Picture Perfect Friendship

I made this card for a friendship challenge. I like the movie themed designer paper. I found this themed stamp set in my supplies (MFT clear stamp set), I thought they went well together.
 

Bendy shadow box card

 

This card was inspired a tutorial from Sam Calcott on her Mixed-up craft page. It is called a bendy shadow box card.

I think I made my first shadow box card probably more that 15 years ago, so it was fun revisiting the design with the added bendy piece.

Since the snowman set was on my desk, it was calling me to use it again.

The card fold flat for postage.

Holly Jolly Christmas

 This stamp is my go-to stamp when I need a snowman image. It has been sometime since I have created a stamped background on my cards. I paper toiled the image for some extra dimension. It was so much fun, and I was really happy with how it has turned out. I made this for a snowman swap, I hope the recipient enjoys it.

Winter Wishes

This is a different type of fancy fold card that I have not tried before. It is called a 4 fold pop -out card. It takes me back to the time where all interactive cards were made with a ruler and a blade, not a die. I pulled out a snowman stamp from my stash for the front of the card and added some die-cut snowflakes.

The card base measures 10 1/4 x 5.5. Along the left side of the 10" side score at 11/2, 3 41/2, 6

along the 5.5" side cut a line 1" in from each end starting at the 11/2" to the 41/2" score line.

Fold these 1" ends into mountain, valley, mountain, the part in the middle becomes a mountain fold, on the inside I added another folded card 51/4 x 8 scored at 4"so that I can write a message.

 

Supplies

My Favorite things - Holiday hugs snowman

Sizzix snowflake die

Die cut flower cluster

I thought I would try a different layout for this card, it fits inside a business size envelope. Instead of having the classic fold in half I made the front only half the size of the back, so that you can see the happy birthday die cut while the card is closed. The Happy Birthday is cut 3 times and layered together for some dimension. 

Inside I have used the Flower Pivot Panels for a surprise element once you open the card.

On the front of the card I have used several die cut flowers

Supplies 

Karen Burniston dies 1160 Flower Pivot Panel

MFT fancy Flourish and flower dies.

 

Clink Clink

I had so much fun creating this style of card last year, that I have made another for a card class that I have taught.

Teaching some people new to card making with a little bit of stamping, die cutting and folding to make a fun pop-up card.

The card can be made any size to fit in an envelope. Fold your card stock in half and attach some designer paper on the front, then die cut a circle. Using another piece of card (for this card I am just calling the white card, but of course you can make it any colour) cut to fit inside the card base, leaving a small border around the edges. Using this white piece of card fold it in half and then score on half in half again. Attach it inside the base card glue it by the large panel on the bottom and then the top piece to the top of the card so that it looks like a z, leaving the middle panel unglued. 

 Put it aside to work on the next step. Die cut a piece of base colour card with the same die that you cut the original circle, then decorate it. While the card is in the closed position attach the circle through the hole and just add glue to the middle panel that shows through the hole.

As you open and close the card the attached circle with move through the hole. I then just decorated the bottom of the card to match the circle.

I have used the Karen Burniston charm die and the MFT A toast to you, sentiment stamp set.

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1st Birthday Puppy

I made this card for my Granddaughter's 1st Birthday earlier this month.

The last time I saw her she was just learning to say the word Dog. I made the puppy and added it to the designer paper background and die cut grass, I added the die cut kite, to match in with the designer paper.

The designer pack had some nice rainbow paper, so I layered it inside and added the Spinner square pop-up for the sentiment.

 Supplies:

My Favorite Things - Puppy Love

Karen Burniston - 1042 -Spinner square pop up

Elizabeth Craft Designs - Kite

Kaisercraft designer paper pack Fine & Sunny

Paper Rose Studio - sentiment

Shades of Blue

 Good Morning Crafting Friends.

Today on the CCEE Stampers blog, Hostess Kelly has asked us to celebrate National Dandelion day.

For my card I went stash diving into my supply of older products from My Favorite Things.

I made some background paper with several shades of distress oxide inks and used the Karen Burniston Pattern Plates to die cut the paper.

I then stamped and die cut the dandelion images adding to the card, along with the sentiment and some pearls for embellishments.

Supplies:

My Favorite Things - stamps and dies (retired)

Karen Burniston designs: 1125 - Pattern Plate - Tiles

1182 - Word set 4 - Hugs

Distress Oxide inks - Tumbles glass, salty ocean, blueprint sketch

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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Butterfly bunting

 

Hi Crafting Friends,

I recently joined a challenge to use scrap paper. This is what I came up with, using a fishtail banner die I made a bunting strip out of scrap paper. I heat embossed the butterfly with black embossing powder and die cut it and coloured it with copic pens. I added a black strip to the top of the bunting and added the gemstones.

