Pollycraft Challenge #43

This week at Pollycraft we have a sketch challenge for you and 2 new releases!!

Here is my take on it.

I've used one of the gorgeous new digis from Paula that are being released TODAY 10th May.

This little cutie is called Kiki and she's only 1 out of a set of 6 of Cuthbert & Kiki!

But wait there's more!

There is not just 1 set being released, there are 2!!

Yes Paula has been very busy and created some AMAZING images.

If you already love Felicity, then you're going to love the rest of her friends. There is Sydney, Jack and Ethan. Something for everyone and evey ocassion.

This is this weeks sketch over at Pollycraft. Hope you can join in.

Don't forget the Pollycraft Challenges are now weekly. You've also got a chance of being picked our favourite for the week and you'll receive a badge to proudly display on your blog.

I hope all the Mum's had a fabulous 'Mother's Day' yesterday!

Keep creating, Kylie ox

Friday Sketchers Challenge

I've had this little cutie sitting on my desk now for the last 2 nights. I've just finished her and thought I should show you!

This is Gem a digi from Digital Ink Co. I coloured her up quite a few weeks ago and then forgot about her. (ssshhh don't tell her that!)

I had some papers left over from a pack I bought from Bec's online store so utilised that.

I used Jackie's big shot to cut out the label. But now I have my own big shot and used it to cut out my image. Whoo hoo! love my Big Shot (I only have 2 pkts spellbinders. lol)

I used the sketch from Friday Sketchers. Loved it! So of course I'm entering my card into that challenge this week.


Look what little surprise I found in my mail box today!
An absolutely gorgeous Easter card sent to me all the way from Holland! The gorgeous Mother and daughter team, Anne Marie and Merit of 'Scrapcard Girls" sent this to little ol' me! I was so excited. It's so much nicer IRL. All the edges are inked and the little flowers have glossy accents on them. Just beautiful girls thank you. I will cherish it.

Thanks for stopping by. Hope you all have a wonderful Easter weekend. I hope you eat lots of chocolate and wherever you go, drive safely!!

Keep creating, Kylie xo.

Pollycraft Freebies

Happy Sunday everyone.

I was busy last night creating this card for Pollycraft. They are on the search for new DT members and so I thought 'why not?' This is a freebie at the moment, Codi stylin' as well as a cute little duck holding a cupcake.

I thought I'd do this card a little different. I used some papers that my gorgeous friend Jackie (hi Jack!) gave me when I went to visit her. Cute aren't they! I colourd Codi in with my copics. I kept her 'girlie' with a bit of a grunge look. I've still put flowers on the card with a bit of glitter so she's still 'glam'. The flowers are from Bec's online store. The sentiment is also from Pollycraft.

This one I think is called 'Cake'.

I'm not a huge fan of yellow so I thought I'd do a greyish white duck. I still think he looks cute. I put a tad of glitter on the flame of the candle and put crystal effects on the icing for the cake.
This sentiment is also from Pollycraft.

Hope you're all having a great weekend!

Keep creating, Kylie ox

Baby Card

Hi there. A quick post today. Just letting you know I'm still here ;)

I've been busy. I know it's Autumn but I've been doing some 'spring cleaning' and some rearranging. I've given up trying to clean my craft desk. Even after making just 1 card, you can't see my desk! I work better in a mess so I've decided to leave it and concentrate on the rest of the house!

Here is a card I made for my dear friend and her family after having her 3rd child last week.

"Welcome Shelby"

I made this when my desk was clean and I just couldn't find anything! This is a Pollycraft digi image called Family. I've inked around all the edges and then did some faux stitching with my white gel pen. Something I haven't done in a while so it was good. I've kept this card fairly simple as Kerrie is a more contemporary kinda girl. Maybe that's why I messed up the edges a bit, you know, just to tease her :)

Well after all of that, it wasn't such a quick post after all!!

Hope you're all having a great day.

Keep creating, Kylie ox

"Happy Birthday Handsome"

I wasn't going to post this just yet as it's for my partner's birthday which is in a couple of weeks time. As he is deployed at the moment, it will take a little while to get there, so I have to have it in the post by today. Hopefully it will reach him in time!

"Haapy Birthday!"

The image is from Sassy Studio Designs called 'Big Heart' and I've coloured her with my copics. As you can see I'm still learning how to blend my reds. They are the hardest colours to use and I find they bleed more than the others. Oh well, I will just have to practice using my copics more ;p No problem!


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

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.

Car crazy!

Here is another couple of the Bugaboo images.

I can post this 1st one now as I know Jackie and her family have received it. It was for a 'welcome to your new home' and 'hope you all made it safe' kinda card.

A quick and easy card made with SU paper kit I had left out on my desk. I wanted to get it in the mail quickly so Jackie would have some mail when she moved into her house. They've just got a new car too, so I thought she would appreciate the sentiment!

This 2nd card is for my Dad's birthday which is at the end of this month. Yes, I'm ahead of myself!

