Congratulations Mr & Mrs

I made this card for a recent wedding, where the gifts were for a wishing well, so I made the card which was a bit dimensional for an envelope, so I made a gift box for it.

I made the front using die cuts and stamps from The Rabbit Hole Designs that I had in my stash for several years.

On the inside I created a pop up wedding cake using Karen Burniston’s 1028 Cake Pop up. I added a golf ribbon bow to the top of the card and added gold die cut bows to the cake using the KB 1183 Little Labels pop - up bow.

I then added the die cut sentiment K B 1032 Happily Ever After inside so that you could see it when it was displayed when it is open.

I added a place to sign on the back of the card along with the sentiment and a envelope to hold the cash gift.

Thanks for looking.

 

Gold Black and White Wedding

Happy Crafting Morning

I made this card for the Challenge on the CCEE Stampers Blog.

February is also National Wedding Month. Make a wedding card to send to a couple who might be tying the knot during this month of love. 

I have used the charm set that I like to use for wedding cards, it is now retired but fits great with Karen Burniston dies. This time I have used the Little Labels pop-up to pop up the charms. I didn't include a wedding sentiment as I thought the card would be suitable for a golden Anniversary.

The front is simple as the inside is the main focus of the card.

Supplies

Karen Burniston dies - 1183 - Little Label pop-up

1184 - Labels Crosshatch

1032 - Happily Ever after

1188 - Wedding Charms ( retired- ECD)

Tonic Studios dies - everyday sentiments

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

Thanks for stopping by....

Happily Ever After Day

 Hi Crafting Friends,

Today is Challenge day with the CCEE Stampers design team.

May 20th is International Tiara Day, and also the birthday of Queen Victoria. So, get out your crowns, gemstones, and gold to see what you can create that would be fit for a queen. Maybe it might be a card or crown for your favorite little princess in your life, or maybe you love the look of Victorian styled art and decor. 

My Daughter recently asked my to make a card for her friends wedding. They have been friends for many years since meeting while working at Disney World. The one request was that it be Disney themed, well I chose Cinderella after all it is a Happy ever after story.

I created my card starting with some designer paper covering the card before adding the Karen Burniston Flip Frame pop up, to animate the castle on the frame. I added the Happily ever after die sentiment in gold card. I then added a place for a hand written sentiment using dies.

On the front I used a favorite Mr & Mrs die set with the horse and carriage.

Supplies

Karen Burniston - Flip Frame Pop up die set, Happily ever after sentiment die.

Hero Arts - Stamps and Die sets - Build a Castle, As you wish

Tonic Studios die Mr & Mrs

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

Thanks for stopping by....

Happily Ever After

Hi Crafting friends, 

This is the card I made for my daughters wedding, the colour theme was red and white and black. After her first date was cancelled due to Covid 19 restrictions earlier in the year she decided not to put it off any longer and still has a 2020 date, but only a very small number of guests.

Firstly I layered my base card with the die cut layers, inside and out. On the front I have used the frame out of the Flip Frame popup dies set along with an Stamping Bella image, that I have had for awhile.

On the inside of the card I have used Karen Burniston's  Flip Frame pop up die and the flowers included in the set.

Then the Happily ever after die and the slim frames. The leaves are made in gold card stock and I added gem stones to the center of the flowers.

I have used my favourite wedding charm set from Karen's previous design company days. It has the Bride and Groom and the rings.

I added a boarder around the frame with white gel pen just to add some contrast to the black frame.

                        I added this white panel so that I had a place to write, our well wishes.

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

Congratulations Mr & Mrs 1582020

This is the card that I made for my daughter's wedding back in August.  I have just realized that I haven't put it on my blog.

It has been a crazy year and for sometime we weren't sure the wedding would be able to go ahead, with all the Covid restrictions. But we were very lucky, she was able to have her hens party and allowed 80 people at the wedding. A week later we had more cases and we sent back into tighter restrictions.

On the front of the card I have used Tonic Studio dies in gold foil card.

Inside I have created a pop up card using Karen Burniston dies, Paper Frames pop up, and the Happily Ever after sentiment die. I also added the wedding charms. I love the the weddings charms, they are from Karen's Elizabeth Craft Design days.

Thanks for looking today.
 

To the new Mr & Mrs

My card today is for the CCEE Stampers team challenge.

Black and White plus colour.

I purchased this stamp set from Colorado Craft Company so that I could build up my supply of wedding cards.  I found this printed vellum in my supplies and decided to go with gold as my extra colour. To make the print on the vellum poop up I overlayed it onto white card.

