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

Mojo Monday challenge

You wont believe it but my car has died again!!! Got up this morning, went to go out and nothing........why oh why do I not know a mechanic!!!

After hours of staring at the engine and wiggling this and that, Steve and I have given up on the car and it will have to go back to the garage tomorrow.

Back to crafting................as Steve went fishing on Friday night I sat as always for many hours at my craft desk getting some cards made. This one is for my niece who I have not yet met, fingers crossed her Mum and Dad will be bringing her over for a visit, this is for her first birthday! Although I followed the challenge sketch its not quite the same.........

This next card is for Steve's niece who has just got engaged........as I dont have the Mr & Mrs set I had to improvise a little but I cased the card from the SU Idea Book. I think it came out really nice, very impressed with it even if I say so myself!!!


Thanks for stopping by

Stay safe

Smiles xx

3D Items

Happy Friday one and all!!!

Well thats another week gone and now it is only 3 weeks left until I finish up my current job, taking a week off and then starting the new one..........a little nervous!!

So I managed to get some bits done over the long weekend, June is a busy birthday month for me so I going that extra mile to get everything done in time, Steve has gone fishing so I can spend all night at my craft desk......joy!!! Couple of things have to go to Australia so they need finishing and getting in the post quick smart!

Anyway, enough of my mad ramblings lets show you what you popped on by to see.......

This little letter set was made using Lauren Meaders Timeless Template......she is amazing, I love her templates and I have bought soooooo many!!

I really cant remember where I got the idea for this but its a long note pad on a ring binder.

And lastly this little note book holder which I made for my friend Donna, I also made her a shopping list note pad to keep on the fridge, but this was just a little something for her to keep in her handbag......she loved them both!

Hope you like.......

Stay safe

Smiles xx

Sketches

Working full time, I find it difficult to join in with all the wonderful challenges that people set so I tend to just print the sketch and do it when I get the chance.......these next couple of cards are based on sketch challenges probably from ages ago but only just dug them out to have a go. I dont always follow the sketch exactly but they are great for ideas to use up scrap!!



This next photo also includes a 3D item called 'From The Desk Of' made from Timeless Templates http://www.papertreyink.com/timeless_templates.html
And I have just realised that my garden furniture is the same colour as SU Really Rust!! Must remember to put something over the table when photographing this colour card!.

Hope all you UK residents have enjoyed the long weekend.......back to work tomorrow.

Stay safe

Smiles xx

Shopping...

If anyone out there is like me....I like to write lists, I usually have about 3 or 4 on the go at any one time and at Christmas its more like 7 or 8!! So when it comes to the grocery shopping I always have a list which I write and re-write many times over. So a friend of mine asked me to make her a shopping list pad she can put on the fridge, now this style of list is not what I like to use....I usually have a A5 piece of paper and I write my list in sections of where things are in the shop..........am I sounding a little weired here now??? Anyway I cant remember where I found this design (if its yours let me know and I will give credit where its due) and it is perfect for my friend!

Next is a card I made using the DCBD sketch from last week......I was saving it to use with my Soft Summer stamp set but that was on back order and only came the other day so I was too late with the Challenge.......but here it is anyway!

I am really enjoying using my SU markers....and I have got all the colours now which is great and I can experiment loads!!

Well thats it for now, hope you all have a happy and safe weekend

Take care

Smiles xx

Templates

Evening all,

Ok....so I did manage to takes some photo's but only now getting the chance to post them. Spud is making it difficult as she is sitting on my lap barking at the computer screen.......she chases the cursor around the screen and then barks when the screen changes!! Bless her....

Back to blogging......
Here are a few things I have made over the week.

This is a template I purchased from http://www.papertreyink.com/timeless_templates.html Lauren has some great templates on there and they make such lovely gifts to give to family and friends.

I stamped the note paper and envelopes just to give it a more personal touch.......what do you think???

Smiles xx

Milk Cartons

Happy Easter......hope everyone had a happy and safe weekend......and better weather than we had!!!

This is a really great gift idea and can be used for lots of different things........chocolates, lovely bathroom smellies, sweeties, anything really that will fit into the little milk cartons. I got the idea from http://www.inkingidaho.blogspot.com/ (sorry still cant get this link thingy right!!) and have made a couple for a friend of mine that wanted them to give as gifts.






Perfect little gifts for someone special!



Smiles xx

Cased

Hi,

I will learn how to put a link in my post to the blogs where I have cased cards from soon I promise.......its getting time to sit and work it out or getting round to see my upline to get her to teach me as we both work full time and she doesn't often get home till late. So that leads me to this card, which I have cased from another blog........

