Card Holder

Well after all that commotion of changing my blog, I think you all deserve a creation!

Here it is!

I loved making this and it was sooo easy. This card holder will hold your 51/2" x 51/2" cards. You only use a 12 x 12 piece of cardstock and then bits for decorating.

I used SU Parisian Breeze dsp,no longer available unfortunately :( , Baja Breeze and Sahara Sand.

I loved it so much I'm going to make another one. This time only using 81/2" x 11" paper.

If you want to play, here is the link for you. Apparently it's on SCS too!

Thanks for visiting.

Keep creating, Kylie xo.

Do You Like It??

Well I think I've finished. (well for now anyway!) I decided it was time for a change and a brighter blog, so I did it! As you don't do this very often to your blog, it was quite daunting. Especially when I was too scared to hit 1 little button incase I lost the lot! lol. Looking back now, a glass of wine beside me woud've been a huge help. Well it would've :) I might have been more game to hit that little button in the beginning instead of going through it all again, just to 'make sure'! AND I could've toasted to myself on completing my new look blog and not losing anything. {mmmm, that would've needed at least 2 glasses of wine ;) }. Anyhoo, time for bed. I deserve a rest. Hope you like it. If not.....too bad as I'm not going through all of that again!! (not without a whole bottle of wine anyway!).

Keep creating, Kylie xo

Be Patient!

ADDED:

AAARRGGHH!! Trying to make this a 3 column blog and followed the instructions but get stuck on the last little bit. I don't want to press the wrong button as I have gotten this far without losing everything. Emailed for help otherwise I'm done. (well until next time I log on and decide to change something else :)

Please be patient. I am in the middle of changing my blog but have to dash away to a meeting. I will keep 'tweeking' it when I have chance later on tonight. So far so good as it didn't disappear!! Whoo hoo!

Keep creating, Kylie xo

Magnolia Card

I bought some new papers a few weeks ago now and I've been dying to use them. Yes, mainly because they're pink and green but I love the designs in the pack from Grace Taylor.

I used a Magnolia image that my dearest friend Jackie stamped off for me and coloured her with my copics.

The cs is SU Pretty in Pink and the flowers and leaves are from Bec's store. I just love the new rose buds.

I sprayed some Pearl Glimmer Mist all over for a shimmer.

I'm going to enter this into the Roses On Paper Challenge. I only just found this blog last night and designed my card around their sketch. This is only my 2nd challenge so I hope they're gentle :)

Keep creating, Kylie ox

Brodie's 16th Birthday!

Here are my 2 beautiful vintage rose hooks. I just fell in love with them and had to bring them home. If you haven't been reading my blog, I have just been to Canberra to visit Jackie and her gorgeous family. She cheekily showed me this adorable vintage shop and I fell in love with everything in there, so for me to just walk out with 2 hooks was a miracle!!

Here is the card I made for my 'baby' Brodie who is turning 16 this week. "Happy Birthday my gorgeous man".

So proud to have such a beautiful natured and well mannered son. Although he 'towers' over me, he is still my 'baby' (1st born) and he deserves all the happiness and success coming his way.

I've used this Mo digital image as this is Brodie playing his xbox 360. I've coloured him using my copics and used Kaisercraft paper. The ticket stub is from Allissa Designs.

I had so much trouble putting this card together. What could go wrong did go wrong. I couldn't even find my snail to be able to stick it together! How crazy is that?! Well it's finished now and although I see where all my struggles were with this card, I like how it turned out.

Also a big "Happy Birthday" to my Dad today.

("you look like a monkey and you smell like one too!")

Keep creating, Kylie xo.

Greeting Farm Digi

Well as promised here is my creation I made with Jackie!

This is a Greeting Farm Digi image. Isn't she gorgeous. Love those big eyes.

I coloured her with my copics (who now have a new home. Check Jackie's blog!)

Most of this is a kit which I purchased from Bec. Check out her new heart pins. Aren't they adorable?! The sentiment is SU and adhered to a big shot die. The flowers came in the kit also except for the pink ones which I 'borrowed' from Jack!

I had coloured another image ready to put onto a card but it ended with a minor mishap! Didn't it Jackie!!! We had just finished discussing how to white highlight images when we'd finished colouring them and not wanting to do too much as we might mess them up and then have to start again. Well Jack's white pen was playing up a bit and she passed it over to me so I could just add a dot on her cheeks (as didn't want to highlight all over and wreck it). Well would you believe it, the pen had a nose bleed! Seriously. White ink poured out and my beautiful finished image had a dot alright....a huge dot which was larger than her cheek!! After a bit of squeeling and lots of laughter it was decided to either make the sentiment her talking bubble and cover the spot or better still start again!! Yep, I'll do it again. Any excuse to colour.

