Martini Mouse Easel Card

Hi Everyone,

It is time to join the team on Crazy for Challenges blog and Caz continues with the challenges.

 In a name.... using your initials make a card using dies/stamps that start with your letters.

I have used Mice / Martini for my first name and Easel for my surname.

To make an easel card just score it in half and the score the front in half again, that creates the easel part, just place extra layers of paper or embellishments to help the front stand up. Attach your front embellishment panel by only applying to the glue to the bottom of the part that you want to stand, then attached it only onto the bottom half of the card front.

The card with fold flat for posting, you can make any size card or shape as long as you are able to score it in half evenly.

Supplies:

Karen Bruniston designs  - Labels & Circles

Suzanne Cannon Quietfire designs - Celebrate - Best Wishes
Elizabeth Craft Designs  - Double sided tape
Stampendous- House Mouse, glitter paper

Don't forget to check out the rest of the “Crazies” cards over on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog and also their individual blogs for more details.

Frances Byrne
Anja de Regt
Barbara Anders
Jessie Rone
Joanne Grzelak
Karen Aicken
Vicki Burdick
Raquel Mason
Rebecca Endie
 Cas Counsell
Tammy Hershberger
Maryann Einam- Thats me
October Guest Designer Heidi Green

Thanks for looking
Cheers
Maryann

Beautiful Flowers

For the Challenge on CCEE Stampers today, hostess Joanne has asked for a recipe card.

You must use circular and square elements,flowers, dry embossing and some sort of bling.

I have used the Spiral Circle pull card die designed by Karen Bruniston  for Elizabeth Craft Designs 

My card is square when folded flat, has a circle flip and centre layer, two die cut flowers, dry embossed flowers and glitter and gold sticker tape for bling,

Supplies

Elizabeth Craft Designs - Victorian Flower - Victorian Flower overlay 1 - Petal Power - Micro fine glitter

Karen Bruniston designs  -Twist circle pop up - Spiral Circle Pull Card

gold border stickers, stampendous sentiment stamps

Don't forget to check out the CCEE Stampers blog to see the rest of the creations the CCEE Stampers have created this week. You can also see more details of their creations on their individual blogs.

Anne Harmon
Joanne Grzelak
Liz Williams
Lois Bak
Lynn McAuley
Frances Byrne
Vicky Gould

Thanks for looking
Cheers
Maryann

Glitter Bees

 Today is challenge day on Crazy 4 Challenges and hostess Caz has asked that we put bees or bugs on our card.

The inspiration for my card came the other day when I was at my friend Frances's house, she has all her cards on display. Frances just happened to have a card using the beehive next to her one inspired by Els' technique Friday tutorials.

You can see their creations here, here and here.

I wanted to inlay the honeycomb, but I found it was too hard to line up all the pieces, so I just covered a piece of white card with double sided tape. I cut a piece to size for the card front, the cut several honeycomb pieces, lining them up to cover the card front being careful not to get finger prints on the sticky double sided tape. I then added the warm diamond micro fine glitter and polished it into the card. 

I then took the double sided tape off the honeycomb pieces and using saffron glitter I did the same.

I then inlaid the entwined circles  that were glittered with rust and solar gold.

I then used copic pens to add different shades of yellow to the honeycomb, and finished the front with the bees with glittered wings.

Inside the card I die cut the bee hive  and some glittered bees.
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Supplies:

Elizabeth Craft Designs   - Micro fine glitter , Entwined Circles , Peel off stickers

Joset Designs  Beehive  , Honeycomb , Bee, Bee Sentiments , distressed ink warm honey, copic pens.


Don't forget to check out the rest of the “Crazies” cards over on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog and also their individual blogs for more details.

Frances Byrne
Anja de Regt
Barbara Anders
Jessie Rone
Joanne Grzelak
Karen Aicken
Vicki Burdick
Raquel Mason
Rebecca Endie
 Cas Counsell
Tammy Hershberger
Maryann Einam- Thats me
October Guest Designer Heidi Green

Thanks for looking
Cheers
Maryann

Candy Monster

Today is challenge day with my friends on CCEE Stampers and hostess Joanne has a double challenge for us.

First, you must make a true one-layer card..... nothing popped up or embellished. Second your card must have a Halloween or Thanksgiving theme.

Well living in Australia I don't do either theme, but I wanted to play along. What does Halloween have other than the spooky theme... Its candy right.

In the past few years Halloween has become popular with the retail outlets and you can purchase all sorts of candy.

I just had to use this Tayored Expressions,  Candy Monster stamp and die set.

After stamping the monster I made a mask with the monster die, I then made a reverse label mask and sponged in the distressed inks.

Supplies:
Taylored Expressions Candy Monster
Elizabeth Craft Designs   Labels & Circles
Distressed ink, copic pens, sponges

Don't forget to check out the CCEE Stampers blog to see the rest of the creations the CCEE Stampers have created this week. You can also see more details of their creations on their individual blogs.

Anne Harmon
Joanne Grzelak
Liz Williams
Lois Bak
Lynn McAuley
Frances Byrne
Vicky Gould

Thanks for Looking
Cheers
Maryann

Winter Friends

Today I met with a couple of friends of mine for our monthly catch up & challenge day. This month our challenge was to use the Stampendous Stamp set Winter Friends.

