Liqueur coffee and christmas cards.....

Ok, lets start with the traditional........sorry the photos havent come out too well but its the best one can do in poor lighting.......despite using my new little light tent!!



I totally love the Winter Post stamp set and have used it loads for many of my Christmas cards and projects......





......it just gives a really lovely oldie worldie feel to the cards and everyone who has seen them says how much they love them.

Brrrrrrrrr.......this next card makes me want to reach for the hot chocolate or as we have discovered recently, using a generous helping of an irish cream liqueur in your coffee in place of milk.......mmmmmmmm!!!!

Watch out for those liqueur coffees....they can be a little moreish, but warm you right down to your toes!!

Hope you have enjoyed the cards, have a few more to post and a few more projects to get photographed so should be back later in the week with more.

It has been a busy week for us so apologies for not getting more crafting and posting done but unfortunately life gets in the way!! Back to work on Monday so things may slow down a little but I will do my best!

Stay safe

Kylie xx

Christmas get together!

Hi everyone, how wonderful are Sunday nights when you dont have to go to work the next day!!!
Wanted to just say again what a great time I had round Michelle's on Friday night and also show you the wonderful swaps I got from the other girls......

First of all here is the card that Michelle made...

Love the sentiment and the large oval punches!!!

Next came the gift card holder from Sharon (hi Sharon, it was lovely to meet you!).......

Then there was the little chocolate box (complete with chocolates!!) from Germaine (hope to see you again soon)....

And last but not least was this very yummy mug filled with mocha chocolate goodness from Alison........recipe included!!!

All the girls are extremely talented and I hope that now we are all going to meet up once a month that some of their talent rubs off........at the very least I get some inspiration!

The last project I want to show you is a little acetate box filled with mints which I am going to give out to all my hard working staff......it has been a tough 6 months with many changes at work and they have all done so well. Thanks girls xx

Well thats it for now.........quite a long post for me really, but there was so much to show you all.

Have a good week and hopefully I will be back with some more projects soon.



Stay safe



Kylie xx

Back on line!!

Finally managed to sort out my technical problems and we are back on line again!! Despite work being mega busy, I have managed to get all my Christmas cards made and they are just waiting to be posted off now.......need to get the ones for Australia in the post this week otherwise they may never get there!!

As most of you will already know, I dont really make stocks of cards, although I am thinking this is a good idea....... as I like to make cards with the individual in mind, I also tend not to make cards that are the same, so with 30 odd Christmas cards to make it got a little difficult towards the end to come up with different ideas!!!

With the weather now turning so bad and it getting dark around 4.30pm I have invested in a small 'light tent' so that I can still take photos of my cards, although getting the light shining in the right spot is a bit of an art in its self!!

After a very long week at work, I was looking forward to finishing up yesterday as I have booked a week of annual leave. My upline Michelle had a get together at her house last night and although I was falling asleep on my feet, I mustered up the energy to go..............and I was soooooooooo pleased I did as I met Sharon and Germaine for the first time and of course Alison was there and it was just really nice to sit and do some crafting with other people, relax and have a bit of fun!!

So a big thank you to Michelle, it was a great night and looking forward to the next one!!

Stay safe

Kylie xxx

Problems!!!!

Apologies for the lack of blogging this week.........we are experiencing some technical difficulties with our phone line so posting this from work!

Hopefully will be back up and running by the middle of next week.

Hope all is well out there for everyone, my best wishes to anyone who is suffering with flooding, thankfully we have not been effected by it!!

Take care, stay safe and see you soon.

Kylie xx

All Christmased out!!!!

There is still 6 or so weeks left to go and I am already a little fed up to to eye balls with Christmas.........not really!! Although it is not my most favorite time of year I do enjoy seeing all the colour and sparkle in the shops and our little village really do a fantastic job with the Christmas lights.......I might even be so bold as to say I enjoy a cold Christmas!!!



Dont get me wrong......Christmas in Australia is wonderful and as a child having Christmas during our summer hols was fab, but there just seems to be something right about being cold at Christmas, roaring fires, a little snow maybe!! Can you believe that people sit down to a pipping hot Chrismas meal in the middle of summer!!! The Aussies have become a bit better at doing it their way with BBQ's on the beach and lots of seafood for lunch instead of the traditional stuff.



Ok rambling now, on to the cards.............





I think I have mentioned in previous posts that I tried the old stamp a stack but it just doesnt feel right for me.......I like to make individual cards, each of them as different as possible and then I choose who gets which card.....or I will make them specifically for individuals in mind.

These 2 cards I have sent home to family in Australia so no peeking on my blog guys!!! Too late eh.......

Sorry its only another quick one but I have managed to book a week off work at the end of the month so I will try and spend a bit more time crafting and blogging.........going to have some ME time......ha, chance will be fine thing!!!

Stay safe everyone

Kylie xx

Bad blogger!!!

Apologies for my lack of blogging but I have been busy at my craft desk trying to get my Christmas cards made ready to post to Australia.......work is frantic at the moment and so there has been noooooooo time to sit at the computer to blog!!!

So thought I would quickly pop by tonight and do a very short blog with a card just so that you wont forget I am here!!!!

Well I hope you like this card as much as I do...........I love the dark, more vintage green and red.

Hope all is well out there for everyone!!

Stay safe

Kylie xx

CASED!!

Now these cards where made a couple of weeks ago but with work keeping me sooooooooooooo busy, it has been difficult to keep the creative juices flowing so I sat with the old and new SU Ideas books and sought out some inspiration.......... although I have used the general layout and colours of cards in the book I have changed them slightly so that they are not exactly the same.



On this first card I wanted to try out one of my new stamp sets, Office Accoutrement..... retired now I know but I treated myself on my last order with a few retired items, gotta get 'em while you can!!

As I made these cards a little while ago I cant remember where I saw this next one....I think it was on some elses blog so all credit to them......they used the new Medallion background stamp on theirs (will be purchasing this in the near future as I love it!!!) but I had to used a stamp from another set to get the desired effect

As Christmas seems to be everywhere at the moment I thought I would take and give a break from all that stuff and put some normal cards up to show you all.

Hope everyone is safe and well..........really should get back to the craft desk now and get some festive cards made.......I am soooo behind and was going to set myself a task of making at least one a night.......not made any so far this week so being terribly slack!!

Stay safe and thanks for looking

Kylie xx