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So Many of My Smiles…(TGF/KaiserCraft)

written by Kylie

Hi Everyone,

I had a break from my blog enforced by Mother Nature. We’ve been in the middle of a rather warm patch and then we had a bit of wild weather which resulted in my power being off for the better part of two days. Turns out that crafting in the dark is not easy, who’da thunk?! lol Also turns out that I *love* air-conditioning! A LOT! lol In typical Melbourne fashion we have gone from hot, hot, hot weather with a fierce storm only yesterday to a cold dreary day today when I’m (almost) tempted to put the heater on. Ah, Melbourne, how I love thee!

Before I lost power for two days I did have another card waiting in the wings featuring the lovely “Honey” from The Greeting Farm. Once again, I opted for the cute look so covered up the little skull in her hair ribbon. I also decided to play around with her hair colour a little bit too. I didn’t have three colours which worked beautifully together but I made do. I’m quite happy with it but I do think I need to go shopping. 😉 lol I’ve also stayed away from the “typical Kylie” card again which is a bit of fun.

Here’s the card…

So Many Of My Smiles Begin With You
Materials used: Stamps – Blue Bay (KaiserCraft), Honey SSSC No. 012 (The Greeting Farm); Dies – A Birdie Told Me (Lawn Fawn), Die-Namics Blueprints 4 (My Favourite Things), Documented, Photo Love (Sizzix); Patterned Paper – Unknown; Cardstock – Knights Smooth, Unknown; Copic Markers; Sparklets – Fern (KaiserCraft); Ribbon (KaiserCraft) and Wink of Stella.

She’s so cute! If you’d like to see another take on this gorgeous stamp, please visit my amazingly talented friend Elle’s blog. Elle colours images in the most beautiful way and the most creative way too. Her blog is a visual feast for the imagination!

So, that’s me done for today. Think I’m going to plonk myself down in front of TV and watch the Big Bash (cricket) for the first time in two days. lol

Happy Stamping!

9 January, 2015 8 comments

Bon Voyage Cards Lawn Fawn Stamping The Greeting Farm

Bon Voyage (TGF/Lawn Fawn)

written by Kylie

Hi Everyone,

I’m going to switch things up just a little bit today by using one of the other images which came in my Super Secret Stamp Club subscription from The Greeting Farm. As soon as I saw Honey I thought how cute she would be as an air hostess or in a diner from the 60’s. (I did have to cover the little skull which featured in her hair ribbon as that didn’t quite fit in with the images I was picturing). I do keep hunting for some diner style stamps to go with her – stools up at a counter; a blackboard menu in the background – so cute! Or her standing by a window with planes lined up outside. lol Since I don’t have any stamps like that I went with a travel theme for my first card (yes, first card, I have coloured this image in quite a few times…still have three of the images waiting to find a card for them to live).

Here’s the card…

Bon Voyage
Materials used: Stamps – Bon Voyage (Lawn Fawn), Honey SSC No. 012 (The Greeting Farm); Designer Paper – 6″ Paper Pad – Pack Your Bags Collection (Kaiser Craft); Cardstock – KaiserCraft, Knights Smooth; Copic Markers; Shadow Ink Mid-Tone Cup O’ Joe (Hero Arts); Sparklets – Crystal (KaiserCraft); Dies – Die-Namics Blueprints 6 (My Favourite Things) and Wink of Stella.

It’s a little different from my usual style but I thought I might try and expand my repertoire – at least until I find those elusive diner stamps. 😉 lol

Thank you for stopping by today! Hope you are having a wonderful day!

Happy Stamping!

6 January, 2015 9 comments

Cards The Greeting Farm Thinking of You

Thinking of You (The Greeting Farm/TGF)

written by Kylie

Hi Everyone,

Today’s card is another variation using “Lavender” from The Greeting Farm’s Super Secret Stamp Club from last year. You can view two other cards created with this same stamp here.

While the little hairbow on Lavender features a skull, the design is otherwise cutesy. Simply by covering the little skull you could use the stamp in many different ways – so that is exactly what I did. Isn’t she darling!

Here’s the card…

Lavender
Materials used: Stamps – Lavender SSSC No. 011 (The Greeting Farm), A Little Sentimental (Clearly Besotted), Snow Day, (Lawn Fawn); Copic Markers; Distress Ink; Cardstock – American Crafts, Knight Smooth; Dies – Snow Day, Spring Showers, Stitched Hillside Borders, (Lawn Fawn), Die-Namics Blueprints 4 (My Favourite Things); Sparklets – Princess (KaiserCraft) and Wink of Stella.

So that’s my sweet and simple take using Lavender – nothing scary or halloween-y about her now. Love a versatile stamp!

Hope you all have a happy day!

