Karen Burniston Designer Challenge Day 2

 

Hi everyone,

As promised yesterday I am back today with another Accordion Photo Album for Karen Burniston’s Designer Challenge.

Check out the Elizabeth Crafts Designs blog on Wednesday when you will be able to see what all the designers created for the challenge this month, plus Karen Burniston will have another of her amazing video tutorials for us.

This time round for our theme Karen has asked us to create Photo Accordion Albums - here's your chance to show off the people you love or your favorite things or your ancestors or garden or pets or . . . doesn't matter. Make an Accordion Album that showcases at least one photo. Any length album, any shape album ,any theme album, but get a photo or photos on there!

Yesterday my Accordion Photo Album featured my Granddaughter Hayley (if you missed that post scroll down to the next post), so today I have created an Accordion Photo Album featuring my Grandson William.

Over the past few months, William’s Grandpa (my DH) and William’s Dad have been building a cubby house for the two kids. Last year it was stage 1 which was the main cubby house and they have just finished stage 2 which included a walkway to a slide and the slide. My youngest daughter, William’s Aunt found this cute kids Carpenter set recently which included toy tools and a tool belt, just like his Grandpa’s so when they started stage 2 of the cubby we gave this to William … he looked so cute and it was so funny seeing him trying to hammer nails into hardwood.

For my Accordion Photo Album today, I have used two photos I took on that day. My album combines two Accordion Card die sets…..  the Oval Accordion Card and the new Katie Label Accordion Card both designed by Karen Burniston’s for Elizabeth Crafts Designs.

The Katie Label Accordion Card set will be released by Elizabeth Crafts Designs in July so watch out for it in your local stores. I was sooooo excited when Karen told us about the new Katie Label Accordion …. the label dies included in the set are different sizes to the Katie Label Pivot so we can mix and match the labels from both sets. But the most exciting for me is that I could use it to create combo Oval/Katie Label Accordion Cards as I have for my project today.

To create my Accordion Photo Album I die cut two Oval Accordion Card pages from red card and three from wood grain designer paper. I removed the center ovals and tabs from the wood grain pieces and adhered this to the red pages so it looked a little like William’s wooden cubby house.

I also die cut two Katie Label Accordion Card pages from Navy card and added stitching around the edge using a white chalk pen.

The screws at the top of my wood grain pages were brads, but I didn’t want to be punching holes and adding long brad ends to my album so I cut off the ends and attached the brads using foam tape.

I embellished the Accordion Photo Album using various tool stamps I have in my collection.

I wanted to add some wording to the two Katie Label Pages so stamped four wooden signs (I had to double stamp them so I could shorten the signs. And then I used some black Alphabet Peel-off stickers which really added the look I wanted for this album.

 

And finally the front of my Photo Accordion Album when it is closed. I must admit that when I first saw this challenge, I wasn’t sure about it as I don’t really do things with Photos. But I have to say I really enjoyed creating both of my Photo Accordion Albums and love how they turned out … of course they both have my favorite boy and girl on them .

If you are looking to purchase Karen’s Pop It Ups dies in Australia you can find them at Photo Continental.

Don’t forget to check out the Elizabeth Crafts Designs blog on Wednesday when you will be able to see what all the designers created for the challenge this month. I will also be back tomorrow with another card to share with you for this challenge.

 

Stamps: Wood Sign – Ann-ticipations; Ladder – Custom Made; Saw – Darcies; Others – High Hopes Stamps

Paper: White; Photo Paper; Navy; Red; Vintage Woodlands DP - Merci

Dies: Oval Accordion Card; Katie Label Accordion Card – designed by Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs

Other: Black Ink; White Chalk Pen; Screw Brads; ECD Alphabet Peel-off Stickers; Foam Tape; Copics

 

It’s A Fall Twist!

Hi everyone,
It’s challenge time with the “Crazies” over on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog. Andrea Murdoch is continuing bringing us some fun challenges for the month.

Being the third Saturday of the month it is time for another sponsored challenge. This time round our sponsor is High Hopes Rubber Stamps. If you haven’t checked out there stamps, hop on over and check them out as there are lots of fun stamps on this site.

Andrea’s challenge to us all this week is “Anything goes with a Fall Twist”.

For my card this week I made another Free Standing Pop Up card, these are fun and easy to make.

I took the theme for this challenge a little differently …. focusing on the word ‘fall’. I used High Hopes Rubber Stamps ‘Juliette's Leap of Faith’ … I figured she is falling through the air, fortunately she has a parachute on so she won’t come to any harm hehe. I have also used ‘fall’ colors and Designer Papers so either way I am covered. I added the Jungle Leaf Corner along the bottom edge of the my card.

Here is a view of my card closed up, so it can be sent through the mail.

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.

Andrea Murdock	Barb Anders	Betty Wright	Cindy Haffner	Jessie Rone	Joanne Grzelak
Joycelyn Pelkey	Kelli Hull	Kristine Reynolds	Silke Ledlow

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Stamps: Juliette’s Leap of Faith; Jungle Leaf Corner – High Hopes Rubber Stamps: Sentiment – Penny Black

Paper: White; Green; School Daze DP – My Mind’s Eye

Other: Black Ink; Scor-Pal; MFT Die-namics Fishtail Flags Stax; Copic Airbrush; Copics

Enjoy Your Birthday!

