Kanban Fan

Now I'm going to take a step back and show some cards made previously before the goody bags. I am an avid fan of Kanban, you will be aware of this the more you view my cards. I love my stamps from them and their papers. I do not tend to buy kits just in general as I don't have the imagination and creativity then, my memory draws a blank! I then become lazy and just piece the kits together and to me that's not putting any thought into it! Although I'm not badmouthing anyone who chooses to do this, as they have still made the effort to put the card together, with or without little added extras.

Anyway yet again I'm digressing! In  my previous post (my first one in January) -Yes that long ago- There are ladies stamps featured, these are Kanban, I have nearly every new stamp available. These include the vintage clothes, male steam punk collection, bears, Ladies, flowers, butterflies, background sets, lighthouse and I have now ordered the oriental stamps. I don't know what I am going to do with them yet but If you are after something oriental, please look this way! :D

But one of the most striking things they brought out, was the Kandi core! Like coredinations and other namesakes, only this is patterned! It can be distressed by sanding, inked on, stamped on, embossed, torn and made into paper flowers. Here are some cards made using this product:-

All of these examples have been put through the bigshot, with an embossing folder and then taken out and sanded with a sanding block. I have to say, I didn't invest in one of these, I raided my dads tool box and found he had 2, so thought he wouldn't miss one. LOL.  Then torn around the edges to distress further. The first one is using kanban stamps (the flowers and the butterflies). The butterflies have been stamped on white card and coloured with promarkers. Then re-stamped on acetate and sprayed with crafters companion glitter spray. These have then been folded down the centre glued down the middle, leaving the wings raised. When the lights hit these they look like they flutter. The flowers were coloured and then the clear varnish was sprayed over the top. 

Number 2

The motorcyle!

The motorcycle is a personal impressions stamp, coloured with promarkers and then glittered adding gems where I thought necessary. The background is made by using 2 shades of distress inks and then stamped with the darker colour. The cogs are stamped onto black card, from the Kanban steam punk collection and then cut out, positioning accordingly.

The dress is also a Kanban stamp, decoupaged and put clear glossy accents over the top to give it that 3D effect. The bows added an embellishment to the card, but also fitted in with the fashion theme. 

Finally the baby Alfie card is done the same way with the kandi core but the baby boy is a kanban card topper. These cards are to show distressing doesn't have to be used on vintage cards, but modern ones too! 

I will try to post a blog more regularly, I have a lot of cards I have made recently. Trying to vary the style, so would love some honest feedback. Have a lovely evening everyone. xxx

Hi all, hope everyone is well and apologies for the lack of posts. I am thinking of setting up a website which is free. I have one but I am not getting on with it at the moment. I am a technophobe for definite. When I was at school I was still using a type writer until I went to sixth form. I was in my element when mum and dad walked in with a computer. I could turn it on but that was it! haha! At the age of just 22 this is a bit strange, but here I am now trying to post a blog! Or at least remember how to! :).

Anyway, my day has been ok. Went to work this morning, day 5 of 6, now feeling it as I am up at 5am everyday! ( But hey I am not the only one)! Was supposed to be going out to dinner with a friend but she had to cancel. Was looking forward to my mushroom alfredo from Frankie and Bennys, but hey never mind there's next time! I don't need the calories anyway! lol.  Spent this afternoon with a friend having a cuppa,- definitely needed in this cold weather in April- What is going on?! So this evening now I shall probably spend making a few cards, but then maybe I may just be sad, have a nice long soak in the bath and curl up the sofa in my Me to You blanket watching the soaps! Nothing wrong with that is there?! LOL

I have popped online to show my Easter goody bags that I made for some relatives. I thought it would be something a little more personal and different from the average Easter egg. At least this way they could have a variety of chocolate and if they didn't like something they weren't going without!

The stamps I used were the Lili of the Valley stamps for the rabbit, The magnolia stamps and a kanban topper for the Ed goody bag. I Cut out the ovals using my spellbinders and my trusty bigshot with a plate that looked very much like this:-

It is safe to say I finally found a place more suitable for this plate:- the bin! :D

The backgrounds for the bags were all made using embossing folders, putting them through the bigshot then using distress inks around the outside in the  chosen colour. The blue is chipped sapphire and the pink is worn lipstick and victorian velvet. The names are stamped in momento then coloured with the matching distress ink. The stamps are coloured using promarkers. I added card candi and gems for a finishing touch. The attached 2 pieces of ribbon as a bow around the bags handle to give it that luxury feel!

Octagon boxes Labour of Love

Evening all. My day today honestly has been quite boring. However did have a friend over for  a cup of tea and a chinwag but I have been sat in waiting for a delivery. I haven't done any crafting today, so thought I would share my octagon box! All made from scratch. I have 9 photos this more or less shows how it was done.

The beginning of the box is cut out using a board- glitter girls I think?! with octagons, pentagon, triangle etc. I drew around the biggest octagon, doing this twice, one for the box one for the lid. Making a smaller octagon and joining it together with a fold down the middle of the two, for a card to fit inside. The lid is then placed on a board from crafter's companion (ultimate pro) where you score every edge then make intersections to make a box. This is repeated on the base only the lines around the edge are say 1mm smaller. I decorated the box using tim holtz distress inks and heat embossing using kanban stamps. The fairy is stamped and coloured using promarkers and the butterflies are the same, only this time stamping with stazon on acetate and spraying  with glitter to make wings. The wings of the fairy are made using the same technique. I have decoupaged the fairy 3 times!

This is a lovely keepsake. I have had several orders for these. This was for a birthday but can include dates for a wedding. For this I do a middle octagon for the card.

Here is an example with the middle octagon on the card:

Or could just make the box for a lovely gift.

Happy crafting everyone

Sam xx

All new to me

Evening everyone, not entirely sure what I am doing here, so please bear with me. Me and technology do not go at all, but everyone else was writing blogs and I wanted to give it a go. I will be updating pictures of cards I have made and obviously will continue to do so the more I have made. I would like to meet other crafters, who share the same interest in card making that I do.

Please feel free to add comments whenever plausible as I would love to know what others think. Any constructive critism is welcomed of course. But I would prefer high praise, smiling faces, clapping hands, looks of amasement (they'll all do nicely) haha! Only Joking I won't be able to see any of that. :)  Just honest  feedback is all I ask of you.

Love Sammy x