Funky Friday

I really can't believe that it's only 6 days since Christmas! We are out tonight and then tomorrow when I get home the decorations will come down and that's it gone properly for another year. I have a special request for 2013...please slow down, 2012 disappeared all too quickly.

Now I know it's only Monday but I wanted to tell you about the sale which is on until the 2nd January and I wanted to update my blog with my final Funky Hand cards and I can start anew on Friday :)

 Thank you for visiting my blog and for the lovely comments, they really do mean a lot. 
Take care xx

Kanban Thursday

Good afternoon, sorry about just having the cards to show this morning but I had scheduled the cards and "ingredients" ready to add a note to and forgot all about it as I wasn't very well last night.

These are my DT cards for this week using everything from Kanban apart from the ribbon and the little stocking on the first card and the ribbon and die cut snowflake on the second card which are from my stash.

KB104

8” x 8” blank card

900106 Christmas Red

900105 Christmas Borders

900099 Christmas Magic

Bling 5mm crystals

Gold mirri card

 KB105

8” x 8” blank card

900109 Christmas Blue

CRD1052 Festive Holly – Blue

900103 Winter Scenes topper

900093 Snowfall Toppers (frame only)

900105 Christmas Borders

Silver mirri card

I'm going to enter my first card into the following challenges
Allsorts Challenge, - Advent
The Delightful Challenge blog, - All About Christmas
Di's Snippet challenge - use left over snippets of paper and card

Thanks for looking, bye for now :)

WOYWW

This is serious!

You have been warned.......this post is so serious that it has it's own sub-heading!!

I joined the new bloggy/Facebook challenge - a Card a Day blogging (with a difference - the difference being that it's not really a challenge more of a foot up the back side of like minded shirking bloggers :) It's really to encourage us to restart our daily creating and blogging and more importantly visiting the lovely people who leave us comments.)

I've got the creating off to a tee as you will see shortly, my problem is that I have trouble finding the time to blog what I've made therefore I don't leave my link. I need to get back into it properly and take 10 minutes after I have made my project to add it to the blog and to comment on those above me.....that's the theory anyway.

So now onto my workdesk (the really serious bit. If you are of a nervous disposition please look away now.

Yes folks, it's that time again, I'm making Christmas cards and how I find anything in this mess is beyond me but I actually know where everything is lol I really need to tidy up quickly though as I'm at the opticians this afternoon and have a lady coming to see me this evening about coming to make her Christmas cards, if I leave it like this she might just run a mile :)

Right, you've had a nosey at my room so now you need to call over to the blog of Mrs Dunnit and add your own.

Thanks for looking, back soon. xx

It's Christmaaaas!

Every time I hear my post title, no matter where I am, I hear Noddy Holder!!

I made an extra card on Friday when I was making my Kanban DT cards and my Christmas kit was closest to me :) This kit is just so cute, see for yourself.......

Materials used:

Cream card

900726 Santa Cutie toppers

900727 Christmas Cuties toppers

900731 Kraft stars Foiled b/g

Die cut Snowflakes

Tartan ribbon

I hope you like my card. It was lovely and sunny on Saturday when I took the photos of my DT cards so I put the white down to look like snow lol

I have a huge to do list already for this week and so far I have to

Clean the house (I have vacuumed so far):

Ironing
DT samples
Birthday cards
List items on Freecycle
List items for sale on a FB page (not sure what is available yet as I'm new to selling on FB!)
List jewellery for sale on my Party Nights Creations page
Make invitation samples to be sent out to some lovely couples
Make sample table stationery for set up at a wedding fayre on Sunday
Pack box ready to send to the Kids Company
Finish my accounts (I only have a couple of things to add to it and I'm done but I keep forgetting)

I'm going to stop there, I'm making myself feel dizzy :)

Take care, back soon xx

Kanban Thursday

I have a few cards to show today as I forgot to add them when I got back for my jolly hols! I always struggle with Christmas cards before I go away as I know that we will be sat in temperatures of between 35 and 40 degrees. Once we come back I know that the days in this country will probably be grey and miserable, a bit like today really lol

Anyway this is my second DT card for this week and it's all made from my 'scrap' bag.

KB073

A3 card or 2 x 144 x 144 cm card blanks

900182 Cool Britannia – Polka Navy

900295 Pebbles

Silver mirri card

And now for the Christmas cards

 KB067

CRD1050 Festive Holly b/g card – Cream

900373 Holly b/g card – Red

900108 Christmas b/g card – Green

900095 Christmas Delivery toppers

PCT Mirror Polka Dot Roses - gold

Red card

Gold ribbon

 KB068

CRD1052 Festive Holly b/g card – Blue

900371 Christmas Sky b/g card – Blue

900382 Christmas Snowflakes b/g card – Blue

900101 Christmas Decoupage toppers

GEM 3mm AB

Diamante Snowflake

Blue & white twine

A penny

KB069

900101 Christmas Decoupage – flowers

900463 Trim The Tree topper

900443 One Christmas Night b/g card

Bling 5mm – red

Bling 3mm – red

Gold mirror card

Gold ribbon

So there we are, a fair selection I think. If you love Kanban you might be interested in joining our Facebook page, We Love Kanban, you will be made very welcome :).

