Big birthday month!!

Evening all,

Hope you have all had a good weekend, it has been another quiet one for us......we finally got our car back, 2 days on the road and something else went wrong with it so it was another week on the bus to work for me and restricted to the house this weekend......fingers crossed we get it back tomorrow afternoon!



Ok, so onto some cards, I have got quite a few birthdays this month, hence the title of this post and this first one is for Steve's mum, her birthday is 2 days after his this week. Unfortunately she is going into hospital tomorrow so will spend her birthday there, although we are hoping that this op sorts everything out and she will be on the road to recovery.





Although it is not the same, I got the 'idea' from the SU Idea Bool and Catalogue on page 44. When you dont have the stamps to totally CASE something you just have to make do with what you do have eh!!

This next card is for Steve, I find it really hard to make cards for men and really must invest in some more masculine stamp sets. It is his 4oth on Wednesday and he is not looking forward to it so did not want to make a card that screamed 'YOU ARE NOW 40'.

Steve is an angler and loves his fishing so last years birthday card had a very comical picture of a man caught on is own belt by this fishing rod, this year I went a bit more 'mature' but kept to a watery/sea/fishy kind of theme.........I hope he likes it.

Well folks, thats it for now, sorry it is so long between posts at the moment but I am flat out at work and catching the bus is taking its toll and eating into my 'down' time, which means I have not had much time to do any crafting either.......I have done a little bit this weekend, making a wedding card for a friend at work and I need to get started on one for my brother and his fiance, they get married in March and as we wont be able to be there I want to make something extra special.

Stay safe

Kylie xx

How silently, how silently........

......the wonderous gift is given!!



There is something so special about receiving something hand made, and I am sure most of you out there enjoy giving something YOU have hand made to someone special.

We had a quiz during our managers meeting last week and it was to see how ready we all were for Christmas...one of the questions was 'have you finished writing all your cards?' I got extra points because I had not only finished writing them all I had made them all as well!!!



Sorry about the bad photo above, stil experimenting with my light tent!!





I have seen similar cards to this next one on many other blogs and I really wanted to give the wreath a try as I absolutely love it.....I think mine has come out looking a little square but over all I am really pleased with how it turned out.







This next photo is of a project I got from Andrea Walfords 12 weeks of Christmas......this is week number 5, you can find them here http://andreawalford.com/ although I received week 11 yesterday so it is nearly finished.





I got the idea for the little stamped tea lights from my amazing up line Michelle.....thanks lovely!!!

With a very tight Christmas coming up everyone is receiving something small, a hand made gift.......



Well thanks for stopping by, hope you like what you see, pop back anytime!



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

More Big Shot

It seems I am discovering more and more Big Shot Dies every time I look online or go into a craft shop......there are sooooooo many and they are fab!!!!!!!! I recently purchased these 2 which are a top note and a slightly smaller frame. I used my cuttlebug to emboss the Really Rust card stock and then managed to stick it down the wrong way round.....it still works though!

Well I really need to get back to the craft desk......I started a card the other day for my Dad's birthday and I have had real trouble finishing it off.....nothing I do seems to work or look right but I need to get it finished to go in the post on Monday (it really should have gone in today!) so that it gets to him on time!!

Hope you all have a wonderfull weekend

Stay safe

Kylie xxx

What a weekend!!!

I know, I know.....it is a glorious day outside and i'm on the computer posting!!! I have been outside trying to get some washing done and making the most of the sun shine but thought I would pop inside quickly and do a quick post.......

Here are a couple of cards I made last week.......

I made a really special card for my friend and put it in an addressed envelope ready to send to her.....the problem being that I had a large envelope ready to go to Australia and I think i might have put the card for my friend (who lives in Kent) in the Australia envelope!!!!!!! At this point in time I cant find the card in my house anywhere so it may be winging its way to Oz.....will have to make her another one.....sorry Emma xxx

Hope you are all having a fab weekend and enjoying the sunshine

Stay safe

Kylie xxx

More challenges!

Well, Steve has decided to treat himself to 2 nights fishing this weekend so me and Spud have the house and the sofa to ourselves!! It also means I can craft all weekend guilt free!!!!! So this first card is a challenge I saw on someone elses blog but a challenge set by ILWS....I cant seem to log on there at the moment but I took up the challenge anyway........and combined it with a sketch challenge (cant remember where I found the sketch though....sorry)

This next one is also a sketch challenge that I found ages ago....I print off the picture and file them in a clear plastic folder so that in times of loss of inspiration I can flick through until an idea pops into my head!

The sun keeps trying ever so hard to burst through the big black heavy clouds and I am running in and out of the house with loads of washing trying to get it dry......in between crafting sessions that is!!! Well, best get back to it.......might do another post later, thanks for stopping by and I would love to get some comments.

Stay safe

Smiles xx

Designer Paper

Just a quick one tonight as I did not get home until late and just want to relax, the next few posts will be of cards I made last weekend........I have a mouse who has set up camp under my craft desk so until he is caught i will not, I repeat, WILL NOT be sitting at my desk!!





Mmmmmmmm......not sure about this one....what do you think??????





This one took me forever to work out and plan and put together.....kept trying different greens, a bit limited as using scraps so had to find bits that where the right size or enough card left to cut to the right size! Finally finished it and I am really pleased with how it turned out.

Please leave a comment and let me know your thoughts...........

Stay safe

Smiles xx

DCBD Colour Challenge

Well this is my third post for tonight so make sure you scroll down...........

I know i'm a little late with this one but as always work cuts into crafting time!! Here is the DCBD Colour Challenge for this week.......

........and here is what I came up with.

Sorry the photo's aren't too great but no natural light and I wanted to get this posted before I fall into bed!

Recipe:
Stamps: Fresh Cuts, Best Yet
Ink: Rose Red
Card: Rose Red, Going Grey, Bashful Blue, Whisper White
Accessories: 1 1/2" scallop square punch (non SU), spiral punch, 1/2" striped Bashful Blue grossgrain ribbon.

Thanks for looking.......goodnight!

Smiles xx