Dark Arts

Time for a change of scenery…

Kirsty — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 04:22:16 +0000

Time for a change of scenery and a brand new look. I was getting bored with the current blog so I decided to jump ship to the much improved Blogger. If your interested in seeing more of my creations, head on over to http://darkartsbykirsty.blogspot.com

hugs

Kirsty

Lil Lolita Challenge

Kirsty — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 12:42:22 +0000

It’s been such a cold and wet few days here in Melbourne and I was so happy to come home from work today, jump into some comfy clothes and get settled in for the long weekend! My plan is to stay home with Daniel and the kids and just have some fun, and for me that definitely includes making some cards!

I caught up with the lovely Bron the other night and while we didn’t make too many cards (well any if I’m being honest!!) I did get to colour my new favourite stamp – Lilith from Tickled Pink’s Lil Lolita line. So tonight when I came home I jumped onto the Lil Lolita Boutique and completed their first challenge with the image I’d already coloured.

The challenge is ‘anything goes’, which to be honest frightens me silly! Way too many options for me!! I decided to keep it simple because I wanted Lilith to be the main focus. I have a giggle every time I look at her as it reminds me of me as a teenager; black clothes, black and purple hair – just love it!

Anyway here she is..

Love these new stamps, can’t wait to get me hands on some!

Thanks for stopping by, with a bit of luck there’ll be lots to share over the next few days.

hugs

Wow, has it been that long?!

Kirsty — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 11:59:35 +0000

Wow it’s been a while since I posted hasn’t it?? Unfortunately day to day life got in the way and there just hasn’t been time to stamp and post here on the blog. But, I recently cleared out my stamp cupboard and traded all my unused stamps for some gorgeous new ones from the Greeting Farm and CC Designs so how could I resist! I’ve also enrolled in a copic class over at Suzanne J Dean’s Color Me Creative. I’ve only just started but I LOVE it, I highly recommend checking it out if your interested. Dylan had two birthday parties to go this week so it was a great opportunity to try out my new stamps.

Talking about great opportunities, my dear friend Bron has just been selected to be on the Design Team for Lil Lolita Boutique. If you haven’t checked out her awesome cards you can do so here. I just love Lil Lolita…have got to get me some. I love anything with a little twist of gothic, so she’s right up my alley!!

Anyway enough of my ramblings, here are my latest creations (finally!!!). The first one is a new SU set that reminded me so much of My Little Pony’s that I just had to have it for Kira. The others are Greeting Farm and I think Kiki La Rue. Each image has been coloured with copics. Can’t for the life of me remember the colours, I really should write them down!

Hopefully I can take part in some challenges over the weekend and add something new a little quicker than recent times!

take care

Kirst

Mojo Monday…on a Sunday!

Kirsty — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 11:28:54 +0000

Hi again, hope you all had a great weekend. We had a nice lazy day at home today which was much needed.

It’s amazing how productive I can be when I’m not working all the time, I had time to make some more cards! In keeping with my ‘keep it simple, no copics’ weekend, here is my Mojo Monday for the week.

The colours in the photo are not the best – . The lighting in my craft room is terrible and the batteries in my camera died so I couldn’t take another pic, but you get the general idea LOL. The papers are from Kaiser and card is SU. The stamp is Polka Dot Punches from SU and the sentiment is from PTI.

The second card is just a quick 5 minute card that I put together with some scraps that were lying on my desk. The stamp set is from PTI and the card is SU, patterned paper is Kaiser. Colours are kraft, white and groovy guava. Not sure I love this card, but for a quick 5 minute card, it’s ok.

As much as I’ve enjoyed making these cards I am having withdrawals from colouring my cute little characters and fairies, so I think tomorrow it will be back to Copics.

Oh well, at least I tried! Thanks for stopping by,

hugs Kirsty

Birthday Wishes

Kirsty — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 04:32:28 +0000

Here’s another card for my ‘no copic’ challenge! This time I’ve used my Guide Lines 2 set from PTI to create some patterned paper. It’s a really simple clean card. I got the layout inspiration from a valentine card on Kristina Werner’s blog. I loved layout and thought it would be perfect for my guide lines set. So here it is…

The cardstock is Kraft and Baja Breeze, both from SU. The white is the guidelines white from PTI. Inks used are SU Whisper White and Baja BReeze. Stamps are Guide Lines Two & Giga Guide Lines from PTI. Buttons are also from PTI.

Thanks for stopping by, till next time

hugs Kirsty

So far so good!