Thanks for looking

Christmas around the world

Welcome to the last challenge of the year with the design team on CCEE Stampers blog.

Hostess Lynn would like for all those who are taking part in this challenge to select a country or culture other than their own and feature on the front of their cards a unique element or tradition from that country or culture's holiday celebrations!

I grew up with this tradition, we had these cute little boots that we put out each year, we didn't have a fireplace so the boots were just left outside our bedroom door. As a child it was just something that we did, I didn't realize that it was something my parents grew up with also until I googled the meaning of St Nicholas day. I thought I would share with you some of the meanings that I found.

What is St. Nicholas Day?

St. Nicholas derived from Nicholas of Myra and was a bishop in 4th century Greece. He was known for selling off his own items and then giving the money to the poor. He would commonly leave coins in people’s shoes and dedicated his entire life to serving people who were sick and suffering. This is how he gained his saint status, and is what inspired St. Nicholas Day (also commonly known as Feast Day or the Feast of St. Nicholas). 

St. Nicholas Day is celebrated on December 6th every year. This date was chosen to commemorate the day of St. Nicholas’s death and to celebrate his life and generous spirit. 

Typically celebrated by leaving small surprise gifts in shoes or stockings, the day is meant to honor the generous spirit of Saint Nicholas, the historical inspiration for our contemporary version of Santa Claus!

Because Nicholas of Myra was a saint in the Catholic church, St. Nicholas Day is primarily a Christian holiday. It is especially popular among European Catholic and German Lutheran populations.

As time passed St. Nicholas Day began in different ways. In Italy, this day was celebrated with feasts, gift-giving, and festivals. In other European countries like Germany and the Netherlands, children would leave their shoes or special St. Nicholas boot in front of the fireplace or front door at night and find presents in them in the morning. The history of St. Nicholas and his good deeds was part of the inspiration of the modern-day Santa Claus and Father Christmas, which is why there are some current traditions of leaving gifts in people’s boots or shoes (or stockings)

I made the front of the using stamps and inside I made a pop up using Karen Burniston's Flower Pivot Panels and decorated it with the stocking charms.

Supplies

My Favorite Things stamps - Secret Santa, Cozy Companions

Mama Elephant sentiment - Best Gift Ever

Karen Burniston dies - 1143 holiday charms, 1160 Flower Pivot Panels, 1152 Long Nature Edges.

Thank you for stamping with the design team throughout 2021!  Remember New CCEE Stampers Challenges will begin again on January 6, 2022.

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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Go for a ride

Today is the week 4 challenge on the Crazy4Challenges blog.

 Last Monday was Go For A Ride Day. For our challenge this week, create a card that features something you might ride on … car, bus, bike, truck, horse etc.

The main focal stamp is a old rubber wood mounted die from long ago. It matches perfectly with the designer paper background. I added the several layers of the die cut sentiment.

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 

Karen Ostergard

Lois Bak

Nikky Foden

Maryann Einam- You are here

Thanks for stopping by today....

Manatee Awareness Month

                                                                 Hi Crafting Friends

                          Today's card is made for the challenge on the CCEE Stampers blog.

                                                Celebrate Manatee Awareness Month

I had this background die for some time, thinking one day I would use it for a shaker card. Things didn't go to plan and I ran out of time, so I have just used several layers to add dimension on the background and glued in some pearls beads, before adding the sentiment and attaching the Manatee.

Hero Arts - Manatee Stamp & Cut

MFT - background die (retired)

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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Sloth Birthday Wishes

Today I am finally sharing the card I made for my daughter's birthday ' a few months ago, she likes sloths so I thought a sloth themed card would be fun.

I made the base card with Slim Flaps and Frames Dies from Karen Burniston and stamps sets from My Favorite Things and Sunny Studios.

On each flap I added a sloth pop up.

Supplies

MFT : Slumbering Sloths 

Sunny Studios - Silly Sloths

Karen Burniston - 1146 -  mini Pops pop up, 1162 - slim flaps & frames, 1030 - Happy Birthday

Thanks for looking

Take care.

Tower Pinwheel

Today on the CCEE Stampers Blog the design team are celebrating Swap Ideas Day.

Tomorrow (9/10) is Swap Ideas Day. For today’s challenge, find a card you have seen using a new technique to you, or a new color combination, or anything you’ve never done before and make a card. Be sure to credit the person whose idea you have used.

For the swap ideas card I chose the Tower Pinwheel card that I had seen recently. I have since discovered that there are different ways to fold the card. I made my card by scoring the base card to create the box and 1 arm and then I added the other arms.

