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I taped a border with removable tape and used blending brushes and distress ink for the background, I then stamped the silhouette stamps and then removed the tape. I matted the card and then attached the stamped images that I had fussy cut out.

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Welcome Little One

I was asked if I had any baby cards, which of course I didn't have so I made a couple for my stash of cards. I made this one a gender-neutral card.  Using the colours of the designer paper for the palate. 

On the front I have used the stamp image and made the inside with pop up dies. 

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Birthday fun

I made this card for my Granddaughter's first birthday; her first word was dog in fact she loves any dog.

This little set of Dachshunds is from Gerda Steiner, I sponged the background with inks, coloured and fussy cut the images and attached them to the card with foam dimensional tape.

Penguin z fold

 My card is for today's challenge on the CCEE Stampers blog.

Apparently August is Peach month and Monday 22nd August is National Peach Day, so for our challenge this week create a card that features one or more things that begin with the letter "P" .. A punched image; patterned paper; pansy; paint; person or a product that is from a company whose name starts with “P”.

 I started this card by making the background using the northern lights background technique. Blending together distress oxide inks, mostly pink and purple with a little of green and blue. I then folded the base card into a z fold. Starting with a base card 12 x 12 scoring at 3 and 6 folding the front 1/2 back. Then adding the inked panels before adding the oval on the edge.

 I die cut an oval in black card and added an oval of designer paper of pink and purple snowflakes.

I the added the penguin to the oval panel, stamping it twice, once to fussy cut and colour and the other for the shadow. I then added the oval inside as a space to write a message.

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.

Liz Williams

Lois Bak

Lynn McAuley

Frances Byrne

Kelly Santi

Maryann Einam- You are here

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Somebunny

Today I am joining my friends on the Crazy4Challenges design team. Today is Frances last day of challenges for September.

So our final "S" themed challenge is ... 

Slimline Cards- Yes I know we had this theme earlier in the year, but Slimline cards are fun and on trend right now. They are also addictive …. Which is why I created a Facebook Group dedicated to Slimline Cards called Slimline Card Addicts. So this week create a slimline card.

The most popular sizes for Slimline Cards are either 3.5 inches x 8.5 inches or 4 inches x 9 inches. Slimline Cards fit into a standard business size envelope.

To make my slimline card I have used Pinkfresh Studio slim stitched scallop circles panel. I added so of the Gerda Steiner bunnies peeking through the windows.

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

Rebecca Endie

Kathleen Adams

Amy Ottmers 

Karen Ostergard

Tracey Farr

Maryann Einam- You are here

Nicky Foden

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Hi Crafting Friends

This week on Crazy4Challenges it is a slimline card challenge.

Slimline Cards seem to be very popular at present, especially with a few companies releasing dies that are made to use for creating this style of card. For our challenge this week create a Slimline card. A Slimline card measures either 8 1/2 inches x 3 1/2 inches or 9 inches x 4 inches and should fit into a standard business sized envelope.

I have made my slimline card into a one-layered card, with stencils. I just adore these cute little Meerkats

Stamps: Gerda Steiner designs - Meerkats on the lookout

My Favorite things - warm and feathered hugs

Stencils - Honey bee - outdoor scene builder.

Inks - Distress oxide

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

Rebecca Endie

Kathleen Adams

Amy Ottmers 

Karen Ostergard

Tracey Farr

Maryann Einam- You are here

Nicky Foden

May Guest Designer - Lois Bak 

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Showers and rainbows

Welcome to this weeks challenge with the Crazy4Challeges design team.

You know what they say April showers bring May flowers, so this weeks challenge is to make a card with rain or a rainbow on it.


I have crated a card with a split front and have the rainbow join the two halves together. I created the rainbow with circle dies glued together and added the hedgehog and clouds to finish the card. On the inside I added the cloud stencil on the inside of the card so that you can see it through the front panel.

I found that the card was too flimsy so to help with the strengthening of the card I added some acetate in between the layers, but still kept the look that I was after.

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

Rebecca Endie

Kathleen Adams

Amy Ottmers 

Karen Ostergard

Tracey Farr

Maryann Einam- You are here

Nicky Foden

April Guest Designer - Meghan Kennihan 

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Swing side to side baby

My card today is made for a challenge that I do with friends, so that we use our supplies each month. This month our challenge was to make a swing card.

I have used the My Favorite Things interactive swing die for my swing element and added the Gerda Steiner designs stamp set Hello Little one. 

When you tilt the card the baby swings side to side.