I played with Jackie's big shot and cut around a few images ready to place on a card. I also cut out a couple of scrolls. One I've used on the above card underneath the sentiment. So cute. YES, now I want one.

We did a lot of sight seeing, a lot of talking, a little shopping, a little crafting, a little online shopping, a little wine tasting (hee hee) and a whole lot of laughing and catching up. Absolutely wonderful. Her family are so beautiful and made us all so welcome.

Jackie has more on our stay here.

Thanks for stopping by.

Keep creating, Kylie xo.

My 1st Ustamp project

Well the kids and I are back safe and sound from visiting Jackie and her family in Canberra. We had a fabulous time with them all and it all went way too quickly. Saying good-bye a 2nd time was still so painful especially for my 3 year old daughter. I think she finally understood what was happening. She's realised that her Auntie Jack lives in a different house, a long drive away and she just didn't want to go home. Yep, the tears flowed again!

I'm sure most of you would like to see what we got up to and what we created but I'm going to tease you a bit longer yet. It's still so painfully raw leaving AGAIN and I want to highlight the good times. So STAY TUNED!!

Here is a project I made today to take my thoughts away to my partner who is deployed at the moment.

A quick and easy project from Ustamp. This is called a "Love You Fun Fold Out" which was created by Jenn Picard. (Dream Team Member from Canada).

I joined Ustamp for some inspiration when my mojo went on holidays :)

This is how it would sit open when on display.

The paper is SU Parisian Breeze. It's a thicker card so is perfect for these kinds of projects.

I've matted the photos in Very Vanilla and Kraft cs from SU.

When you open the back section, you will find an area to write a personal message.

And lastly, this is the back closed by a brad.
Told you! Quick and easy. Well, it would have been if my printer hadn't decided to have a spat! lol. When in doubt (and before you throw it out the front door!), restart your computer and begin all over again. Hey, it worked!!

I'll be posting this off to my partner along with his favourite (not mine!) chocolate coated aniseed rings. Blah! A little something I brought back from Canberra. Nooo, don't mention Canberra again!

Hope you're all well and I hope our Aussie bloggers had a great Australia Day!

Keep creating, Kylie xo.

Experimenting

I've been playing around with my new Greeting Farm Stamps. This one is called "Stella". {yes, I have coloured her in pink as well :) }

I coloured her using my copics. I also coloured the blue/green flower with my copics. (1st time). Then the largest flower, paper doilie and my lace I tried to spray with my 'Creme de Chocolat' glimmer mist (still don't like this one!) and then I sprayed 'Pearl' glimmer mist (my favourite!) over the top to add a bit of shine. Just playing around!!

The patterned paper is Bec's and the plain paper is SU Really Rust. The clear drops and tulip heart charm are also from Bec's.

Thanks for stopping by!

Keep creating, Kylie xo

Blog Award

Look what I received from the very talented Agnes this morning!!

Thankyou so much Agnes, means a lot.

I am to give thanks to Agnes which I have done, yay, Thanks!!

List 10 things I like and then pass this on to 3 bloggers.

1. The first has to be CHOCOLATE!!
2. Family
3. Watching my kids grow (way too fast!)
4. Good friends
5. Crafting
6. Reading
7. Shopping
8. Nice glass of wine (or 2)
9. Blog hopping
10. Cooking (esp with my kids)

Very hard to just pick 3. But here I go...

1. Jackie (still no internet for 2 days!)
2. Vicki
3. Cheryl

Enjoy girls. You deserve every award you receive! Please go and visit these talented ladies and say hi.

Hope you all have a fantastic day.

Keep creating, Kylie xo

Got some help!!

Nooo, not help from a Doctor but from a blogging friend.

My mojo seems to be on a break some I took some advice from Merry and took a tour of the blogging world.

This is what I found! I checked out Chic 'n Scratch this morning and she shared a tutorial on this clever little box.

You can tape all the sides to form a box or only tape part of the corners so it can fold flat. That way you can post it to a friend. I think it's very clever and so quick and easy. (especially for me at the moment. Where are you Mojo? Come back!)

The front closure is a 1/2" circle with a brad.

This is the box lying flat. Do you like it?
I used SU Ruby Red, Chocolate chip and Bella Rose DP. Ruby Red ink and the stamp from "Bella's Bloom".

Hope you're all having a crafty Monday!

Keep creating, Kylie xo