Happy Birthday....

Crafting Muskateers. Another month has passed us by in a flash and it's May already! It's also time for the Crafting Muskateers new challenge and we are celebrating our first birthday....where has the last year gone!?!.So onto the challenge which this month is sponsored by Katie Sue Designs.
This is their prize for the winner 

For our birthday celebration , we will be doing our usual prize for the winner, but also there will be small mystery prizes for the top 3. 

The top 3 will also have the chance to be guest designers with us, with us along with the winner.

So, the challenge for this month is "anything but a square" and this is my card

 I used a Nestabilities Grand Decorative Oval die #1 for the card blank, Mr & Mrs stamps by Woodware, hand rolled flowers, silver mirri card and white satin ribbon. My card was part of an order and this is the matching keepsake box I made....

using the same hand rolled roses, die cut leaves and white satin ribbon. My client loved it. :)

I hope you are enjoying the lovely sunshine we are having in the UK at the moment. 

Back soon, take care 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

Wedding Cards

I had two wedding cards ordered last week. The first one was to be made in the wedding colours of peach, navy and ivory and Kanban came to the rescue again!

 Ingredients:

8 x 8 cm ivory card blank,

 navy blue card,

900972 Special Day by Yvette Jordan 

Kanban flower

SU punch for flowers

 8 x 8 cm blank card

901529 Papercraft Toppers from Kanban

Kanban Acetate butterfly

Silver mirri card

38mm white organza ribbon

6 x 6 cm suare card 

Lili of the Valley

Silver mirri card

red ribbon

Silver acetate butterflies from Kanban

Right, that's alll for Saturday.....I know it's actually Sunday morning but I started this post on Thursday ready to schedule it and put the pictures on, then I did something else and forgot about it. I'll now go and write the one for today :) xx

Funky Friday

Welcome :)

Funky Friday has been and gone and I'm playing catch up again.....I don't suppose I would be me if I blogged every day without fail lol

Materials used:-                               

 6 x 6" scalloped card blank, Free Romance - Dreams Come True cd, Pleased To See Ya - Colour Me Happy, Just For Jen download, Silver Mirri card, Pink ribbon - Ribbon Oasis

All papers are from Funky Hand, a fabulous online store with some beautiful cds and downloads, one of my favourites being the Free Romance papers from the Dreams Come True cd. I'm still using papers from my scrap file and probably will be for the next 5 years LOl

Thanks for reading, back later after tea xx

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 :)

Happy New Year

I took last week off to try to sort my craft room etc before I started back at work this week but it didn't quite work out that way. My room is still a tip and as well as my DT work I took in two more wedding orders :)

Well here we are in another new year and we have a fabulous new design kit from Kanban. I know I keep harping on about it and that their 'mantra' is "Quality as standard" but the Kanban goodies and kits etc is just absolutely amazing, they really are beautiful as well as fantastic quality. The new online Kanban shop, Crafted By You is now live and new products are being uploaded almost daily so now if yoiu don't have a local bricks and mortar craft shop near you you can shop your little socks off online :) 

I think I mentioned before that I was changing my Kanban Thursday to Kanban Monday but I'm keeping Funky Hand to Friday and Kathy's Waffle will be on Wednesdays (I like the sound of Waffle Wednesdays :)) I don't know yet what I'm going to do with the other two week days but I'm sure I'll find something.

So here we go with my first Kanban Monday cards

KB132

6 x 6” card blank

CRD1517 Roses & Calligraphy

PCT1520 Birthday Gifts – Lilac

PCT1313 Anniversary – Sentiment

Kanban White satin/organza ribbon

KB133

6 x 6” card blank

900993 Pink Harlequin b/g card

MIR1273 Gilded Silhouette – Pink

900969 Pretty In Pink toppers by Yvette Jordan

900978 Special Sentiments by Yvette Jordan

PRL240BK Black Pearlescent card

900911 3mm Pastel Bling

KB134

6 x 6” card blank

Sugar Buttons paper pad

Prince Charming toppers

900911 Pastel Bling – 3mm

KB135

6 x 6” card blank

A4FOgm Gold Satin card

901159 Retro Music b/g card

901152 Retro Sounds Foiled b/g card

901147 Vintage Records toppers

Glossy Accents for the record (to give it a dull shine like the old records)

KB136

Gift box of your choice

Off cuts of card from card KB137

PCT1955 Beautiful Birds toppers

PRL 3mm – hot pink pearls

KB137

6 x 6 card blank

A4FOgm Gold Satin card

CRD1504 Bird Cages On Driftwood

PCT1955 Beautiful Birds toppers

PCT1950 Chelsea Elements

PRL 3mm – hot pink pearls

If you're looking to treat yourself to a little extra prezzy then look no further than Create & Craft.

Kanban have launched a new FOUR DAY DEAL with further shows at 

4.00 pm, 6. 00 pm, 8.00 pm and 11.00 pm today. Happy shopping :) 

Thanks very much for taking the time to read my blog, enjoy your evening and I'll be back tomorrow with more new cards :) x

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 :)

Funky Friday

Sorry I'm late with this post, at least it's on the right day this week lol, but the explanation is on the post below.
So onto my card, what a nightmare it was to get a decent photo of this card. As there is quite a bit of silver mirri card showing the light just kept reflecting off it. Also, I had a bright pink top on and it kept reflecting in the photo. If you look carefully next to the right hand glass you can still see me lol

So what did I use to make my card?

Papers - Hey Baby Girl (Wishes & Kisses cd)
Yellow gingham - Wishes & Kisses cd
Spotty paper - Rainbow Polka Dots (download)
Glasses - Happy Happy Birthday cd
Bunting - Happy Happy Birthday cd
Silver mirri card
Pink satin ribbon
Clear gems
Glossy Accents (on cocktail glasses)

All of the cds and downloads are available from Funky Hand.

Tomorrow is the launch of the new Get Funky challenge and it's a really good one (you'll like it Beryl :)) so please call over and take a look.

Back tomorrow, tfl.