Twin Tilda's for my sister

Good morning!!

How is everyone today?

There is a new challenge at Magnolia Down Under today - White on white - we're looking for all white cards with the only colour being in the image. 

This is Camilla H's first week playing with us so please check out the post and give her some love. 

A massive welcome Sweetie!

I thought it would be a great theme for my sister's birthday card - its her birthday on Tuesday. We were quite close growing up, so I thought this sweet Twin Tilda stamp from the Cosy Autumn collection would be perfect. 

I have used some Marianne Design dies along with some Spellbinder and Doo Hickeys. 

The flowers and pearls are all Wild Orchid Crafts. 

I borrowed my sweet friend Debbie Dolphins pearl string treatment idea. I really love the sweet touch. 

I quite like the way the card turned out. Very soft and girly :o)

Everything is coloured with Copic markers and the edges inked with DI Tea stain before adding some white acrylic paint to tone it all down and so the whites matched. 

Happy birthday to my big sister, Naomi! I hope you have a great day Tuesday and every time you look at your Pandora charm you are reminded of my little family.

Have a great weekend everyone and I hope to see you at MDUC with some gorgeous white cards!

Altered canvas, part 2

Hello there crafty friends!  I hope you are all well :)

It is time for another fun challenge at Cute Card Thursday and this week we are challenging you to use NO patterned paper! OMG. A little panic here at my craft desk for a second until I realised that I could make part 2 of my little alterend canvas set.

So once again, I've covered my canvas in Gesso and cheesecloth and then sprayed it in glimmer mist and set about decorating it. The adorable Brother and Sister Tilda and Edwin stamp came out along with the Eiffel Tower (one of my favourites).  I used these stamps as they reminded me of my Hubby and I when we were in Paris.

The tag and photo anchors are from The Kraft Outlet. All of flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts (I will update these a bit later).  The scrabble tiles are from ebay :)

Hope you are enjoying your week! I can't believe it is Thursday already. Gosh!

Hugs x

Tilda in Bunny Slippers

Hello again my friends :o) Thank you so much for visiting me today. Are you having a terrific weekend?  We travelled down to visit my parents at the coast yesterday. It was fantastic to leave chilly Canberra for a few hours and thaw out! It was almost tropical at the coast, 15 degrees C! haha.

My card today is for Magnolia Down Under Challenges. The challenge at MDUC this week is Paper Tole or 3D. I chose to paper tole my adorable little Tilda in Bunny Slippers. I have only recently acquired this beautiful little stamp and I thought she was a nice simple stamp to attempt to paper tole.

I cut my card using my new a die and the beautiful pink checked paper is by Magnolia. I just adore Magnolia papers, the texture and quality is beautiful.

Here is a better picture of the paper tole:

Tilda's little bow, frilly pants and bunny slippers are all covered in stickles to sparkle and all of the edges are distressed and inked in Antique Linen DI. Tilda is coloured with my beloved Copic markers. There is a little bit of cheese cloth added to soften the card and some ric rak as well. For some reason I always think of ric rac when I make a baby card :)

I had a great time making this card. I really enjoyed slowing down a little bit and colouring up multiples of my image to create something really special. Now I just have to wait for someone to have a baby girl so I can give it away!

Thanks for visiting me today! I hope to see you around in blog land again soon,

Hugs xx

Twins!

Ohhh.... I finally had an opportunity to ink up these adorable little Twin Tildas from the Cosy Family collection from last year.

I had a play with the fantastic tutorial from the Magnolia Ink Easter edition to make a step card. I did some fussy cutting of the papers as I just couldnt cover them up! They are just too gorgeous.

The Magnolia Doo Hickey fence is hiding in behind the embellishements too. I finally made use of the large Dragon Fly doo hickey and also the beautiful new tag. The little white resin lock is by Melissa Francis.

I've watercoloured the twins. But don't worry! My Copics have not been abandoned... there will be a card posted on Sunday where I coloured the image with my beloved markers.

All of the edges are inked with DI Old Paper and Walnut stain.

I hope you have a fantastic weekend.

Hugs Kylie

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!

Windy Tilda in Paris

Happy Easter everyone! I hope you are all enjoying a relaxing weekend with your families. It is nice and sunny here in Canberra, but it is getting chilly... it was only 1 degree this morning when we got up..brrrrrr!