Dad is always stirring my Mum and making jokes that only he can see as funny, so when I seen this image I just had to have it. There are so many funny 'Gus' ones.

I used SU Sahara Sand for the card base and layering and then some scraps from my scrap draw. The punch is SU and I also used some SU Sahara Sand ribbon. I didn't embellish it too much as I don't think Dad would appreciate flowers and bling! BUT.. you just never know!

Having a 'blue' day. My bestie has moved, my 2 eldest kids are away on holidays and my partner is deployed. I have been REALLY good but today for some reason I lost it. Maybe 'cause it's Monday? Who knows? Now no one panic and call 000, it's good to vent and sometimes sit and let it all out! That's all I was doing. I have my baby girl (well she's 3) here with me and she certainly knows how to entertain and tell tall tales!!

I've been keeping busy and although I can't scrap with Jackie, I did the next best thing and scrapped with HER MUM yesterday! She's a hoot! (waving Louise). She normally has ink everywhere but she must've been on her best behaviour yesterday. Not a mark anywhere to be seen. Give her time to settle in!! ;)

Hope everyone is well and coping with our extreme weather everywhere!

Keep creating, Kylie xo

Memo Holder

ADDED: A few of you have asked where I got this image. Here is the link. There is also a sale on the 'Pure Innocence' range on her blog.

This is a little memo holder I made using the tutorial from Whiff of Joy Inspriations blog.

Very easy to follow and quick and fun to make.

This is the inside. I'm yet to add some note paper but still trying to figure out what to stamp on the top of the pages. You use A4 copy paper cut into 4.

I used a Heather-Ellis digi image and coloured her in with my copics. She has some fantastic images. I'll hopefully show you some more soon.

I used SU designer paper and Baja Breeze inked with Close to Cocoa ink. The edge punch is also SU eyelet punch. The ribbon was from my stash.

This was lots of fun and I kept it simple. I hope you have the chance to make one too.

Keep creating, Kylie xo.

Filling in time.

What do you do to pass the time when you find yourself pacing, thinking of the moment when it'll be time to say 'good-bye' to your dearest friend and her beautiful family before they move away? Make a card of course!!

I never thought it would to be so difficult and sooo emotional to say good-bye to our friends today. I just kept saying to myself 'be strong, you'll see them again soon' and then I was saying aloud 'I'm not going to cry'. Well, we all sobbed like babies. (Yep, and here I go starting again!). It's become a sort of tradition to stand in our driveway and wave to them as they leave our street and drive away. Could NOT do that today. Way too hard. Jackie even sobbed walking out the door 'don't come out' and I just shook my head to say I wouldn't. There was no way I could do that today. Talk about ripping my heart out.

Oh dear, another tissue please!

On to a happier note hey?

My dear friend Jackie found this great digi image (among others) at Bugaboo. I just love their sentiments that go with each image.

I sat and made this card this afternoon to kill the time. (I was going mad!)

All the paper is stampin' up and I've distressed the edges. (I call that 'therapy') The buttons and flowers are from my stash and of course I coloured her with my trusty copics.

Here is a close up of the sentiment. Don't you just love it? It went so well with my house today as well. (no, there are no photos of that!)

Thankyou all for stopping by and listening to the rants of a sooky woman.

Keep creating, Kylie xo

"Happy 18th Erin"

"Happy 18th Birthday Erin"

We're off tonight to help Erin celebrate her 18th Birthday. She so deserves a 'fun' night with her friends as she has been studying so hard at school. It paid off as she got Dux of her school, received a few scholarships and best of all, got into the Uni she was striving for. So much to celebrate. Congrats Ez. Very proud of you and the young woman you are blossoming into.

This is a Greeting Farm digi image called Summer Fairy. I used my copics to colour her, added some bling and glitter and then some of Bec's gorgeous flowers all glimmer misted up. (is that a word? misted?) Anyway this is not about my poor spelling, it's about the card right?

Hope you like it.

Keep creating, Kylie xo

Finished in the nick of time!

Not sure why this card took me so long but here it is. This one is for my dear friend Jackie and her family. Mmmm, maybe it was the pressure of making a card for someone so talented!!

This cute little digi image is from Simply Inger and I've coloured her up with my copics. The papers, diamond dust, ticket stub and pearl brad are from Bec's online store, I've used my brand new Martha Stewart border punch and the ribbon is So Saffron from SU.

Yay, I've finished it just in time for Christmas. I will be seeing Jack and her family for an early morning cook up for breakfast and I will be able to give it to them then.

I hope everyone is ready for Christmas and that you all have a wonderful day surrounded by family and good friends. I hope we all eat too much and have Nanna naps in the afternoon ;)

Keep creating, Kylie xo

Another Birthday

Yet another birthday card.

This one is for gorgeous friend Jay. "Happy Birthday Jay!!"

My dear friend of 15 years celebrates her birthday Christmas Eve!

