Kanban Thursday

I think I have been a victim of theft....someone has stolen my week!! I can't believe it's Thursday again already. I'm pleased I made my DT cards early again this week otherwise I would be snookered my work load is like a giant snowball this week, it started out as a small one on Monday and for every job I've done this week I've had two more come up.

I hope you like my projects this week, I'm into mixing up all the different kits at the moment and they all work really well together.

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Cream card blank – C5

Gold card

CRD 1454 Calligraphy Rose card - Cream

PCT2338 Ornate Flourish Milk Chocolate – Large

PCT1886 Astrological Signs

PCT1912 Victoriana Embellishments

PCT2348 Butterfly Meadow – Lilac

PCT1939 A Floral Flurry toppers

PRL 3mm White pearls

Pink Lace

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White card – 12 cm x 12 cm

900193 London Kraft b/g card

900194 Westminster Red

900219 Jubilee Parade

900184 On Guard – Red

900176 London Icons – Transport

900177 Keep Calm signs

900171 Jubilee Sentiments

900179 London Icons – On Parade

Thanks for looking and I'll see you tomorrow with my Funky Friday :)

Daring Cardmakers

It's ages since I last entered a Daring Cardmaker's Challenge so I thought I would make the effort last night. I need to fill a basket urgently as I've been asked to supply a nail and beauty salon in town and I'm a bit short in some categories. I've been making cards for the soldiers and airmen in war zones in between jobs and have neglected my own stock, just making as I need them.

The papers are a recent download from Pink Petticoat entitled Chevrons, the image is from the Big Fella collection and the sentiment is from the Sentiment Ribbons collection and the Card Candy is from Craftwork Cards

Thanks for looking :)

What's on your work desk......

Wednesday? I haven't played along with the girls and boys over at Julia's Stamping Ground for weeks now, in fact it might even be months so I thought I would get my butt into gear and join in again. I will be able to visit the other blogs in between jobs as I don't have any appointments today (unless you class the ironing as an appointment LOL) I must say that I'm pleased it's only the desk I've shown today and not the rest of my work space. I'm sorting out stuff I don't want or bought and never used with a view to selling them and it's just everywhere at the mo. I also need to rearrange my Ikea cube display as it's not working for me at the moment :(

I've even managed to show sunshine today :) I'll be back to catch up in a while but right now the ironing beckons :)

October challenge

The first Tuesday of the month means that it is time to unveil the new sketch from Kathy's Waffle Sketch Challenge. It's a really versatiled sketch and I plan to use a few more times this month :)You can use it however you want and on what you want as long as we can still see the sketch. Here it is

and here is my card (a Kanban card and it's not even Thursday)

Please excuse the glare on the photo, it was taken last night in artificial light. I have tried 

re-taking the picture but it hasn't made any difference in this manky, dank old day!!

Materials used:

White 8" x 8" square blank card

Gold mirror board

Kanban Pearlescent card

Industriana paper pad

PCT2124 Steam Punk ribbons

PCT2120 Copperfield craft toppers

PCT1883 Life's Journey sentiment

Gold coloured buttons

Gold organza ribbon

I'm also going to add my card to

Emma's Cards Uk - a card for a man

Di's Snippet challenge - use your scraps!!

Thanks for dropping by :)

Get Funky Sunday

Good morning, I'm running slightly late this morning with my post as I had to do my Get Funky
post this morning as it was my turn to show my Wordbook. Lou is hosting the challenge this month and I'm sure that the DT have done her proud, there are some amazing wordbooks on the blog with more to come. There is still plenty of time to enter and who knows, you may just be the winner of a Funky Hand download of your choice (including the two new Christmas downloads :)

I've done a pictorial for my book this time just in case there is someone who downloads the FREEBIE word book Anice has come up with this month. How many other challenge blog owners actually give you the materials for you can join our fab little challenges?

So here goes,

Print off your wordbook

Print a paper of your choice onto the reverse of the pages an cut out. From the scrap pieces cut four strips measuring the height of your wordbook and 2 cm wide.

