Gliding By

I made this card for my friends daughter who is having her first white Christmas overseas. The Paper Pretties image was cut out and matted using some nestabilities dies and the snowflakes surrounding the girl were made using the hero arts and sizzix stamp and die set. I also used the martha stewart border punch, snowflake stickers and gems for the centre of some snowflakes.

Card inspiration Paper Pretties PWC180 non traditional christmas colours

Maryann

Graduation Dreams

I created this card using Paper Pretties stamp set. It has a some really nice verses that you could use for any occasion. I stamped the boy and coloured him with copics, cut him out fee hand and sponged the edges for a softer effect. The panel to the left was punched with the ticket punch both were then layered onto black card. The medalion was created with a 5cm x 5cm square with punched corners the corners were then flipped out to show the edges, it was then topped with the the punched circle again I softened the edges with ink. The designer paper was a bit left over in my scrap pile, brads were then added to complete the card.

Inspiration for this card

Crazy 4 Challenges C4C102

Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge SSSC130

Paper Pretties PWC167

CCEE Stampers CCEE1134

Supplies:

Stamps: Paper Pretties

Paper: cream,brown,black card, Dp

Other: copics, brush gold brads,ink black & antique linen, stampin up ticket punch, EK Sucess corner & circle punches, sponge.
Hugs

Maryann

Bringing gifts

It is a cold and cloudy day today and feeling every inch a winters day. A perfect day to make a winter card. This is my first Christmas card for this year,( I usually make my cards at the last minute and very clean and simple), even though it is hot here at Christmas time snowflakes are still a great decoration to use. I have combined Mojo Monday mojo205 and Paper Pretties PPMC05 Challenges. I stamped my image with black brillance ink and coloured it with copics, I am getting the hang of colouring with these pens. I then used the nestabilites oval die and sponged the edges. I wanted to add some pleated ribbon but it wouldn't stay down with just tape so out came the sewing machine. I can tell I had to dust off the cobwebs as I have not used it for years, but it worked perfectly. I love chocolate and blue colour theme and would never have thought to use it in a Christmas card, I usually stick with more traditional colours.
Supplies:
Stamps: Paper Pretties
Paper: 3 bugs in a rug, white,brown and blue card
Other: Martha stewart punches, nestabilities, cuttlebug snowflake die, brad, sewing machine, copics, sponge, ribbon.

Hugs
Maryann

Raining flowers

Today's card I have combined Crazy 4 challenges C4C93 and Paper Pretties PWC160.
It is a cool cloudy day here so it was nice bright colours.

Supplies:

Stamps: Penny Black

Paper: red, orange, yellow and cream card, DP- cosmo cricket

Other: Nestabilities, copics,embossing folders craft concepts - venus & funky flowers, brads

Hugs

Maryann

Two cute

Todays card was made with the neighbours Two year old in mind. I start with the Paper Pretties Wednesday challenge PWC156 however I was creating from memory and left the bottom layer out and then got carried away with embellishments. I die cut the stars from felt for texutre and added a layer of dimentional magic for the water.


Supplies
Stamps: Paper Pretties
Paper: DP - DCWV, blue, cream & green card
Other: copics, felt, thread, nestabilities, brads, dimentional magic

TFL
Maryann

All aboard

Still suffering allergies so I will keep this post short, Please excuse any typing errors.
I made this card for my great nephew who recently turned 4. He was more interested in the present than in the card, but then that is boys for you.
The card also covered several challenges from last month PWC151 - paper piercing and Boomerang Stampers List COTM - button and ribbon embellisments.

Supplies:
Stamps: Paper Pretties - Engineer Cooper
Paper: Cream & blue card, DP - DCWV citrus stack
Other: Paper Piercing tool, buttons, brads, threads, watercolour pencils, nestabilities

TFL
Maryann

Top 5 cards

Well here goes, it seems that as this is the last day of 2010 it is time to reflect the past year of creativeness. I have managed to list my top five favourites and it was very difficult even though I only had 53 posts for the year I had to be ruthless to get to 5, 10 would have been an easier number.
I love this lotus pendant die the results are amazing

A cute little guy from Paper Pretties

I used this image twice this year one in pink and one in blue as my two nieces had babies, I love the vibrant pink ink.

