My Foldercard

Well I finally finished my 'little' project.

I don't know why but this seemed to take forever. I had a flying start and then 'conked'.

I got this idea from the very talented Camilla. This was a tutorial on the Whiff of Joy Inspirations blog.

This is the inside. Both sides have pockets for whatever you like.

The left is a place for your special message.

The right side I add a bookmark with magnets on the inside.


As there is lots of buttons, flowers and bows, it fits perfectly for the Magnolia Down Under Challenge this week. So yep, I'm going to try my luck.

Have to run. I have a friend coming over this morning for some copic therapy!!

Keep creating, Kylie xo

Late Note: With some encouragement ;) I have also entered this into Flutterby Wednesday's Challenge. Thanks girls!

Had to do it!!

I do apologise but I have had to turn on 'Word Verification'.

I have been left spam comments on my blog and hopefully by turning word verification on, this will stop. Sorry for the inconvenience but it had to be done :(

If you know how to stop this I would appreciate your help.

Thanks for your understanding.

Cheers, Kylie ox

4th Birthday

I wanted to make a cute and bright card for a girl's 4th birthday whose party we are going to this weekend.

I have made this using all Stampin' Up products.

I've used dimensionals underneath the sentiment, the flower and leaves.

Colours used are Rose Red, Tempting Turquoise, So Saffron and Wild Wasabi.

This is the inside of the card. I 'stamped off' before stamping the image on the whisper white.

I also decorated the envelope.

The stamp set is 'In The Spotlight'.

It was so much fun getting back into stamping and finding 'lost' stamp sets ;)

It's so quick and easy to put a card together especially when you find inspiration from other crafters.

This idea came from Tracey Old. Thanks Tracey. She has some wonderful projects on her blog.

I have a project on the go at the moment but it seems to be taking 'FOREVER'. I'm calling it 'crafter's block'. The ideas look great in my head but so hard to get it to work on paper!!

Keep creating, Kylie ox

I got Top 5!!

Oh my goodness. Can you believe I got Top 5 in the Magnolia Down Under Challenge this week? I can't. It was my 1st entry ever to MDU as I have only just started my Magnolia collection, so have been unable to join in the fun before!

But wait, there's more!!

Kellie from MDU asked if I would be a guest DT member? My answer was "Are you crazy?". I told her she was working too hard and she had finally gone and lost her marbles.

After performing my 'happy dance' I replied YES!! Oh how excitement. Never done this before.

Thanks Kellie and I am honoured to say I am a part of MDU!

Go on, check out my new MDU banners!! Cool ey?!

Have a great weekend everyone!

Keep creating, Kylie ox

Magnolia Down Under Challenge

oops!! Nearly forgot to enter my card into the Magnolia Down Under Challenge! (I think I made it!) I've also entered this into the Just Magnolia Challenge.

I coloured this gorgeous Magnolia stamp last weekend and then couldn't put it together.

I found a sketch from Firday Sketchers #88 (last weeks sketch). This sketch was amazing to work with. I followed it perfectly but when I thought I'd finished I realised I didn't have any flowers on it!! OMG! A card with no flowers? What was I thinking??

I made another easel card. Love these. The theme for Magnolia Down Under was "Pink and Grey". The theme at Just Magnolia is "Love". I've used SU Basic Grey and Pretty in Pink cardstock. Some SU designer paper and their eyelet border punch.

I've distressed all the edges and added some dazzling diamonds.

I've added some plain paper on the inside for somewhere to write a message.

I stamped some little hearts down the left side in pink.


I hope you like it. Thanks for stopping by and leaving me your lovely comment. They are so appreciated and I love to hear what you think!

Have a great weekend.

Keep creating, Kylie xo

Oh so cute!

I don't normally post pics of my family but I just couldn't resist this one!!

My 3yr old Jorjia loves to paint and do "stamper, stamper". (that's stamping by the way).

I stepped outside for the cool breeze (very hot here) to talk to my partner on the phone who is deployed at the moment. We're half way now, whoo hoo!!

I noticed the painting but thought it too good for Jorjia to have done it. I then asked Mikaela (13 yr old) if she'd done it. She replied no and I knew she couldn't have as she was inside with me cleaning up after dinner while Jorjia was painting.

So here it is!

She has coloured the body with those tubes of paint with the brushes on the end. The rest she finger painted as you have to get as messy as possible when playing with paint. This is also why she's naked. Besides the fact it was hot and she slipped over in her wadding pool fully clothed!!

I love the 2 different eyes. It (I say 'it' as I'm not sure what it is)has pink hair, green arms (no mum they're not ears, they're arms!)and red mouth.

