The most beautiful things

Nah, not my card....the quote stamp I used for it:
I got this stamp (by Kaiser) at a little shop up the road...you know, one of those stores that has a bit of everything. Anyway, I thought this quote was lovely and I finally inked it up to use on this card. The base is some Bazzil that came in a Lime Tart kit, along with that gorgeous Basic Grey Urban Prairie DP...I love that line of DP and I'm in the middle of making a little mini book with it :) The green lace paper is the same one from the last LT kit, the flowers are Prima, the button American Crafts and the ribbon is SU Pretty in Pink. The quote was stamped in Ruby Red on Pretty in Pink {yes Lauren I am LOVING that colour combo right now} and layered onto some lime-ish Bazzil.

Right now I'm waiting for the parcel man to deliver my pre-order from the Summer mini, so that I can stay up late tonight and get all my swap cards finished....oh yeah, I have to actually design them first!!!!

Finally, thanks for all the sympathy and suggestions re: the annoying phone junkie housemate. Part of the problem is that I have a cordless phone in my room so that SHE can't use it and wreck the battery like she did on the last one I had! SHE was supposed to get her own cordless....for the last 3 months she's been putting it off...because clearly it's more important to buy dresses that cost $100 rather than a $40 cordless phone! So, there's not really a whole lot I can do at the moment. Luckily I shall be leaving for Queensland in 2 weeks and I won't have to put up with it for a whole month! And thankfully she started a new job today, so at least during the day I'm back to some peace and quiet to work in....and speaking of which I better get back to it :)

Have a great Monday {if that's possible???},
Kristie

Can't think of a catchy title....

My poor old brain has been on information overload this week and I just can't come up with a title for this post at all. I have made a ginormous card to celebrate the arrival of Miss Lara, but I can't show you til it arrives in Brisbane, so you'll just have to make do with this one for now :)
It's one I made last week and hadn't posted yet, and actually forgot it was there! I've used some of the Lime Tart kit goodies for it: Bo Bunny DP, Safrass buttons and the clear journal label from American Crafts. The clear flower is Heidi Swapp and the Chocolate and Lime flowers are Prima (chocolate primas Miss Kristy!). The CS is Choc Chip and Regal Rose, the ribbon is narrow Choc Chip and the 'sparkle' sentiment is from Warm Words in Regal Rose ink(SU).

As much as I'd love to be able to continue to post everyday, things are going to be super crazy over the next few weeks. I have so much work to get through before I go on holidays to Qld to visit with my family that craft may have to take a bit of a back seat for a while. That's not to say that I won't be doing any...cause I would go mad without that creative outlet...but it won't be as much as I normally can get done. I'm sure you all understand that sometimes life just gets in the way and that you'll stick with me until things return to some semblance of normality :)

Hope you are having a great day,
Kristie

Hello

Some more Lime Tart goodness for you today....but first I need to make a confession. When I went to the Lime Tart site last week with the intention of getting a kit, I found it very difficult to decide which one I wanted...the Half Tart, the Full Tart, or the A La Tart. Then I discovered that I could be a Greedy Tart :) By ordering all three kits I got a 15% discount, and who doesn't love a bargain???? Today's offering uses mostly stuff from the October Full Tart:I did use SU! Pink Passion CS for the base and the ribbon is Old Olive. The Primas are *Playmate - Spring*, but the rest comes from the Full Tart. There's Bo Bunny "My Darling Bella" DP, KI Hula Envy lace cardstock {seriously delicious}, American Crafts pink Thickers and Clear Daisy Dew Droplets {which I coloured pink with a Copic Marker - you can always get whatever colour you like that way}.

This card is really much cuter in real life! I just love that lace CS and will be trying to find out where I can get it in other colours now :) I'm totally hopeless! I actually made another card as well yesterday afternoon but it's with some of the bargain stuff I got from Anna's Craft Cupboard, so I'll wait til tomorrow to show you that.

After my little card making frenzy - the card here only took about 15 mins! - I sat and watched the 4 part miniseries from the UK called "Lost in Austen". Have you seen it? If not and you like Jane Austen novels and are NOT a literary purist, then I would thoroughly recommend it. It was laugh out loud funny and a real tribute to Jane Austen IMO.

Right, back to the grind, lunch break is over and it's time to do some work. Have an awesome day and I'll *see* you all tomorrow.

Kristie

Sweet as can be

Oh, talk about SWEET!!! Those Lime Tart kits are just full of yummy goodness....I could hardly decide what to play with first. But the one thing I kept coming back to was this gorgeous DP by Websters Pages....Flutterby....I *almost* couldn't bear to cut it, but in the end I decided that it had to be done! There were also some Heidi Swapp felt butterflies in the kit and so this card was born...
I love it....I know, my bad, but I can't help myself....it has so much deliciousness on it that I think I might just keep it for myself :)

Supplies:
Paper: Websters Pages "Flutterby", Bazzil textured CS, SU Chocolate Chip & Very Vanilla
Ink: Choc Chip
Stamp: Odd Bird Planet
Other stuff: Choc Chip Satin Ribbon, Heidi Swapp Felt butterfly and Ghost Flower, Saffras Brown button, American Crafts cranberry button, Prima Artful Collage flowers, Designer label punch.

Not all of this came from the kit of course...there's some SU! stuff and the ghost flower, American Crafts button and the Primas I got from Anna's Craft Cupboard....she always has two great discount sections where there's stuff marked down by 40 & 70%....too much fun!

I have some great ideas for using the kit, unfortunately I have to work on uni stuff. I had a meeting with my supervisor yesterday and apparently I am much more clever than I realised :) I have come up with a theory about something that I'm working on for my thesis and it's a bit radical, but I might just have discovered something exciting!!! Unfortunately that means I now have to write up an article by the end of the academic year (which is the end of November!!!) and so I'm gonna be working my butt off to get it done....see that's what you get for being smart- more work!!!!

Hope you all have a lovely day full of creativity,
Kristie