I love this Eiffel Tower stamp (Shabby Chic collection 2008) from Magnolia. I dont'get to use it a lot however. Inking up Windy Tilda (Cosy Autumn collection 2010) was a good opportunity to mask them together though.  These two stamps together bring back good memories from when my Hubby and I visited Paris in the autumn of 2006. We were always getting caught in showers and one night we even had to run back to the hotel from the restaurant in the middle of a big storm, haha, we looked a bit of a sight when we entered the hotel lobby dripping wet.

I've used Magnolia papers as well for my card. The red rose paper is actually from a christmas collection but I thought it looked ok for this card.

All of the panels have been machine stitched and I hand stitched some lace to form the flower behind the red rose.  Tilda and the Eiffel Tower are coloured in Copics. I've also decorated the inside of the card.

So that is it from me today! I will be back tomorrow with something else to share. Thanks for visiting me this Easter long weekend!  Have a great day!
Kylie

Tilda with Lace Jeans sets the scene

Happy Tuesday everyone!  I hope everyone had wonderful relaxing weekend.
I spent the weekend playing with this step card. I've had several attempts at these cards and I never finish them for some reason. I've had these gorgeous Magnolia mini papers sitting on my desk awaiting a bit of attention as well so it was time to do something about both :)

I've masked a scene with Tilda sitting on her little swing. There are five different stamps used for the scene, one of them being used twice. I've also used a Doo Hickey die and my MS Butterfly punch. The flowers are a mix of Petaloo and Wild Orchid Crafts.

Magnolia stamps/products used on my card are:
Tilda with Lace Jeans - Butterfly Dreams Collection 2011
Swing -Summer 2008
Heart Fence - (collection tba)
Love Lantern with Vine - Wedding collection 2010
Plant - Summer and Sea 2008
Happy Birthday Sentiment - Cosy Family 2010
Doo Hickey die - Antique lace
Mini Paper - Lilac butterfly
Have a great day!
Kylie

Crazy in Love

Hi there :) I am back again today with another card. This card was ordered by a friend of my parents who's grandaughter recently became engaged. I thought this cute stamp of Edwin and Tilda hugging was perfect for an engagement card.

I have used the sketch from  Friday Sketchers #142 for the front of the card. The papers are Basic Grey and Sassafrass Lass.  As this card was for a very special occassion, I decorated the inside as well.

Thanks for stopping by today :) Its getting quite late here now so I am off to bed.

...with a Cherry on top...

Happy New Year to you all!

I had a little bit of time to play over the last few days. I've only inked up some of my Cosy Autumn collection stamps once so I thought it was time to get some out again for a play. Tilda with Cherry basket was one of my favourites from the collection. I actually coloured this image five times... I just couldnt find the right pink to pick up the colour of the cherries on the gorgeous MME Tickled Pink papers.  Eventually I went with R 11 - 17 and I think it turned out ok. And at least now I have four spare Tilda's in various pinks and reds coloured up for later :)

The cute Cherries accessory stamp was a Christmas pressie :) and I've used Magnolia Doo Hickey dies Tilda's Lace and Berry Lace.

I have my DH home on holidays for a couple more days so I had better go and spend some family time.
Have a great Sunday everyone!

Lovely Tilda

Wow - Friday again! I've had a bit of a slow crafting week this week, thank goodness I was organised last week and got a lot of my crafting done that had to be posted this week.

This card I've been working on for a few days in bits and pieces. There is a new challenge for Magnolia-licious and their first challenge the colour combo of Pink and Yellow, so when I saw that I had to play along. These colours aren't a combo I use very often, if at all, but I am really pleased with how these colours come together as pastels. But of course, a little bit of kraft cardstock and white lace goes a long way to balance it all out.

I had this gorgeous little stamp "Lovely Tilda" from the Fall collection just sitting waiting for some attention. She was one of those "must haves" that I first saw in the Fall Magnolia Ink and then she didn't see ink until now. I do that a lot, lol. The paper I used was just perfect for this challenge. It is Pink Paislee "Sweetness" petite paper pad. But that is where my creative flow stopped! I knew I wanted the paper to be scene but I couldn't work out a sketch without covering them up... until I was talking to a friend today and was reminded of the circle doily die... another of those "must have" items that I just haven't bothered to try out. I bought this die on pre order, as I am sure most of you did, thinking that it was a full circle only to be a bit surprised to receive half a die in the mail. So it has been sitting in that too hard pile waiting for me to gather my patience to give it a go. And Yes... I was pleasantly surprised that I was able to match up the pattern without too much of a hassle. Gotta love scotch tape. Anyway, back to the paper, lol, I decided to use my craft knife and carefully cut around the gorgeous flowers to tuck the doily in underneath. There is also a Magnolia doo hickey tag sticking out the top right side under the flowers. Add a lace doily, a generous amount of stickes and voila!

