there this year... time is slipping away.

Take care,

Me

Edwin and his stolen heart

Hiya! Well.. it is Monday here already in Aus. 

I'm a day late sharing my card for MDUC with you... oops! Sorry. 

This week we want to see Edwin Only. Accessory stamps are fine to use, but we want to send little Tilda on a vacation. Give her a week off ;)

My gorgeous friend Louise sent me some delicious watercolour paper from Sweden! I adore this stuff. It is just amazing. Although, looking at this close up picture, lol, I need some practice hahaha. 

I made a gate fold card for a bit of a change. I dont know.. sometimes I just don't feel like making a square 6 inch card :)

I paired little Edwin with the Magnolia branch from one of last year's collections... I think it was Sweet Rainbow? I'll double check. 

The papers are MME Lost and Found and the cute little resin birdie is Prima. 

Oh! And inside is completed too. The fun doily edge is a Tim Holtz die. I love Tim's dies but it is a bit annoying they don't go through my Grand Callibur machine. My little Cuttlebug has to come out to play when I want to use these. 

So there you go... its Edwin only this week at MDUC. I hope you get a chance to come and play with us. 

Don't forget there is a Guest DT opportunity running over at MDUC as well so check out the details. 

Hugs K xx

Tilda with Arrow

Good morning!

As promised... I am back.  Today there is a new challenge up at MDUC. This week we are looking for creations with colours from your National flag. 

I took the opportunity to ink up "Tilda with Arrow" from the Sweet Crazy Love collection and masked her with the Apple bucket from 2008. 

The papers are Lily Bee Design, the papers with clouds aren't but I can't remember where they're from, sorry!

All of the flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts.

I hope you get a chance to check out the challenge this week. The girls have really made some stunning cards this week, some had some tricky flag colours to be inspired by, lol. 

That is all from me today... I will be back tomorrow though! Gosh. Busy busy!! 

TOMIC # 33 - Tina's sketch + use fabric

Hi! I'm here today to share that there is a new challenge over at TOMIC!

This week we have a great sketch by Tina and we are also asking you to use fabric on your project. 

I took the opportunity to ink up Tilda as a Star from the Sweet Crazy Dreams collection. She is just adorable :)  For the fabric part of my card, I have used my Doo Hickey die "Peony" and some broderie anglaise fabric through my Grand Callibur, soome cheesecloth behind lovely Tilda and a fabric covered button. 

The lovely papers are MME Lost and Found 2. The cute little bird cage is a Spellbinders die and I have misted everything with some home made DI mist. 

I hope you get a chance to join us at TOMIC this week, the girls have made some beautiful cards to inspire you and there is a great prize from Magnolia up for grabs. 

Fresh as a daisy

Ohhh - I think this may be my favourite stamp from the Sweet Crazy Love collection.... well.. top 3 anyway!  This is Tilda with Daisy.

I coloured up this cutie pie without having any idea what I wanted to do with her, I just wanted to colour. And I wanted to colour green.  Most unlike me. 

The flowers are a bit of a mix of Wild Orchid Crafts and Kaisercraft. The green paper is Pink Paislee 365 Degrees. The card and layers were cut using Spellbinders Grand dies and the doily was cut using MFT 5" doily die. 

That is it from me today.

I'll be back later in the week with more to share. 

Black and white Wild Tilda

Good morning! How has your weekend been treating you?

We have a new challenge up over at MDUC today and it is something a little different. We are asking you to colour your image in black and white. The rest of your card can be coloured however.  

I have to admit, I have only tried this once before and I do love the effect. I inked up the cute little Wild Tilda from the new Sweet Crazy Love collection. I decided to make a little note pad holder.

I watercoloured little Tilda for a bit of a change. It has been a while!It was loads of fun and I have to do more watercolouring I think!

Here is a pic of the inside. The cute papers are 7 Gypsies. 

I hope you get a chance to play along with us this week. I'm really curious to see what everyone comes up with. 

Until later, have a great weekend!

K xx

Tilda with Peony Tails

Hey! As promised, I am back. 

This is my project for MDUC's new challenge, our first of the year - Anything Goes! 