Score each page at 2cm from the left side

Glue the spare strips onto the scored piece on the left side.

Punch four holes equally spaced 1cm from the left edge on the scored piece

Fasten the pages together. As you can see, I've used ribbon but you can use a Bind It All or book rings or anything else you have to hand.

Just in case my instructions don't make a lot of sense :) Anice has a fab video tutorial here We are all looking to see what you come up with.

Thanks for dropping by.

Funky Friday

For my card this week I have been playing around with the papers from the new Christmas Tree download,  which is available from the Funky Hand web site for the fabulous price of £2.49. 

This download makes up, along with a matching Wordbook (at £3.49 or together as a multi buy for £4.99) part of the Christmas selection "Oh Come All Ye Crafters".

Instead of making a Christmas card I made a 'new job' card, I hope you like it.

I'd like to remind you that there is still time to join in with the DT over on the Get Funky! challenge blog. The theme this week is WORDBOOKS and if you don't have any of the Funky Hand wordbooks then worry no more, Anice has very kindly made up a freebie so you can play too. It's my turn to add my book on Sunday and I will look forward to seeing what you come up with. Take a look at the challenge blog, there are some absolutely fabulous wordbooks over there.

Have a lovely weekend whatever you are up to. Thanks for looking :) 

Kanban Thursday

I hope you have managed to stay warm and dry wherever you are with all of the appalling weather we have had this week.

Just a very quick post today as I have to go and have blood taken at 8.30 then it's back home to start emptying our bedroom ready for the new carpet arriving today. I have windows to clean and curtains to iron and furniture to move in DS's room as we have decorated his room too this week. I think we must be a bit mad decorating two rooms but both are finished now....roll on tomorrow night when I can fall into our lovely new bed :)

Anyway, I digress...you didn't come to read about my decorating lol I have my usual two Kanban DT projects to show today but for the first time in ages I don't have just cards to show as you are about to see.

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900442 Merry Christmas Mr Snowman

900441 Dreaming of Santa

900465 When Mr Snowman Met Santa

Silver mirror card

HOB1072 Diamante Snowflakes

3mm Gem AB

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Green die cut card blank

Gold embossed paper

900730 Kraft Stripes

900731 Kraft Stars

Gold mirror card

Green ribbon

900725 Nativity Cuties

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All of the following b/g cards were left over scraps from other projects

900171 Jubilee Sentiments

900173 Union Jack Bunting

900174 On Duty toppers

900184 On Guard – Red

900178 Cool Britannia – Navy Gingham

900179 London Icons – On Parade

900219 Jubilee Parade

900194 Westminster Red

900182 Cool BRITANNIA – Polka Navy

900193 London Kraft

900176 London Icons – Transport

900189 – About Town

Spotty Embossed card

I decided to make the little scrapbook as I had some blank C6 cards on my desk and wasn't sure what to do with them as I don't use this size very often, just when making cards for DH to give to his clients. I think it worked pretty well! :)

I'm going to enter my projects this week into the following challenges

Allsorts Challenge - Inspired by a song I(I have song for all three of my cards/ note book and they are

1. Frosty The Snowman

2. O Little Town of Bethlehem

3. Rule Britannia

Di's Snippet Challenge over at Pixie's Crafty Workshop which I haven't taken part in for such a long time!

Simply Create Too

Love To Create (Challenge #34) - Anything goes

Make It Monday - Anything goes

Thanks for dropping by :)

Made in Zakynthos

I thought I would show you some of the jewellery I made whilst on holiday in Zakynthos last month. I always take some beads with me when we go over there as I find it a great way to unwind, sitting by the pool making jewellery. However, if I took less beads I could probably take more clothes, well actually the three of us could as I always share my beads between all three cases :)

 

 The earrings are made from Lucite flowers in various colours and each flower centre is a Swarovski crystal.

 The necklace is made using AB acrylic 'crystals', silver lined clear seed beads and from silver frosted round beads

 The bracelet is made using the same beads as above but without the silver frosted beads. It also uses Lucite flowers and is finished off with a sterling silver clasp.