Right, I must get on, I'm trying to get my accounts finished (for last year) then I have a couple of DT cards to sort and the ironing is calling too. Have a lovely day, whatever you are up to and I will be back tomorrow. 

Thanks for looking :)

Kanban Thursday

Hi everyone, well I'm now back from a fabulous two weeks in Zakynthos. Two weeks of wall to wall sunshine and temperatures of 35 during the day and 29 at 11 o'clock at night, of no house work and the only decision I had to make was what I wanted for my dinner at night! It now seems a millions years ago after I've caught up with the housework, the washing done and sorted out my 974 emails :). However, the ironing pile stares at me every time I go in the kitchen so that is this mornings task! 

My 'To Do' list is growing too with a pile of birthday and Christmas cards to make, restock the web site etc etc., oh and the accounts are calling too :) I'm going to make a start on my DT cards for next week too as I only made up until tomorrow before I went away as I ran out of time (the story of my life!).

So onto my Kanban cards for this week

 KB065

PCT2120 Copperfield Toppers

PCT2124 Steam Punk ribbons

Industriana Paper pad

Cream base card – C5

Gold mirri card

KB066

White base card

900382 Christmas Snowflake b/g card

900350 Christmas Angels Quad toppers

900105 Christmas Adhesive Borders

900111 Winter Wonders toppers

“Star” acetate

Silver mirri card

Friday September 28th is going to be the World's biggest Coffee Morning to raise funds for MacMillan and we at the Kanban Retail Outlet in Shipley are taking part. So if you can make it, come and join us between 10am and 1pm on Friday 28th September. There will be coffee, tea, cake and cards for sale to raise funds and also a raffle. It will be lovely to see you if you can make it, so if you’re free, put the date in your diary and come and join us.

Thanks for looking :)

My top 9

I realise that I said I would be back with my top five Christmas cards but it has taken me until now (on and off) to choose and can't get down further than nine, so here goes

I hope you like them all. I will edit later to list all the materials used.
TFL, I will be back tomorrow with my news as I would like to see out the old and see in the New Years on a high :)

Passion........

..For Promarkers set the theme of "Celebrations" for their last challenge and as we have birthdays on Christmas day and Boxing day in our family it was easy to fit this challenge in with my last minute makes. I did a few different celebratory cards but am only entering the first one into the challenge as none of the others use Promarkers on them.

My first card is for hubby's nephew who was eight on Christmas day.

Image is Skateboard Ian from the Greeting Farm, paper is by Kanban (freebie) and MME, the rub on letters are Doodlebug and the rest is from my craft cupboard.

 Papers are Sweet Love by First Edition, sentiment stamp is from a set of Kids Quotes by Inkadinkadoo, greeting is from Craftwork Cards, flowers are die cut and premade paper roses and the ribbon is from my craft room.

 The guest book was a last minute commission which came in two days before the wedding!

 Quote is from a set by Stampendous (I just love them) and everything else is from my stock. I found the ribbon (it reads Health, wealth, happiness, fertility, long life) and the tiny silver stick on hearts when I was sorting through a drawer a couple of weeks ago...I don't know how long they had been there but I unearthed other stuff too which will make an appearance over the coming weeks :)

The last card was for my dad who was 75 on Boxing Day.

The big numbers are made using Word as I showed in a tutorial a while ago, I have 'misplaced' my large numbers since I put them somewhere where 'I would know straight away where to look!!' Papers are by MME again.

As well as the Passion For Promarkers challenge I am going to enter my cards in the following challenges

Secret Crafter - Anything Goes

Jules Crafty Snippet challenge #51

Thanks for looking. I have a table plan to make today for one of the Holiday Inn, Doncaster for their New Years Eve dinner tomorrow evening so must crack on. I'm hoping to come back later and show case my five favourite Christmas cards, oh, and I have some really good news to share.

Christmas time....

mistletoe and wine...........I think that's enough of that one :)

I hope you all had a good weekend. Has all the 'fluffy white stuff' gone from where you are? Ours has and we are now back to green. I wonder how long it will last though as more is forecast for Thursday and temps are set to plummet again! I wonder what the country has learnt from the last three weeks or so and if they will put it all into practice :) Probably not and everywhere will end up gridlocked again lol

Below are the cards from an order I received last week. I managed to get them all finished by Friday and they are now all packed and ready to go.

The cards are made from an assortment of decoupage toppers and papers by Nancy Watt and Papermania. I've added the odd die cut here and there, a few gem, lots of Glamour Dust and typewritten sentiments. I hope you like them :)

Back soon, thanks for looking. xx

Santa Claus is

coming to town!!
These cards have gone down a storm this year, everyone who sees them just loves them. They are called Flippin' Christmas by La Pashe

Materials: papers - Craftwork cards, My Mind's Eye and magazine freebies, stickers - Anita's and Papermania
and everything else from stash

I've got another couple to do so will probably be back with them at some point :)
TFL