Thanks for looking...………...

Over the fence

Welcome to this weeks challenge with the Crazy4challenges team.

 Summer’s here and hopefully we can all get outdoors and into nature. So this week let’s use wood grain on your project. Images, embossing, even real wood paper or veneer shapes.

I have this cute bunny set from Gerda Steiner designs and wanted to use most of the images to create my card. I liked the idea of the bunnies peeking over the fence , so I have used designer paper and the stamp image on each page.

I chose to make a waterfall card with Karen Burniston frame pull card die. You can find the tutorial that Karen shows you how to convert the die into a waterfall card here.

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
Joanne Grzelak

Karen Aicken

Raquel Mason

Rebecca Endie

Kathleen Adams

Amy Ottmers 

Karen Ostergard

Tracey Farr

Maryann Einam- You are here

Nicky Foden

Thanks for stopping by today....

I am sad to say farewell to fellow team member Joanne who passed away suddenly last week. RIP Joanne.

Enduring Friendship

Welcome

My card today was made for the Challenge that I have with a couple of friends. Each month we challenge ourselves to use our supplies.

This month our challenge was to use Tim Holtz products.

I have used distress oxide inks, layering stencil scribbles, alterations small tattered floral die.

Other items I have used sentiment from Stampendous, stamped image from Gerda Steiner designs, Karen Burniston Katherine Label pop up die, Anita frames die (retired)

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C4C482 paper strips

I am the hostess for this month on the Crazy4challenges. I have invited Nicky Foden from
 My messy craft room as my guest designer. Nicky has some wonderful cards on her blog so make sure you go over an have a look.

I don't like wasting things so I seem to have lots of paper off cuts, so here is a chance to use some of your leftover papers, make a card using paper or card strips/scraps.

So I had some left over pieces of designer paper from my making last years Christmas cards. It is good to get a head start on my cards for this year.
I attached the paper strips with double sided sticker sheet on white card stock cut it to my card size and then ran it through a Christmas embossing folder for added texture and tho make sure the paper pieces were stuck down very well. I  then layered the panel unto a card base adding the die cut fishtail banners and the little Christmas mouse.

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
Joanne Grzelak
Karen Aicken
Raquel Mason
Rebecca Endie
Kathleen Adams
Amy Ottmers 
Karen Ostergard
Tracey Farr
Maryann Einam- You are here
May Guest Designer -  Nicky Foden



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Lets talk Coffee

Welcome to todays card made for the Crazy4challenges, challenge

It's a brand new month Frances is our hostess.

March is Caffeine Awareness Month, so for our challenge this week create a Coffee themed card. If you don't have any coffee stamps, dies or papers and hot beverage will do.

I had fun making this card with the Rocking Rectangle die set from Karen Burniston, once again I used this cute dinosaur stamp set from Gerda Designs.

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

Joanne Grzelak

Karen Aicken

Raquel Mason

Rebecca Endie

Kathleen Adams

Amy Ottmers 

Karen Ostergard

Tracey Farr

Maryann Einam- You are here

March Guest Designer - Barb Anders

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C4C471 February Sketch

Welcome to today's card a sketch challenge with the Crazy 4 challenges team.

Sketch Week but with a twist.  Your card can follow the sketch as is or you can make it as a tent fold or you can flip the rectangles and 3 elements to the opposite sides as in the sketch!

My sketch with a twist was to turn the sketch on its side.

Supplies: 
Gerda Steiner designs Turtley great stamp set.
Karen Burniston crosshatch square, Frame pull pop-up and nature edges die sets.


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
Joanne Grzelak
Karen Aicken
Raquel Mason
Rebecca Endie
Kathleen Adams
Amy Ottmers 
Karen Ostergard
Tracey Farr
Maryann Einam- You are here
February Guest Designer - Kristine Reynolds

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FGM Arrow Fold

Welcome, today my card is for the challenge that I do with some friends each month, so that we take the time to craft in our busy lives. This month our challenge was to create an arrow card.

This is the first time I have made one but there are quite a few different styles out there if you search for them. I used the Gerda Steiner stamps for my card. We had a debate on whether the flap should be glued down and decided it was a matter of personal taste, I haven't in this photo but I am considering it.

Thanks for looking today.............

Have a ball

Welcome to today's challenge with the CCEE Team.

This week Hostess Joanne has said "As you all know, I love my two pups. They are both rescue pups from Tennessee. Well, October is Adopt a Shelter Dog mont.h. Let’s create cards with dogs on them."