Inside I have used the Karen Burniston 1011 Katherine Label pop -up for my sentiment pieces.

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....

Celebrations take Two

The other day I shared an engagement card, well today I have another one. Yes my daughter is engaged, but a big surprise two weeks later so is her sister.......

So while I had out my supplies I created another card this one is just a little bit different, using most of the same Karen Burniston dies.

Next year will be a busy year with two weddings to plan. Luckily then will be a few months apart.
Thanks for looking.......

It is a good day

Welcome

My card today was made for the Crazy4Challenges theme.

Back to metallics for the end of the month. Use foiling on your project. If you don't do you own foil, look for foiled patterned  or mirror papers pr embellishments like chipboard or stickers in your stash.

I am working a building my supplies of wedding themed cards. I went looking for some foil designer paper and found a page of sentiments that would fit well with the rocking rectangle die from Karen Burniston. I then created the front of the card using dies.

This card has a lot of foil as every page has foil as well as embellishments.Here is a closer look at the foiled sentiment panels.

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

Joanne Grzelak

Karen Aicken

Raquel Mason

Rebecca Endie

Kathleen Adams

Amy Ottmers 

Karen Ostergard

Tracey Farr

Maryann Einam- You are here

April Guest Designer - Cindy Lawrence

Thanks for stopping by today....

Wedding Flowers

Welcome to my card for the Crazy4Challenges theme flowers.

The 12thMarch is Plant a Flower Day, for our challenge this week include a flower or flowers on your card.

 I just had to play with Karen Burniston's new release die the heart pivot panels and teamed it with the Happily ever after die for the front of the card. I also used Karen's wedding charms (retired) for the inside panels.

I needed a card for my daughters best friends wedding, the bridesmaids are wearing claret/burgundy so I chose the designer paper to match.

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

Joanne Grzelak

Karen Aicken

Raquel Mason

Rebecca Endie

Kathleen Adams

Amy Ottmers 

Karen Ostergard

Tracey Farr

Maryann Einam- You are here

March Guest Designer - Barb Anders

Thanks for stopping by today....

Wedding charms

Welcome to the September Sketch challenge with the Crazies team from Crazy 4 Challenge blog.

I was asked to make a floral wedding card, that is great about sketches you can use them to make cards for any theme. 

I found this pretty paper in a designer paper pack and used that for my theme, I first used the stencil with embossing ink and white embossing powder for some texture. My bride and groom are die cut charm pieces from when Karen Burniston designed for Elizabeth craft designs, but my circles are from her circle charm pop- up set. 

Supplies:

ECD - KB wedding charms (retired) KB Best wishes stamps (retired)

Karen Burniston - circle charm pop-up dies

MFT - Stitched fishtails, ECD - congratulations die

Kaisercraft - stencil, versamark ink, seafoam embossing powder.

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
September Guest Designer Fran Sabad

Thanks for stopping by....

Celebrate

Karen is the hostess this month for the Crazies team, Karen has some fun challenges in the weeks to come.

Since making One Layer Cards freak me out, I went to the opposite end of the spectrum with my challenge this week "LAYER IT UP. Go ahead and pile on the layers for your project this week."

I am with Karen when she says one layer card freak her out, sometimes the simplest form give us the most challenges.
I even went as far a creating the layers inside my card.

Supplies:
Dies: Elizabeth Craft Designs, Tattered Lace
Stamps: Clearly Besotted


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
Jessie Rone
Joanne Grzelak
Karen Aicken
Raquel Mason
Rebecca Endie
Cas Counsell
Bonnie Sharp
Judy Rozema
Amber Trubiak
Amy Ottmers 
Kathleen Adams
Maryann Einam- Thats me
November Guest Designer - Kelly Booth

Acetate Window

It is time to join my friends at CCEE Stampers blog for this weeks challenge.

Create a card that includes acetate on/in it in some way.


I wanted to showcase this sentiment in a different way than the usual layering. So today I have made a Acetate window card. I have used several dies to create the window, sandwiching the acetate in between and added the Tattered Lace couple die to the side.

Supplies:

Stamps: Clearly Besotted sentiment

Dies: Elizabeth Craft Designs - Stitched circles, Circles

Tattered Lace - Couple

Kaisercraft designer paper

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

Thanks for stopping by....

Word Challenge

Today's challenge on CCEE Stampers is set by Hostess Vicky

Lets have a Word Challenge -- the word being WORD.  Include something on your card that begins with each of the letters in W - O - R - D.

