Tilda with Snow Heart

Good morning friends,

I meant to share this card with you yesterday but the day went too quickly. 

Yesterday was my 6th wedding anniversary and also my parents 40th wedding anniversary! What an achievement hey? So its been a very busy weekend. 

My card is for both Magnolia Down Under's WINTER challenge and The Sketchy Challenges, Lizzie's sketch. Both challenges have fantastic sponsors lined up so you don't want to miss out!!

The flowers are all Wild Orchid Crafts. I love these new Hip Rosebuds. They are stunning. 

I coloured Tilda with Snow Heart for my card. She was one of my favourite from last Christmas :o)

Well, I hope you had a good weekend. 

Thats all from me right now.

Have a great day!

Hugs x

Gift box and card set

Hi there, today I would like to share with you a mini pizza box and matching card.

 I had hoped that my gift had arrived at my friend's house by now but it hasn't so I won't show you what is inside ;)

I punched around the edges of the box before I assembled it with my MS deep edge punch. This is one of my favourite punches and it comes out far more often than my others. All of the amazing flowers and brads are by Wild Orchid Crafts.

This cute little Tilda is "Something for you" from the Sweet Christmas Dreams collection. 

I kept the card a bit simple and used "Sweet Christmas Present" from the Sweet Christmas Dreams collection.  Both of the images are colours with Copics.

The ribbon is from a package I received a few weeks ago that I saved. 

Sorry... last pic ;)

That is it from me today. Just a reminder ... there is still 1 day left to enter my candy... link is on the sidebar so you don't want to miss out!

Have a great week... I'll be back soon!

Hugs x

White on white

Good morning everyone :o) Thanks for stopping b to see me today. 

This is the second last of my Magnolia "Sweet Christmas Dreams" stamps left to ink, lol. Isn't she a sweetie? I love her big hair bow. 

I wanted to make a white on white card with this little sweetie. All of the edges are inked with DI Vintage Photo and the flowers are a mix of Kaisercraft and Magnolia.

The terrific sketch is by Jane from The Sketchy Challenges, new up yesterday. There is also a new challenge up at MDUC, 'Lost and Found" - use something you found around the house, so I've used a little wooden Christmas decoration to embellish my card.  We'd love to see you come and play with us at both challenges. I know it is flat out this time of year, so why not try and combine the two challenges if you only have time to make one card?

And just to show you what my 3 year old was up to when i was taking pics of my card..... Yup - "Mummy! Red truck going through the tunnel!!" hahaha.

Boys + imagination = Mummy smiles.

I hope you are having a wonderful weekend. I'm off to get my hair done this morning. I'm looking forward to sitting, chilling with a coffee and some gossipy magazines.

Talk soon,
Hugs x

Mini Tilda bird house advent

It is time for our next MDUC challenge!! Yayayayay!

This week we are looking for Christmas Decorations. Yup. Perfect timing isn't it?

I wanted to make a mini birdhouse ornament ... well... the plan is to make 24 of them to use as an advent calendar,but so far I just have one completed and the rest trimmed and scored ready to assemble :o).

The yummy papers are by The Scrap Cake and are called Cosy Xmas. I couldnt find them anywhere in Aus so ended up buying them from the US.

The sentiment is by Stampendous and is one of their nifty clings.

 And a third mini Tilda to finish off the little bird house.

I had fun making the birdhouse and thought I'd share the template I made (just right click and open it in a new window).

 I just used the smallest Scalloped Rectangle nestie to cut out the little window. I saved the piece that was cut out though to use behind the number.

And just a couple of cute pics to share to finish off... in a house full of boys, you find red sports cars everywhere!

And it just wouldn't be Christmas without Bob the Builder in the back of a Ford F150 now would it?

Ahh... gotta love them :o) Its the kids that make a house a home. When I find these little boy touches around the house I can't help but grin like a crazy person.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!
Hugs x

Halo Tilda

Hi there! How was your week?  Good I hope! 

I fired up my Cricut to cut my card base and layers as I was a bit too tired (lazy) to do it by hand ;) 

The adorable stamp is of course Tilda from Magnolia. This one is Halo Tilda from the Sweet Christmas Dreams collection. I've coloured her with Copics and gone a bit glitter mad on her wings and frock.   The sentiment is also from the Sweet Christmas Dreams collection. The paper lace is cut with Doo Hickey dies and so is the adorable cloud tag and wing.

All of the flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts.  The edges are all inked with Vintage Photo DI and stitched with my sewing machine. The papers are Cosmo Cricket Mitten Weather from last year.

Thanks so much for dropping by today.
I will be back tomorrow with another project to share with you. Until then, have a wonderful weekend!
Hugs Kylie x

Tilda with hellebores

I'm running late again!! OMG. I am usually so organised and I can't stand being late for anything but lately... I just can't seem to get it together, lol. 

Today I would like to show you my project for MDUC's new challenge.  This week we have a wonderful sketch by my gorgeous Teamie, Debbie P. 

I have had "Tilda with Helebores" sitting on my desk for a couple of weeks now. I am determined to ink each of my Christmas stamps before the next collection is released... we'll see ;)  I have masked Tilda and stamped the Christmas background stamp behind her. The beautiful papers are by Maja Design, sent to me from my gorgeous friend Ing.

The tag base is corrugated cardboard painted with white Gesso.  The embellishments are a mix of Doo Hickey die cuts, Flowers and berries from WOC and some other items from my collection.

