Kanban Crafts....

....will be showcasing yet another beautiful kit tomorrow, Monday 17th November. "Bella Boutique" launches at 11 am on Create & Craft. We have just 2 shows, 11 am and 4 pm, so we hope you can join us. The design team were given an advance kit to make samples for the shows and we have all fallen in love with it and we hope you do too.

The following card was made using just the kit, some silver mirri card and a couple of pearls...simple but effective and very girlie :)

 The next card was made with the kit, a Dekromount frame and acetate butterfly, also in the kit and an assortment of pearls again

 and finally for now a quick calendar, a calendar tab and a small piece of ribbon

 Should you require any more inspiration we have our own Pinterest page which can be found at http://www.pinterest.com/AspireCrafts/bella-boutique/

Thanks for dropping by and happy crafting xx

Kanban Crafts DT call

Good morning all.....if you love Kanban, you will love this :)

Fancy having a go? x

We are looking talented UK Card Makers, Stampers and Scrapbookers to join our team.

This call is for a six month term from March 2014 (This call is for UK designers only).

Here's how to be part of the team...

How to Apply:

Please email the following information to karen.smith@aspirecrafts.co.uk

1. Contact information, including name, address, email and phone number.

2. Link to your blog and/or online gallery. We'd also love to know if you are on Facebook and/or Twitter.

3. Photograph and email us at least 5 samples of your best work, including cards, layouts and other craft projects (Kanban Crafts products to be the main focus where possible).

4. Have you been published? What other Design Teams are you part of and when does their term(s) end?

5. Tell us about YOU....what you love about crafting? Why do you want to become a Kanban Crafts UK design team member?

All Design Team applications must be received by 1st March 2014 to be considered. If selected you will be notified by email.

Monthly requirements:

1. Design Team members will be required to submit projects using the latest products on a weekly basis.

2. Promoting Kanban products on your personal blog and other sites.

3. Submission of projects to magazines for publication.

4. Submission of high quality photo images of finished projects with a products used list or instructions if required.

5. Providing physical samples if requested for tradeshows and/or sales meetings.

What you will get in return:

1. A big box of Kanban Crafts goodies to work with, including new releases.

2. You will have your own album on the Kanban Crafts Facebook page where your work will be posted.

Good luck everyone and we look forward to seeing your work!

Good luck from me too :) xx

Thank you card

A quick card from me today using one of my favourite product ranges from Kanban Crafts. The design sheets are fabulous for making quick modern cards 

Materials used are: 6x6" scallop edged card blank, silver mirri card, topper & elements are Friendship Lollipops & Mats Kanban 901567, clear gems and paper is from the Love & Marriage paper pad 901539.

I'll try to come back later with today's work as I'm in favour box mode today and am making them for an open evening (wedding fayre) on Thursday evening at the Holiday Inn, Doncaster from 6pm till 9pm. If you're looking to get married in the Doncaster area this is the place I would recommend. There are two fabulous venues which will be set up as for a wedding and the top recommended suppliers will be there to chat with you. The difference between a wedding fayre and an open evening is that we DO have the time to speak to you properly unlike at a wedding fayre when there are loads of exhibitors all vying for your attention.

If you do come along then please come and say hello, I'm the one with the wedding stationery. xx

Walk with me

Walk with Me ...

Join Karen Smith tomorrow

on 

Ideal World @ 9am

Create & Craft @ 11am

and

Ideal World @ 3pm

for the NEW Collection

'Walk with Me'

Happy viewing :) xx

Kanban Thursday

Good morning everyone, I hope you're all ok in this horrible wind. We had chimney pot fall off yesterday and it took some tiles off next door's roof. I say 'a chimney' because we're not too sure if it's ours or theirs!!

So yes, it's Kanban day again and I am totally ahead of myself as I have already made my Funky Hand card for tomorrow AND my DT cards for next week.....get me! lol 

KB145

8” x 8” white card blank

Gold Satin card

901377 In The Garden paper pad

Bling GEM3mm – black

Isn't this just cute?

