Sugar Buttons - Updated Photos!

Thanks for your feedback on yesterday's piccies, here are some new photos taken today under better lighting. I hope you all like them! :-)

Toni-Marie xxx

Cute as a SUGAR BUTTON!!!!!!!

Whatcha folks, how's ya diddlin? I'm getting very excited about Christmas now, the trees up and the chocolates are open! Easily the BEST time of year :-)

This week, I decided to make something a little different to the usual cards, I hope you like. This week's make was made using the gorgeous Sugar Buttons kit from Kanban. The kit itself had the influence of the very talented Kathryn Sturrock who is usually known for her polymer clay work. I think you'll agree the artwork is stunning and I found it a real joy to work with.

900934 - Sugar Buttons glittered BG card; 900939 - Fairy Wands (foiled and glittered BG card); 900936 - Bubblegum Candy Stripe (BG card); 900918 - Prince and Princess (sparkly decoupage); 900917 - Pretty Ballerinas (sparkly decoupage). Also from Kanban, I used three sheets of white card stock, two sheets of silver mirri, three sheets of silver gliter card and paper from the Sugar Buttons paper pad

Panel One

Panel Two



Panel Three

 This week, I've been really enjoying seeing all the wonderful makes by other very talented Kanban crafters over on Facebook in the group "We Love Kanban", especially some stunning makes using Kanban's new Birds kit, aptly named "In the Garden." If you haven't seen this kit yet, you must check it out soon as it's ideal for all occasions, ages and male or female.

See you soon!
Lots of love, Toni-Marie xxx

Lavender Rose meets Bella Italiano!!!!

Hello all, hope you are all well and keeping nice and warm. i have my christmas decorations up and im feeling very christmassy indeed!! so im thinking my next post will be a little more festive looking! But until then, i hope you enjoy these makes which i have submitted to kanban as my design team cards for this week........

Lots of Love, Toni-Marie xxxxx



This distressed cards was made using the Bella Italiano Kit frim kanban and was great to make as i got rather inky!!
Its been made using...  900967 - venetian carnival (topper) 900978 - special sentiments (with love) plus various papers from the bella paper pad and kanban quilling roses!!



This little number was made using my favourite, Lavender rose but with the addition of the very glamourous lady from the bella italiano kit. I think the two kits work amazingly well together and after using my pro markers to give the lady a light tan, she was ready to become the beautiful Parisian lady you see before you.
Lavender rose items used were 900754 - floral postcards and 900764 - from paris with love (background card). whilst that gorgeous lady from Bella Italiano was from 900970 - Ragazza Bella. Plus i used Kanbans silver glitter for the BG card.

This gift bag was created using the fantastic kanban christmas compendium kit from 2010. As you've probabley guessed, the kit was huge and therefore has lasted me two christmas's and shows no signs of running out anytime soon! Now thats what i call value for money! God bless Kanban I say!  :p
Unfortunately i do not have the codes for this item as i removed them to fit the kit into my storage boxes!! my apologies for that! It wont happen again! hehe!!  :-)

BELLA ITALIANO!!!

Hi all,
As promised, here is my very first card made with the fantastic Bella Italiano, followed by yet another make from my favourite Lavender Rose.

901226 - White wood card BG, 901248 - Cathedral windows (toppers), 900971 - Holiday Time Toppers x2, 900978 Special sentiments plus silver acetate windows and navy blue paper from pad

Additional photo of previous card

Spotty jump up. 900748 - Paris in Bloom topper, 900755 - Lavender Rose elements (Roses), 900780 - Parisian tags (heart topper and small tag), 900753 - Lavender postcards (Greeting). Also using Kanban Spots for BG from metallic and glitter cardstock pack, and using Marabou feathers.

 Apologies for the late blogging this week, I shal be back later with this week's Kanban Design Team cards.

Lots of love Toni-Marie xxx

Lavender Rose Revisited :-)

Hi everybody!

With Christmas coming, I should really be making some more Christmas cards but as always the Lavender Rose pulled me back in. So here is a couple of this week's makes which are also my Design Team cards for this week. Hope you've all been watching Create and Craft and ordering Kanban's beautiful "Bella Italiano" kit. Hopefully mine should be with me in the next few days. I can't wait! It's such a beautiful kit and the artwork and designs are so different to anything else that's around at the moment.

Anyway, on to this week's cards...

This card was made using the following; Background - Damask, Cashmere (CRD9714), Lavender Postcards Topper (900753), Lavender Accents embelishment (900781), Lavender Rose sentiment (900750). Plus pink and purple cardstock (LR extra cardstock)

Belle Epoque - Violet (Background card, YJCRD002), Butterflies on Lavender topper (900749), LR Sentiments (900750), LR Small Toppers (900755) and Parisian tags - small hearts and butterflies (900780) Plus, Kanban's extra glitter metallic cardstock (stripes, small gingham and matt silver)

Slightly different view of the above card

Hope you like :-)
Hopefully, my next post will be of cards made using the brand new Bella Italiano kit :-)

Happy crafting all,
Lots of love and hugs, Toni-Marie xxx

This Week's DT Work... Pt. II

Hello again,

Thought I would save this little number til last as it's my ultimate favourite! Those of you that know me will be aware that it is extremely unlike me to actually be happy with my work, but this one really was a labour of love. I hope you like it as much as I do. Any comments gratefully received :-)

Closed view, I adore this piece of acetate

Oooo, the ribbon's untied...

Ta-daaaah!

A closer look at the inside of the card itself

...and finally, an extreme close up in order to show you the dimension, detail and verse

As with the previous post, this card was made with the beautiful Bloomingdale kit from the ever amazing Kanban! Below you will find the product codes and descriptions for the elements used from the Bloomingdale kit and other Kanban goodies.

Carte Postale - Birds (PCT1951)

Vintage Butterflies - Aqua (CRD1516)

Beautiful Accents Toppers (PCT1957)

Chelsea Elements (PCT1950)

The Textile Collection - Victoriana - Acetate

Also using,

Kanban Metallic pink cardstock

Kanban assorted toppers

Kanban's white Maribou feathers

Kanban's "Chinese Proverb" stamp

As always, I really hope you like my new card. Until next time, take care and happy crafting!

Lots of love

Toni-Marie xxx

New Week, New DT Work for Kanban!

Hi all,

This week saw the arrival of my exciting new kit from Kanban, called Bloomingdale, which is now, alongside Lavender Rose, one of my new favourites! :-)

To any of you that were lucky enough to make it to the NEC Birmingham last week, I hope you had a wonderful time and got plenty of goodies from Kanban's new retail division, Crafted by You (Stand C16!). I'm sure anything you got will provide hours of fun :-)

These are my very first makes using the Bloomingdale kit, and this card has turned out to be my Dad's favourite!

Made using, Scrolls and Calligraphy (CRD1514), Bird (PCT1950), Metallic blue cardstock, Kanban quilling flowers plus dies and Distress Inks

Kanban micro gingham cardstock, plus Centura Pearl cardstock and an assortment of embellishments and lace

Cardstock pack MIR 1274 - guilded silhouette - green, Carte Postale - birds (PCT1951), Chelsea elements (PCT1950), Beautiful Accents (PCT1957)



Hope you enjoy my new additions to the collection as much as I enjoyed working with it!

Love Toni-Marie xxx