I think she's amazing and so darn cute too! Just check out those culs with the gorgeous ringlet there on the left. she is soo going to hate her hair when she gets older. When you have curly hair you want it straight and vice versa!

Here is a Kreativ Blogger Award I received this morning from the gorgeous Barbara from Barbara's World Of Whimcees.

She is a beautiful woman with a wide variety of talents. Pop in and say hi!

The rules for passing this on is as follows:

1. Thank the person who gave it to you
2. Copy and paste the award to your blog
3. Link to the person sending you the award
4. List 7 things about yourself
5. List 7 bloggers to present the award to
6. Link to this posting on your blog
7. Notify the 7 people you nominate by leaving a comment on their blog

7 things about me:

1. I have just started part-time work
2. I have 3 gorgeous children
3. I come from a country town in Victoria
4. I luuuurrve chocolate! (come on Easter)
5. OMG I'm nearly 40!
6. I have a new fav wine 'Zibibbo" (& it sounds cool!)
7. I miss my partner who is deployed & all my friends & family :(

Here are my 7 bloggers who are amazing!

1. Victoria
2. Kristy
3. Annemarie and Merit
4. Jodie
5. Kellie
6. Vicki
7. Bec

Wow, that was hard work.

Everyone I visit deserves this award as you are all so amazing. No I didn't forget about my BF Jackie :) She was also given this award by Barbara!

Hope you all have a funtastic day!

Keep creating, Kylie ox

A gift for someone special

Now that Jackie has this gift in her hot little hands, I can now show you!

I found this tutorial created by the very talented Maria Bell.

I used white cardstock and then covered it in the Grace Taylor paper pack that I've just gotten. (lovin' these papers!)

I put pearls in the centre of the 3 little flower buttons and added glitter to the 3 little butterflies. This MS butterfly punch is also new. (I know, so spoilt).

The inside is 2 paper cd covers that I've stamped in SU Pretty in Pink ink and the Embrace Life stamp set.

I used SU Soft Sky ink and sponged all around the edges.

There are 2 slide out bits of cardstock with tabs that I have decorated (but not shown) with photos of Jackie and I when I visited her in Canberra. I also wrote a personal message on the back of these.

Here is a close up of those darling butterflies that I glittered and pearled!!

Yes, Jackie loved it. Well she does appreciate a good handbag!!

Keep creating, Kylie xo.

Just For Fun!

Hi bloggers. I hope you all had a lovely weekend.

Here is a card I just made for fun. I wanted to play with my new Magnolia stamps and try masking. It's a bit scary at the beginning isn't it!? I used colours that I woudn't normally reach for first. I tried to match them up with the gorgeous butterflies in the Grace Taylor paper.

I used SU Sahara Sand cs and sponged all the edges in the same ink. All the embellies are from Bec's online shop except for the ribbon and smaller pearls which are from my own stash.

I sprayed it all with pearl glimmermist but a little too much :0 I tried to fix it and dry it but my paper just crinkled! Doesn't it always happen. It's the very last step and then you hear the words "Oops!"

Oh well, I still like it and I luuurve my Jar Tilda & cute envelope!

Keep creating, Kylie xo

Dreamcatcher

When I first got this image from Funky Kits, I couldn't wait to colour her in. I did it that night and then left the poor darling in my folder. When I visited Jackie (waving Jack!) I used her Big Shot machine and cut her out. I finally made her at home on a card last night.

The plain cs is SU Almost Amethyst and Rose Red. The ribbon is also SU Rose Red. The patterned paper is DCWV. The large rose is from Wildorchid, the buttons and string are from my stash and the rest of the embellishments are from Bec's online shop. (love those lavender dew drops!)

Thought I would enter this into the Quixotic Challenge and the Flutter By Wednesday Challenge. Wow look at that! 2 Challenges and 1 card. I have improved :)

Hope your weekend is going well.

Keep creating, Kylie xo

Male Card Holder

As promised, here is my 2nd card holder. I didn't make the smaller one as there was a problem with the directions. I wrecked a favourite piece of paper too trying to make it. So what did I do? Cracked them (got upset) and then made my dear friend something to cheer her up. I'll save that until next week otherwise she'll see it before she gets it in the mail :)

This is another sheet of that SU Parisian Breeze DSP. I inked the edges with Close to Cocoa. I punched the edges with my new Martha Stewart punch. Arched lattice I think?!

I added a SU metal edge tag with dimensionals and put 'male' on the front.

This male card holder reamains empty while the female one is nearly full!!

These are sooo easy to make, I love it. Who knows how many I will end up with!!


Well, thanks for stopping by and I hope you all have a fabulous weekend!


Keep creating, Kylie ox