Kanban Thursday

Happy Valentine's Day!

Three of my cards this week were commissions, 153, 154 and 155

KB151

A4 white card

901567 Friendship Lollipops & Mats

3mm Bling

KB153

8” x 8” card blank

CRD1665 Confetti Petals – Blue

CRD1910 Periwinkle – Lilac

901006 Chocolate Butterflies

Occasions 1 Sentiment

A4MRSI Silver Mirri card

White card

 KB154

8” x 8” card blank

CRD1507 Birds on Driftwood

PCT1955 Beautiful Birds

PCT1950 Chelsea Elements

Gold mirri card

 KB155

8” x 8” card blank

901601 The Language of Flowers 12” x 12” pad

SB12-12PRL-PU Purple pearlescent card

A4MRSI Silver Mirri card

GEM 3 mm – Clear

GEM 5 mm – Clear

KB156 

BOB1001 White spotty embossed card

900321 Washed Wicker b/g card

A4PRL240BB Pale blue pearl card

900294 Beside the Sea toppers

Gold mirri card

Thanks for dropping by. Back soon xx

Kathy's Waffle....

...Sketch File has a fabulous sketch on the blog at the moment which I think could be termed "simple but effective" and I love it. I sat down to make my first DT card and made 4 :)

Here is the sketch and two of my cards

 I've used white pearlescent card backed onto silver (which looks black in the photo), Doodlebug Page Frill and the image and sentiment from The Digi Stamp Boutique coloured with Promarkers.

Ingredients used on this card are: image - Pink Petticoat which as been coloured with Promarkers and mounted onto a Nellie Stellen scalloped rectangle die cut, The butterfly was cut from vellum using a Memory Box die and and then mounted onto a gold ribbon frill. I shall enter this into the Daring Cardmakers Challenge for this week which is 

This week your challenge is:

The 'Frill' Of It All

I would like you to incorporate some kind of frill on your card. It could be a frilly embellishment or background or maybe a stamp you have that would work. Anything that's fun and frilly!

Thanks for looking :) xx

What's on your Workdesk Wednesday?

#189 is now live on Julia's blog, The Stamping Ground, if you would like to take a look and find out more about this phenomenon that is taking over the world ;). I usually forget about it until it's too late in the day to post my picture but this week I thought I would give everyone a giggle and a tip on how to keep warm. I'll be good and show a photo of my desk first though, after all, this is what the post is for :)

 I've spent the last few days making Mother's Day and Valentine's Day cards and am in the process of cleaning up to start on my new wedding orders and samples now my orders have arrived. Things always seem to take longer in the first couple of weeks of January as the suppliers catch up after the Christmas period. Talking of Christmas, has anyone started their 2013 Christmas cards yet? 

And this is my little pet who lives under my desk. There is an air brick under my window but it's under the floor in my craft room and my poor legs freeze! As you will see we bought quite a thick mat to go on the floor on top of the carpet but it hasn't made any difference as it is the space under the desk which is cold. Hubby thought this might do the trick and bought it for me as a prezzie at Christmas. It is thermostatically controlled so heats my feet really well :) Now my knees are cold but my feet are lovely and warm so my next purchase will be a small fleece to go over my knees.  My youngest daughter says I look like old Granny Grunt with it, especially when I'm knitting lol,

Right, I'm now going back to work and will leave you to go on the world tour with WOYWW, happy travelling and thanks for stopping by here.

Thanks for stopping by xx 

Mother's day

Valentine cards are all done so it's onto Mother's day cards now! I've mixed a couple of challenges starting with the sketch from Sketch and Stash

My new item is the lovely daisy image which came for my DT work from Nikki at DewDrop Craftz It really is a lovely set to work with :) I've used

Papers are from Pink Petticoat 

Bazzil Bling

Promarkers

Nestabilities

Lace 

Papermania Shimmer Dots

The Secret Crafter's challenge today is Monochrome tones of one colour and white so my card fits that challenge too.

I made this card yesterday for the Secret Crafter's challenge of 'hearts' for last week and when I came to blog it last night I realised it was after midnight and therefore too late lol

Back soon, thanks for looking

Colour Create

Challenge 2 - Peach & Aqua


Please make your card using Peach and Aqua. You can also use cream/white for your cardstock and flesh colours for any images.
There is an extra option available which you can use if you wish, although this isn't compulsory. This week's option is 'DIY flowers', which means not using any pre made, bought flowers on your cards and projects.
Here are some ideas which might help: Stamp a flower onto card and cut it out, Punch and layer flowers, Die cut flowers, Doodle your own flowers, Stitch flowers, Peel and mount stickers to form a flower, Use shaped petals eg, hearts to form a flower, Make flowers from Nestie shapes, Make a ribbon flower.
I'm sure there are lots more ways, please feel free to come up with your own! Don't forget that embossing, distressing, ink edging, etc will all add to the effect and you could add a stamen to the centre. Also glitter, glossy accents, liquid pearl drops might work well. Unusual materials might include tissue paper, vellum, acetate, chipboard...... just a few ideas.Finally, remember that you are allowed to combine our challenge with any other you would like to take part in during the week. GOOD LUCK!!!

The flower stamp is by Hero Arts which I coloured with Prismas and Sansador. The turquoise/aqua paper is from Pink Petticoat and the aqua coloured scalloped card is a 'Ruffle' from Craftwork Cards and it's all tied together with peach ribbon from Ribbon Oasis

I haven't added a sentiment yet as I'm not too sure whether to make it a Mother's Day card or make some more and use them as notecards to give to MiL on Mother's Day!