Hedgehog Accordion

Another week for a CCEE Challenge CCEE1423 this time it is money or green, so head on over and see what the other designers have come up with and don't forget to add your creation so that we can see too.

 I just couldn't go pass green, it is my favourite colour. I love this shade of green it is so crisp and bright and this Penny Black hedgehog is so cheerful just perfect for a Winter day here in Australia.

To create this card, I used Karen Burniston designed accordion die. This die is made by sizzix but Karen now has something similar with Elizabeth Craft designs.

Have a a great day
Maryann

Glitter owl standup

One day each month I get together with friends for basically a girls day out. We hit our favourite craft shop or just gossip and share craft ideas over caffeine - coffee/cola.  Each month we set ourselves some  homework  and our challenge for this month is to create a card using glitter.

For today's card I used the Stephanie Barnard designed stand up die to create the base card. To create the owl, I have used an owl sticker and silk micro fine glitter technique with copic pens, Elizabeth craft designs tutorials can be found on utube. or via her blog.

Supplies:
Elizabeth Craft Designs sticker, silk micro fine glitter, copic pens, MFT border die, stand up die, foam dots, nestabilities



Thanks for looking
Maryann

21 Accordion

This has to to one of my favourite MFT stamps, this girl is so cute and what girl can resist something with bubbles for a special occasion. For this card I used the Elizabeth Craft Designs Oval Accordion die, designed by Karen Burniston. This card folds flat for mailing and has the wow factor when opened and it is easy to display.

The girl was coloured with copic pens, but for the dress I stamped and cut it out of a sticker sheet covered it with silk microfine glitter and coloured it. The wine glass stem was paper pieced onto the dress. I finished the card with a die cut daisy and gems stones, the numbers were also die cut and glittered.

This fits into the Challenge for this week on CCEE Stampers, CCEE1422 where we were asked to use numbers in your creation, have a look at what our other designers have made and add you own creation so that we can have a look too.

Have fun

Maryann

21 Glitter owl flip it

Today over on CCEE the challenge CCEE 1422 is to make a card with a number, it could be designer paper, die cut or embossed numbers.

For my card I used die cut numbers, cut out of sticker sheet and dipped into silk microfine glitter.

For the base card, I used Sizzix Majestic flip its die, cut one out of white card and once out of shimmer sheetz from Eilzabeth Craft designs, the shimmer sheetz was then embossed and sanded before being attached to the card stock.

Shimmer sheetz are thin sheetz that are able to be embossed, die cut, sanded and inked depending on the look you want to achieve.

The owl is cottage cutz harvest owl die, cut in black then placed on a sticker sheet and covered with microfine glitter, then coloured with copic pens and popped up with foam dots. I have also added coordinating dies and ribbon.

Here is another photo of the front at a different angle, the shimmer sheetz change colour depending on the light.

Have a great day

Maryann

123 Flip it

I made this card for the online challenge on Stamphappy a Yahoo group for Australian and New Zealand stampers. The theme for this month is 1 designer paper, 2 flowers and 3 buttons. For the base card I have used the Fancy frame flip it die, designed by Stephanie Barnard.

 The sentiment is from verses, the leaf filled flourish and rolled rose are from MFT the gems and buttons are a special craft purchase. Here is another photo with the card flipping open, interactive cards are such fun.

Thanks for looking
Maryann

cupcake flip it

Another quick flip it card with fancy frame flip it die and some small cupcake stamps. The verse is the set labels4cutting from Stamps of life designed to coordinate with the Triple fancy frame flip-it

Take care
Maryann

CCEE1421 Acetate

Today I have some exciting news to share with you I have been asked to be part of the design team for CCEE Stampers.... Cheer & Challenge Electric Ensemble. A group of stampers who share their passion of challenges.

Every week we will post a challenge for you to try and please link you work on our blog 

CCEE stampers so we can see it.

For this week the challenge is clear creations using acetate.

To create the background I use the Hero arts leafy vine stamp and stamped it on acetate with stazon ink. It was then layered onto glitter designer paper and attached with brads. Normally I would die cut the butterflies but I discovered these butterfly stickers at a new discount store and they matched perfectly for the silver, black and white theme.

 Thanks for looking
Have a great day
Maryann

Everyone is a star

Sometimes we just need a little help with our layout design. For this week CCEE Stampers has a sketch for their challenge.

For my take on this sketch I used a sentiment set from Verses it is one of many that I have purchased from a new range of stamps at our local store. I added sponging while the die was in place along with some small stamps. The glitter stars were added to complement the glitter star on the designer paper.

Supplies:

Stamps: Verses

Other: designer paper, ECD silk micro fine glitter, double sided sticker sheet, copic pens,  MFT oval scallop die, nestabilities oval die

Take care 

Maryann

Cupcake accordion

To create the base of this card I used the Elizabeth  craft Designs accordion oval die, designed by

 Karen Burniston.

This is the first time I have done a triple accordion card, I love the look of the three panels together, however I think I will use stronger card stock next time. The die cut happy birthday has had glitter applied with double sided sticker paper. On the last panel I used the Elizabeth craft design cupcake sticker with micro fine glitter and copic pens.

Supplies:
Stamps: Art Impressions; MFT
Other: ECD dies, ECD sticker, copic pens, foam dots, double sided sticker paper


Have a great day
Maryann

Butterfly popup

Sometimes when we get caught up with the newest products we neglect some of our older products. The thing I love about Karen Burniston designed products is that they coordinate with her other products.

 For this card I have used the Sizzix base plate [square w/Ornate Edge ] with the butterfly insert [discontinued] but the smaller butterflies are from the Elizabeth Craft Design butterfly accessory die

To create the small butterflies, I have used shimmer sheetz and silk micro fine glitter. For the center of the card I panels cut with Sizzix Bigz die edge and scroll and embossed them with cuttlebug textile embossing folder.

Here is the front of the card taken at a different angle to show the colour of the shimmer sheet.

Thanks for looking
Maryann