KB146

PCT9235 Patch Sentiments – Pink

PCT9229 Mollie With Bow

901133 Sugar Buttons Pad

BC51006 5 x 5 Scalloped card blank

901602 The Language Of Flowers 12 x 3 pad

KB147

8 x 8 card blank

900765 Hydrangea Flowers

A4MRSI Silver Mirri card

900747  Lilac Hydrangea Toppers

A4220LI-25  lilac card

900780 Parisian Tags

900912  Pastel Bling 5mm

Thanks for dropping by. I've got a busy day ahead as I'm attending a hotel wedding open evening tonight as one of their recommended suppliers.

Back tomorrow. x

Kanban Thursday

Afternoon everyone, I realise that I'm very late with these next two posts but I don't know where last week went. One minute I had the posts written and ready to upload and the next time I looked it was Saturday.....then I got side tracked by something else. Anyway, I am here to show you my DT work (and when I've finished this post I will schedule next weeks post as my cards are already made!)

A4 white card for card base

A4MRSI Silver Mirri card

900988 Decorative Stripes b/g card by Yvette Jordan

900978 Special Sentiments by Yvette Jordan

900971 Holiday Time toppers by Yvette Jordan

900976 Beautiful Verses by Yvette Jordan

White A4 card for base

Gold Satin card

901019 Mocha Swirls b/g card

901018 Tapestry Floral b/g card

901006 Chocolate Butterflies topper

901017 Tapestry Verses

901016 Vintage Tapestry Sentiments

DPS 5mm Diamonds & Pearls

PRL3mm Pearls

A4 white card

901601 The Language of Flowers 12 x 12”

Silver Mirri Card

GEM 3mm lilac

Foam 02 12mm x 12mm squares

Foam 5mm x 5mm

If you love Kanban products as much as we do then we have our own Facebook page where there are hundreds of Kanban fans sharing their work and tips etc. Why not drop by and join in with us all. You will find us at We Love Kanban. Also whilst I remember, on Tuesday 29th Jan on Ideal World Kanban are releasing a new Pick Of The Day and it is absolutely beautiful and one that you won't want to miss :)

Thanks for looking :)

The last post

....of my Kanban DT cards for 2012!

KB123 – Gift card wallets

Assorted shaped cards

900735 Frosty Snowflakes b/g card

900105 Christmas adhesive borders

900101 Christmas Decoupage toppers

900727 Christmas Cuties Selection

and these are made for the new DT week which begins today

 KB130 - Bella Italia kit

A4 white card or C5 scored card blank

PRL240BK Black Pearlescent card

900995 Italian Vintage Damask – Aqua

900980 A Vision of Beauty topper

BLING - GEM5mm - AB

BLING – GEM3mm - AB

KB131

A4 clear acetate

Acetate Butterflies toppers

CON9076 Celebration Romance

BLING - GEM5mm - Clear

BLING – GEM3mm – Clear

My Kanban post will change next week from Thursday to Tuesday as I think it will be easier for me to schedule a post if I have to - well that's the theory anyway! lol

Thank you very much for your support and I wish you all a very happy and safe new year and hope you get what you wish for in 2013..

Take care :)

Kanban Thursday

I'm late again with my Kanban Thursday post but I have a valid excuse, I've got this dreaded flu bug which is hitting a lot of people at the mo and I feel awful. It never entered my head yesterday to post my cards then I had a couple come at seven o'clock to pick up a Christmas card order and I was in bed at 10 o'clock last night. That is not me at all, I'm usually up till after midnight! Anyway, I digress.....onto my cards!

 KB101

A4 cream card

A4 grey card

Silver mirri card

CON9075 Celebration Romance

 KB102

900788 Sepia Photos

900790 Words of Condolence

Silver pearlescent card stock

PRL5mm Black

KB103

900786 Guardian Angels toppers

900790 Words of Condolence

900793 Lilies on Black

Silver mirri card

Bling- PRL5mm black

Thanks for looking. xx

A Card a Day Blogging

I am so sorry to Kathy and everyone else who has signed up for a Card a Day Blogging over on Facebook. As everything, I started out with good intentions and it all went down hill from there!! I've made the cards every day, in fact, since I finished the stationery on Thursday I have made 22 cards of which 10 are going to the NEC on Thursday to help showcase the new Kanban Baby, Crafted by You.

