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

Embossing is the business!!

As Christmas involves making soooooooo many cards at one time (if only I was more organised!!) embossing folders are a fantastic way of quickly puting together a card and making it look great, on this card below I have used the cuttlebug snowflake folder, and a stamp from the fantastic SU Winter Post set........sorry about the bad photo.....better one underneath!!

On this card I have used the same stamp but the cuttlebug Christmas Tree folder.......but not used it as a tree just for the pattern on one of my layers.

I am trying to make one Christmas card a night at the moment, but work is keeping me so busy I am totally shattered by the time I get home I just want to crash on the sofa and watch mind numbing tv.......must motivate myself!!

With this annoying postal strike it is hard to know whether to sent cards to Australia or just put together a generic email and send it to everyone.......no, I think even if they dont arrive on time, my family will appreciate a handmade card.....they better!!!!!

Hope you have enjoyed looking around, will try and post again during the week.

Stay safe

Kylie xx

Colour challenge...

Thought I would give the Christmas cards a break for a day........although I have started making cards that I need to give out.......I've made 2 so far....only another 25 or so to go!!!!



While I was on skype the other day with my Mum, we were talking about how us in the UK did not get any 'in' colours in the new catalogue.......but that in all of her magazines she subscribes to there is a colour combo that everyone is using at the moment.



She therefore set me a challenge to use the 3 colours.......we kind of worked them out to be So Saffron, Grey and Brocade Blue







I thought I would case one of the cards from the new ideas book and here is what I came up with.



I really like this colour combo and think I will use it again.......got a few birthdays coming up and friends of ours have just found out they are pregnant so this colour combo is nice and neutral until we find out what brand the baby is!!!!



Thanks for stopping by and having a look around, hope you like what you see!



Stay safe



Kylie xx

Cold Christmas.....

As I have been working on my Christmas cards, I keep showing each creation to Steve to get his opinion........he is totally Mr Christmas and I just really aint that bothered by the whole affair!! Anyway, Steve has this whole thing about Christmas being traditional and 'warm' so he really doesn't like all the lovely pale blue, white, silver, crisp green colours and just keeps saying to me 'GREEN, RED AND GOLD!!!! PEOPLE WANT TO SEE SOMETHING TO MAKE THEM FEEL WARM!!!!'

Ok so that made him sound like he was shouting at me but he really wasn't......bless him, he just likes traditional English Christmas stuff.....I will loose count of how many mince pies, mini Christmas puddings and brandy cream/butter he will eat between now and new year!! Again, all the traditional Christmas stuff like mince pies, christmas pud and Christmas cake I just cant stand........raspberries and ice cream for me!!! I do try my best to get 'festive' when the time comes but it is hard being so far away from family.....................

Righty ho, onto a couple of cards.....I made a point of buying some of the retired DP's as the Christmassy ones are just lovely although this is one that Steve didn't like......too cold apparently!!!








.......and one that he did!!

I used some little red gem stones on the woodcut holly stamp to make the berries stand out (as they should really be red!!)

Well thats it for tonight folks, hope you enjoyed looking around my blog, please leave a comment it is always great to get constructive feedback!

Stay safe

Kylie xx

More Christmas Card Chaos!!

Hi everyone....

Hope you have all had a lovely weekend!! I have had a massively busy week and another one to come but somehow I managed to sit at my craft desk and, like a crazy woman, I made loads of Christmas cards!!! Unfortunately none of them are for me to use for family and friends......it was an order from my local lady with the lovely shop, but I was grateful for the order as every penny counts!!

She also asked me to make her some general cards as well so I put together about 32 cards for her.......I did say I worked like a crazy woman!!!

I had a good look through all of the sketches I save and even used some of the designs from the new and old idea books, trying out different colour combo's and shifting things around so that they weren't exactly the same.

I managed to take photo's of all the cards.....Steve is going fishing again tomorrow so no camera for a few days (we have to share!!) but good news......it looks like he has found some work starting the end of this month. It means he will have to work away during the week but anything is better than nothing!!!

Well have a good week everyone, hopefully I will find some spare time to pop back during the week to post some more Christmas cards.

Thanks for browsing.......

Stay safe

Kylie xx

Christmas Chaos!!

Unfortunately I have only been able to take pictures of a couple of cards due to the weather and being very very busy this weekend, but I have managed to make quite a few cards. I had a call from my friend who buys my cards and she has put in an order so I need to get my crafty butt into gear and get some made........then of course there are all the ones for family and friends to make yet as well!!!!



I am only going to post one card today as I will do the other one in a day or two (Steve going fishing tomorrow and taking the camera!!).



I got the idea for this card from the new Stampin Up Catalogue but changed it to make it more individual.

I tried to do the layering with the stamps and I think it came out ok.....I like it anyway!

Well hope you all had a good weekend, back to work tomorrow (no rest for the wicked, which is why I am always working!!!)

Stay safe

Kylie xx

Mums are the best!!!

Firstly I would like to show you a card that I received today, now.... although the card was blank inside it was filled to the brim with so much love, care and kindness it was overflowing!! It was made by my amazing Mum who under estimates her own talent......where do you think I got mine from Mum!!!

Although the sentiment speaks volumes.........I know my Mum thinks of me every day, and she knows that she is always in my heart and thoughts. Thank you so very much for being there, despite the distance....................... I love you xx

Stay safe

Kylie xx

Its new and packed full of fantastic products!!

I'm talking of course about the new UK Stampin' Up catalogue!! I got mine a few weeks ago and have not put it down since, it smells all new and fresh!!!



The wish list is steadly growing and my bank account steadly shrinking........only joking, not made any purchases yet. As with most people the credit crunch means the belt has had to be pulled tight and it may be some time before it gets loosened, but just looking through the catalogue is great fun and so inspirational.

Work isnt making much time for crafting at the moment so time spent at my desk is only for those essential birthdays and special occassions that deserve a hand made card.



Well, you can see the new catalogue on the left hand side, click on the picture to view its magical contents and please contact me if you would like to place an order or host a workshop.



Happy browsing.....



Stay safe



Kylie xx