A year in review

Looking back over the year to see what you have created can be interesting. Some months it was hard to choose just the one card and others their wasn't a choice. I have narrowed it down to 13 and it wasn't surprising to find that they mostly interactive.

January

February

March

April 

June

August 

September

October

November

December

Thanks for looking at my cards, I hope everyone has a safe and Happy New Year.

Cheers

 Maryann

CCEE1617 baseball

It is challenge time with my friends on CCEE Stampsers blog. And Anne has the last challenge for this month.

" I'm reminding you all that it's baseball season again (YAY!).  Promote your favorite team, their colors, or just use a baseball theme."

Now I don't follow baseball so I don't have a clue about team colours, but I did have this cute cute bunny playing baseball and stuck with the blue and red colour theme.
For by card I decided to make a four page accordion booklet, using Karen Burniston designed dies for Elizabeth Craft Designs.

I combined several stamp companies to decorate this card, some of them are wood mounted and from discontinued companies.

Supplies:
Elizabeth Craft designs accordion circle die
Stamps: Daisy and Dandelion, Hanna Stamps,Stamping Bella, Stampabilities
copic pens, foam tape, distress inks.

Don't forget to check out the CCEE Stampers blog to see the rest of the creations the CCEE Stampers 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

Cheers
Maryann

Soccer Crazy

Hello,
Today I needed a birthday card rather quickly so I made this simple card. On Crazy 4 Challenges blog the challenge was to make a square card C4C62, which is really easy to do, as I love square cards but they are a pain to post, luckly this was hand delivered.
This card was made for my daughters boyfriend, yes I now he is 20 and the image is a bit young but he is a keen soccer player and has been playing for a while, and his team colours are black and green.

The soccer balls were punched out from some designer paper and the image is from stampavie, I live there images they have very crisp lines and clear images. I have used copics on the image.
supplies:
Stamps: stampavie - gillian roberts - GR011 soccer crazy
Paper: black, green, cream and dp
Other: copics, 11/4 & 1 3/4 punches, ds tape
TFL
Maryann

Golfing Thankyou

I have had a wonderful time golfing this month and have managed to come home with prizes every time I have played. Of course on sponsored days it is rather nice to send special thanks for the trophy.
I have used this weeks sketch from Taylored expressions sketch challenge TESC125
I used my nestabilities to cut ou the circles and the cuttlebug embossing folder tiny bubbles to make them look like golf balls.
It is rather hard to find golf stamps for ladies as it is reconized as a male sport, I even googled women golf stamps and only came up with one image that was more suited to a comedy card , not excatly what I was after. So I have used this little golf ball hiding its eyes and coloured the tee pink as the sponsor was female.
I like how it turned out a quick and simple card and by changing the colour of the tee it will also be suitable for a male card.
Supplies:
Stamps: Clearstamps www.sullivan.com
Paper: designer paper: white & green card
Other: brads, copics, ds & foam tape ,cuttlebug eb, neastabilities circle

TFL
Maryann

Your'e too kind

Todays card was made using Mercy's Tuesday sketch MTSC82 from a few weeks ago. I made this card as a thankyou card for the sponsor of a golf day, the club colours are green & white. The argyle embossing folder is great to use with golf themed cards.

Supplies:

Stamps: Clear stamps: www.sullivan.com, Stampin Up - Whimsical words

Paper: Green & White, Dp - Windsor Knot

Other: Nestabilities, cuttlebug embossing folder, argyle & ting bubbles, copics, black ink

TFL

Maryann

Going golfing

Ahh it is good to be able to have something to post at last. The last few months I have been rather lazy only making the odd card, when it was necessary. I even made a card for my niece on the birth of her twins after I gave it to her I realized that I had fogotten to take a photo, a mistake I hope not to make again.
July is a busy month with some birthdays, births and a graduation so come back again and you may just see something new.
Todays card was the last one I made just on Thursday in fact. It was for my husband's 50th birthday not something that he like to be reminded of. I knew what stamp I wanted to use, as he is a very keen golfer, just like me, but it was not until I saw Mercy's tuesday sketch challenge MTSC83 this week that I knew I had the right layout. I love the way it looks like this guy has just hit the golf ball out of sight. I used my cuttlebug folder to make the dimples on the ball and layered the nestabilities circle dies for the shapes.
Supplies:
Stamps: Clear stamps, www.sullivans.net
Paper: black, blue,white, dp
Other: Nestabilities, embossing folder, ms punch, copics


TFLMaryann

Golf Cards

Yeah I can finally share these cards with you, they are two golf cards that I received last month for my birthday. I had to wait to post them because this card from Frances is to be posted on her blog today. It is for a masculine card challenge on Crazy 4 Challenges blog, now I am no way masculine but I do love my golf and over the last several years it has been Frances's challenge to herself to come up with a golf card for me, Frances's now owns several golf stamps, I sure she doesn't mind LOL. I absolutely treasure each card she has made for me, my Hubby love them too as he is a keen golfer also. You can find more info on Frances's blog Stampowl's Studio
The second card is from my friend Gai and a lovely card it is also. I have only had one game of golf in the last month, due to the wet weather we have been having, the course has been closed for competiition. When I am feeling a little down, it is good to look at these cards to lift my spirits.
Have a great day
Maryann

Soccer Star

I made this card for My Daughters friend who just turned 18, and I must say that it was quite a challenge. I had to make a card that was not a girly card and I had to use soccer balls on it, as Kiki is soccer crazy. I think I did rather well.
Firstly I sent a SOS to a friend as I did not have any soccer stamps, she sent me some links for clip art. Thanks Frances
I chose this little soccer ball and printed it so I had 9 images, I found the what a star ribbon in my supplies and paired it with black grosgrain ribbon. The stars were made with my nestibilities and I used rub ons for the number 18. The circle behind the stars was cut with my circle nestibilities and put through the Argyle Cuttlebug embossing folder. I then used my sponging block to apply black ink to the raised areas. To finish the card I added brads and paper piercing.
Supplies: White and Black card, black ink, cuttlebug eb folder,nestabilities, ribbons, brads, paper piercing tool and mat, clip art, rub ons, sponging block.
TFL
Maryann

Golf Days

Today is my golf day, I just love playing on Tuesday with the ladies. Today I gave my friend a birthday card that I had made. I have had this stamp for many years not many people like golf cards so I don't get to use it that often.

I cased the design for this card from friend,which she has made to the Anya Club challenge but I don't own any Anyas yet anyway but I hope that will change soon. I used a dimensional product to add definition to the golf ball

Recipe:

Stamps: Handprint- Golfball 0226-13-E

Paper: White cs, stampin up - Wild Wasbi , Basic Grey

Other: grass punch - ek sucess, cuttlebug EF tiny bubbles, red ribbon, circle nestabilities,copics,dimensional papier glass finish - plaid

Thanks For Looking

Maryann