Wedding card

Again made with Kanban bits and bobs.

Happy Easter

I hope Mr Bunny has been and brought you lots of chocolate :)

I'm sorry I don't have an Easter card for you but I only ever make them to order as I only sell a couple! I do have another wedding card though using more Funky Hand goodies (have you seen their wonderful sale yet? You can get to the web site by either clicking here or clicking on the Our Betty button on my side bar.)

The image again is from the Wishes & Kisses cd (which has been reduced from £15.99 to £8.00 in the sale) to which I have just added some tiny crystal hearts (which I think might be made by Docrafts), and the papers are a sneaky peek of a new download in the making (oops!) lol, flowers are old Prima ones with gold crystal centres.

Thanks for dropping by, back soon. xx

Kanban Crafty Challenge

is alive and kicking folks and can be found on the Kanban Craft's Blog :)

I need to apologise too for my late post.....we are having serious internet problems at the mo, I reckon in the last week we have lost over 50 hours of internet, it just drops out and out it stays!!! I am not a happy bunny so I hope they get it sorted pretty sharpish! (so there)

So yes, right, here we go........

Welcome everyone 

to the

'KANBAN CRAFTS CHALLENGE'

Challenge #1

The theme for the first challenge is

'ANYTHING GOES'

You have a free hand on this one but the main feature of your entry must be Kanban.

The Prize

A Kanban Goodie bag

and my card

KB164

6 x 6 white card blank

A4MRSI Silver Mirri card

901527 Celebrations topper

Bling Gem 5mm – AB

Bling Gem 3mm – Hot Pink

I think there may be a slight Kanban overload this week as I made quite a few cards last week and have them all stacked up and raring to be posted.

Don't forget to join in our lovely challenge this month and leave us a message so we can come and have a look. It's also worth dropping by the blog too, there is some fab inspiration over there!

Right o, I will be back later with another card challenge so please do try to pop by.

See you later! xx

Quick cards Sunday!

Good morning Campers!! How are we all this morning? It's miserable grey and windy here at Scruff's Corner and I have ironing to do.......now how is that for a bad day already!?!

I have more cards in my blog folder so here goes

 This card was made for one of hubby's nephews whose birthday is on Christmas Day! The Man U badge was pinched from somewhere on t'internet and the footballer is from a stamp set by Papermania called Nostalgia Pastimes, he was coloured with Promarkers.

 This is a card made in a hurry with a pre coloured image from Lili Of The Valley, a piece of b/g card and ribbon from Kanban and a typewritten sentiment

 I don't know where the cupcake is from on this card, I've been all through my documents today and can't find any trace of it. I coloured the heart with a poppy Promarker and then gave it a good squirt of Glossy Accents. The doily and ribbons are from my craft box.

I love this image. It's one I bought from Funky Kits ages ago and have loads of uses out of her. A quick colour with Promarkers, a piece of white satin ribbon and that's it finished.

I hope you've liked my quick run down of quick cards.
Thanks for looking.

Sunny Sunday!

It might have been sunny but it has been blooming cold. We got in the car to come home from my parents' house at about half past four and the temp gauge in the car read 0.5 and it was getting really frosty. I really hate winter, I could do with hibernating in September and waking up again at the beginning of March for my daughter's birthday (and mine!).

I've just got a couple of quick makes to show today, a wedding card for hubby for last night and a couple of tip boxes for my daughter and her boss at work.

 The quote is from a set of stamps I bought in Michaels in New York a couple of years ago and I still think they are brilliant. They are made by Inkadinkadoo. The rings are cut from a Memory Box die.

Papers are all from the Oh Come All Ye Crafters collection from Funky Hand. I've had the reindeer for so long that I can't even remember where they came from.

Take care and thanks for dropping by. :)

Kanban Thursday

Good morning world, it's an awful long time since I was last here, well, 8 days to be precise. I added these cards and materials on Monday evening so I could just add a bit of dialogue before they went live.......and promptly forgot about them. Apologies if you received this post as it was lol. I have had a pig of a week (and some very nice bits :))but I think I'm coming out of the other side, my load seems to be lightening :). 

I have made loads since I was here last but have just been photographing them and sticking them in my 'Edit' folder. I am going to make some computer time today to start sorting them out so there might be loads of posts over the next few days. I haven't joined in with the 'challenge' on FB a Card a Day Blogging, the Facebook page  I also need to update my side bar with my design team members as some have left all of the DTs I'm on.

