Endless Summer Fun

Boy, have we been spoilt with the weather here these school holidays. It's been hot here again today, too hot for a day at the beach so we went down early this morning and we will go down again later this afternoon. I have tried to capture the essence of summer in my card that I have made for the Hooked On Craft Challenge which is to create 'Something Bright'. I have used a Tilda that I have had for a while (swimming Tilda) and have matched her up with some Kaiser and My Mind's Eye DP's. I often look at my paper rack and feel a bit guilty about my abundance of DP's but when I am crafting late at night I normally can find something that I need which is exactly what happened with this card. Well here she is

I have coloured Tilda in with my Copics. I then added Dimensional Magic to the mask and water bubbles. The ribbon was already in my stash I think I got it from Spotlight. I then coloured arond Tilda with B000 to make it look like she was in the water. I even decorated the inside and I am super happy with the way that it turned out.

The stamp is from Whimsy Stamps and seemed to suit the card perfectly. I also wanted to share some photos from the beach with my boys when we went exploring the rockpools.

Tilda with her Koala

Hello everyone this is my first post for 2012. I have been really enjoying the holidays here in Australia and we don't go back to school until February so I still have a couple of weeks left. The weather here has been beautiful and we have spent many balmy nights down at the beach. We are very lucky to live 5 minutes away by car so we still feel refreshed when we get home. Anyway I have been doing a variety of crafts my block of the month quilt is nearly done, I have started a new quilt for friends who are expecting their first baby and have been making a couple of cards. Anyway when I saw this challenge over at Totally Tilda which was to use Tilda with a non domesticated animal I knew I had to enter. I had coloured up Tilda with a koala (which I purchased from Bron at ShopBron) while my friend Alethea from Lilo Designs was over for a craft session. Yes I know koalas aren't brown but it went with the colour scheme so please forgive me. I am really pleased with how this card has turned out. The papers are from my stash and I used my Cricut to cut out the leaves. Anyway here she is

Until next time Happy Crafting

Great Global Christmas Swap

Well I have finally finished my swap for The Great Global Christmas Swap and I am so pleased with the results. I got the fabric in September from Spotlight and the bag developed from there. I love the red embroidery on the calico and I just adore the owl fabric. Well here it is

And now for a close up

I also included a few gifts that I didnt make but thought would be lovely, an owl pin cushion, a felt decoration and a pin keeper

I hope that my swap partner loves her gift.

Tilda Book

I have wanted to make a book  for such a long time however my first attempt failed. My wonderful friend Alethea made one and sent me a link to a fabulous tutorial that you can find here. Well here she is

I have used DP's from Kaiser this collection was from a few years ago, sorry I can't remember the name. Tilda is from the new collection and she is so cute to colour. Of course I used my copics and have included a photo of the colours. I then added rock candy to Tildas fir trim and stickles to the Christmas trees. The sentiment is from Whimsy Stamps I adore these and use my Tombow textas to colour these up. The scallop border is a fiskars punch. 

Here's a close up of Tilda and below are the Copics I used.

and now here is inside the book that I plan on filling with chocolates for my boys teachers however I can't fill them yet because they wouldn't last 'til Christmas, especially in my craft room, so no photos with chocolates, lol

and the spine

I would like to enter this into the following challenges, Maggie Lovers Challenge and Magnolia Stamp lovers

Discover Tilda!!!

I think I am going for a record, my third post in a week, I have also made another card for a friend and I am in the middle of making a card box. Thank you to Alethea for the awesome tutorial link. I tried another one and it was a disaster. Although its not perfect its good for a test run. Anyway back to discovery Tilda. I coloured this Tilda to go with the beautiful Graphic 45 paper I bought last week. I have always loved the monochromatic/sepia look so decided to give it a go. Then Make It Colourful bought out their texture challenge and I think my ground fits that criteria.  I was thinking about this card for ages (well a day) and decided to hide a bookmark on the inside and I think that this fits the MDUC shhh it's a secret. I also coloured Tilda the same colouring so that it looks like she has been looking for a bug, then on the bookmark she has her pet ladybird.

The DP is from Graphic 45, the browncard stock is from my stash. The tickets are from Kaiser, "Up, Up and Away". The flowers are from my stash and I curled some wire for detail. The leaves are actually the wings of a different coloured butterfly. Once again I didnt write down the Copics sorry but they are all from the E family. I added Glossy accents to Tildas magnifying glass and stickles.

Here's the inside

and now for a close up of either side

Until next time

Tilda with Holly

I love Christmas and my crafting friends would agree. I actually have so many different Christmas stamps that if I used one stamp every christmas I may need to live to 150!!! Anyway I love the idea of making different styles of cards to suit the varying tastes of all my family and friends. I adore this new stamp, Tilda with Holly I also love how the new collection is so versatile. Many of the stamps could also be used for different occasions. Anyway I have also been scared of coloring in with my red Copic markers, well I took the plunge and used all of Zoes ( from Make It Crafty) techniques and I am loving the results. I am entering the following card in the Just Magnolia challenge which is Merry Christmas.

Here is a close up of her

I am also loving the new bling from Kaiser called Sparklets and sorry I didn't write down the Copics. But I did manage to decorate the inside of tha card, here it is.

The DP paper is from Kaiser and I have used both sides on the card and the rub ons are also from Kaiser.
Until next time
happy crafting!!!

Tilda with Heart Snow Ball

Oh my gosh, I am just loving the new collection by Magnolia, My Sweet Dream Christmas. I have alraedy inked up two but have made one card to enter into two challenges. The Mad for Markers Challenge which was a sketch to follow and the very first challenge created by Bron at ShopBron Maggie Lovers Challenge which was to use brown and red/and or pink. Well here is my entry and I am so pleased with the result.

I have used Red cardstock and all the DPs are from the Kaiser collection  'Tis The Season. The DP behind Tilda is called 'Stocking' and the background DP is actually flocked and is just beautiful. On the snowflakes are a new product from Kaiser called Sparklets and boy am I loving them. Here is a close up, the background of the heart snowball is actually pink and then covered in Rock Candy.

Sorry I didn't write down the Copics that I used. The 'tis the season stamp is from Whimsy and are fantastic and super easy to use.

How cute are the Sparklets, they are like a ball of bling!!!!!