I've chosen this Victoria Case image as when I first seen it, it reminded me of Jay. Jay has that wonderful curvacious womanly body and I've always teased her of her perfect butt! No matter what size she is, she always looks ALL woman and dressed to impress. (Killer heels!). Jay also has one or two tatts like this image.

I've used DCWV papers and used my brand new Martha Stewart border punch. These gorgeous flowers are from Bec's online store. Of course I've coloured her with my precious copics.

Keep creating, Kylie xo.

"Happy Birthday Nat"

Happy Birthday Natalie.

This card I made last night for a friend of mine. I picked this image as it actually reminds me of her a little.

The patterned paper, roses and ticket stub are all from Bec. The plain paper is Stampin' up and the flowers are Kaisercraft.

I've coloured her using my gorgeous Copics. I just love these markers. I colour more images than I make into cards, so I better get on top of that!

I hope you like my card. I have more red on this card than I do my Christmas cards.

Keep creating, Kylie xo.

Summer Fairy

I just love these digi fairies from The greeting Farm. This one is called Summer Fairy.

I've coloured her using my copics. The cs is SU Close to Cocoa, the tulip and music sheet papers are Bec's digi papers as is the ticket stub and flowers. I've added stickles to the flowers and the centre of the coloured flower. The lace and crystal spray is from my stash.

This card came together so easily. I just love it when that happens. It's also my fav colour combo so I'm happy :)

I'm trying to get my christmas cards finished but now waiting on some more cardstock to arrive. (any excuse, right?!) I will get them done but people may not receive them until AFTER Christmas! I hope not. I like to have them out early but that's not going to happen this year. People are probably already thinking I've forgotten about them! Don't worry, they're coming! (eventually).

Keep creating, Kylie xo

"Happy Birthday Lauren"

"This is my 2nd post for today. Please scroll down for my 1st"

"Happy Birthday" for tomorrow Loz.

I've had Lauren's gift for some time now but only realised this afternoon that I hadn't wrapped it and her party is tonight!!

I got this tutorial from Splitcoaststampers. It's a gable box by Regina Andari.

I've used SU elegant eggplant and Basic Grey cs to go with the card we'll be giving Loz for her birthday. Here. Also used SU 'Oval All' stamp set again.

This is another Greeting Farm digi image called Winter Fairy. It's a shame I had to cut her dress off but you've gotta do what ya gotta do!! It was all in the name of 'craft' so that makes it ok.
Yes I know the ribbon is off centre so lets just pretend that's the way its supposed to be :)

Hope everyone has a lovely weekend.

Keep creating, Kylie xo.

Dad's Card

This is a get well card I made for my Dad who has just left hospital after suffering a brain bleed. The doctors said we are vey lucky to have him. (I say they were lucky to have found his brain. lol.) Apparently this hasn't changed his outlook on life and is still the same 'old grumpy buggar' he used to be. I'm sure secretly he is thankful to be able to spend more time with his family especially with Christmas around the corner!

I found this image at Lost in paper scraps by Dawn Moore. Although it doesn't look like my Dad it still reminded me of him. lol.

I coloured him using my copics which are not so hazardous to my health anymore. You'll be happy to know that I don't hold my breath when I colour now! They are now only hazardous to my bank account!

I've used Stampin' up's Sahara sand cs and ink and their 'Oval All' stamp set. The patterned paper is Kaisercraft and the buttons and ribbon are from my stash.

Happy to have you safe at home Dad.

Keep creating, Kylie xo.

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY JACKIE!"

This is NOT a typical card for Jackie. She is love with all the pixies and fairies and as much glitter as one can handle. So of course she would be expecting a beautiful glittered fairy card but NOOOO. Not this time.

So what else does Jackie like? Diamonds, Edward (Twilight), mmmm, of course!! Edward's skin in the sunlight dazzles like diamonds, so a card of Edward (showing a little flesh) covered in diamonds! (stop it Jackie, I can see you drooling!).

Here is a close up of the ticket punch I got from Bec's new digi shop. I glittered around the edge but it's a bit hard to see.

I thought the sentiment was perfect for Jackie, especially when she seen the print out of it yesterday and loved it!!

"Happy Birthday my dear friend"

On another happy note, my Dad came home from hospital late yesterday. He's doing really well but there are still some hurdles. Just happy to have him with us.

Keep creating, Kylie xo

My Dark Side

I just love my new set of digi's from CC designs. This one is called 'Gossamer'.

I loved colouring this one in with my copics. (and Jackie's copics too. Thanks Jack!) Jackie also showed me a different technique for shading in her dress. It took me forever but I think it was well worth it.

I used SU Perfect Plum and Basic Grey papers along with DCWV printed paper. SU basic grey ribbon, Kaisercraft flowers and the rest is from my own stash.

Yay, the weekend is here but wow what a scorcher it's going to be. 37 degrees with thunderstorms. Still, we are not going to be as hot as Adelaide and I do have airconditioning. Great day to stay in and stamp I say!!

Keep creating, Kylie xo