Fathers Day..........in Australia!!

As the title suggests.....it is coming up to Fathers Day in Australia! Now before I got back into crafting and card making, I would have to buy an card in June here in the UK and then save it to send on to Dad in September......now of course I can just make him one!

Some of us find it difficult to make masculine cards and I am no exception!! I thought I would keep it very simple.....my Dad is a sailor and we have always lived near the sea so this card is very appropriate for him.

And he always wears a funny little hat when he goes sailing!! They are arriving here with us on Tuesday 8 September (2 days after Fathers Day......a little saving on the postage, although a little late getting it to him!!).

Well it has been a lovely weekend in our neck of the woods, hope it has been the same where ever you are!! And to top it off its a long weekend......good thing really as I need to blitz the house before Dad arrives, they are not staying with us (we just dont have the room) but still want the house to look nice.

Thanks for stopping by and looking through my blog....hope you enjoy what you see!!

Stay safe

Kylie xx

A sad day for us Aussies!!

To all my fellow Australians out there.....I am feeling the pain as well!!! My Mum rang late last night, did not want to speak to me but asked for Steve....infact she did not even say hello to me...all she wanted to do was celebrate England winning the Ashes with Steve.....well, I say if she had any kind of loyalty to Queen and Country she would live here!!!!! But oh no, doesnt like the weather!!!!

Anyway, I noticed it had been a whole week since I posted anything....to be honest I have not done much crafting over the last week or two so I have had to drag out some older projects to show you.......these 2 cards I made using some very pretty designer papers (non SU) that I bought ages ago..............

Well my Dad and step mother arrive 2 weeks tomorrow so really need to get on and spring clean the house....it could be another week before I get to post any more.....Hopefully by then I will have found some more inspiration and got some crafting done!!



Thanks for stopping by to take a look at my blog..



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Kylie xx

Here's to good friends........

........and good sketches!! I dug out some of the sketches that people post and I save to get the creative juices flowing when I have lost my mojo. Here are two that I did recently.....

I really love the simplicity of the this card, the stark white with flash of colour..........

This designer paper came from a little set of 6x6 that I bought ages ago and have not really used. I have also not used this stamp until now so it was good to be able to put the two together.



Fingers crossed I get my car back tomorrow...it seems so long since it broke down but I must say I am sick to death of catching the bus now and just want to be able to drive!!!!!



Have a good evening and thanks for stopping by.....



Stay safe



Kylie xx

Cricut confusion.....

I made a bit of an impulse buy a couple of weeks ago and my Steve is really no help what so ever when it comes to these sort of things..........he just says 'you want it, we'll buy it'!!! So then my new Cricut machine arrived and we have had to change the front room around and buy a set of drawers just so there is room for the Cricut!!! I will just briefly explain that we live in a tiny little house and I have but a small corner in the front room for my crafting..............see!!

It is extremely difficult to keep it tidy and try and ensure that it does not take over the rest of the room!! Anyway on to a card.....so I made this card for my brother in law who's birthday was a couple of weeks ago now but this was the first thing I made with my cricut.....it is only his name but it was something!! I am finding it difficult to get my head round how to use the cricut but it is also difficult because as you can see in the above photo there is no room to really use it to its full potential........we soooooo need to move!!

So here is the card...............

I have also been practicing using my watercolours so I gave this card a bit of a background wash to it to try and make it look like the truck was on grass with the sky behind it.

Well, thanks for stopping by to look at my blog, hope you liked it.

Stay safe

Kylie xx

Remembering Friends...

Evening all....



See I told you I would be back to do a post today!!!



Its only going to be a quick one though. I had a little afternoon nap today when I got home from work and I had a very vivid dream about a friend of mine who is living in Australia at the moment......I keep meaning to send her a card but after I woke up I went through my stash of ready made ones and picked this one for her. I immediately wrote it out and popped it into an envelope and it will go in the post tomorrow.

She is an amazing girl, went travelling across the world with a friend and once they ended up back in Oz she got a job (she is a renal nurse) and the hospital where she works is sponsoring her to stay for 12 months so that she can get residency. Her friend has come back to the UK so she out there doing it on her own and loving it so well done Sally I am so proud of you. Love and miss you loads. xx

Stay safe everyone

Kylie xx

A little bit of sunshine........

....and an early finish from work makes for good conditions to take some photo's!!!! I finally managed to get some pictures done today as I decided to get away from work early. Unfortunately my car died last weekend...the cam belt (expensive!!!!) so I am having to catch the bus to and from work at the moment.....it takes me 50 mins each way!!

Back to blogging......I have a friend who buys some of my cards to sell in her shop and she asked me to make her some wedding/engagement cards...she also wants some birthday cards for kids which I am finding a bit difficult to do, not really my thing as I dont have kids and dont know many people with young children. Anyway, so I made her some wedding styled cards and here they are.....

I used this really great corner punch for this card which lets you slot the front of the card in like a photo......

On this card (above) I used 'Safmat' which my Mum recommended to me, it is a clear printable sticker type thingy which once put onto something is almost invisible and looks like a rub on. So you can print what ever you want on it, cut it out and then stick it on!! I used it to print the sentiment on....

Well, sorry it has been sooooooo long since I have posted anything but as most of you out there know.....life kind of gets in the way of hobbies!!

Hopefully I will be back tomorrow with more cards.......hope the sun was shining where ever you were today!

Stay safe

Kylie xx