More watercolours....

Hi everyone

Hope you have all had a good weekend.......Steve went fishing Thursday/Friday nights and then Saturday we went to Luton for the day shopping. It was good to get out and enjoy the day but we have totally relaxed today, watched the Moto GP racing, then Steve fell asleep and I spent the afternoon card making! I also spent ages sorting out, tidying up and cleaning my craft area..........what a difference it makes!!! I can now actually see all my bits and pieces and it makes it so much easier to find what I need!



So onto the card below.....I bought this stamp set recently as I really like water colouring (just wish I was a bit better at it!!) and would really love to be able to paint a picture from scratch....keep dreaming Kylie!! But I dont think this has turned out too bad really.....







...........especially for my first attempt!!! Dont look too closely though....please!

Well, thanks for stopping by, hopefully the weather will improve soon and I can get some pics taken.

Stay safe

Kylie xxx

Water colour wonders!!

Good afternoon everyone

I managed to get away from work a bit early today so thought I would get a post in before the electric goes off due to this massive storm we are having!!!!!!



Ok so I got some new stamps recently and settled in last weekend and did some card making.... I wanted to get some water colour practice in and here is what I came up with......on this first card I have used the water colour crayons.













On this next card I wanted to try something different...for me anyway......so I used the Stampin' Write makers as they kind of gave me more control over getting darker colours where I wanted them....

I really like how both cards turned out!!!! Let me know what you think, would love to get some comments.......

Stay safe

Kylie xx

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MUM!!!!!

Happy Birthday to my wonderful Mum......her birthday was on Monday but due to the postal strike her card wont have got to her for the actual day but I am hoping it has got there by now so here is the card I made for her...........

I know you had a great day and obviously we wish we could have been there to help you celebrate, it was you who encouraged and inspired me to get back into crafting and I am so grateful......it was also you who introduced me to the wonders of Stampin' Up!!!

Remember you are always in my heart, thoughts and prayers.......love and miss you so so much.

Kylie xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Clean lines & Simple designs

Well I hope you have all had a lovely weekend......despite being 'on call' no one has rung me so my weekend has been nice and quiet. My car is still at the garage so we have been house bound, but we took Spud out for a walk this morning...bless her little legs, she was knock out when we got home!!

With the car out of action I have spent the last couple of days sat at my craft desk getting some cards made.......my scrap pile has been thinned out a bit but still working through it.............

I wanted to keep these ones simple, not too busy, with clean lines.......I keep looking at the Organic Grace stamps and I have to force myself to use them but once I have I love the way they come out!

This next one is for a friend, its not exactly for her as I am not going to write in it....its for her to keep or give to someone else. She doesnt know I am going to send it to her so ssshhhhhh! dont say anything!

Hope you like......leave a comment if you would like to!

Take care

Smiles xx

Soft and Subtle

I must have a real bee in my bonet at the moment as I seem to have done a lot of card making and blogging over the last few days..........not saying its a bad thing but house work seems have been totally forgotten about and if I dont get ontop of it soon it is going to overwhelm me.....dont say a word Mum!!!!

So how is everybody??? Thank goodness it's Friday, even though it has been a short week thanks to Easter, today seemed to take forever to get here!! 42 days and counting until I start my new job......I cant wait!!

Right back to card making......believe it or not I am still working through my scraps but starting to get to the bottom of the pile. Here are a couple of cards I made last night.........

I really do love using water colours.....my Mum gave me her bold brights and rich regal crayons but I am going to get the soft subtles next as I have had to use water colour pencils (non SU!!) to do these and I am not sure how well they have come out. Not even sure if I am doing it right but just tend to do my own thing and if I like it well thats what counts eh!

This next card is a little difficult to see in the photo but I have used the Le Jardin DP and co-ordinated it with the French Flair back ground stamp

Well thats it for now.....stay safe everyone!

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