Burst of colour

Hi folks!



As you can see I have had a bit of a revamp of the old blog........fed up with the doom and gloom of winter so thought I would try and evoke some thoughts of summer warmth!! Not that I would like to be in the grip of the Australian heat wave at the moment, 37c over night...no thanks, you cant even breath when its that hot!!! Half of that would be nice though......



I even went as far as to use some nice bright bold colours on a card, I bought these die cuts ages ago and have never really used them.......nothing ever looked right but I think I managed to make them work on this card!





And the sentiment really says it all............those lovely warm colours really do make you want to smile!!

.........as this stamp set suggest 'Be Happy'!!!

Have a good weekend everyone

Stay safe

Kylie xx

Valentines.....

Is it really Friday???

It has been a tough week at work this week, the troups are rebelling slightly....dont like the thought of change and it is proving difficult to get them to see it is for the best.

The previous manager did not do a good job and unfortunately I am left to pick up the pieces which is harder than I though it would be!!



Anyway, enough self pity........

Valentines day is just around the corner and I had a request from the lady I make cards for, for a new batch. She did not specifically ask for Valentines cards but I thought I would make a few and see what she thinks



I went for a less traditional approach with some of these so let me know what you think!!



Ok, so this one is a little traditional with pink hearts but I still dont think it's obviously traditional...



Went for a more soft and subtle approach on this one...........soft subtle....get it???



Sorry about the above pun....so this next one again is very subtle perhaps for the more mature couple!!

I also have loads of birthdays during the next few months so will be spending some time at the craft desk getting those made.......as I have said before I like to sit and make a card specifically for the person it is intended for......usually when I get a bit of a stash I end up selling them to my friend for her shop so for family and friends I taylor make so to speak and I will be posting some of those very soon.

Well thanks for visiting and having a look around, please feel free to leave a comment, I love to hear what people think.

Have a good weekend folks, I may be back before its out, if not perhaps during next week.

Stay safe

Kylie xx

A new life brings........happiness!!

Afternoon everyone,

Have been pottering around the house today doing some essentials like, washing and ironing but thought I would take 5 mins out to do a post.

As a new year begins, there are some new little people coming into our lives, first of all Steve is about to become a grandad for the 4th time!! His eldest daughter was due New Years Eve so the plan is to induce her tomorrow if there is no sign of movement....so to speak!

Secondly, some good friends of ours are expecting their first baby in the next few months,

this card is for them...............

I decided not to colour in the picture of the little girl, wanted to keep the card very clean and simple......congratulations Phil and Collette xx



Well its back to the grind stone tomorrow so best get on with the rest of my jobs!

Oh by the way...................Steve starts work on Tuesday!!!!!!!!!!!!! Its only a few days a week at the moment but once the year gets going there is more work for him ahead.....happy days eh!!



Stay safe and thanks for stopping by to look around.



Kylie xx

A new year begins......

I hope everyone stayed safe and well over the festive season.......it has been some time since I managed to blog anything so apologies for that, Christmas/New Year came and went with out much celebration as times are tough and sadly we have a serious illness in the family.

Anyway, I thought it about time I sat and did some card making and I have spent the last few days sat infront of my desk working furiously. These first few months of the year are full of birthdays for me so I wanted to make sure I was organised........it has also been quite theraputic (not sure on the spelling!!) to do some craft work.

These first 3 cards I made to try and use up some of my very large scrap pile..............


I also thought it about time I used my Three for You punch box set...I bought this from the retired list and up until the other day had not used it. I know the flowers are not centred and it was a genuine mistake but I thought it didn't look too bad so I left it as it was!

Back to my beloved browns and greens below!!!

This next card I coloured using the SU markers and blender pens.....I really like the way this came out as I tend to only use my markers to put colour onto the stamps before I stamp them, but with this one I put pen to paper so to speak and then blended!!

And last but not least a water colour using the SU crayons, I have always wanted to be able to paint a real water colour but I should think this is the closest I will ever get to that!!!!!

Unfortunately I am not sure whether I will be able to continue with Stampin Up as financially things a very tight for us at the moment. SU was only ever a hobby for me and I dont have the time or space to make it a business, although I do want to keep posting on my blog so dont go anywhere folks, I will continue to post my cards as long as people are interested in seeing them!!

Ok dont want to over do it on my first blog back for the new year, take care out there in the snowy weather (no Mum I dont want to hear how lovely and warm it is at home!!!) and will be back soon with some more cards.

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

JOY to the world!!!

Happy Friday everyone!!!



Apart from being on a very long and tedious training course for 2 days this week the whole thing seems to have gone quite quickly!! I also had a meeting to go to in Colchester yesterday which meant another day out of the office.......I got some work done today but I think Monday will be a massive chatch up day!!



So here are the next installments of Christmas cards........cant remember where I first saw this idea, I think it was actually a wall hanging and I just used it on a card instead.



Wasn't sure about the dp behind the letters at first but my lovely other half said it looked better with than without......have to trust them at some point!!









I am really not that keen on this next card.......although I love the clean lines and it came out better than I had hoped. This dp is not one of my favorites but with soooooooooo many cards to make I had to come up with different ideas and use different colours so......what do you think??

Mmmmmmmm...........I still not sure.................

Well let me know what you think, I would love to hear from you!!

Stay safe

Kylie xx

Liqueur coffee and christmas cards.....

Ok, lets start with the traditional........sorry the photos havent come out too well but its the best one can do in poor lighting.......despite using my new little light tent!!



I totally love the Winter Post stamp set and have used it loads for many of my Christmas cards and projects......





......it just gives a really lovely oldie worldie feel to the cards and everyone who has seen them says how much they love them.

Brrrrrrrrr.......this next card makes me want to reach for the hot chocolate or as we have discovered recently, using a generous helping of an irish cream liqueur in your coffee in place of milk.......mmmmmmmm!!!!

Watch out for those liqueur coffees....they can be a little moreish, but warm you right down to your toes!!

Hope you have enjoyed the cards, have a few more to post and a few more projects to get photographed so should be back later in the week with more.

It has been a busy week for us so apologies for not getting more crafting and posting done but unfortunately life gets in the way!! Back to work on Monday so things may slow down a little but I will do my best!

Stay safe

Kylie xx