I hope you get a chance to enter MDUC this week and have a play with Debbie's sketch!
Hugs xx

TOMIC #24 - Decorate a paper bag & photo inspiration

There is a new challenge over at TOMIC ! The challenge this week is to create something using a Paper bag and to use the inspiration photo of the Dala horse. 

I am filing in for one of the girls this week and stupidly thought it was next week :S I was just finishing off my project last night, thinking I was being really good and ahead of time, when the challenge went live, lol. Argh! Panic! 

I've used adorable "Tilda with Cross Stitch Heart" and masked her sitting on the "NOEL" accessory stamp from the 2009 "So Jolly" collection. The gorgeous papers are also Magnolia

I used a flat brown paper lunch bag for my project. I chopped off the ratty top and folded it in half so I had two pockets to put tags in. Sorry the inside isn't decorated!

And finally, the back....

So sorry for being a tad late, lol.
I hope you can join us at TOMIC this week.  Have a great week!
Hugs xx

Jingle Tilda

Ohh - it is Saturday! Yay! We have nothing planned at all this weekend and I cannot wait to lounge around all day in my PJs. 

For my card I have inked up one of the adorable new Sweet Christmas Dreams stamps "Jingle Tilda" and collected a bunch of Doo Hickey dies and gone to work!

The papers are from 2009 So Jolly I think! Can you believe I still have them? haha. I am a paper hoarder,  The edges are all distressed, inked and then some silver stickles added for some bling :o)  Do you like my Christmas tree? I had so much fun creating that. But I will tell you more about that in another post.

The inside of the card... the poinsettias from Wild Orchid Crafts are perfect for decorating inside cards.

And finally a pic of Miss Tilda. 

I hope you have a great weekend planned and with a bunch of craft time scheduled as well. 

Thanks so much for visiting me today, I'll be back tomorrow with something really special to share with you. Until then, have a great weekend!

Hugs Kylie x

Skating into the festive season...

I've finally inked up this little cutie pie from the Sweet Christmas Dreams collection. I just adore each and every stamp in this collection and I really had to restrain myself not to buy them all :o)

The papers are Magnolia from the Yummy in my Tummy collection (i think anyway!!)

I've also gone a teensy bit Doo Hickey mad - I do love those Magnolia dies!  All of the edges are inked with Vintage Photo.

And painted some corrugated cardboard with some white paint. The image has been stamped around with a swirl stamp from the 2007 Pirates and Swirls collection.

So there is my card! I hope you like it.

Have a fantastic week and thanks for visiting me today,
Hugs x

TOMIC #22 - Create a Basket

Good morning! Well.. it is morning here in Aus :o)

There is a new challenge over at TOMIC this week - and this time we are asking you to Create a Basket!  It doesnt have to be any particular type of basket but Kianel has given us an amazing tutorial to try if you wanted to give it a go. 

I really wanted to ink up this adorable little Tilda from the new Sweet Christmas Dreams collection. 

To create my basket, I followed Tanja's tutorial HERE. Thanks Tanja! The gorgeous paper is by Magnolia from the new Sweet Christmas Dreams collection and the embellishments are from Wild Orchid Crafts.

On the edge on the basket I have used one of the new edge Doo Hickey dies from Magnolia - love it! And the handle is punched with a MS punch.

I hope you get a chance to play along with us this week!
Thanks for looking,
Kylie

Shhh - Its a secret!

Hey! It is Sunday! Yay! OMgoodness - we are so tired today! We had another big day yesterday cleaning and tidying the house for the exhibition... yup... still waiting for someone to make an offer to buy it. Sigh. But no complaining - it is only week three :o) 

There is a new challenge up at MDUC today! The challenge is... "Shh - Its a Secret!" - we want you to hide something in your creation... sounds like fun doesn't  it? I know I initially had trouble coming up with an idea but I was looking around for some interesting tutorials and found one on Stampartic... for this.....

Please excuse the dodgy paint on the door :S I was experimenting, trying to give the door a bit of a shabby look and it backfired, lol. I need to get some of the Copic Opaque White. I think that would make a big difference. 

So this is what my little project looks like when it is opened out...yeah, I went a bit Doo Hickey mad :o)

Fun yeah? I thought so. The pocket is secured into the folder with a brad and there is a tag in the pocket. It was heaps of fun to make. I think I'll be doing another one soon. 

And here is little Edwin. He is just adorable bringing home his basket of apples and gift for Tilda.  

All of my embellishments are from Wild Orchid Crafts and all images are coloured with Copics.  The papers are all by Magnolia. 

I hope you get a chance to come and play at MDUC this week - I can't wait to see what you come up with to hide in your creations! 

I thought I'd finish up today and show you some photos of our back yard. I just love the trees all in bloom.

I hope you have a great weekend. 

I'll be back tomorrow with something else ;) Until then - Hugs from me x

Getting Punchy

Hi there friends. I hope you are all having the best weekend. 

There is a new challenge at Magnolia Down Under today and this week we are asking you to get out your punches and dies and Get Punchy!

I took the opportunity to ink up one of the new lovely Sweet Christmas Dreams cuties, Ribbon Tilda. She is too cute! But I must admit, I love them all.

The papers are Pion Design. So warm and Christmassy, I can almost smell the cinnamon!

The lovely flowers are a combo of die cut with Doo Hickey dies and Wild Orchid Crafts.

One final pic so you can see the layers. This card is a bit 3D in some areas.

Thanks so much for your visit today! I'll be back tomorrow with something else to share :o)
Enjoy the rest off your weekend!
Hugs xx