I'm going to schedule posts for the rest of the week and then if I make any more cards this week I can edit the posts and add the piccies. Why didn't I think of doing this months ago? I shall add my last week's Funky Friday card to this weeks post.

So let's make a start :)

This card was made for the daughter of a very special friend who is having a baby next year, I'm really pleased for them all.

 

The image is by Pink Petticoat and all the papers are from my scrap box. Do you know, I'm sure someone is coming in during the night and filling my scrap folders up. The only new sheets I've used for a long time are Funky Hand and Kanban and yet the contents aren't reducing at all. My mum and I sat and made a load of cards a few weeks ago for the troops abroad (I think we made about 150 in total and all the papers came from my scraps too and still they didn't go down).

I also sent another wedding stationery sample out 

I've just had an email this evening from the bride and both her and her fiance love them.

Post number one.....check :)
Tfl xx

Pick of the Day

Just take a look at the new kit from Kanban Crafts being show cased on Ideal World at 9.00 pm with Kathryn :)

Also, Kanban Crafts are opening a new retail arm of the business called 'CRAFTED by YOU'  and they will be show cased at the NEC in Birmingham (on stand C16) on 8th Nov. 

Another bit of news is that I have been invited to stay on the Kanban UK design team and was chuffed to little mint balls to be asked. Oh and I did say yes :)

TFL

Kanban Pick of the Week

If you are a Kanban fan you need to be watching Dawn with the brand new kits, paper packs etc

Kanban Pick Of The Week 

on Create & Craft

 (Sky 671 | Freeview 36 | Freesat 813)

With Dawn Wheeler & Karen Smith (Mrs Kanban as she is called on C & C)

Times

Monday 8th Oct - 4pm and 6pm

Tuesday 9th Oct - 8am, 12 noon and 5pm

Thursday 11th Oct - 8am, 11am and 4pm

Friday 12th Oct - 9am

 One of Dawn's sample cards

Manic Monday

Good morning, I hope everyone is ok. It's not very warm in the Scruff's Corner part of the country but the sun is shining which is ok after the rain we had last night! I had to shut the patio doors as the noise was horrendous.....it was like sitting in  a caravan :)

So onto my card....I actually made it on Friday for a Kanban DT (Jan (and Bob) Loves To Craft) colleague who was getting married on Saturday. I made it as a DT card and was going to save it till Kanban Thursday but it fitted with a couple of card challenges so I thought I would show it today. It's absolutely ages since I entered any challenges.

Materials used were from the Romance kit bought from Create and Craft a couple of weeks ago

KB072

White stepper card made from A3 card

CRD1452 Bella Fiori – Light Pink

PCT9794 The Classic Textile Collection Sentiment toppers

Embossed Vellum

Acetate Butterflies

Silver Mirri card

PCT2091 Cream Polka Dot Roses

Cream die cut flowers

Gem 3mm Bling

I would like to enter the card into the following challenges

Daring Cardmakers - Vellum

Simply Create Too - Anything Goes

Love To Create - Things With Wings

Make It Monday - Anything Goes

I hope you like my card, Jan did :) Thanks for looking. xx 

Weekend news round up!

I have two main items to tell you about this weekend and they are:

1. There is a brand new challenge on the Funky Hand blog, Get Funky! and this month Lou is in the hot seat. She has come up with the wonderful challenge, WORDBOOKS. Now some of you may not have seen these before so take a look at what Lou came up with HERE.

We have one rule at Get Funky! and one rule only and that is that you MUST use a Funky Hand product but fear not, If you don't own anything by Funky Hand it isn't a problem as Anice creates a freebie each month to enable everyone to join in. The freebie this month is absolutely amazing, just take a look at this

Click on the image to take you to the rest of the alphabet. Please don't just take the image if you are not going to join in with our challenge, it's not fair on Anice who works damn hard to come up with a freebie every month and apart from that , it's just down right rude!!!