Happy Stamping!

4 January, 2015 6 comments

Cards Paper Smooches Stamping The Greeting Farm

Happy New Year!

written by Kylie

Hi Everyone,

Happy New Year! I hope you all had a very merry Christmas and that 2015 brings you good health, happiness, love and lots of crafty goodness!

I’ve had some time off work over the Christmas/New Year period and managed to squeeze in some creating time which has been WONDERFUL! I’d love to retire and create full time! How amazing would that be! Anyway…

Last year I signed up for The Greeting Farm’s Super Secret Stamp Club for October/November/December. Being an international customer meant that my stamps would ship as one but not until November. Unfortunately this meant that when they finally arrived it was AFTER Halloween (all three stamps featured a girl with a skull hair ribbon) and right in the middle of the lead up to Christmas. No time to play! So it was very exciting when I sat down earlier and got to pull out these new stamps. I had never used The Greeting Farm stamps before but have admired them for a while.

First up was “Lavender” (SSSC No. 011) and I stamped her a few times and just coloured! I started with fairly traditional colours and then branched out a little with the hair colour. When designing the cards, I made two which worked with the skull in the hair bow but then decided I need to make the most out of the stamp and to use it in a different way. You know I love to create a scene card too and “Lavender” just cried out to be placed in a number of different settings. I’ll share some of my other designs in the next couple of days.

Here’s card one…

I grabbed the image I had coloured last – one with unusual hair colouring and decided to place her in a dark woods. I decided against a sentiment as it doesn’t really need one. I can always add it later if the need arises. I also added an extra bow and only secured it in the centre – looks very cute! The skull and all of the trees are coated with glossy accents. Love this look!

Lavender
Materials used: Stamps – Lavender SSSC No. 011 (The Greeting Farm), Happy Haunting (Lawn Fawn), Autumn Groves, Hooties (Paper Smooches); Copic Markers; Distress Ink; Cardstock – American Crafts, Knight Smooth; Glossy Accents (Ranger) and Wink of Stella.

Here’s card two…

I wanted to vary the above design just a little. I left the moon off, added a rocky path and went with the blue haired Lavender. No sentiment again this time but it can always be added later.

Lavender
Materials used: Stamps – Lavender SSSC No. 011 (The Greeting Farm), Texture Clear Stamp Rocks (KaiserCraft), Autumn Groves, Hooties (Paper Smooches); Copic Markers; Distress Ink; Cardstock – American Crafts, Knight Smooth; Glossy Accents (Ranger) and Wink of Stella.

So, they’re more than a little late for Halloween (or super early! lol) but I do think that they could be used at anytime…for the right person! I’ve coloured up another dark background and now I’m tempted to go and make another “Lavender” card. lol

Happy Stamping!

3 January, 2015 6 comments

Christmas Lawn Fawn Paper Smooches Penny Black Stamping

Merry Christmas (Penny Black)

written by Kylie

Hi Everyone,

Merry Christmas! I have finally finished my Christmas card creating for this year. Whilst it took me only a couple of minutes to choose the gorgeous Xmas Treat! Stamp from Penny Black to use on my card this year, it took me AGES to work out how I would like to use it. I have more than a few samples strewn across my desk! I finally settled on the design below and I am mostly very happy with it. It is rather plain and deceptively so because there is actually quite a lot of work involved. Loved every minute of it though, I must confess!

Here’s my card…

Merry Christmas
Materials used: Stamps – Xmas Treat! 2230F (Penny Black), Joy to the Woods Snow Day (Lawn Fawn) and Merry Motifs (Paper Smooches); Dies – Decorative DD701 (KaiserCraft), Joy to the Woods, Stitched Hillside Borders (Lawn Fawn); Scan n Cut (Brother); Embossing Folder (Provo Craft); Project Life White Cards (Becky Higgins); Cardstock – American Crafts, Knights; Copic Markers; Hybrid Ink – Black Licorice (My Favorite Things); Hero Arts Shadow Ink – Soft Pool (Hero Arts); and Wink of Stella.

I haven’t been visiting in blog land for a while now due to many reasons but I hope to catch up with you all over the Christmas holidays! I think a pyjama day surfing blogs might be on the agenda! lol

Thank you for stopping by today!

Happy Stamping!

22 December, 2014 6 comments

Cards Lawn Fawn Silhouette Stamping There She Goes Clear Stamps

Don’t Worry, they only want those with brains (TSG)

written by Kylie

Hi Everyone,

While Halloween is over now, I’m not ready to stop playing with these cute “spooky” stamps. I’ve decided that if I don’t use sentiments which specifically refer to Halloween then there is no reason why I can’t keep using Halloween type images. lol I do have a few more images stamped up but – maybe it is time to turn my thoughts to other creations – I don’t know. Will see where the mojo leads.

