Kanban Kwikie V

Knocked out a few cards from my never-ending Kanban Card Kit - 'So Macho' (this kit is amazing... it's still going strong after about 4 years!)...

 

 

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#2

 

 

 

 

#3

 

 

#4

 

Quick is right... minimal layers, papers and embellies  ~  not very creative  ~  but hey ho, sometimes you just need a quick card!

 

Happy Saturday everyone x

 

 

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Kanban Kwikie IV

Out came the trusty Kanban Kit AGAIN, to make a few quick, quick, quick male cards... and here they are...

Not a lot to say about any of it really.  The Kanban kit, my scraps and my stash and hey presto!

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Cawl

Hi Y'All... how's it goin'?

 

For the last few weeks (here in rainy Wales) we've been following the Six Nations Rugby Championship.  The clubhouse has been open for every match, and cawl (a traditional Welsh dish similar to a chunky soup, in our case with LOTS of pepper in it) has been served to all.  So I've draw inspiration from this (Ireland won the Championship by the way) and made a rugby card.  I suppose I could of made a card with food on it... but that's for another time, and to be perfectly honest, by the time the championship players kicked their last conversion, I was heartily fed up of making HUGE pots of cawl!

 

 

 

SUPPLIES USED...

 

DL card blank in Kraft

 

Topper/Sentiment

• KANBAN 'Scrum Down'

Papers...

• HOT OFF THE PRESS 'Colour Me'
• WHITE CARDSTOCK - from my stash

Embellishments...

• WOODEN LEAF VENEERS - from my stash
• WOODEN HEART VENEERS - from my stash

 

In case you're interested this is cawl...

 

 

... told you it was a BIG pot!






THE CRAFTING CAFE - April Ch. - 'One For The Boys'

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Imagine that...

I've just found a great little online shop Imagine that... they've got a lovely sale on patterned papers at the moment, some are as cheap as 19p!  And I couldn't resist! 

 

 

(accurate. fast delivery)

 

... and they also added a little free stamps as a thank you, and I spent less than £10, consider me IMPRESSED!

 

 

Anyway, I've got a quick little card to share today... I'm running out of men's cards and wanted something 'spring-y' so out came my (very old) trusty Kanban kit for the topper and with a quick rummage into my scrap pile and the result is as follows...

 

 

CHALLENGES:-

 

CHALLENGES 4 EVERYBODY - Ch# 39 - 'Anything Goes'

 

CRAFTY GIRLS CHALLENGES - Ch# 14 - 'Anything Goes'

 

PAPER CREATORS CRAFTS - Ch# 21 - 'Spring is in the Air'

 

THROUGHT THE CRAFTROOM DOOR - Ch March 25 - March 31 - 'Anything Goes'

 

A CARD A DAY BLOGGING - facebook page

 

 

 

Have a productive day...

 

 

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Crafty Nut

Hello all, Happy Mother's Day, UK..ers

I came across a new challenge (well new to me anyway) with Hazel at 'My Crafty Outlook', all about patterned paper (I have ALOT), so here goes...

 

 

SUPPLIES USED...

 

Scalloped white square card blank

 

Patterned pages...

• 'THE ENGLISH PAPER COMPANY' 'Siesta - Woodland' (green/blue)
• 'WE R MEMORY KEEPERS' 'Geo-Hectic Runway' (grey & blue spot

Toppers...

• 'KANBAN' 'Football Fan' (footballer)
• 'KANBAN' 'Goal!' (shirts)
• 'HOT OFF THE PRESS' 'Color Me' (gold tags)

Embellishments (from stash)...

• Doily (coloured with promarkers - deep aqua)
• Brads (sparkly blue)

 

Challenge...

 

CRAFTYHAZELNUT'S PATTERNED PAPER MARCH CHALLENGE

 

If you have time, go check it out - there are SO many entries and the inspiration is phenomenal! Thanks for calling by, have a GREAT Sunday x 

 

 

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Kanban Kwikie III

Quick (kwik?) post...

 

A variation on the 'Joy' fold theme... I used double sided paper -  ECHO PARK 'Dots & Stripes - Metropolitan (Concrete Large Dot), an oldie but a goodie.  I love these ECHO PARK papers, so so versatile!

 

All the toppers and sentiments are from a KANBAN kit called 'So Macho', this kit seems to go on and on forever, I bought it AGES ago!

 

I added two strips of punched CS to the front, the punch used is from X CUT called 'flowers', in the same grey CS as the base

 

I added three gems, which I coloured using a black promarker and hey presto!

 

 



Challenges...

OLDIE BUT A GOODIE CHALLENGE - 'Spots and Stripes'

613 AVENUE CREATE - Ch #36 - 'Anything Goes'

A CARD A DAY BLOGGING

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Kanban Kwikies II

Some more Kanban Kwikies...

 

What can I say... is he right, or is he RIGHT? I used scalloped blanks for all three cards (varying sizes).  My frugal moment... I used the waste from the topper sheet as accent borders!

 

 

Number Two...

 

Embossed using my 'CUTTLEBUG' and the 'DAISY' folder, I also coloured some clear gems - black with my promarkers

 

A small rub-on, finished the inside... carrying on the football theme

 

 

 

... and Number Three

 

Embossed again, this time using the 'COOLIO' folder.