Our little dog loves to chase the ball, so I thought it would be fun to create a interactive card with this in mind. I was't sure how I was going to make the dog run after the ball without spinning so I made the ball as the movable element. If I try this again I think I will make the grass element larger so I can add a bigger spinner behind to make the dog run after the ball. I think you get the idea anyway, it is fun to tilt the card and have the ball move on its own.

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
Kelly Santi

Maryann Einam- You are here

Thanks for stopping by....

From the whole zoo

Welcome to this weeks challenge with the CCEE Stampers team, Lynn is our hostess.

Back in the day when I was a young mother, one of the first trips I planned during the summer break from school was a day at the zoo for my son and his cousins. We all loved watching the crazy antics of the animals. This week in honor of zookeepers' week, I am challenging you all to include at least one (more if you want) zoo animal on your card.

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
Kelly Santi

Maryann Einam- You are here

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Gopher a Coffee?

Today I am sharing a card that I made for the challenge that I have going with some friends. Each month our challenge is to make a card with our supplies, June's theme was Coffee.

I recently saw a Jennifer Mcquire's U-tube video tutorial on the inside shadow box card and used it for inspiration for today's card.

I created a coffee cup die for the front of the card using Karen Burniston's coffee cup popup die and trimmed it so that it was just the cup. Decorated it as usual using the other dies is the set. I used the coffee satin stamps for the base card and added the cup and the little Gopher.

On the inside I traced around the coffee cup and fussy cut it out to create the window. I used a stencil for inside the window before creating  the box panel. I added some more stains and the gopher with a coffee cup in his paws.

Thanks for looking............

Perfect Blend

Welcome to this weeks challenge with the team from Crazy 4 Challenges blog. I am continuing the challenges as hostess.

 Perfect blend - Create a card with coffee for inspiration in the form of colours, stamps or dies.

I love this type of interactive card, you get to a chance to tell a story with a surprise on the inside.

Supplies:
Dies: Karen Burniston - Coffee cup pop-up, Spinner square pop-up, Elizabeth Craft Designs - speech bubble edgy options, stitched rectangles.
Stamps: Gerda Steiner - coffee monster



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
Joanne Grzelak
Karen Aicken
Raquel Mason
Rebecca Endie
Amy Ottmers 
Kathleen Adams
Maryann Einam- You are here
April Guest Designer Kelly Santi

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Buckets of Love

Lois is continuing as hostess for the CCEE Stampers this month. In researching for her challenges Lois found out that April 11 is National Pet day.  Lois asked the team to use a pet (dog, cat, bird, whatever) on their cards. 

I love pets it doesn't matter what type. In the past I have owned cats, dogs, birds and fish. We currently have a dog and a bird.

 I chose to use this cute Gerda Steiner set for all my stamped images.

Inside I used Karen Burniston's Cupcake pop-up as the platform for the pop up inside the card. This die can be made as a generic platform by just adding any shape to the pop-up part.

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
Kelly Santi

Maryann Einam- You are here

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Happy Birthday Hoots

My card today was made for a special friend's birthday last week. My friend loves interactive cards and owls, themes that I try to incorporate into my cards each year.

This is my first attempt at an acetate window card with a pop up inside.
For this card I created the inside first. I cut 3 pieces of designer paper just a bit smaller than the base card, and attached in place. The front panel was attached with temporary tape so that I could lift it and add acetate behind it once the window was cut. I then used the pop up mechanism to work out where I wanted the window on the front to be so that my owls would be seen through the window, when the card was closed. I then glued the mechanism in place and attached the label. Using a label die one size smaller I temporary attached it with the cutting side facing the front so that I could then cut out the window on the front panel. I then added the acetate and two die cut frames, using nested dies. I hope you can understand my instructions so far, If not Karen Burniston the designer of the pop up die has some great video tutorials that are easy to watch.
The owls are stickers covered with micro fine glitter and coloured with copic pens.
On the front of the card I have used the Happy Birthday die and layered the die four times. For the top layer I created an ombre look with distress inks. I coloured some white card with distress inks and die cut the tree and foliage adding it to the left side around the framework. I added some crystal nuvo drops to look like dew around the foliage. I just discovered that nuvo drops can take on the colour of distress ink that you apply it on top of, which I don't mind in this case.
The inside of the card was looking a bit plain after all that work on the front, so I added a stamped tree image, fussy cut it out and placed it behind the owls so they look like they are sitting on the branch.

Thanks for looking....................