These two cards made with the same Penny Black sets are just the cutest. I love water colouring these images.

Tinkerbell is a favourite no matter what age.

Enjoy your New Year celebrations and be safe.

Thanks to all you have looked at my blog throughout the 2010

Take care

Maryann

Rock around the clock

It is raining here yet again, actually it is heavier than yesterday, so it is once again I'm in the stamping room. Today I decided to make a monochromic card, I have seen some really nice ones out there but I think I really need lots more practise. I used Mojo Monday sketch mojo170 for my layout this card and used Paper pretties challenge PW133 for inspiration I thought this card could be used as a birthday card for an aged rocker male or female. This set reminds me of the Happy days tv series it certainly was a favourite.
Supplies:
Stamps: Paperpretties
Paper: Kaiser DP - Grunge, close to cocoa, chocolate chip, very vanilla
Other: Coffee Archival ink, Latte Adirondack ink, copics, foam dots, sponging block, brads, ribbon, thread, button, nestabilities.

TFL
Maryann

walking in a winter wonderland

Today's card was made using Paper Pretties sketch from December 1st PWC130 .
This designer paper was found in a 12x 12 card stack, it was printed on the top and bottom of the page, I felt that this sketch suited it very well, I also liked the way that the ink matched.
supplies:
Stamps: Penny Black - Christmas critters, Penelope & Percy - sentiment
Paper: DP - Hunter leisure christmas cardstock, rose red, cream
Other: pearlescent poppy, starlite black, watercolour pencils, brads, nestabilities, ek sucess punch

TFL
Maryann

Way to go

This week my Daughter graduated from University, she likes to read alot so every year I make a card for her birthday, but this year I made it for her graduation (her birthday was just the day before). I used Paper Pretties PWC109 for the sketch, the DP was made with clip art., I also frayed the ribbon to look like tassels.
Supplies:
Stamps: Studio G,
Paper: Black, white card. DP clip art
Other: nestabilites, ribbon, brads, eyelet, foam tape.
TFLMaryann

50 candles

Hi there,
Today is my sister's 50th birthday,Happy Birthday Janet, this is the card I made for her. I just love these easel cards, they look so pretty and practical for displaying. I felt it was time to christen some new purchases, the boarder punch, the paper pretties stamps, the stamping up stamp and the octagon nestabilities.
How many time to you buy something at a show and months later you still have not used it, so this is my goal for this year is to use as many unused purchases as I can.
Stamps: Paper pretties - make a wish, Stampin up Whimsical words
Paper: very vanilla, blue bayou, designer paper
Other: Martha Stewart cupcake boarder punch, spellbinders nestabilities Octagon and fancy tags,brilliance black ink, stampin up word window punch, foam dots, ds tape,copics
Cheers
Maryann

Dancing is dreaming

I had a busy day the other day and made 3 cards in one afternoon, this is the 3 card.
My paper Pretties stamps finally arrived 9 weeks for them to get here, I was starting to worry that they would never get here.
I used the pretty in pink challenge C4C21 from Crazy 4 Challenges, since I never got around to playing with challenge 20 I decided to use that sketch.
Stamps: Paper Pretties
Paper: Bella Rosa DP, chocolate chip, close to cocoa
Other: Brads, nestabilities oval & scallop, shapeabilities ribbon tag trio, embossing mat, copics, pink pirouette ribbon, coffee bean ink, pearlescent orchid, sponging block
TFL
Maryann

Sweet Cakes

Hello
For today's card I am using the Paper Pretties sketch PWC42. I have ordered some paper pretties but they have not arrived yet, so I am using a rubber romance image.
Stamps : Rubber Romance Diva Chef
Paper: DCWV - Sweet stack, Purely pomegranate, white
Other: Nestabilities, copics, brads - Craft affair
TFL
Maryann