It was my wedding anniversary on Tuesday and we went out for a lovely meal on Tuesday evening to a TexMex restaurant in town where we used to go an awful lot when we first got together. I think the fact that hubby lived across the road at the time and it was often easier than cooking lol. Anyway when we finished the meal we were just getting ready to leave when he presented me with a white envelope and in it were.........tickets to see Gary Barlow in Sheffield next Wednesday (I think). I am so looking forward to it. Congratulation on picking up your gong yesterday Gazza :)

So onto my cards....these are my DT cards this week and I'm actually pleased with all three for a change. I still love working with Kanban  materials, the quality is wonderful.

KB098 (My thoughts Are With You)

15 x 15 cm white card blank

Silver pearlescent card

900792 Lilies on White background card

900970 Words of Condolence sentiments

White/Organza ribbon

DPS 5mm Silver pearls

KB099

Pink easel card blank

Sugar Buttons – Beautiful Ballerinas toppers

Sugar Buttons – paper pad

KB100 (Romance kit)

CON 9076 Celebration Romance A6 Aperture cards

PCT9794 the Classic Textile Collection

Acetate butterflies and borders

Clear acetate

Silver mirri card

Bling 3mm AB

I absolutely love acetate cards and never think to make one. I decided to make one for this wedding card as I wanted a dainty look with using the Romance kit.

Ok, coffee is nearly finished so I need to go and clean upstairs quickly but I will be back later as I said earlier.

Take care and have a good day whatever you may be up to :)

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 

Wedding card

Just a quickie today as I am up to my eyes in it. I did, however remember at the last minute that hubby needed a wedding card for the wedding this evening and as I'm still working on my Create and Craft samples for the new Funky Hand cd..Wishes & Kisses so what better thing to use as I have sheets of printed paper in front of me :)

Papers are from the You're Retired section of the cd, the image is a digi images to which I added the sentiment in the Workdesk section of the cd and the flower is made from the Hey Baby Girl and template section, all in all a good sample me thinks as I've used most of the available sections.


Thanks for looking and happy crafting.

Sketch #80

on the ICS blog this week is sponsored again by Paper Romance

You will notice this time that I turned the sketch slightly as it suited my image better. I have followed the sketch properly but have just noticed from my photograph that, because I have used sheer ribbon on  a heavily patterned paper, apart from the bow, you can't actually see the ribbon!!!!

Paper - Papermania
Image - DewDrop Craftz
Promarkers
Glamour Dust
Sizzix corner die
Charm from stash and
Computer generated sentiment

By the time you read this post I should be home armed with loads of dirty washing and loads of well thumbed books. Thanks for looking.

Kathy's sketch

I've spent the last 24 hours making cards for hubby for weddings from Saturday until the end of August so the sketches, challenges etc always come in handy as do digi stamps. I've made 11 but have one more to make, then when we get back from our hols I can make a start on Septembers!! I've already made a card for Kathy's Waffle sketch but thought I would revisit and give it another go as I thought it lent itsself perfectly to C6 landscape cards.

All of the papers and card were from my left overs mountain (which, incidentally isn't going down!!), the flower stamp is a new one by Woodware, gems from stash and I've used a couple of punches and dies.
Thanks for inspiring me again Kathy :))

Here comes the bride

I can't believe that I have blogged every day so far this week!! Today it's a wedding card which was commissioned by DD's best friend's nana.......have I got the apostophes in the right place there?

I have had this Stampendous stamp for years and still love it although it doesn't get an airing very often now. So, onto the card: Materials-image as before (stamped twice, glittered with Glamour Dust and decoupaged), flowers - Prima E Line, MS border punch, leaves - Carl punch, Card Candy - Craftwork Cards, papers - Stampin Up, gems, ribbon and lace from my stash.

Now I need to make another wedding card for the same couple as DD is going to the evening reception on Saturday. I'm also making an album for a Ruby Wedding anniversary so need to get on with that.

I wonder how long it will last with me blogging every day. I think it might have been my new year resolution, oops!

