Soooo out of my comfort zone

In more ways than one this week! Lucky me went back to work this week after 6 weeks long service leave, what a shock to the system that has been! Throw in a bit of upheaval at work and it's been quite a roller coaster.

Since going back to work I've had zippo energy. I'm a night owl, up till all hours, but this week I've been in bed at 9.30pm which is unheard of for me (haven't even watched my trash TV....gasp!). As a result this poor little Tilda has been sitting coloured on my desk since the challenge was announced last Sunday and I've only now just finished putting it together.

When I first picked my stamp I decided to go out of my comfort zone and colour something bright.  Now colour and I just don't get along. I love black, grey and all shades in between. If you're lucky you might catch me in a bit of pink or purple but defiantly nothing too bright. So for this card I decided to go all out and picked ORANGE (shock horror!)

So what does one do with a little Tilda in a little orange dress when you're totally colour challenged? It's only taken me about 4 hours and 10 different papers to figure it out hehe, but we got there in the end and this is what I came up with...

Hope your all enjoying your weekend, till next time
Kirsty

Sketch Saturday and Scooter Boy

I've got a couple of cards to share today.  Isn't it typical that when the kids are back at school and I'm due to go back to work I finally get motivated to make something :-)

I've had a great six weeks with the kids and tomorrow my little dude begins his big primary school adventure! I can't believe how fast the time has flown and I think tomorrow you may see another post as I try and distract myself from the fact that for the first time in 8 1/2 years  there will be no little person calling out 'mum, can I have..." or "mum, can we...."

While I may be a little sad I'm also really excited for him.  He's sooo ready for school and is going to have  a blast, so I'll try and remember that as I say goodbye tomorrow morning!

Anyway, enough of my ramblings the first card is for this weeks Sketch Saturday Challenge.  I tried a new technique with my copics for this and inked up my Magnolia Puppy.  The papers are Basic Grey  Hopscotch and Grace Taylor Flower Patch.

Copic Colours

Puppy - E35, E33, E31, R20

Bow - BG78, BG75, BG72

Rose - R05, R02, R01

The second card is one I finished the other night using the Scooter Boy image from Sugar Nellie.  I'm not sure of the brand of the graffiti papers, but you can get them at Picture2Page in Lilydale.

Since this one is for a boy I kept it nice and simple, just adding some silver brads. The sentiment is from The Greeting Farm.

Copic Colours
Jeans & Scooter - C9,7,5,3,1
Green on Scooter - BG11, BG10
Top - V17,15,12, 000
Hair - E35, YR23, Y23

Hope it's nice and sunny in your part of the world and you're enjoying your day. Thanks for stopping by
Kirsty

Magnolia Down Under Challenge

I'd like to say I've been really busy and use that as the excuse for not posting anything lately but I can't...I've just been lazy (when it comes to cards anyway)!  I'm on holidays with Dan and the kids and I'm really enjoying doing not much at all!  We had a great week away with friends after christmas but since then we've just been floating around doing whatever we feel like.  It's kinda nice....I could get very used to this:-)

It's wet and rainy here in Melbourne so I sat down and finished my card.  I started it days ago but just couldn't finish it...didn't like the colours, didn't like the papers yada yada but I did love the sketch (from Magnolia Down Under) so after a few changes here it is:

Supplies
Stamps: Tilda and fence from Magnolia, sentiment from Papertrey Ink
Papers: Kaiser (Tea at Elsie's)
Copics:  Y21, E97, E99 (hair), E40, YR00, YR02 (clothes), C7, C5, C3 (shoes), E29, E29, E53, E35 (fence), E00, E000, R20 (skin), G85, G94, YR21 YR23 (flowers)
Accessories: EK success swirl border punch, flowers, locket charm and tag from Picture2Page.

I've bought a few new stamps lately, so if this weather keeps up no doubt you'll see a few more cards soon.   It seems we're getting the tail end of the weather that has been so devastating in Queensland. My thoughts are with all those affected, I can't begin to imagine what they are going through.

Thanks for stopping by,
Kirst

Geez, I'm going all flowery!

I've never really been much of a flowery person! I like them, don't get me wrong but when it comes to cards I'm a plain and simple kinda girl. But lately flowers seem to be making their way onto all my cards and you know what, they're not that bad! Maybe it's just a phase...like the button thing a while back tee hee, we'll see:)

Anyway this card is for The Sugar Bowl sketch challenge. This gorjuss girl is my favourite little illustrated character. I just love her. The artist Suzanne Woolcott is from my home city, Glasgow and I just adore her work. If you haven't seen it you can check it out here. Her illustrations and prints are so sweet, yet filled with so much emotion and a little darkness. LOVE them! But enough of my ramblings here is the card...

Supplies: Papers in this card are Basic Grey and Kaiser and the copics used are E70 through to 79 for her hair, E000, E00 & R20 for the skin and V99, V95 & V91 for her clothes. I coloured the flowers and the ribbon with my copics to match.

Hope you all have a great week, thanks for taking the time to stop by

hugs

Kirsty

Add Some Bling

Hope you're all enjoying what's left of your weekend.  I've got a few birthday cards to make this week so I thought I get started on a couple of cards for the gorgeous twin girls that go to kinder with Dylan.  It's their party on Friday and the add some bling challenge seemed like the perfect challenge for these cards.  I've combined the Club Anya challenge with the sketch challenge over at Friday Sketchers and I have to say I'm pleased with how they turned out.

I decided to use the same layout and stamped image for each card but alter the papers slightly.  Here's what I came up with...

For the first card I've added little diamonds to the flowers on the background, a glitter border around one of the layers and sparkles to her fairy wings. It's not so easy to see but there's also glitter on the DSP.