This bracelet / bangle is so effective. One half of the bangle is silver plate and the other half is purple suede thong. It closes by looping the thong over the heart and is kept shut using the round diamante bead which slides up and down.

There, I hope this has made a change as it's not very often I get to just sit and make jewellery unless it's commissioned but we're back to cards tomorrow. Well it's actually a card and a.....ha, not telling, you will just have to pop by tomorrow and have a look :)

Thanks for looking.
Sleep tight. xx

MacMillan Coffee Morning

Just a reminder to those of you that can make it, that Kanban are holding a Coffee Morning this Friday in aid of MacMillan. It will be on between 10am and 1pm in the retail outlet at Shipley. There will be coffe, tea, cakes and cards for sale, along with a raffle to raise funds for charity. Hope to see you there. 

For details - http://kanbancrafts.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/macmillan-coffee-morning-at-kanban.html

Funky Friday

Late again but at least I'm still on the right day. I'm having a nightmare with one of my printers and it's thrown the whole day out with faffing about with it. I use two printers...one I use for printing of papers because it will take compatible inks. I've had it for years but it needs a kick every so often as the pink/red prints like a dirty brown and it usually works again once I've pampered it with a head clean etc but today I had two put 2 different lots of magenta ink in it for it to work. It seems to 'refuse' to work properly whenever I buy new ink for my other printer which I use just for my wedding stationery so maybe it just doesn't like the competition lol.

I sort of got carried away early this morning and instead of just the one card, I made 3 :) Anice has come up with a couple of fabby new downloads called Santa Baby and Christmas Tree from a new collection called Oh Come All Ye Crafters. The downloads are available as papers, word books or both together at a discounted price. I printed off two of the papers then I decided that I would use one of the solid colours as a mat for the patterned papers, then I decided that I wanted another paper but not much of it so I printed this at A5. I then needed another sheet which made 5 in total which is how I came to make 3 cards. My challenge to myself now is to see how many cards or projects I can get out of these four A4 and one A5 sheets of patterned paper. Watch this space......(and I haven't even started on the Christmas Tree selection :)

The Santa image is a pre coloured digital stamp from The Twelve Crafters Crafting cd from last year, I went over his belt and boots with a black Sakura Glaze pen.

Right, I'm now away to print off my Christmas Tree papers and hope Mr Mojo stays right where he is lol.

Sleep tight and thanks for looking :)

Kanban Thursday

I have a few cards to show today as I forgot to add them when I got back for my jolly hols! I always struggle with Christmas cards before I go away as I know that we will be sat in temperatures of between 35 and 40 degrees. Once we come back I know that the days in this country will probably be grey and miserable, a bit like today really lol

Anyway this is my second DT card for this week and it's all made from my 'scrap' bag.

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A3 card or 2 x 144 x 144 cm card blanks

900182 Cool Britannia – Polka Navy

900295 Pebbles

Silver mirri card

And now for the Christmas cards

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CRD1050 Festive Holly b/g card – Cream

900373 Holly b/g card – Red

900108 Christmas b/g card – Green

900095 Christmas Delivery toppers

PCT Mirror Polka Dot Roses - gold

Red card

Gold ribbon

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CRD1052 Festive Holly b/g card – Blue

900371 Christmas Sky b/g card – Blue

900382 Christmas Snowflakes b/g card – Blue

900101 Christmas Decoupage toppers

GEM 3mm AB

Diamante Snowflake

Blue & white twine

A penny

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900101 Christmas Decoupage – flowers

900463 Trim The Tree topper

900443 One Christmas Night b/g card

Bling 5mm – red

Bling 3mm – red

Gold mirror card

Gold ribbon

So there we are, a fair selection I think. If you love Kanban you might be interested in joining our Facebook page, We Love Kanban, you will be made very welcome :).

Right, I must get on, I'm trying to get my accounts finished (for last year) then I have a couple of DT cards to sort and the ironing is calling too. Have a lovely day, whatever you are up to and I will be back tomorrow. 

Thanks for looking :)