Cards from the Kanban British Birds collection

 

These cards are all from another of my favourite Kanban collections - British Birds, much of which is still available to purchase from Foil Play.

 

Equally suitable for male or female cards, the collection features a delightful range of bird themed toppers and decoupage with beautifully co-ordinating background cards.

The topper sheets I used include Chatsworth Estate Frames, Weston Park & Tatton Park Bookmarks and Weston Park Squares & Sentiments.

Background card includes beige damask & moss green duo and cream & blue script duo. I've also used some backing mats from the Cocoa, Kiwi and Mint collection, which also co-ordinates really well with these toppers.

Emma's Crafty Challenge - chance to win Foil Play vouchers

Foil Play is sponsoring Emma's Crafty Challenge this month, with a £15 gift voucher for the winner to spend on whatever they like!

The theme for the challenge is 'PINK & BLUE'. Your project must contain PINK and BLUE, it can be a card, scrapbook page or 3d project.

For Emma's DT inspiration and to enter the challenge, check out Emma's Crafty Challenge on her blog.

Foil Play Birthday - 15% discount offer!

It's birthday time again, Foil Play will be nine years old in May!

To celebrate the birthday, and as a big thank you to all my lovely customers, I'm offering a 15% discount if you spend over £15.

The discount applies to everything (except gift vouchers and shipping upgrades), including the latest products which include the gorgeous Craftwork Cards Tea Dance collection, released today and Hunkydory's For the Family collection. Why not use the opportunity to stock up on your favourite Kanban sheets while they are still in stock?

To receive the discount, just enter and apply the code BirthdayB when checking out. The offer ends at midnight on Monday 6 May 2012.

Thank you again for your support over the past nine years!

Kanban Yvette Jordan Flamenco card

I made this Flamenco dancer card for an 18th birthday girl, who had a Spanish themed party, using Kanban Yvette Jordan sheet YJPCT006, pictured below. I used a fairly large card (7 x 10 inch), and very little further embellishment was needed to complement this beautiful topper, just a couple of mats cut using Grand Nestabilities and co-ordinating ribbon and bling.

In keeping with the simple style of the card, I used only one layer of the additional decoupage, which was just enough to give a 3D look.

Kanban Bella Fiori cards

These cards are all made from one of my favourite Kanban collections, Bella Fiori, most of which is still in stock at Foil Play, although a few sheets have sold out, including the Bella Rosa, featured in a couple of these cards.

As you can see, I like using 8 x 8 inch cards and the Bella Fiori toppers are the perfect size for these. I also used some of the foiled border strips from the topper sheets.

 The topper sheets used were: Sarafina, Veronica, Bella Rosa and Della Rosie.

I also used co-ordinating Bella Fiori card: Lauretta, Le Fleur, Magnolia Dreams and Rosie Scripts. One A4 sheet divided into three and with corners rounded made enough mats for three 8 x 8 cards.

Add a little toning paper, sentiment and an embellishment or two, and the cards were complete.

Kanban Fashion Icons concept cards

Remember these Fashion Icons concept cards from Kanban? These delightful and unusual die cut sheets, featuring a range of dresses in different styles are back in stock at Foil Play, at only £1.25 each. Stocks are limited, so don't miss out!

The Wrinklies CD is back in stock!

Initial supplies flew out, but I'm glad to say that the Wrinklies CD from La Pashe, recently featured on Create & Craft TV is now back in stock at Foil Play!

This brand new CD-ROM is packed full of silly seniors and potty pensioners, to make fabulously funny handmade cards, and offering the versatility of decoupage, toppers, tags, bookmarks, backgrounds and more.

If CDs are not your 'thing', or you only fancy a couple of the designs, they are also available as both die cut and traditional decoupage at Foil Play, the choice is all yours. 

Check out the La Pashe blog for inspiration and lots of great card samples featuring the Wrinklies! 

As ever, UK P&P is free at Foil Play on all orders over £10.