Have a lovely weekend and thanks for calling :)

Stamp Something

Well peeps, I am so glad to see the back of April, it has been a rather 'wearing' month for us, what with 

• some kind soul running up the back end of our card (resulting in us having to go out today and buy a new one!), 
• my dad having his hip op and ending up quite poorly
• my mum and dad moving house and the new one needing decorating from top to bottom and
• my lap top going belly up on me

So May (and the rest of the year are going to be nice to us lol




This is the first Stamp Something challenge I've done in ages but I needed a card for DH to take to work with him so I decided to use the sketch.

Materials: image-Anita's, papers-Doodlebug and Stampin Up, ribbon-Ribbon Oasis, flowers-Prima and the gems are from my stash.

I've spent most of my evening searching the web for fonts which I've lost with my lap top breaking. I must have spent a fortune buying font!! Of course I can't remember everything I had but a good few of them have now been discontinued :(

Oh well!

Thanks for looking, enjoy the rest of the weekend whatever you might be up to.

Inspirational Card Sketches

week #23. I needed to make a wedding card as part of the album order I'm working on at the moment and this sketch was perfect. The third part of the order was a money wallet which can be seen in the picture with the card. My brief for the whole order is baby pink, ivory and sparkly butterflies!
Printed paper - Pink Petticoat
Butterflies - Sizzix and Quickutz
Gems - Papermania
Ribbon - Ribbon Oasis
Rub on sentiment - MSE

I hope you like them, thanks for looking :)

Getting there

Rain, rain go away.........we have had a couple of really awful downpours this evening and it is running torrents down the road. It's almost reminiscent of the start of the floods two years ago :(

I think I'm getting there regarding the challenges but every time I say that I end up behind again! LOL I've managed to get a few cards done in between assorted commissions but not many. I did the Inspirational challenge last week and made a card (unsuccessfully) for the DT call!

I made this card for a lovely friend who celebrated her 60th last Monday. Numbers were hand cut using wooden templates (and scissors!), papers are all Papermania and the ribbon, lace and charm were all from my stash.

This card was made for DH to take to work last week. Papers are from Patti Picklicious (I am certainly getting my monies worth from that cd :)) The stamp is a Studio G cheapy set and the flourishes are from my new Swirls die by QK.

DewDrop Craftz

challenge this week was set by Sarah and she said she "would like you to incorporate a 'pocket' into your creation. This could be a pocket to hold a secret message.. money or even another part of the creation" The winner of this challenge will win a stamp of their choice from Nikki's shop

I made two cards for this challenge although I might have my wrist slapped for the first one :)

The pockets are in his shorts LOL The image is from DewDrop and he's been coloured with Promarkers. The backing paper is from a HOTP pad I found in a drawer and the sentiment circle is from Patti Picklicious.

This little Manga couple is so sweet and ideal if you don't want a super cutie image for a wedding card! Again I've used the PMs, the papers are from Papermania and my tag was just an oval Nestie. Eyelets, gems and ribbon are from my meagre (!) stash.

Wedding, Christening,.....

an album, DT work and two cards sums up what I've done this week which hasn't left me any time for challenges except one which I did last night. I have all the challenges saved in a folder on my desk top so I will do them, just not sure when :)

I had to make a wedding card for DH to take to work this evening and used Kathy's sketch but ~'ve just realised that I didn't use lace, just a punched border! I will just have to make another one now :) I have one to do for a wedding next Saturday.Please excuse the wonky scan, I did it at one oclock this morning and my eyes weren't functioning properly LOL

Materials used are:

papers by K & Co and Papermania

Stamp by Elzybells

All I've coloured this time are the hat band, ribbon on the flowers and the grooms cravat. I used a very dark green fine marker so the card was inkeeping with the colours of the wedding (I know cos I made the seating plan ;))

I shall be back later with more of this weeks work. Wherever you are, enjoy your day, if you have sunshine (as we have) all the better :)

TFL

75 and counting!

I bagged up 75 cards the other evening and have another nine on my desk so far which need doing and I haven't even thought about our own cards yet. I did think about doing them last night but didn't! We went to Ikea to get some bits and bobs for my cousin's salon and it was after nine when we got back. I am going to do them now though :) I went at lunch time and took some jewellery through to the salon and hubby put the cabinet up for me. I meant to take my camera with me but forgot all about it.

Papers are from last year's DCWV Christmas pad cut with a one inch square punch edged with charcoal ink and the images are (I think) by Papermania.

