Serendipity monochrome

 Our challenge on the Crazy4Challenges blog is to create a monochrome card - any color!

For my card I used a technique that I had learnt many years ago called serendipity. Over a piece of cardstock you glue pieces of torn paper of different textures, adding heat embossing and glitter as you go. Normally you would just cut up the panel and re-arrange it for a background, but since then, dies have come of age so I have used a background die to cut up the card panel, re-arranging the pieces.

I then added the die cut flowers and leaves and the sentiment and some pearls.

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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Floral Alcohol inks

Hi Crafting Friends,

This is the card I made for the challenge on Crazy 4 Challenge blog. 

Challenge - C4C573 Tomorrow (28th February) is Floral Design Day, for our challenge this week create a card that features a flower or flowers.

This is the first time I have tried a mini slimline card and it is kind of cute I will probably make some more. I made a background using the polished stone technique that I had learnt years ago. Using alcohol inks and a blending tool on gloss card.

I heat embossed the stamped images onto the inked background and fussy cut them out. I then used a alcohol ink blending pen to lift some of the ink off the leaves as I wanted to keep the purple theme. I didn't add any other ink, by lifting the ink I gave it differ shade on the leaves.

I folded back the front of the card to give it a different look before added the die cut piece. I finished the card by adding the gem stones and the sentiment strip. I then added a large polish stone piece inside and another flower and continued the sentiment.

Supplies:

Ranger Alcohol inks - Raspberry, Salmon, Pearl Enchanted, Pearl Intrigue, Pearl Villainous, Pearl Mineral, Adirondack Wild Plum.

Spellbinders nestabilities die

Uniquely Creative - Kasia's Doodles Flawed & Fabulous stamp set

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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Blowing wishes

                                                              Hello Crafting friends,
                                     My card today is for the CCEE Stampers blog challenge.

May is Asthma Awareness Month.  

 Let’s bring the awareness to 339.4 million people worldwide 

affected by asthma by creating a card where you need to use your lungs! 

 Think blowing up a balloon, blowing out birthday candles, a dandelion, a whistle etc

I created my background using Distress Oxide inks, blending them and spritzing the card with water. Once I was happy I die cut the frame, I then die cut the frame in white card and put the dyed pieces inside. I then positioned the stamped images and added the die cut sentiment.

Stamps: Lawn Fawn - Dandy Day

Uniquely Creative Die - stitched window frame

Sugar Peas designs - sentiment.

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

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Your'e Invited

Hi Everyone 

It is my turn as hostess on CCEE Stampers blog. This week my challenge is to make a card or Invitation featuring a floral arrangement.

I have two weddings this year and invitations and flowers were on my mind when I chose this challenge.

For the background I have used Gina K  Glitz glitter gel with the painty stripes stencil from Uniquely Creative. The flowers are from the Uniquely Creative Flawed and Fabulous stamp set. I had to search for a sentiment set and found in my supplies this Taylored Expressions Big Bold Birthday set 5 sentiment set which fit in perfect for this theme.

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

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Out of this world

This is my card for today's challenge on CCEE Stampers, this month Frances is the hostess.

Tomorrow 3rd May is International Space Day and the 4th May is Star Wars Day. So our challenge this week is to create space cards.

It is great when you are on holiday's you get time to play in the craft room. This is my first attempt at the Lawn Fawn magic picture changer and the magic picture changer add on.

I stamped the uniquely creative stamp images, masked them and created a northern lights background. I then used the dies to make the slider panels.

I white heat embossed the sentiment onto designer paper and used the bottom of the add on cut out the sentiment so that it matched the front panel.

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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FGM interactive card

My card for today is for the challenge that I do with some friends. Each month we challenge ourselves to use our supplies. This month our challenge is to create an interactive card. This month I chose to use dies from my favourite interactive die designer Karen Burniston. I have followed Karen over the years, when she has designed for other companies, she now has her own and this is the first time I have used the Charm accordion die set.

I decided to make this a four page booklet, to show case the flower images from the Australian company Uniquely creative. The set is called sweet succulents photopolomyer stamp.

I used a black glaze pen to make the hinges look like they have metal fastenings.

The four pages fold flat for posting.

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Summer bugs

Welcome to this Saturday's challenge with the Crazy 4 Challenges team.

 I love summer! With summer time the bugs come too....the annoying ones, like the mosquitos, but also beautiful ones like dragonflies and butterflies. For this challenge put a bug on your card/project.

                                       

I imagine any where in the world summer means bugs. Lots of bugs of different varieties  and lots of time trying to catch them or swat them away.

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
August Guest Designer Connie Van Loosen

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