Too Hot!!!

It is so great to have such lovely weather but it just changes so suddenly we dont get the chance to get used to it and it then becomes very tiring............moan moan moan!!!! I know my Mum would love to be here now as the weather at home in Tasmania is terrible and very cold so I really shouldn't be complaining.

Anyway, so I have seen loads of these pretty little flower pot cards all over the net lately so I thought I would give it a bash.

I made this card for all the staff at my new job to say thank to them for making me feel so welcome......they seem to be a great bunch of girls and I am so grateful to them for all the help they have given me learning things!!

I also made them a pillow box each with a couple of chocolates inside....

Hope you are all enjoying the sunshine.....but remember to stay safe in the sun!!!

Take care

Kylie xx

Apologies

Just wanted to say a quick 'sorry' for not being able to make it to Field Training in Peterborough tonight.....as you know I started a new job recently and so my days are filled with training, meetings, training and more meetings!!!! Unfortunately my meeting today went way over and then I had to go back into work so missed getting to Peterborough. I also have to be on a train to London tomorrow morning at 7am............once again sorry to those who expected to see me tonight, hope all went well and you have a lovely time. I will most definately make it to the next one!!!

Kylie xx

Happy Fathers Day.........

......to all those wonderful Dads out there......my georgous man woke up this morning to a card and a HUGE Toblerone. I am also getting him a ticket to a local fishing lake but he will have to wait for that one!!!

Fathers Day in Australia isn't until early September and my Dad will be here visiting with his wife at that time so I wont have to post it and and hope it gets there on time!!

Anwyay, here is the card I made for Steve......

I got the idea and kind of cased this from Andrea Walford http://andreawalford.com/?cat=40

I really liked the style of her card and although mine is not exactly the same I tried to keep it as close as possible.



I have got a really busy week coming up, including field training where I hope to meet some more of you but forgive me if I look dead on my feet as I will have been in a meeting all day and then heading for London for training the next day!!!



Thanks for looking



Stay safe



Kylie xx

All boxed up!

Evening all..........

I found a template for this little box in one of my craft magazines, but the measurements seemed to be all wrong. So I took it upon myself to play about and change things so that the box actually fit together!!! I dont know if the template was wrong or not but I couldn't see how to put it together they way it was in the mag.......anyway here is my version of it.

The stamp is called Boutique from Papermania and has some other lovely little stamps in the set.

Can you see my new little tomato plants in the background.....my mother in law gave me about 10 plants (I dont even like tomatoes!!!) which I had to re-pot (gardening is not my thing!!) but they seem to be surviving at the moment despite Spud's desperate attempts to dig and encourage the chickens to join her......oh yeah our neighbour has 2 chickens and Spud seems to think she is one now.........I found her asleep in the chicken coop the other night (sigh!!!)

Just a quick post tonight as my DH is away fishing and has taken the camera and I have some other cards which need photographing!!! Anyway, enjoy the weekend folks and hope to be back at some point before monday with some more items.

Stay safe

Kylie xx

BIG SHOT!!!!!!!

Thanks to my most amazing man I am the proud new owner of a Big Shot!!!! I got a really good deal on it as it came with a large die and a pack of 4 smaller ones so I got right to it and had a go...........Once I had run the large die through the machine I got completely stumped as to what to do with it and it took me ages to actually make the card!!

I kept looking at the shape and picking out different card stock to use and then changing my mind.....trying different background colours and then I decided on this.

I wanted to 'jazz' it up a little bit, and I think I will try and use a DP next time and when I get some new dies, but I used some gitter on the flowers and then added a flat back pearl thingy....its a bit hard to see on the above photo though.....so see below.

I also added a sentiment from the Oval All set and then used some Diamond Glaze to finish it off.....you cant really see it in the photo but I put it on the small dots around the scalloped punch and on the butterfly wings.

Not bad for a first attempt.........cant wait to buy some more dies!!!!!

Stay safe

Kylie xxx

Stencils & Run On's

Happy Friday everyone!



Well my first week of my new job has gone really well, the staff seem really nice and I think I am going to enjoy my time there........



Right, cards!!!!! I bought some stencil brushes the other day as I had seen an article in one of my craft magazines and really liked the look of using stencils. I got home and found one of the very few brass stencils I have and gave it a go.....fortunately it turned out ok and this is what I came up with. The sentiment rub on is not SU but I am definately going to get some in my next order!

Let me know what you think!

Have a great weekend people and stay safe....

Kylie xx

Information overload!!!!

Today is day 2 of my new job and so far I can honestly say I am...................................loving it!!! There has been a lot of reading to do and loads more left to read but I am getting there....it is so strange to be working for a different company as everything is new and I dont know anything so there is soooooo much to learn, but having been with the same company for over 7yrs I feel like I am actually using by brain again!!!!

So back to blogging....... I made this card last week some time but only just took some pictures as the weather has not been great and have been busy with the new job so have not had time to post anything.

I cased this layout from a card I found in the June 2009 edition of Making Cards magazine on page 55. I really liked the style but wanted to make it totally different so I chose very different colours and style of stamp to make it more my own. I followed the measurements that were in the magazine which makes quite a large card, 21 x 24.5cm ....not something I would choose to make unless it was specifically for someone but for this I thought I would stick to the instructions!! So what do you think?????

Thanks for stopping by

Stay safe

Kylie xx

Swaps for Training

Well, here they are........I think I have about 14 or 15 cards to take to Field Training with me later this month....which I am sooooo looking forward to, although I dont really know what goes on at these things it will be very interesting to meet up with other crafters and card makers.



I heard from my Mum that people often make ATC to take to swap but I cant seem to get on with them just yet......need to spend some time just looking at other peoples ideas and getting into the swing of them. I tried to make one last night but it just didn't look right so I gave up!!

Well I hope you like them and I hope to meet loads of you all at field training in Peterborough on the 23rd June.........see ya then!!!

Stay safe

Kylie xx

Double pocket card

A big hello to you all......

I must say I am totally enjoying my week off......the sun has been shining and I even got a little sunburnt!!

We had a bbq on Saturday night with the neighbours which was lovely as the weather has been so nice....over indulged on the wine a bit and suffered the next day, that will teach me!!



The card below was inspired by my Mum who gave me the instructions for the double pocket card.....I have seen many beautiful ones on other peoples sites but never thought to try it for myself. I have used the La Jardin Designer paper for this and keep the theme running through the cards as well. I just love this paper and really sad that it has now been retired as it is my absolute favorite.....I will just have to keep ordering it until they tell me it has run out!!

It is a bit difficult to see but I used the 'friend to friend' sentiment at the bottom of this card and Happy Harmony on the front of the pocket.

I really enjoyed making this card as I was trying something new and using paper and colours that I adore!!

Hope you like it too.......

Stay safe

Kylie xx