Kanban Crafts

If you love Kanban products I hope that you are aware that they are available now from Aspire Crafts. The good news is that Aspire Crafts have obtained the licence to be able to reprint all of the previous kits etc as well as producing new ones. If you pop over to Aspire you will see that they are offering a Kanban Taster kit for just £3.99

The Kanban Design Team have set up a a Facebook group called For The Love Of Kanban. This is the Official Kanban group and you have to apply to join. There are over 200 members now and we have just launched our own challenge, you can see my card on the Crafting Muskateers challenge post as I cheated and used my one card for both challenges :) 

The Aspire DT have a Facebook group too, called the Aspiring Crafters and it is THE place to be seen if you love the new offerings by Aspire Crafts. The Aspiring Crafters group have also just launched their own challenge so if you would like to join in then this is the place to be and before I forget, there is the Aspire Crafts blog to keep an eye on for all things newsworthy :) This is my card for the Aspire challenge

Made using the 

20813 Thoughts Of Spring A6 Papercrafting Pad

20811 Thoughts Of Spring 12 x 12" pad

Navy card

from Aspire and

Ivory beading cord

Green ribbon

Dark Green Pearls

all from my stash

Thanks for dropping by, see you tomorrow x

Butterflies Flutterby

A pinch and a punch on the 1st of the month! Right that's got that out of the way so that we can move on with things!! I realise that this is the 2nd of Feb but I actually started rewriting this post yesterday morning as I wasn't happy with the one I wrote last week....I got a bit side tracked though which is why I'm just finishing it now lol (I've been weather watching on the Watering Hole  web cam in Perranporth. It's quite frightening as a huge chunk of sand was removed from the beach in the last storm last month which left the Watering Hole, the pub on the beach, very exposed and not far from the edge. I just hope that it's still standing in the morning after more terrible tides have hit on yesterday morning as predicted.

So yes, let's now get the ramblings in check so that you understand what I'm talking about :) It is new challenge day on the Crafting Muskateers blog and the theme this month is

"Butterflies"

and this month we are sponsored by Dreemees and here is a bit about them

"Dreamees is run by mother and daughter team Carol and Hayley Bignall."Founded in 2010, Dreamees has grown from strength to strength over the past months. We've managed to secure stands at shows around the country (venturing from Worcester up to Sunderland and across as far as Manchester & Hull!) and have recently decided to aim for larger shows including Whichcraft and the NEC (Nov 2012). With over 15 CD Roms and a range of polymer stamps that grows weekly, Dreamees has successfully featured in many leading papercraft magazines such as 'Complete Cardmaking with your PC', 'Papercraft Essentials', 'The Complete Guide to Digital Crafting' and soon to be 'Creative Cardmaking'.
Dreamees became manufacturers of Polymer plates in January 2012 and have since supplied growing and established businesses, along with providing custom stamps for paper crafters.
As of November 2013, Dreamees have appeared on Create & Craft TV multiple times and continue to do so."

My card

Made using 

 Kanban Ruby Anniversary Toppers #901537

Gold mirri card

Acetate Butterflies

Lace & Gems were from my stash

I love this card and I hope you do too.

Thanks for looking.

Commissioned birthday card

All of the components on this card are by (the now defunct) Kanban, I will add codes later as the are still quite a few craft shops selling Kanban stock.

Thanks for calling :)

Kanban Thursday

Gosh it's blooming cold here in Scruff's Corner, thank heavens for my big slipper :)) I could do with one that comes right up to my neck. Actually I have one of those Shiatzu massage chairs and that has a heater in it so if I get that too, I should be plenty warm enough lol

I know I said that I was going to change my Kanban day to Monday but I had forgotten that we are all posting on specific days at Kanban now so I decided to leave it at Thursday. So anyway, on to my DT samples for this week

KB138

6 x 6” card blank

901436  Micro Gingham – Bubblegum Pink

900924 Ballet Cuties

A4MRSI Silver Mirri card

Assorted die cuts

KB139

6 x 6” card blank

A4MRSI Silver Mirri card

900758 Floral Stripe Foiled b/g card

900756 Watercolour Roses sentiment

GEM 5 mm – Clear

 KB140

6 x 6” card blank

900990 Belle of the Ball toppers by Yvette Jordan

900992 Aqua Candy Stripe b/g card

900993 Pink Harlequin b/g card

900987 Climbing Rose b/g card

A4MRSI Silver Mirri card

GEM 3mm – AB crystal

 KB141

6 x 6” card blank

900987 Climbing Rose b/g card

900994 Aqua Harlequin b/g card

900990 Belle Of The Ball by Yvette Jordan

A4MRSB - SI A4 Brushed Silk Card - Silver

900911 3mm Pastel Bling

GEM 5mm Turquoise

I do hope you like them as much as I enjoy making them :) Thanks for looking, stay safe and warm wherever you are. 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 :)