A Very Special Project for a Very Special Person

Here Down Under we are fast approaching the end of the school year and the long summer holidays. For our family it's the end of two eras: DD17 has completed high school and DD11 finishes her primary school years next week.

When DD17 left primary school I made her a mini album and had all her teachers write in it, as a special momento. She cried when she received it (which of course made me cry too!). The past couple of days I've been working on one for DD11. In the intervening years I've discovered stamping, so the albums are very different to each other, but I hope both will be treasured always.

I thought it would be fun to have the album in a tin lunchbox! The "ribbon" on the handles is actual school uniform fabric. I've used SU card, watercolour paper, inks and wheel plus the bashful blue patterns paper on the lid; everything else is non SU.

Here's the front cover of the album:

And here are the pages from each year of school. In 2003 she was in hospital when school photos were taken, so I've put in a photo from a couple of months later once she had recovered.

I've entered this in the Just Magnolia monthly challenge, which is to make a card/project for someone special. Thanks for stopping by!

Cheers

Kez

Christmas Magnolia

Phew! I hope your week has not been as hectic as mine! I'm so glad it's the weekend! DD17 has been off enjoying Schoolies so I have had unlimited access to the computer, which has been nice! LOL! As I haven't done much watercolouring lately I really loved sitting and colouring last night, especially as my new Magnolia stamps arrived just in time for me to enter a challenge.

Not surprisingly, Christmas is the theme for the current Magnolia Down Under Challenge. This is Tilda Unwrapped, which I think goes perfectly with the "don't open till Dec 25th" stamp. Not much SU content in this one, so die-hard fans be warned!

Created by Kez.

Materials used:

• SU stamps - Winter Post
• SU punches - boho blossoms, designer label
• SU card - riding hood red, bordering blue, creamy caramel, watercolour paper
• SU inks, sponge daubers, dimensionals
• other - Magnolia stamp, pearls, pearl brad, papers from stash

Isn't she cute? I think she'll be just perfect for birthday cards too. Thanks for calling in today. Have a great weekend.

Cheers

Kez

Double Magnolia Challenge

My second card today is a bright and cheerful one for two Magnolia challenges: Magnolia Down Under, which has using buttons as its requirement, and the special monthly challenge at Just Magnolia which is to use hand made flowers.

SU materials used:

• stamps - Three Little Words
• card & paper - real red, old olive and whisper white cardstock; Summer Picnic DSP (retired); watercolour paper
• punches - scallop circle punch, word window punch
• other - going grey marker, dimensionals

Other materials:

• nestabilities and Big Shot; red organza ribbon, buttons, Magnolia stamps, Martha Stewart punch

Hope it brightens up your day.

Cheers

Kez

Up at the crack of dawn

'Moving to the country' is this week's theme at the Magnolia Down Under Challenge, so I've used three Magnolia stamps plus one little Stampin' Up! one and had fun with my brayer and sponges. Very simple, but I hope it conveys a country feel.

I tried out some Michelle Zindorf-style techniques for this card. I stamped the stile and signpost first, coloured them (watercolour crayons and markers) and then clear embossed them (using a Versamark pen). Then the brayer background went in (sunrise colours to signify getting up at the crack of dawn!) with the grass area being masked, then rubbed off the ink from the embossed images. Tilda with puppy was stamped on another piece then cut out and "sat" upon her seat and a bit more green grass sponged in around the base.

Hope ya like it. Ya'all come back now, ya hear!

Cheers
Kez

DD10's very first magnolia challenge

Here's another Magnolia card for the MDUC flutterby challenge, made by my gorgeous DD10 for her very first ever challenge entry. She made the entire card completely by herself, took the photo herself and loaded it on to the computer herself!

She used watercolour crayons with an aquapainter to colour and the butterflies are punched first in cardstock, then in vellum, and I am so proud of her effort. Please let her know if you like it!

Cheers

Basketful of Flutterbies

Another hectic week, but as netball was cancelled today, I had time to madly make a card for this week's challenge at Magnolia Down Under. The theme is "flutter by butterflies" and let's face it, who doesn't love butterflies? Here I've used Tilda with a basketful of flowers and just replaced the flowers with a host of pretty "flutterbies". The circle behind Tilda is also clear embossed with butterflies.

Ain't she "purty"?!!! A couple of my mates are freaked out by Tilda and friends having no mouth or nose, but I can't see the issue - she is just so adorable! I think we need a "toot your horn if you love Tilda" bumper sticker!!! LOL!

Thanks for stopping by!

Cheers

Kez

Magnolia Mojo

Well after FINALLY getting some P&Q I got a card made for two challenges. The theme at Magnolia Down Under this week is spot the dots and I also used the sketch from Mojo Monday.

This is Tilda holding fall flowers, so that inspired me to use all Earth Elements colours - ruby red, not quite navy, close to cocoa, chocolate chip, old olive, more mustard and pumpkin pie.

Thanks for dropping by!

Cheers

Kez

Chocolate cupcake anyone?

Any chocolate addict will tell you that it doesn't matter what it is, if it has chocolate, smells like chocolate or looks like chocolate ... well, it is irresistable is what it is!!!! And two elements of today's card were just that - irresistable. One: the "box of chocolates" paper I was putting away from my abortive attempt at a card for Cinema Saturday's Chocolat fiasco (see previous entry!), and two: a Tilda holding cowberry muffin stamped image (what the dang is a cowberry, please someone?!) sent to me by the very kind Bec. Put the two together and what do you have? A second go at the MDUC cupcake challenge, is what!!!

Created by Kez

I am LOVING the whole pink pirouette/riding hood red/chocolate chip colour combo!

Supplies used:

• stamps - Tilda with cowberry muffin (Magnolia), cupcake (Maya Road), sentiment from Birthday Cupcake set (Inkadinkado)
• papers - chocolate box (stash), riding hood red patterns DSP (SU), pink pirouette and chocolate chip cardstock (SU), vellum (stash)
• inks and markers - pretty in pink, regal rose, chocolate chip, close to cocoa, riding hood red, old olive, creamy caramel (all SU)
• other - Prima flowers, pretty in pink brads (SU), brown brads (stash), brown adhesive pearls (Kaiser), dimensionals (SU), blender pen (SU), chocolate chip satin ribbon (SU)

Thanks for dropping in!

Cheers

Kez