For today’s card, I created another little scene. lol How I love them! As I really don’t have a lot of spooky themed stamps, I took the opportunity to play with my Silhouette Cameo which has, unfortunately, been sitting there gathering dust in recent months. I don’t have the space to keep it out at all times so it is a bit of a chore to get it out…but it is SO worth it! I reallllly needed this card to have a spooky tree and a rickety fence and the Silhouette store did not disappoint with the Spooky Trail die. In the end, the card came together quite easily and I really quite like it.

Here’s the card…

Don’t worry, they only want those with brains
Material used: Stamps – Hauntingly Delightful (There She Goes Clear Stamps); Dies – Spring Showers, Stitched Hillside Borders (Lawn Fawn), Circles (Sizzix), Die-namics Blueprints 5 (My Favourite Things), Spooky Trail (Silhouette); Cardstock – American Crafts, Doodlebug Design; Designer Paper – The Bewitched Bundle (DCWV); Distress Inks; Copic Markers; Pearls – Yellow (KaiserCraft) and Wink of Stella.

If you celebrate Halloween, I hope you had a fantastic time! I’m off to tidy my craft table and then hopefully create something else.

Happy Stamping!

1 November, 2014 4 comments

Cards Lawn Fawn Stamping

I Ruff You (Lawn Fawn)

written by Kylie

Hi Everyone,

Wow, that was an unintended and long break. Some days pass by so slowly but somehow the time still marches by rapidly. It’s a strange enigma.

When I sat at my craft table today, everything was (unsurprisingly) just as I had left it. lol I wondered why I hadn’t actually finished my card as it was pretty close to completion. Although having said that it still took me a while to put it all together. I really struggled over where to put the sentiment. In the end I just kept it super simple and I like how it fitted into the scene. I think the other ideas I had been toying with would have over-powered an already busy scene. It’s not the card I pictured in my imagination and I don’t love it at the moment but I am hoping that when I look at it in another day or so I will have a new appreciation for it.

Here’s the card…

I Ruff You
Materials used: Stamps – Critters at the Dog Park, Critters on the Farm (Lawn Fawn); Dies – Chit Chat Dies, Grassy Borders. Spring Showers, Stitched Hillside Borders, Sweater Weather (Lawn Fawn); Cardstock – American Crafts, Doodlebug Design; Designer Paper – Birthday Mood Rings (KI Memories), Hello Sunshine (Kaiser Craft), Copic Makers, Glossy Accents and Wink of Stella.

I *love* Lawn Fawn stamps and I just adore creating little scenes with them. I love how each of the sets can work on their own but they can also mix and match so well too. It just extends the possibilities and that is such a good thing. More value for money, and who doesn’t love that!

Okay, I better go and try and finish the other partially completed card which is pushed off to the side of my desk. Hope you are all having a wonderful day!

Happy Stamping!

26 October, 2014 6 comments

Cards Gorjuss Stamping

Totally Gorjuss

written by Kylie

Hi Everyone,

What do you do when you stamp up and colour some images (which you are reasonably happy with) and then you go blank on how to finish off your cards? That’s the situation I found myself in after my last post. I had coloured in a couple of images but when I went to finish off the cards I didn’t like any of the papers I chose or designs, etc I came up with. It was tempting just to put them aside and move onto something else but I feared that I might never return to them. I sucked it up and just assembled them. They may not be my favourite cards and they may not have any real flair to them but they are done. 🙂

I used the Gorjuss stamp set “Ruby” which is so cute. Decided to see how she would look if I water coloured her with distress markers and then coloured using copics. I stayed rather true to the colours displayed on the stamp set. Room for improvement with both but it is a start. Think I am getting better with skin tones, hair shading and shadows too. So yay!

Here’s the first card…

I Love You
Materials used: Stamps – Ruby (Docrafts/Gorjuss), In My Heart (Mama Elephant), Stinkin’ Cute (Simon Says Stamp); Distress Inks, Distress Markers; Designer Paper – Hello Sunshine (KaiserCraft) and Wink of Stella.

And here’s the second card…

Gorjuss
Materials used: Stamps – Ruby (Docrafts/Gorjuss); Copic Markers; Designer Paper – Favourite Things (Heidi Swapp); Distress Ink (Ranger); Ribbon (American Crafts).

The above cards were a great learning experience for me in many ways. I thoroughly enjoyed colouring them both – playing with watercolours and then seeing if I could create the same/better/different look using copics. The putting the card together bit though…was less satisfying. Perhaps next time I’ll begin with the end in mind. lol

Happy Stamping!