This was done using a set of instructions from Sue in the Crafts By Carolyn weekend challenge from last weekend. Papers are again from one of the Anita's pads and the flowers are Prima.

Love this Scribble Snowman (as if you haven't guessed ;)) Backing paper is from Lilly of the Valley. Very simple Cuttlebug tree finished with a few gold gems.

Free Forever Friends stickers mounted onto white card, cut round and matted onto pink Bazzil Bling.

And last but not least, a very quick wedding card for hubby for tonight.

I must remember it's our wedding anniversary on Thursday.........now all I need to do amid this chaos is to make DH a card LOL

Take care, sleep tight and TFL.

Page two

..........of my brother's scrapbook!

All papers and brads are Doodlebug, I just love their stuff!! Lettering is cut using the Wingo Zingo alphabet and the number 5 is Curlie Gurlie.

I've also made three cards today but can only show one at the moment The papers on this one are all K & Co left overs :)Just a quick one to put in with a beautiful Greek cloth we bought MiL back, I finally got round to getting it ready for posting...........not bad considering it is almost two weeks since we got back. There is definitely a 'circles theme going on here LOL I also got all my September birthdays ready to take to the PO tomorrow morning (or should that be today!)

I went out and started weeding the garden yesterday afternoon and was getting on pretty well. It was looking decidedly unkempt so I thought I would have a couple of hours out there then finish it off today (Sunday, not really today!) Fat chance, can anyone please tell me how to turn the rain off? It has been constant all day. I think I'm suffering from post holiday blues and the weather certainly doesn't make me feel any better.

I also made a start on the place cards etc and they are all set up ready to print tomorrow. I started printing the 90 names etc at about 8.15 this morning, mad or what?!?

I almost forgot the list!!

'To do' list

5 cards for September birthdays 3 done

brother's scrapbook second page done

!seating plan and table names received .....now need to make 90 place cards, 11 table names and 1 seating plan before Wednesday as the couple get married next Saturday! started

prepare for a wedding open day on 7th September just about done

6 thank you cards for my box

6 baby boy cards for my box

I also need to make a wedding card tomorrow.

Am off to bed now. I may be back tomorrow, it depends on how much I get done.

Take care

Wednesdays efforts

What a grotty day! It has snowed almost all day but very lightly. We did have a light covering but it has disappeared now, but it has been really grey all day. My poor little daffodil is still standing but it hasn't opened yet (I can't say I blame it!)
I managed a couple of cards yesterday. Hubby is dj'ing at a golden wedding anniversary tonight so this card is for him to give to the couple.

Papers are K & Co, flower is gold mirri card cut with a Cuttlebug die and finished with a diamante. This is the only time I ever use C6 cards as I find them too small and because of the size I find that you can't charge accordingly.

The next card is also for DH as he is doing a wedding on Saturday

This card is actually white but it looks a pale lilac to me. The mat for the images it lilac pearlescent. The images are just stamped on a piece of white card which has been inked with silver ink. I finished it off with a couple of diamante hearts and a piece of white 3mm ribbon from Ribbon Oasis

My third card was the result of playing with the new Marie Curie daffodil stamp from Docrafts.

I don't know what's happened to this one, the colours are awful. I scanned the card as I usually do but this one is horrid!! The stamp has actually been stamped onto a very pale ivory card and mounted onto a very vivid yellow card, the base card is white linen and the Paper Frill from Doodlebug is actually yellow! Strange............ I shall try photographing it in a bit and see if that makes any difference. I'm also going to see if I can follow DI Hickman's tutorial on how to make a copyright brush for your cards etc.

I will be back in while, hopefully with a better picture! Thanks for looking.

I'm gettin married in the morning....

........well I'm not really (don't think hubs would be too pleased if I did LOL)

The card I'm showing today is a wedding card which was ordered by a friend. It is for the daughter of another friend who gets married on Saturday. Her colours are cream and brown and this is what I came up with.

Ivory card was punched using the X-Cut border punch. The ribbon, bow and heart shaped ribbon slide were all from the first kit I bought from Ribbon Oasis I also finished an exploding box which was collected this morning. I shall save that one for when I don't know what to write about. LOL

The rest of my day has been tidying my craft room, I have brought all my book work up to date, parcelled up some combs which had been ordered from the web site and made a wedding invitation sample which had also been ordered through the web site. I now have to go and place a card order with PDA so I can get some invitations started.

Take care