The card is sized to fit a stitched rectangle die that I have used to cut out the designer paper background.

I have used dies to decorate some pages

And stamps on other pages.

The top view of the pinwheel, it folds flat for postage.

The inspiration for this card came from Karen Aicken. Karen posted her card on her blog Painted Mountain Cards in August.

Supplies:

Karen Burniston - 1143 Holiday Charms, 1177 Merry Christmas Shadow, 1065 Merry Christmas

My Favorite Things - Stamps - Secret Santa

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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Make a wish

Today I have made a card for the Crazy 4 Challenges sketch challenge C4C584.

The focal sentiment is an older stamp set in my supplies. I added new floral dies cuts and on the inside I made a pop up card using Karen Burniston dies. I added the candle dies cuts as part of the make a wish theme.

 Supplies:

My Favorite things - sentiment

Karen Burniston dies - 1160 Flower Pivot Panel, 1101 Katherine Label pop up,

Elizabeth Craft Designs - candle and circle dies

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

Amy Ottmers 

Karen Ostergard

Maryann Einam- You are here

Nicky Foden

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Magical Rainbow Day

Today my card is for the Challenge with the team on the CCEE Stampers blog.

 Did you know that the 3rd of April is Find a Rainbow Day, For our challenge this week, include a rainbow of some type on your card either a rainbow image or rainbow colors … whichever you prefer.

My inspiration for today's card is from the tutorial I saw the other day from Jennifer McGuire.

I used the My Favorite Things die - falling from the clouds frame to die cut the window. I die cut it several times so I could use more clouds as embellishments.

I used the Avery Elle stamp set - Be a Unicorn for the stamped images and sentiment.

on the inside I used strips of card to make a rainbow that moves up and down as you close the 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.

Liz Williams

Lois Bak

Lynn McAuley

Frances Byrne

Kelly Santi

Manal Habib

Maryann Einam- You are here

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Floral Hearts Slimline Pop-up

Hi Crafting friends

Today's challenge on Crazy 4 Challenges, hostess Frances asks us to create a fun fold slimline card for the C4C571 challenge.

 Interactive/Fun Fold Slimline Card - last year Frances included Slimline cards in her challenges … let’s step it up a little by creating an interactive or fun fold Slimline card … think Gatefold; Double Dutch Fold; Bridge Card; Sliding Pop Up; Easel; Pop up etc. 

Last month I fell in love with a card made by Karen Aicken, called Rainbow Hearts Slimline Pop up I just wanted to recreate it, luckily it suited today challenge.

When my dear friend was diagnosed with breast cancer I wanted to make her a special card, to let her know I was thinking of her and thought of Karen's card. 

Using floral designer paper from my stash, for the background, I added the die cut flower on the front of the card.

Inside I matched the hearts to the paper and the sentiment was die cut in glitter card.

Supplies:

Karen Burniston dies -1102 -word set 10 thinking of you

1088 - Heart Pivot Panels

My Favorite Things - Plentiful Petals Die-Namics (retired)

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

Maryann Einam- You are here

Nicky Foden

 Lois Bak 

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Warm and Feathered Hugs

Hi Crafting friends,

Today is the sketch challenge with the design team on Crazy 4 Challenges blog.

I love this bird stamp set from Stampendous, while I was deciding what to use for this card I came across the bird cage die in my older My Favorite Things items, rather that use the bird die that come in the set I used the bird stamps.

On the inside I have used a pop up platform die to create a nesting spot for the birds.

 

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

Thanks for stopping by today....

Slimline Christmas

 Hello Crafting Friends, 

Today I am sharing a few last minute Christmas cards. I made the background with distress oxide inks and blended them together. I then used a My Favorite Things stencil with white brilliance ink for the snowing look. I then used a slimline die to cut the in the portholes and filled them with Lawn Fawn images, they are all coloured with copic markers.

Blended Squeezed Lemonade and Festive Berries

Blended Broken China and Rustic Wilderness

Blended Worn Lipstick and Wilted Violet

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

Tie one on and take a hike

  Hi Crafting friends,

Welcome to today's challenge card with the CCEE Stampers blog design team.

 Today is Tie One On Day. Create a card using something that’s tied (apron strings, shoelaces, bow tie, ribbons in the hair, etc. Alternate is to use ribbon/twine/etc anywhere on your card – or both combined!

When I first saw this challenge the work laces stuck in my mind, I have had this MFT All Star high top di- namics die set for quiet some time, so it is great to be able to use it for this challenge. The die fits perfect into the popular slimline card designs.

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

Liz Williams

Lois Bak

Lynn McAuley

Frances Byrne

Kelly Santi

Manal Habib

Hazel Estibeiro

Maryann Einam- You are here

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