Yummy Apple Cake!

Happy weekend everyone!

Today I have a cute card to show you that I made for my MIL's birthday. I have so many cards laying around my house, I really could have given her one of those, but well, I just can't help myself. Any excuse to make a new one really.

When I started the card, I had all intentions of entering it into the All That Scraps Third Magnolia challenge... which is Fall with a Fold... but as the idea developed, it became less of a "fall" card and more of a birthday card, so Pam, I'm sorry! I think my papers and the first image are still very fall themed, but the rest of the card... I'll leave that up to you to decide :)

I've made an "accordian card" so when the raffia is untied, it opens out to reveal more images. There is a great tutorial HERE if you want to give it a go yourself.

So my card tells a little story... Tilda went and picked her apples... then she did some baking but made a big mess... and the end result is a yummy apple cake and a nice cuppa. I know the images are out of order, lol, but they worked better on the card that way.

Magnolia-licious Highlites is also having a fun blog hop called "Whats cookin". The DT have created some fun projects and now the rest of us can play along and make a project with a recipe or food element... so this is my entry over there too!

Circus Tilda

Good afternoon! I had a bit of a play on the weekend with these two cuties from Magnolia's Cosy Autum collection. I figured they'd better get some ink before the next collection is released, lol. And to tell you the truth, I haven't seen them used very much yet around in blog land!

I masked Circus Tilda and her horse together and chose my papers, then had no idea where to go from there, so I browsed for a sketch and just sort of played a little bit. I really liked these two stamps when I first saw them up for pre-order and I don't know why I didnt get them out to play sooner, I was really pleased how well they coloured up. Very cute.

I added the gold and cream cord so the horse and Tilda looked like they were on a roundabout. There is a Heritage Merry-Go-Round in Canberra's city and my boys love going on that for a special treat. Loads of fun.

Tilda with Cherries

Good morning! It is time for another fabulous MDUC challenge. This week we have a great sketch by the gorgeous Debbie P for you to play with, so make sure you head over to Magnolia Down Under Challenges to check out the sketch and the fantastic work by the rest of the DT.

I decided to ink up my cute Tilda with Cherries from the Cosy Autumn collection and I turned the sketch 90 degrees as well to suit my taller than average image. I also broke out my new Doo Hickey dies, Berry Lace and Lovely Fence for the card. I cut the cherries out using a Cuttlebug die and then added a few layers of glossy acents to make them shine, followed by a couple of dots of stickles... which I wish I hadn't! They look a little....odd? The cherry blossoms also have stickles added to the stamens and the cherries in Tilda's basket are also covered in stickles. I added Copic Spica at You pen in Clear to Tilda's gorgeous cherry red Mary Janes, heheh, I want a pair!

Some challenges are:
Charisma Cardz - more than one fold
Cute card Thursday - Whats bugging you (ladybug)
Dutch Dare - Tagalicious
Our Creative Corner - Embellishments: the more the better (at least 3)
The ABC Challenge - F is for Flowers
Wild Orchid Crafts - Stitch it Up
Magnolia Stamp Lovers - Sparkle
Thanks for stopping by today :)
Ingredients for this card are:
Copic colours: E0000, 000, 00, 11, 13, 30, 31, 34, 37, 41, 43, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, R 000, 00, 20, 30, 32, 35, 37, 39, W 0, 1, 3, BG 0000
Stamps: Tilda with Cherries (available at Tickled Pink Stamps) and Loving Wishes sentiment - Magnolia
Papers: Magnolia Cherry from Cosy Autumn and Red Checks from Lazy Summer Days (available at Tickled Pink Stamps)
Embellishments: Distress crackle paint - Picket fence, Jumbo brad, Red stitched ribbon, Ric rac, Cherry blossom (Wild Orchid Crafts), ladybug from stash
Other: Magnolia Doo Hickey dies - Berry Lace, Lovely Fence, Tag (available at Tickled Pink Stamps), Cuttlebug, Cuttlebug Fruit Tags die, Cuttlebug 2 step leaf die, Glossy accents, Stickles Diamond, Sewing machine, Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels 17, Tim Holtz distressing tool