 

 

Challenges...

 

RHEDD AND ROSIE CHALLENGE BLOG - #13 - 'Use Red'

 

PAPER CREATORS CRAFTS - #13 - 'Anything Goes'

 

 

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Kanban Kwikies

I managed to get in a quick couple of cards using an old Kanban kit 'SO FEMININE/SO MACHO'.  This has been a great kit, with tons of toppers and cardstock all ready to make incredibly quick cards. 

 

So for todays 'quick fix' for this crafty junkie, I managed to do these after I'd cleaned the clubhouse, which was amazingly clean considering we'd had a disco last night...

 

 

This first card was made using the Kanban topper sheet 'RETRO CLASSICS', I used one topper from a selection of 8 (you can see what great value this kit has been!), I used a kraft card blank and my first mat is a piece of light blue cardstock from my stash... after a quick rub around with a Tim Holtz distress ink pad I mounted it to the base card.  The black/silver spotted scalloped circle was cut out using a punch (Kanban CS - 'GRAPHITE POLKA DOT') and has had a little bit of blue wool tied around it before it was mounted to the first mat.  The topper was adhered with foam pads and a couple of gems added to the top corner.  Very quick!

 

... I try to add something to the inside of the card, to make it a little special (or a least, not quite so boring), here we have another scalloped circle and a piece of light blue CS.

 

 

Next ...

 

I used a scalloped card blank and mounted a piece of patterned CS to it (Kanban again, 'CHEQUERED FLAG'), to this I added a small black mat with my topper off-set on top of it.  The sentiment was matted onto a piece of black CS and adhered down.  All corner have been 'chomped', that is rounded off.  The inside was then decorated...

 

 

 

Card Number Three has more of a teenage vibe going on.  I used three toppers from the sheet 'EXTREME SPORTS' (two picture, one sentiment).  The patterned mat ('GRUNGE SPLATTERS') has a narrow piece of black CS adhered to it, and then this was mounted onto a 'skinny' card blank.  One picture topper was mounted onto some silver mirri CS and then adhered to the front, whilst the other was adhered to the inside.  The sentiment on the front of the card was also mounted onto silver mirri CS, both the picture and the sentiment were 'popped' using foam pads.

 

So now I've had my 'fix' for the day, I'd better get back to work.  Quiz and bingo tonight! Busy, busy, busy...

 

 

Challenges...

 

GREAT IMPRESSIONS - August Challenge - 'Square Card'

 

THROUGH THE CRAFT ROOM DOOR CHALLENGE BLOG - August 20-27 - 'Anything Goes'

 

 

 

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Easy~Peasy, Lemon~Squeezy

Bet you haven't heard that expression in a long time!

slang phrase (from an old British detergent commercial) used to express

something that was quickly and easily done.

 

Anyway, since I seem to be in a retro mood, retro is what you are getting today!  I opened up my Kanban 'So Macho' kit this morning (having a flick through the mountain of unused crafting items!) and came across this die-cut sheet...

 

'A True Classic'

 

... and thought, "hey ho... let's have a go".  This is what I came up with...

 

 

I remember my brother having one of these BMX bikes in the 1970's - it was exactly the same as this, even down to the colour... now I'm showing my age!

 

 

CARD BASE - kraft card blank (5 1/4" x 5 1/4")

1ST MAT - yellow Cricut cardstock (CS) (5 3\8" x 5 1/8") - punched using 'X-CUT' 'scallop'

2ND MAT - brown patterned paper 'HOT OFF THE PRESS' 'Red Velvet Artful Card Kit' (4 1/2" x 5 1/8") -  punched using 'X-CUT' 'scallop'

3RD MAT - red Cricut CS (3 3/8" x 5 1/8") -  punched using 'X-CUT' 'scallop' and embossed using 'CUTTLEBUG' and embossing folder 'coolio 1 of 4'

TOPPERS/SENTIMENT - 'Kanban' 'So Macho' die cut sheet 'A True Classic' - adhered using foam pads

INSIDE 1ST MAT - red Cricut CS (2" x 5 1/8")

INSIDE 2ND MAT - brown patterned paper 'HOT OFF THE PRESS' 'Red Velvet Artful Card Kit' (3 1/2" x 3 1/2")

INSIDE 3RD MAT - yellow Cricut CS (3 1/2" x 7/8")

INSIDE 4TH MAT - white CS (2 3/4" x 2 1/2") -  ALL inside mats are off-cuts from the front mats(being really frugal here!)

EMBELLISHMENTS - gems and brads - from stash

 

 

This second card was made using the same topped sheet...

 

 

This one couldn't be simpler! I used an A4 'Kanban' background paper (its called 'paper' but its cardstock really) called 'Parcel Paper', this had the bottom corners rounded and then it was scored and folded in half.  Three toppers were added to the front using foam pads, for extra 'pop', all of these were from the 'A True Classic' die cut sheet and the sentiment toppers was from my stash.  And that was it!

 

And I still have a load of toppers left from this sheet!  Good value or what?

 

Challenges:-

 

BEARLY-MINE CHALLENGES - Ch. #81 - 'Anything Goes'

 

THROUGH THE CRAFTROOM DOOR - Ch. TTCRD April 9th - April 15th - 'Anything Goes'

 

A CARD A CARD Blogging - Tuesday

 

 

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