Flower paper strips

 Hello,

Today I am sharing the card that I have made for a paper strip challenge.

I started with 1cm paper strip scraps in 2 different shades of pink and one of white. Linning them into rows, I then stamped, and heat embossed a background stamp. Attaching the strips to the card base with foam tape adding the die cut flowers, and finally the sentiment. 

Thanks for looking,

Have a great day,

Maryann

Adventure Balloons

Today I am sharing the card that I made for a balloon challenge. I guess I could have gone with party balloons, but I rather like the idea of hot air balloons. It has been some time since I have played with these dies.

I have created a slimline card with a designer paper background. After assembling the balloons, I added them to the front of the card with foam tape. 

On the inside I added two panels of designer paper and created a box pop up, for the sentiment.

 Thanks for looking,

Maryann

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

String Art

I made this card for a string art inspiration challenge.

I used  the string soaked in Pearl white and orange iridescent paint placing it onto brown cardstock and pulling to make the flowers. I then added pearls and the die cut sentiment before layering onto the base card. 

Thanks for looking.

Take Care

Artist's tools

It is time to join the design team on the CCEE Stampers Blog for this week's challenge.

Tomorrow is Dictionary Day. For our challenge this week, create a card that includes words on your card. Maybe a scripty word background either stamped or using patterned papers, large focal sentiment, Speech bubbles with words inside etc. 

I made this card using the Black ice technique. It looks really nice is real life but it is a bugger to photograph.

Using foil card, I stamped the image and heat embossed it. I the added some swipes of stazon ink and heat set it. I then added versamark ink and embossing powder and heated it. For the background the image several times with black ink.

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

Thanks for stopping by....

Travel Collage

 My card today is for a travel theme swap, since we are unable to travel in real time, we are travelling through our art.

The center panel of my card is a artist trading card real rubber stamp that I have had for years. I heat embossed the image and water coloured the image with distress oxide inks. I then sponged the edges of the designer paper before assembling the card.

Thanks for looking today.......

Ink Thumping

Hi Crafting friends,

 I made this card for a recent swap challenge it was called ink thumping. Although I have been a card maker for over 20 years I have never tried this technique.

Thank goodness for google search, obviously it is an old technique as it uses water based ink pens, which I used to have for colouring but now have alcohol makers for my colouring. 

I actually have used distress inks for my thumping, I thumped or more the lighter coloured ink onto the stamp and while it was still wet I added the darker colour before stamping it onto my card. You can notice it more of the green stem that the flower. It was a fun way to add layers of colour to your stamped images.

Thanks for stopping by today.
 

Timeless Owl

Hi Crafting friends 

This week on Crazy4Challenges blog, we have been asked to make a card with a collage theme.

Make a background from various different paper

elements or use a paper that already looks like a collage.

My colour scheme was inspired by the designer paper. I chose the timepiece die pieces to match the owl and carried the theme into the inside of the 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

Rebecca Endie

Kathleen Adams

Amy Ottmers 

Karen Ostergard

Tracey Farr

Maryann Einam- You are here

Nicky Foden

Thanks for stopping by today....

Napkin Art

Hi Crafting friends,

I am revisiting a technique that I haven't done for many years. I created the card with this background using a serviette. 

Our challenge on CCEE Stampers blog was to celebrate World Creativity day with having fun being creative.

I have used Tim Holtz distress oxide collage matt medium to attach the serviette to the card base and left it to dry.

One it dried I stamped a large text background stamp with distress oxide ink and left it to dry while I worked on the embellishment.

I used the Eiffel tower die cut 3 times in black card stock, layering the together, on the final layer I added some gilding wax in bronze to add some aging.

I then heat embossed the Paris text in black and stamped the other in black ink also, onto the serviette background before adding it to the card base.

Finally I attached the Eiffel Tower.

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

Vicky Gould

Kelly Santi

Maryann Einam- You are here

Thanks for stopping by....

Serendipity

My card today is for the sketch challenge with the Crazy4challenges team. It is the 3rd week of the month that means it is a sketch challenge.

I took a step back in time for the creativity for this card and made a serendipity background. Using inks, embossing powder and stamps. 

To create the background I blended the distress oxide inks, sprayed on water to activate it, then heat set it. I then added versemark ink and sprinkled on various colours of embossing powder. I then white heat embossed the stamped images before cutting up the card. The larger background was done using the distress oxide inks but instead of using the embossing powders I used a bit of smooch spray in green.