Kirsty — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 13:09:29 +0000

Just a quick post with my first stamp only card. I set myself a challenge to create cards without copics this weekend, and so far so good! I got the sketch for this one from Papertake, and I’m pretty happy with how it turned out. The butterflies look a little flat in the photo, but IRL they pop off the page. I love Papertrey’s Berry Sorbet and it feels like ages since I made a nice bright card. So here it is….

We’re having a nice quiet day at home tomorrow so maybe Kira and I will make some cards together.
till next time
hugs Kirsty

More fairies

Kirsty — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 22:30:54 +0000

Just a quick post with another fairy from Sweet Pea Rubber Stamps. I’ve used a mix of SU cardstock and Do Crafts patterned papers. The image is coloured with copics.

As much as I love colouring with my copics I occured to me the other day that I can’t remember the last time I made a card just stamping! I love clean, simple cards and I seem to have moved so far away from that recently with the discovery of copics (which is fine, cos I love them!). So my challenge for this weekend is to make some cards without copics. Lets see if I can manage it LOL! Have to scoot off now, we’re spending the day with mum and dad and we’re off to register my little boy for soccer, he’s so excited! He tells me he’s going to be a rock star and a soccer player when he grows up!

till next time

Kirsty

Something new…

Kirsty — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 12:48:29 +0000

Hey there, it’s been a long time between posts again hasn’t it? My day job has been consuming all my time lately and it’s really taking it’s toll on my crafting! I’ve been working on a new large website that has taken the best part of six months to complete. As the project nears completion we’re frantically working to make sure it’s ready. While it will always be a work in progress, the launch date is in sight and our life will hopefully get back to normal. Yeah!

While I haven’t had much time to create I have enjoyed surfing and checking out all your beautiful creations. My most exciting find so far has been beautiful fantasy art stamps by Ching Chou Kuik and you can get them over at Sweetpea Rubber Stamps. You know how it is one link leads to another and before you know it I’ve lost an hour and my bank balance is a little lighter LOL!

Anyway I stumbled across them on the very talented Angela’s blog In My Quiet Time and I just loved them. For those who know me I love all things dark and mysterious and these stamps are right up my alley. It’s also really nice to find some fairy images that aren’t quite so cutesy. So enough of my ramblings, here is my first card…

Here’s a close up of the stamped image, the detail in these stamps is amazing, I love them!

The next card is one I’ve had sitting on my desk for a while. I think it was meant for a Mojo Monday a couple of weeks ago and I never got round to uploading it! So here it is, sorry this is a stamped image from a friend, so I can’t tell you where it’s from.

That’s all I’ve got completed for now. I’ve got lots of new stamps and hopefully soon I’ll get the chance to play with them all!

Till then, thanks for stopping by

hugs Kirsty

Mojo Monday – back in the swing of things!

Kirsty — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:34:41 +0000

Wow, it’s back to work tomorrow for me after a nice week off. I can’t believe Christmas has been and gone again already. I hope you all had a fantastic time with family and friends. I thoroughly enjoyed my time off with Daniel and the kids. We had a few days at home relaxing, a nice day trip to the beach, caught up with friends and enjoyed a beautiful day in the Yarra Valley to celebrate Grandpa’s birthday.

I’ve been really slack with the card making. So slack that today is the first time I’ve made anything in ages. It was nice to have a break for a while, catch up on some reading and some Gilmore Girls…my tv addiction for the holidays, yep all seven seasons in a few short weeks. I love DVD’s hee hee!

But it’s back to normality tomorrow and I really wanted to spend my last day relaxing at home making a few cards. I’ve been experimenting with digital stamps today. Frustrating at times (SU paper does not like my inkjet printer!) but with a bit of patience lots of fun. Who doesn’t like the prospect of new stamps now, not next week with the postie!! So here’s my take on the Mojo Monday Sketch using my new digi stamps.

These gorgeous stamps are from All That Scraps and the sentiment is from Papertrey Ink. The card is Papertrey Ink’s Ocean Tides and the patterned paper is Basic Grey. I’ve colored the image with Copics.

I had a second go at the challenge, when I found this little guy over at The Greeting Farm…

Not sure I love this card, but as a big Twilight fan how could I resist another little Edward stamp (tragic I know!) I decided to colour his skin a little grey this time round as the pink skin tones just weren’t pale enough…think it turned out a little too grey though. Oh and of course he had to sparkle with the sunshine! The sentiment is from the movie….fitting for the theme of the card I thought! Anyway, far from perfect but fun none the less!!

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my little place.

until next time, hugs

Sugar Bowl Challenge

Kirsty — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:59:34 +0000

It’s a cold, wet day here in Melbourne so I got the chance to finish the Sugar Bowl sketch challenge. I love this little Gorjuss Girl, my favourite of all the little girl stamps out there!

til next time

Kirsty