Even though our challenge is just to make a card we each made 3 and I will share my other cards on another post.

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampendous

Elizabeth Craft Designs   -Shimmer sheetz

Karen Burniston designs - Outdoor edges , Lorna Label

Suzanne Cannon Quietfire designs - Merry Christmas

Thanks for looking

Cheers

Maryann

C4C358 October Sketch

Hi Everyone,

It is challenge time with the Crazies on Crazy 4 Challenges. The 3rd week of the month means follow the sketch.

Supplies:
Elizabeth Craft Designs 
Cake pop up
Stage it stencil - Coffee
Stitched squares
Micro fine glitter chocolate  & pewter
distressed ink, foil card

Don't forget to check out the rest of the “Crazies” cards over on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog and also their individual blogs for more details.

Frances Byrne
Anja de Regt
Barbara Anders
Jessie Rone
Joanne Grzelak
Karen Aicken
Vicki Burdick
Raquel Mason
Rebecca Endie
 Cas Counsell
Tammy Hershberger
Maryann Einam- Thats me
October Guest Designer Heidi Green

Thanks for Looking
Cheers
Maryann

Old enough to know

Hi everyone,

Challenge day with my friends on the CCEE Stampers Blog, hostess Joanne has this weeks challenge.

Today is World Sight Day. Include glasses, eye charts, or a sentiment related to one’s sight on your card today.

When I found this cool designer paper in my supplies, I knew I just had to use it. Just about everyone when they are a certain age will need glasses.
I decided to use some quirky stamps from Art Impressions.

 The speech bubble on the front was lengthen to fit the sentiment, it is from the accordion  rectangle  set designed by Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs     I have made a pop up card using the 
Anita Frames Pop Up die along with some more Art Impression stamps.

Supplies

Elizabeth Craft Designs 

Anita Frames Pop up

Agatha Edges

Accordion Rectangle

Stitched oval

Steampunk stamps

Art Impression stamps

Don't forget to check out the CCEE Stampers blog to see the rest of the creations the CCEE Stampers have created this week. You can also see more details of their creations on their individual blogs.

Anne Harmon
Joanne Grzelak
Liz Williams
Lois Bak
Lynn McAuley
Frances Byrne
Vicky Gould

Thanks for looking
Cheers
Maryann

Adele's Flowers

Today I am sharing the card I made for my Mother in law's birthday, she has a lovely garden so I have made a pop up Flower Pot.
To create the flower pot, I used the Flower Pop up die designed by Karen Burniston for
Elizabeth Craft Designs 

Karen has a  video for instructions on this die, I found it very easy to follow.

I kept the layout true to the picture on the packaging, by adding the Paris edges. 

All the flower components are included in the set along with the butterfly wings, I added the body from the small butterfly set and covered them with micro fine glitter.

 The front is just designer paper with the die cut words covered with glitter.

Supplies:
Flower pot pop stand
Paris Edges
Labels & Circles
Small Butterfly
Numbers & More 2
Curvy leaves
Micro fine glitter
Happy Birthday

Thanks for looking
Cheers
Maryann

Orange and Red blooms

It is challenge time with the Crazies on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog.

Hostess Caz Counsell has a fun challenge this month


"Color wheel mix up... find your favorite 2 colors on the wheel and use the 2 colors on the opposite side of the wheel …. this will challenge you to maybe use colors you would usually shy away from."

My favourite colours are green and blue that makes the opposite side orange and red.

I have used the Katie Label die designed by Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs 

and the peel off stickers that match.

Supplies:

Elizabeth Craft Designs 

Katie Label

Peel off stickers

Micro fine glitter

copic pens, foam tape, double sided tape, dcwv designer paper

Don't forget to check out the rest of the “Crazies” cards over on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog and also their individual blogs for more details.

Frances Byrne
Anja de Regt
Barbara Anders
Jessie Rone
Joanne Grzelak
Karen Aicken
Vicki Burdick
Raquel Mason
Rebecca Endie
 Cas Counsell
Tammy Hershberger
Maryann Einam- Thats me
October Guest Designer Heidi Green

Thanks for stopping by
Cheers
Maryann

Best Medicine

Today is Challenge day with my friends on CCEE Stampers blog, our hostess this month is Joanne.

Here is our challenge - Apparently today is Physician’s Assistant’s Day. In honor of that let’s make get well cards.

In the centre of the card I used the Twisted circle  pop up die designed by Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs . 

The twisted circle pop up was a great way to highlight this sentiment from Verses rubber stamps

"This is more than a card. It's a Hug with a fold in the middle"

Supplies:

MFT: Stamps PI- Better get Better & Best Medicine. Dies - fishtail

Karen Burniston - Twist circle pop up

Verses rubber stamps

Don't forget to check out the CCEE Stampers blog to see the rest of the creations the CCEE Stampers have created this week. You can also see more details of their creations on their individual blogs.

Anne Harmon
Joanne Grzelak
Liz Williams
Lois Bak
Lynn McAuley
Frances Byrne
Vicky Gould

Thanks for popping in

Cheers

Maryann