2. The next piece of news I have to share are the TV listing for the new Kanban sale on    Create and Craft and Ideal World starting at 11 o'clock this morning

KANBAN Pick of the Day / Blockbuster

 On Create & Craft and Ideal World (Sky 671 | Freeview 36 | Freesat 813)

Kanban 1/2 Price Sale

Create & Craft Sun 16th Sept at 11am and 5pm

SHOW TIMES

Tuesday 18th 

9pm and 11pm on Ideal World

Wednesday 19th 

8am and 11am on Ideal, 12 noon on Create & Craft, 1pm on Ideal World, 3pm on Create & Craft, 4pm on Ideal World, 5pm on Create & Craft, 7pm,10pm and midnight on Ideal World

. 

Thursday 20th

11am on Create and Craft, 3pm and 8pm on Ideal World.

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 :)

Kanban Thursday

 KB063

White card

Pale blue pearlescent card

Navy blue pearlescent card

900316 Sunny Seaside Days b/g card

900323 Sunny Seaside Days b/g card

900294 Beside The Sea topper

900300 Sea Shell sentiment

 KB064

White card

900294 Beside The Sea toppers

900297 Seaside Holiday

900317 Sea of Shells b/g card

900322 Natural felt b/g card

Gold mirri card

Navy ribbon

Kanban Thursday

 KB061

White A4 card

CRD1517 Roses & Calligraphy B/B card

PCT2348 Butterfly Meadow Topper – Lilac

PCT2302 Delightful Decoupage Topper4

PCT1613 Victoriana Lace Hearts

PCT Victoriana Embelishments

KB062

PCT1954 Butterflies & Roses Topper

CRD1506 Butterflies on Driftwood

PCT1892 VictorianC5 card blanka ribbons

PCT 1891 Victoriana Lace Butterflies

PRL 5mm pink/lilac

Kanban Thursday

How strange, my Kanban Thursday post from yesterday has disappeared! I scheduled it on Wednesday as I usually do and it was published at 9 o'clock yesterday morning........and now it's gone!


Oh well, I shall try again. I can't remember what the post was about so this one might be a bit short lol

KB034

144 x 144 card blank

Gold mirri card

900321 Washed Wicker b/g card

900300 Seashell Sentiments

900294 Beside The Sea toppers

I just love the topper on this card. I know it's difficult to read on my picture but it says

"How much do I love thee? Let me count the waves.."

KB035

C5 card blank

Gold mirri card

Acetate

900322 Natural Felt b/g card

900298 Life’s A Beach toppers

900300 Seashell Sentiments toppers

900296 Coastline Borders

Blue ribbon

KB036

A4 white card

Gold mirri card

900099 Christmas Magic toppers

900101 Christmas decoupage

900372 Merry Christmas – red

900100 Christmas Magic acetate

CRD1036 Merry Christmas Damask – red

Gem 5mm Aurora Borealis

Die cut flowers

Well it's now time to make next week's cards and I have some samples to make for an upcoming Create and Craft shop too.

Thanks for looking :)

Manic Monday

Why is it that I have only been back from Cornwall for 4 days yet not only do I feel knackered, it doesn't feel as though we've been away? It doesn't help with the rotten weather although we did manage to get out into the garden for the afternoon yesterday. I tidied and repotted and moved things all over the place and it looks nice now :) I need another couple of days so I can get on top of the weeding again but it doesn't look as though it might happen this week!! Oh well at least the house stays tidy :)


I'm in wedding stationery and DT sample mode today so can only give you a sneak peek before I blog my cards on my Kanban Thursday.

As always, these elements are absolutely stunning and they are all printed onto 300 gsm card stock which means they can be used outright as a card base and not just used for matting and layering.


I'd like to remind you that I'm the host for this month's Get Funky! challenge where my remit is to use large numbers as the focal point on your card/project but no images allowed, although you can use text. I hope you can find the time to join in with us this month and please make sure you hope over to the blog every couple of days as my DT mates add their inspirational projects. Anice has made us a fabulous freebie backing paper in case you don't own any Funky Hand  goodies, it can be found here


Kathy's Waffle Sketch File challenge is still running too. These sketches really help me out of a hole sometimes when Mr Mojo has gone walkies. All of the sketches, from when Kathy first started this blog, are available on the sidebar. It's great to be able to have a browse at times when you may need a little help :)


Thanks for dropping by and I will see you tomorrow (hopefully)