My words are (W) Wedding (O) Ovals (R) Rings (D) Dies

Supplies: 

Karen Burniston designs - Wedding Charms -Accordion Oval - Best Wishes
Shimmer sheetz - Fire Opal Gemstone, white iridescent

DCWV designer card stock

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

Charm wedding pop

Today I am sharing a card that was inspired by a card my friend Frances Byrne made as part of Karen Burniston's designer team, you can see her card here.

Items I have used for the inside of the card.

Karen Burniston designs
Cake pop up
Paris Edges
Accordion Oval
Wedding Charms
Stage it stencil
Elizabeth Craft Designs
Double sided tape
Micro fine glitter
Brillance copper ink, Penny Black sentiment

On the front I used another stenciled panel but Tonic Studio dies.

Here is a close up of the bridal cake.

 I just love Karen's new hanging charms, but of course they are great as embellishments also. I think I will be using these and the other charms a great deal they are so much fun.
Cheers
Maryann

June Bride

For this weeks CCEE Stampers Challenge Liz shared a memory from her past, A June Bride feature segment in the local paper. Our Challenge was to create a card featuring a bridal couple or a wedding cake.

Liz didn't know but this challenge was extra special for me, as I was a June Bride. Two days ago we  celebrated our 31st wedding anniversary.

For my card I have used all dies, a couple of them were new purchases at the last craft show.
Spellbinders - floral oval
Tattered Lace - Couple
Crafter's Companion - Edge'ables congratulations
Ultimate Crafts - Australiana collection ironbark branch

You can find all the other team members creations on the CCEE Stampers Blog

Thanks for Looking
Maryann

Spring Wedding

I made this card for my Nephew's wedding today. I used the love heart cuttlebug embossing folder and inked it up before embossing for the letterpress look. 

 The base card was made using the sizzix pop n cut platform with the love insert and sizzlit love set.

Supplies:
Stamps: Impression obsession stylish images
Paper: Crea8tiv foil and glitter stack
Other: brilliance ink, MFT daisy die,MFT Flourish die, leaf punch, ribbon, spellbinders nestabilities, precut small flowers with gems, cuttlerbug embossing folder

Paint Chip Gift Card Holder

My daughter's friend just got married this is what I made to hold the gift card. The young couple just purchased a house, my daughter came home from the hardware store with a gift card, a paint brush and some sample paint chips and asked Mum can you make something with this here is what I came up with.

 I cut the large paint chip samples smaller keeping the paint names in the corner and layered them along with spellbinder die hearts and punched letters.

 I scored the card to make a folder and attached the paint brush so it wouldn't fall out. Then using a black panel with punched edges I created a pocket for the gift card. And finished it off with a bow.

Supplies
Spellbinders heart die, letter punches; paint chip samples,Martha stewart punches, ribbon, DCWV card.

Here comes the bride

This card was made for a bridal shower, in the same colours that will be in the bridal party. I used MFT die-namics perfect petal trio and cut each flower out twice, I sponged the edges, scrunched each petal several times then attached the brad in the centre and crinkled each layer. This has to be the easiest way to make paper flowers.

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin up

Paper: DCWV green and Stampin up very vanilla

Other: sizzlits little leaves, MFT Die-namic, Fiskars border punch,grosgrain ribbon, brad, adirondack ink juniper, nestabilities oval & lacey oval.

Wedding Day Iris

The wedding was on Saturday and it was beautiful, everything went smoothly the tiny bridal party members 4,2 and 6mths were so well behaved even in our terrible heat.
My Daughter was so excited that she received her own invitation ( not just her name tacked onto Mum and Dads invitation, but one for her and her boyfriend) that she wanted to make her own card, her passion is iris folding, but after making the Heart she was stuck so it was Mum to the rescue, after some discussion we decided to stick with the heart and red and white theme so while she was at work I created.
Stamps: Fiskars - Romance clear stamp set
Paper: Holographic wrapping paper, red & white card
Other: Ribbon, cuttlebug embossing folder- hearts, scallop punch, heart embellishment.
Have a great day
Maryann

Here comes the Bride

Today is my Niece's wedding and this is what I made for her. They have been together for 5 years so wanted a wishing well. Earlier this month I saw the instructions for a gift card holder on the Rubber Romance Blog with a slight change I turned into a card to hold money. I have had this stamp for many years just waiting to be inked up. I chose the black, red & white theme because that was the colours used for the invitation, the invite also had some diamante bling on it. I haven't any idea of the wedding colours.
Stamps:Heart Art Studios E4380
Paper: Red, black & white, DP
Other: Shapeabilities Pendants Fleur de lis, nestabilities oval,craft affair- buckle slider, copics, cuttlebug embossing folder swirls, black grosgrain ribbon, word window punch.
TFL
Maryann