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
March Guest Designer - Kristine Reynolds

Thanks for stopping by today....

Autumn Leaves

Hello and welcome, my card today was made for an Autumn themed challenge where we had to use leaves.

I placed the stencil off to one side and sponged the ink through the stencil in various colours. I then added embossing ink and embossed the leaves for dimension. I die cut some leaves and added them along with the sentiment to the card.

Supplies: 

Altenew stencil, ECD leaf dies, distress oxide inks, embossing powder.

Thanks for looking today …………….

Under my umbrella

My card today was made for a friendship challenge. The Art Impressions Girlfriend stamp sets are just perfect for friendship themed cards.

I created my stormy background using distress oxide inks -  tattered rose,worn lipstick, picked raspberries, wilted violet and stencils.

Thanks for looking...…..

Layered spotlighting Wetlands

Hello there, it is time for another challenge with the CCEE Stampers team.

July 12 has been declared National Simplicity Day in honor of Henry David Thoreau who was a devoted advocate of living a life of simplicity. So on this lazy day of summer it's time to simplify. My challenge to you is to create a clean and simple one layer card!

I saw this technique some time ago and put it on my to do list. It is called Layered spotlighting, using a single piece of card, some stamps, a die and some sponging and a piece of art is created.

Take a look at Theresa Momber's utube video here.

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....

Love

Hello friends!
Welcome to CCEE Stampers challenge, Kelly has issued the challenge this week.

  It's almost Valentine's Day, so this week, instead of making  a traditional Valentine's Day card,
we're making cards showing something we love ♥

I love Karen Burniston designs, since I started following Karen, she has worked with different companies so I have used die sets from each, Sizzix, Elizabeth Craft Designs and her own Label Karen Burniston.

 My base card is made with the Sizzix Card square w/ornate edge pop up, Pop n cuts insert, Love set.
The flowers and leaves are from the Elizabeth Craft Designs Flower Pot pot stand set. The labels and small blue hearts are from the current Katherine Label pop- up set.
I also added Nuvo drops for flourishes and flower centers. The sentiment is from My Favorite Things set - Flamazing

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....

Ahoy there!

Hi Everyone,

Today I am sharing a  card I made for a challenge the theme was boats. I pulled out an old Hanna stamps set and made it into a explosion card and added a few nautical embellishments.

Cheers
Maryann

C4C319 January Sketch

 Hi everyone and welcome to this week's crazy challenge!!
 It's the third Saturday of the Month so it is time for our sketch challenge!

For my card I have used a selections of dies from Spellbinders, Sizzix and My Favorite Things and one of my favourite quotes.

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
Peggy McCurry
Raquel Mason
Rebecca Endie
Jen Benner
January Guest Designer Cas Counsell

Cheers
Maryann

Welcome spring

This is a card I made to welcome the spring, although I think we have missed spring and headed into summer, it is sure going to be a hot season.

I love Penny Black stamps they are so cute, this image titiled "You are the bestest "is just that. The image is crisp and easy to stamp and a pleasure to colour. I have finished the card off with some My Favorite things die-namics.

Cheers
Maryann

Autumn Standup

We are half way through our last month of Autumn here in Australia and they days are just glorious. Beautiful sunny days with blue cloudless skies and moderate temperatures 8-24 degrees Celsius.

This is a Autumn themed card using orange and brown colours. I have used the Stamps of Life stand up die for my base card and the coordinating framelits.

The butterfly is a glittered overlay and a shimmer sheetz base and the lace is a black sticker all from Elizabeth Craft Designs.

Maryann

Paradise Found

The Boomerang Special Sister Challenge for March was a beach theme.

I have used the MFT palm tree die and turned it into a sticker for the front of this card.

 The DCWV designer paper is just fabulous for this theme. I love this combi bus from Kaiser craft it reminds me of the mystery machine from Scooby Doo Cartoons. I have teamed it with the lots of pops die, poles,clouds and oval dies designed by Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs

Supplies:
Stamps, Kaiser Craft, My Favorite Things, Verses
Have a great day
Maryann

Two Peas

For this card I thought I would use some things that I purchased last year. Something that is on my wish list is a set of speech bubble dies, but I am not really happy with the ones I have seen so far so I decided to create my own using a decorative edge die.

Supplies
MFT die-namics blueprints 5, brackets edge die-namic. Art Impressions Laughing set, copic pens, foam dots, ds tape.

This card has been sent out for the Boomerang Stampers List special sister challenge.
Cheers
Maryann