Saturday 16 March 2013

A Tribute to Kanban - Betsie Bob Cute Girl

I was very sad to learn that one of my favourite UK craft companies, Kanban, has gone into Administration and will be closing down.  Like many UK card makers, Kanban has featured frequently in my craft room purchases.  Kanban are best known for their lovely cardstock and card-topper kits.  However, I am also a really big fan of their range of acrylic stamps and you will find many varied examples of these on my blog, just click on Kanban Stamps in my labels list.  So today's card is a tribute to Kanban, and my thoughts are with all those at Kanban during these troubling times.


Card Recipe:
Stamp: Kanban Betsie Bob Cute Girls
Colouring Mediums: Memento Ink Pad London Fog, Promarker Pens
Paper & Card: Laura Ashley paper pad, Stardream, Hammered, Elegance Satin
Tools: Spellbinders, Grand Calibur,
Embellishments: May Art Floral Vine ribbon, Lace, hand-made pearl Hat Pins, metal corner, mulberry flowers, crystal glitter

I stamped my image with Momento London Fog and coloured with Spring Edition 2012 pro-marker pens.  I rounded the corners of the image and highlighted the edge with a glue pen and crystal glitter.
The card base was cut from a warm yellow hammered cardstock that I had in my stash.  The mounts were cut from stardream card using Spellbinders Romantic Rectangles.  The vertical panel tucked behind the stamped image was created by cutting the largest Romantic Rectangle in half, adding a pretty Laura Ashley paper and then accenting with some Laura Ashley flock rub-ons that I've had in my stash for years.  They are a bit fiddly to use but give a lovely result.   You can just see one in the bottom left of this photo.




To finish the card, I used a glue pen and crystal glitter around the edge of the card to echo the glitter on the stamped image. I trimmed the card with some lucious May Art Floral Vine sheer ribbon which is trimmed with sheer flowers with pearl centres (unbelievably gorgeous), cotton lace, mulberry paper flowers and my own hand made pearl decorative hat pins.
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38 comments:

  1. oh my word what a super card ... love that little girlie image and love the colours and flowers you have used ... yes I am sorry for the people who work at Kanban too ... a lot of crafting companies are struggling ... hope you have agreat weekend dips ... just blog hopping about ... happy crafting and love sandy xx

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  2. gorgous card,love the flowers & image. sue xx

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  3. stunning card x

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  4. Such a beautiful card. I love the cute image and gorgeous soft colours with such pretty detailing too.
    Sue xx

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  5. Lovely layout with the pretty framing of the image, nice colours too

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  6. gorgeous. love the image. fab idea with the framing. gorgeous colours too x

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  7. This is such a pretty card, such an adorable image.
    Thank you for joining us at Crafting for all Seasons.
    Pauline
    x

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  8. A beautifully designed card, lovely layers and colours. Thanks for sharing this at Country View Challenges.
    Have a great weekend.
    hugs {brenda} x0x

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  9. Im always stunned by your cards, brilliant inspiration. Ive added you to my list to blogs to watch :D

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  10. Fab card Dips, lovely design and colour combo. It's good to be back in the blog hop! Tinaxx

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  11. Gorgeous card, love the flowers you have used. Just hopping by. Lizzie

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  12. Such unique coloring technique! Love all the embellishments you added! Thanks for joining us this week at Creative Card Crew!

    Mei
    CCC DT
    Love to Create DT

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  13. Gorgeous card..love the sweet image and the pretty colours...Joolsx

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  14. Such sad news about Kanban, but a nice tribute to them too. Loving the flowers :-)

    Thanks for joining us over at Fussy and Fancy for our flowers challenge - good luck!

    xx Sazzle xx

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  15. This is so sweet, I love the image and gorgeous flowers. Thank you for joining us at I ♥ ProMarkers this week and good luck xx

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  16. Simply stunning card love it.Kaz.xx

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  17. Gorgeous card,lovely colours and image

    Lorna xx

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  18. Gorgeous card, full of pretty soft colours and flowers.

    Thanks so much for sharing with us at Allsorts and Pretty Little Ribbons challenges.

    B x

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  19. What an adorable image and so beautifully coloured too!!1 love the overall design of this and all the detailing you have included here. there are a number of doubles so this fits well with our challenge. thanks for joining us at Anything goes this time and good luck.
    Carol xx DT

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  20. A beautiful card in lovely colours. And it is so sad that more and more small as well as larger craft businesses are vanishing.
    Heike xx

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  21. Ooh so sweet, love the softness the london fog brings to an image :-) Happy leapblogging! Elaine-xxx- I have new candy if you are interested :-) http://sparklingblackrose-craftmylife.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/new-candy.html

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  22. Oh this is lovely, what a great card, I too was sad to hear of Kanbans decline, I too have lots of their stuff. Thanks for playing on MAWTT this week, Love Hazelxo

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  23. Beautiful card, love this yellow flower. Thank you for joining us at the Celebrate the Occasion challenge and hope to see you back again.
    Hugs
    Anna xxx

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  24. Beautiful card love the layout

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  25. Such a pretty card, I like the colours you chose.

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  26. Adorable card Dips - such a pretty image and fabulous embellies.
    Thanks for playing along with us at PTW and MAWTT this week.
    Good luck.
    Debs xx

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  27. This is so pretty, love all the details. Thank you so much for joining us at Allsorts this week for our 1-2-3 challenge x

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  28. Gorgeous card. The image is great and I love the pretty flower.

    Thanks for joining this fortnights challenge at Joanna Sheen.
    Lorraine x

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  29. So pretty, beautiful embellishments with your adorable image! Thanks for sharing your creation with us @ CTO for our "Spring is in the Air" Challenge :)

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  30. This is such a lovely card,thanks for joining CCT this week!
    Hugs Heidy

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  31. Very pretty, thanks for joining us at I ♥ ProMarkers.
    xx

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  32. What a cute card :)

    Thank you so much for joining us at Fussy and Fancy this time.

    Hugs from Beate

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  33. What a funny and a lovely card!
    Thank you to share it on Deep Ocean Challenge and I wish you an Happy Easter.
    xoxoxo Eulalia

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  34. Lovely card so love your flowers too! Thanks for playing along at Allsorts this time, hugs Samantha :0)

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  35. Very pretty card, I love the colors you used and the gorgeous flowers! Thanks for joining us at ABC Challenges.

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