23 August, 2014 4 comments

Cards Stamping

Hello Foxy

written by Kylie

Hi Everyone,

Don’t forget the Giveaway is still open and I will select a winner on Saturday (AEST). Go here to enter – Happy Anniversary.

I whipped up todays card over the weekend. I was having second thoughts about whether to share it or not but decided to go ahead. The card has a number of flaws so it probably won’t make it into the “to send” pile. Some of the issues don’t appear overly visible in the photograph, which is nice. haha Please don’t get me wrong, I don’t think it is a horrible card, I can just see the areas which I really want to improve. 🙂

I have to say the stamps in this set are so wonderful to colour and I will be using it again very soon. I’ve already painted the little girl in a couple of different colour schemes (using Distress Markers) and she is just so pretty each time. I cannot wait to try copics too. The price point on these stamps is fantastic too. I think I saw them at Simon Says Stamp for US$7.49 and locally I thought they were a bargain at about AUD14.75 from Paper Squared. Not affiliated with either store (although I wish I was! haha) – just sharing my excitement at finding such nice stamps. They are red rubber cling stamps too, not clear stamps. They stamp up beautifully!

Oh, one of the issues I had with this card is that I kind of bounced one of the fox stamps and ended up with ink in the wrong place. I tried the solution often mentioned by Jennifer McGuire where you scratch the ink off and then use a white eraser over the area. It didn’t work for me. Maybe I was too heavy handed? Either way, the area in question is quite obvious to me.

The other thing I tried on this card was using the Tim Holtz Distress Marker Spritzer to create the mottled background. I need to play around with this a bit more. Think it has huge potential.

Here’s the card…

Hello Foxy Materials Used: The Fox (Gorjuss by DoCrafts); Critters in the Forest (Lawn Fawn); Designer Paper - 8x8 Mini Deck TV Dinner (Cosmo Cricket); Cardstock - Assorted; Wink of Stella; Distress Markers; Pearls - Latte (KaiserCraft) and Nestabilities Large Labels (Spellbinders).

Hello Foxy
Materials Used: The Fox (Gorjuss by DoCrafts); Critters in the Forest (Lawn Fawn); Designer Paper – 8×8 Mini Deck TV Dinner (Cosmo Cricket); Cardstock – Assorted; Wink of Stella; Distress Markers; Pearls – Latte (KaiserCraft) and Nestabilities Large Labels (Spellbinders).

That was a bit rambling, wasn’t it? lol Thank you so much for stopping by today! Hope you have a great day!

Happy Stamping!

1 May, 2014 6 comments

Cards Giveaway Kaiser Craft News Rambling

Happy Anniversay

written by Kylie

Hi Everyone,

I missed my own blogging birthday! lol That’s a bit funny. Turns out that I have been online for one year as at the 21st April. I cannot believe I missed it.

In celebration I have a little giveaway. Woohoo! I picked up a couple of stamp sets from KaiserCraft today and I would like to send them to someone to celebrate. In hindsight, I should have picked up a few more as I have been blessed to make some lovely friends though this little blog of mine. To win, please comment on this post. I will pick a winner (using a random number generator) on Saturday 4th May (AEST). Giveaway is open to international readers.

Here’s the prize….

First Birthday Giveaway

I’ve done a little creating lately. Mostly it has consisted of stamping and colouring and stamping and colouring some more. I’ve been enjoying the process and haven’t really finished anything. Sometimes I just like to colour.

I did pick up a couple of decoupage card kits from Spotlight during the week and passed a few pleasant hours putting them together. I ended up with 7 cards (4 different designs). They are super cute and they made me think – there is no reason why I couldn’t apply the same idea to my own stamping. I’m no stranger to popping up the odd embellishment or layer so why not pick out a feature of the stamp and do the same? Something to think about.

First up…

Movie Queen
Materials Used: Finmark Decoupage Card Kit (Finmark); Cardstock – Various.

Then came…

Hair Salon
Materials Used: Finmark Decoupage Card Kit (Finmark); Cardstock – Various.

I was on a roll then so wanted to keep going. So here’s card three…

Shoppers Welcome
Materials Used: Finmark Decoupage Card Kit (Finmark); Cardstock – Various.

This card was a bit different. It provided the backs of the images. Love this idea! A few stamp companies offer stamps like this too. Very fun! Here’s the inside…

Shoppers Welcome (Inside)
Materials Used: Finmark Decoupage Card Kit (Finmark); Cardstock – Various.

Last card of the night was this one…

Friends are your Umbrella
Materials Used: Finmark Decoupage Card Kit (Finmark); Cardstock – Various.

I know they aren’t original cards but I hope they might inspire you in some way. They inspired me!

Thanks for stopping by today and don’t forget to comment for your chance to win!

Happy Stamping!

27 April, 2014 8 comments

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