Vintage Christmas

Specially for my Aunt who loves anything vintage or antique
Image is by Marianne, card is Kanban
Sentiment from very old stash

Thank You

Sizzix 'Sewing Room' die.
Sentiment is SU Curly Cute
Papers are MME and I stamped the tape measure over it using a Kanban stamp

Acetate

These are very awkward to photograph!
Not my usual style but I do like to try different techniques now and again.

These cards were made from a Kanban kit. They consist of printed acetate with identically-printed toppers so basically you attach the acetate over the topper and get a 3-D effect.

I should have taken a photo sideways on to show the depth of the 3-D but hopefully you can get the idea from these.

Husband

This was the card I made for my husband's birthday last week.
He loves single malt whisky and whilst buying him a bottle in a specialist shop I noticed some advertising leaflets/ brochures.
The covers of the leaflets were kraft cardstock so I picked up a couple thinking that they might be nice turned into cards!
As it turned out I didn't use the kraft but did decide to use one of the printed images - a bottle of whisky.

The acetate is by Kanban, bit hard to see but it is printed with a subtle pattern. I cut the whisky image down and mounted it on Kanban card (the card has an identical pattern to the acetate). To get the curve I chopped an inch or so off the card and attached the acetate at the top and bottom. Because of the size difference the acetate then curves around the card. Looking back I should perhaps have scored it first as it would be less stress on the card but it was the first time I'd tried the technique.

The card-blank is 8 inch square and is Papermania.
The die-cut letters are Sizzix Script.

Celebrate

Bit of a grungy one.
Sentiment stamp is Waltzingmouse.
The 'splatter' stamp (can just make it out on the above photo) is Stampin' Up "French Foliage".
Patterned acetate is by Kanban.
The kraft tag is Papermania and I've distressed it and embossed with Cuttlebug Clockworks folder

Men

Image is Kanban, another freebie from my friend at craft club. The sheets she gets cheap are very slightly faulty - some of the printing is missing or they have been double printed or something. So if you look closely at this one the circles in the corners of the image are odd but never mind, I'm not complaining :)

Happy Birthday

One of the lovely ladies at my craft club gave me several sheets of male-themed patterned cardstock, she gets it cheap (like about ten sheets for a pound cheap).

I just added some inking, ribbon and a WaltzingMouse stamped sentiment.

Happy Birthday

Very simple. Just a K & Co. topper mounted on dotted Kanban card.

hanglar stanglar

I received some stamped images a year or so ago but wasn't keen so I put them in a drawer and forgot about them.

Having a tidy out and came across them again and thought I ought to use them up.

The sentiment tag is by Kanban, the image is hanglar stanglar.

The blue card with the bunting printed on is actually the reverse of an advertising flyer from Emma Bridgewater pottery! Seemed a shame to put in the bin.

Husband

Images are by Kanban, Bakers's Twine from The Ribbon Girl.
Cardstock by Stampin' Up.

Pink & Black

Main image is a Heidi Swapp stamp, I've just added some gems for interest.
Patterned paper is enamel glazed and is by Kanban.
Sentiment by Stampin' Up.

Biker

I'd stamped this cardblank (using HOTP swirl stamp) intending to use it for something else, that something else was the card in the previous post.
It just didn't look right but I was determind to use it straightaway and not just throw it in a drawer.
I mounted a Kanban topper on some scraps of card and rounded the edges, job done.

Mum

This was for my mum's recent birthday.
She is a retired nurse and also trained as a midwife so when I saw this Kanban image I thought it would suit.
Alphabet is Sizzix 'Script' and the pink-ish card is Core'dinations Whitewash.

Dad

My Dad celebrates his birthday the day after my brother (lots of April birthdays in our family!).

He loves ships and doesn't like anything 'cute' so when I saw this image I knew it would be perfect for him.

It's by Kanban and the backing sheet was included in the set. I used teal Bazzill to mount it and I needed that stripe down the middle to detract from the patterned card a bit.

The sentiment was done on my computer - I hadn't realised my ink was very low so the colour wasn't quite the right shade but never mind :)

Cricket

Images by Kanban.

Twine from Ebay, ribbon from stash.

"Craig" cut using Sizzix Script alphabet.

Shiny green dots from Wilkos.

Car

Letters cut on Cricut.

Car silhouette from Lakeland.

Adhesive paper ribbon by Kanban.

Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder.

Elephant

Topper and backing card both by Kanban, mounted on black card and embellished with ribbon from stash

Chandelier

Chandelier stamp is by Heidi Swapp.

Glazed cardstock is by Kanban.

Best Wishes sentiment from Lakeland.

Kanban Ladies

All images by Kanban.

Ribbon and eyelets from stash.