We also have something a little special for you on the MDUC blog - a guest DT call. There is a linky on the sidebar and a Guest DT will be chosen at random each week. Sound like fun? Check it out!

I thought I would make a calendar as I dont actually have one in the house yet - wow hey?

I decorated a MDF album cover from Kaisercraft with Magnolia papers and found a free printable calendar online and went to work. 

I coloured up adorable little Tilda with Peony Tails from the new Sweet Crazy Love collection and found some cute vintage daisy lace. 

The dragon fly was cut using a Doo Hickey die  and the flowers are all Wild Orchid Crafts. 

I punched the holes using my Crop-adile - Loooove this punch! It cuts through anything! I have been wandering around my craft room looking for things to punch holes in :)

Well... that is it from me today! I hope you have had a great weekend. I am back at work on Wednesday after a bit over 2 weeks off. Well... assuming my little Jarred is better anyway. 

Take care, Kylie

Lollipop Tilda

Hi there everyone!  I have a new card here to share with cute Lollipop Tilda, she was one of those 'must have' stamps for me from the Sweet Crazy Love collection. 

I coloured Tilda in copics but added some shading and background with Prisma pencils. 

The cute sentiment is by North Star Stamps from Norway. 

New Years resolution for me is to finish the inside of my cards, lol. 

Thanks for stopping by to visit me today. I truly appreciate all of your sweet comments. 

Have a fantastic weekend and I will check in with you again soon. 

Rose Scent Tilda

Hi there Magnolia friends. How is your week treating you? Are you back at work yet after your holidays? My hubby went back today and the boys and I are finding it a bit odd. It was lovely being home all together. I dont go back to work til the 11th so I have another week up my sleeve with the kids. 

I have something a bit fun to share with you today. I found a kraft frame at my local craft store for an absolute steel. I had a few different ideas to play with it, but last night I was rummaging though my stash and found these cute chippie gates from Dusty Attic and the light bulb went off. 

I painted the back of the frame with Black Gesso. Apparently it creates a nice base to be used as a black board. I've not tried it out yet but I'll let you know how it goes. The rest of the frame I base coated with white Gesso, then painted it in grey acrylic paint and then used a piece of nylon lace as a mask and dabbed on some more white Gesso to create the textured lace pattern and give it a bit of a shabby look. I love getting messy with paint :) The cute little gates were painted with silver acrylic paint.

The cute little resin bird house is by Prima. The clouds and tree branches are both cut using Doo Hickey dies. I sprayed some cheese cloth with some pale blue mist to give it a bit of a blue hue. 

All of the flowers and the pearl garland are from Wild Orchid Crafts. 

And here is the finished product! Doesn't little Rose Scent Tilda look adorable sitting there in her garden? She is coloured with Copics and I experimented a bit with the combo for her hair... I tried Y 28, E 55, YR 20, Y 23 and E 50. Her little jumpsuit is coloured with RV 95, 34, 32, 10, 000, the rose is BV 25, V 20 and BV 000.

Well that is it from me today. I hope to have a few more things to share with you soon.

Until then, have a great day!

K

Tilda with Cosy Heart

Happy New Year!! 

I hope you are all well today and not feeling sorry for yourselves from a big New Years Eve. My parents are coming up to visit us today so the boys are really hyped.

I've been working on this card on and off for a bit over a week now. I started colouring the image and then didnt get back to it. Unusually for me, I coloured before I chose the papers.

This is Tilda with Cosy Heart and she is sitting on the "I love you" accessory stamp, both from the Sweet Crazy Love collection. 

All of the flowers and the pearl pin are form Wild Orchid Crafts. The lace was a gift, the ribbon saved from wrapping and the gem and button from my stash. 

This new Sweet Crazy Love collection from Magnolia is just stunning. I was determined not to go overboard  collecting stamps this year but I think I must order some more ;) I can't help myself! 

Lastly, I just want to share a pic or two from our trip to the Zoo yesterday. We had a ball! I think the giraffes were my favourite but there were lots of memorable moments with the kids.

Have a great day!

Hugs x