Papers: Imaginisce DSP, PTI cardstock
Stamps: TGF Flutter Anya, PTI sentiment
Copics: Hair - E50, 51, 53, 35 Wings - R20, RV29, BG10,11, Dress - RV29,25,23 Y32,35 Skin - E000,00 R20
Accessories: SU So Saffron ribbon, Kaiser bling, SU Dazzling Diamonds glitter.  

For this card, I added glitter embossing powder to her wings and also used it to make a border around the final layer of DSP.  There's a glitter pattern and little diamonds on the DSP also.

Papers: Imaginisce DSP, SU cardstock

Stamps: TGF Flutter Anya, PTI sentiment

Copics: Hair - E50, 51, 53, 35 Wings - R20, R81, BG10,11, Dress - RV85,83,81,Y32 Skin - E000,00 R20

Accessories: SU So Saffron ribbon, Kaiser bling, AED pink glitter embossing powder.  

Well I suppose I should sign off for the night and start getting organised for work and school tomorrow ;( 

Thanks for stopping by, till next time

hugs Kirsty

Pink Elephant meets KiKi La Rue!

Oh how the weekend flies when you're enjoying yourself!  It has been cold and wet here in Melbourne but we've had a great weekend.  Dylan played soccer yesterday and not only did they win both games, he scored his first goal!!  He was so excited and it was just too cute to watch a bunch of five year old running around after the ball.  They have such a great time, and of course all the world cup action at the moment just fills them with excitement!

After soccer the kids headed off with Grandma and Grandpa for a sleepover, so we caught up with some dear friends that we haven't seen for a while.  This morning we headed off to a winery for lunch as part of the 'Shortest Lunch' festival. We're really lucky to live in the middle of the fantastic Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges and we're spoilt for choice when it comes to great food and wine.

The kids are home now and I've made up for my lost cuddles, so all in all it's been a great weekend.

This afternoon I finished off some cards that I'd started yesterday.  The first is a sketch challenge for The Pink Elephant.  I found some funky retro style papers by October Afternoon the other day and I thought they would go perfectly with my new little Kiki La Rue stamp.  So here's what I came up with...

Papers: October Afternoon DSP, SU Kiwi Kiss Cardstock

Stamps: Coffee Kiki La Rue, TGF Sentiment 

Copics: Hair -  E70,71,74,77 & 79, Clothes -  BG 10,11, Mug: YG 63, 11 Flowers - R27, 29 

Off to make a quick cuppa then I'll be back with another couple of cards I made for the cutest set of twins that go to kinder with Dylan.  He's heading off to their party later on in the week and for once, I'll have the cards ready before we're about to rush out the door:)

till next time

hugs Kirsty

Can someone tell me where November went?

I can't believe it's December already...how did that happen?

I'm not ready for Christmas... I'm still in the 'I've got ages to think about christmas' mode. Of course it's not true, time is running out and as usual I will be shopping right up until Christmas Eve. On the plus side, because I've been in christmas denial I've had the chance to make lots of cards LOL!

So here's a few of them...

Firstly, this weeks Mojo Monday



I really enjoyed this sketch, and I love Lily and Milo, they're so cute!  The image is coloured with copics and papers are SU and Kaiser.

I decided to use the circles cut out of the Lily card to make a quick christmas card, which led to this...



So when I was packing away my stamping stuff I stacked the two cards on top of each other which led this...



Now you can see why I'll still be shopping at the last minute...one thing leads to another and before you know it I've spent the whole afternoon making cards instead of thinking about what I need to do for Christmas!

thanks for stopping by, til next time

Mojo Monday

Oh I almost forgot I actually finished a Mojo Monday challenge.  I'm not entirely happy with it, but what the hey, I'm going with it anyway LOL!



hugs

Friday Sketch Challenge

Just a quick post before I head out the door for work.  I finally got around to finishing my card for Amy Rysavy's Friday Challenge.  I liked the layout so much I made two...so here are my creations and the original sketch from Amy in case you want to play along! You can visit Amy's blog here.

It's a real mix of stamps and supplies for these cards! On the button card, the flower is a Whipper Snapper stamp I've had for forever. As for the paper, I've had it for so long I can't remember who they're by...oops;-) The cardstock and circle stamp (circle circus) are from Stampin Up.

The Owl card is SU paper, card and ribbon. The stamps are from Kelly Pannaci/Sandylion. I've coloured the bird and owl with Copics.

Check back later, I've got a cute little Lily & Milo image that's almost finished.  So I'll be sure to upload later today.

Til next time

Amy Rysavy's Friday Sketch & Twilight Fix!

Hi Everyone

Just a quick post with Amy Rysavy's Friday sketch challenge.  Not sure about this one...I think it's missing something??  Anyway, after much procrastination I decided to just go with it!

Supplies: Gorjuss Gothic Girl stamp & SU sentiment, SU DSP, Copic markers, cookie cutter flower die, SU whisper white cardstock.

I also thought I'd a couple of cards for my fellow Twilight fans!!  I love the Twilight books so I just couldn't resist the little Edward stamp that appeared on the web a few weeks ago.

It was also my first go at a brayered sky, so it was really fun to do - although you'll have to forgive my light source 'issues' with my colouring.  I coloured the images before I created the sky and then out the moon on the wrong side...OOPS! Oh well practice makes perfect right??  In case you can't read it, the sentiment is from Breaking Dawn, it says 'Look after my heart, I've left it with you'.

Here's another, just with Edward

Ok, clearly I also need to practice my photography, I seem to be a bit lop sided LOL! Copics are used in both cards to colour the images and all cardstock is SU.  The damask stamp in the second card is from Gelatins.

Ok that's my Twilight fix out of the way! Check back later for the latest Mojo Monday.

hugs