Still trying to get the hang of using DP on cards and not just altered or 3D projects which is why I have cased this card, although I have changed a few things like the card colour and paper pattern. The colour of the card has not come out right in the photo....it is actually Always Artichoke!!!

Recipe:
Stamps: Fresh Cuts
Card: Always Artichoke, Whisper White
Ink: VersaMark, Always Artichoke
Accessories: Level 1 hostess DP, Always Artichoke ribbon, Scallop border punch, flat back gems, white gel pen

I also managed to get a little project made which again I cased from another site. It is a small covered note book which I had to adapt to fit the size of my note book. The note book is lined as I could not find any small blank note books.....think I need to do a Staples trip for some supplies!!!






Recipe:
Stamps: Happy Harmony (Australian SU)
Card: Sahara Sand, Chocolate Chip
Ink: Old Olive, VersaMark
Accessories: WeR Memory Keepers brads & eyelets, natural twine



Hope you like them.....feel free to leave a comment, thanks for stopping by!



Smiles xx

5 petal flower punch

Evening all.....

Well after an absurdly busy day at work I rushed home, finished my other DCBD card and managed to get some photos before the light went!!!!!

I saw this flower over on Dannie's Designs and I really wish I knew how to put a link in to my post but I dont.....something I need to ask of my upline Michelle. Anyway....saw this flower and it came with instructions (got to love them!) and really wanted to try it out......looking at it now its making me really believe that spring and summer are on the way!!! Unlike my poor little window boxes behind the card....dont look, they really need some attention!!

I wanted to use the DCBD colours again as I just really liked the way they went together, but wanted to try them in a different combination with more of the green galore and tempting turqoise showing. The petals are sponged with tempting tuqoise and the darker petals on the outside are done with Brilliant Blue to make them stand out a bit more. I also added a small flower punched from brilliant blue card using the Boho Blossoms punch with a very pale blue brad.

I wasn't really sure about this flower when I first saw it but I think its great and can see me make many more in the future.....although it did take me a litte while to make it, it really isn't that hard at all!!

Thanks for visiting

Smiles xx

Just thought I would post a quick few photo's.....work has been manic and it was a busy weekend with no time to work out what colours/card/stamps/ink I used so for now it will just have to be the pics. This is a card I made for my lovely man.....he is actually a very good fisherman, I just thought it was funny, although he has been in a couple of tight spots whilst fishing I dont think he has ever ended up like that!!

These are a couple of items I made for Steve's mum for her birthday.....just a little note paper holder and a receipe box....I really do love the Le Jardin DP!

I have seen many of these little milk cartons on other blogs and love the idea of them, I purchased a template and instructions (i'm a bit weird about instructions....I love them and have to read the instructions to anything I buy!) anyway......I had a go and was really pleased with the way it came out. I am sooooooo not a pink and purple kind of girl but trying to use more of the bold bright colours

And last but not least I thought I should really post a picture of the bundle of trouble I named my blog after...........this is Spud! She was named before she was born and I was hoping for a boy but the name had stuck by then and I would not change her for the world!

Cheers

Kylie x

Sorry....

Apologies for the bad quality of these photos....I will need to spend some time perfecting my photography skills!!! Anyway, this is not my usual style but it needed to be big, bold and bright and obviously aimed at a young child.....but then will a 2yr old really care??? I have used Yoyo Yellow card stock and Forever Friends paper and stamp which I watercoloured using pencils and blender pens.

This is a picture frame I bought from WH Smith and then decorated....left to right I used More Mustard and Really Rust card stock and then the image was stamped with versa mark and more mustard, the stamp set is called Happy Harmony which was sent to me by my Mum who is also a Stampin' Up Demo in Australia. Next I used Sage Shadow card run through a crimper, stamped the sentiment on some recycled card...stamp set as before was sent from Oz and is called Reason to Smile. The card in the top right hand corner is from The Chocolate Box and is Core Colour which I ran through my Cuttlebug and then sanded the embossed image to bring through the core colour. The bottom 2 frames are decorated with Laura Ashley paper, I then stamped the flower (again an aussie import although I dont know the name of this one) in mellow moss and sage shadow, cut them out and attached using foam pads to give it some dimension........I like how this turned out although a little unsure about the top left hand frame, it just doesnt seem to fit in with the rest of it.

Oh well practice makes perfect............

Thanks for stopping by

Kylie x