Hi everybody,

Yahhhhhh it’s Saturday which means it is time for another challenge with the “Crazies” over on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog.

This week our challenge hostess for the month Jessie Rone finishes of the month with a fun sketch challenge … I just love sketch challenges. I actually flipped the sketch so the image was on the opposite side of the card as it suited my image better that way.

It was my sister’s birthday last week, and as she collects elephants I thought it would be fun to create a birthday card with an elephant on it so I decided to use this challenge for her card.

I used the cute “Ele-Fun” from High Hopes stamps which is available in the Paper Romance Store. I stamped 3 extra cupcakes onto scrap card and added them to the top left corner of my card.

Here is the inside of my card, it has been ages since I used these fun sentiments from Paper Inspirations.

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.

• Angela Wood
• Barbara Anders
• Cindy Haffner
• Jessie Rone
• Joanne Grzelak
• Joycelyn Turner
• Lynda Benden
• Maria Bell
• Silke Kittmann
• Vicki Garrett

Stamps: Elephant – High Hopes; Enjoy Your Birthday – Hero Arts; Birthday Sentiment – Paper Inspirations

Paper: White; Pink; Brown; DP – Provocraft

Other: Black Ink; Oval Nestabilities; MS Star Border Punch; Circle Punch; Foam Tape; Copics

Brown, Teal & White!

Hi all,

It’s challenge time again over on the Paper Romance Challenge Blog. This week the hostess is Andrea Murdock, who has challenged us all to Color challenge using the colors chocolate, teal and white.

Well as I had created a card for Wednesday’s blog post using these exact same colors it was so easy to use the same range of designer paper that I had used for my other card …. I just used different designs so that it didn’t have the Christmas/winter feel that my other card had.

This time round I used one of the new High Hopes images which has recently been released this one is called “A Girl and her Overalls” …. isn’t she just adorable!!!!!!

Would you like to win a $5.00 Gift Certificate to Paper Romance One lucky challenge participant will be chosen randomly each week and announced at the following challenge. Please have your entries posted and linked to the Paper Romance Blog by 9 pm EST, Wednesday July 28th, to be eligible to win. If you are entering your card into a Gallery, please use the key word PRC08.

Stamps: A Girl And Her Overalls – High Hopes Stamps

Paper: White; Teal; Brown; DP – Kaisercraft

Other: Black Ink; Oval Nestabilities; MS Optic Dot Border Punch; Brown Candy Dots; Foam Tape; Copics

G’day Mate!

G’day Mate …. now that is a very Aussie greeting if I ever heard one!
Well it is Thursday which means it is challenge time again … and today I have combined two challenges for my card.
First up of course is the CCEE challenge with my friends over on the CCEE Stampers challenge blog. This week Joanne has given us another fun sketch to use….. but of course this month there is a twist to each sketch… our cards had to be monochromatic.
It is also challenge time over on the Paper Romance Challenge Blog. And the hostess for the challenge this week is my friend Cindy Haffner who challenged us to use stitching on our project, it could be Faux, machine or hand stitching.
For my card I used High Hopes Froggy Gift …. I just adore this image and it has been a while since I used it, so it is good to play with it again. The G’day Mate sentiment is also from High Hopes.
Now it is easy to see what I did for the CCEE Stampers challenge …. the sketch and my card is all blue (ok so I had to color the frog green hehe) but it is close enough! To cover the stitching portion of the Paper Romance Challenge I added stitching to the sides of my panel the boy is standing on and also zigzag stitching along the top and bottom edge of the sentiment.
The background of my card is created using the new Dominoes cuttlebug embossing folder which after embossing I added some blue ink to.

Don’t forget to check out the CCEE Stampers blog (goes live 12 AM EST) 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:

• Tosh
• Charlene
• Cindy
• Joanne
• Shirley

Stamps: Froggy Gift; G’day Mate Sentiment – High Hopes

Paper: White; Blue; Dark Blue; DP

Other: Black Ink; MS Optic Dot Border Punch; Dominoes Cuttlebug Embossing Folder; Blue Brads; Janome Sewing Machine; Foam Tape; Copics

Owl Always Love You!

Hi all,

It’s challenge time again over on the Paper Romance Challenge Blog. This week the hostess is Andrea Murdock, who has challenged us all to Let's get your glitter on!

Now everyone knows I love owls…. so it wasn’t hard to decided to use High Hopes Love Birds stamp to create my card. After I colored my owl I then got a scrap of towelling which had some copic blender fluid on it and pounced this over the owls to give the appearance of feathers. Of course the challenge was glitter so I added glitter to the heart.

Would you like to win a $5.00 Gift Certificate to Paper Romance One lucky challenge participant will be chosen randomly each week and announced at the following challenge. Please have your entries posted and linked to the Paper Romance Blog by 9 pm EST, Wednesday July 14th, to be eligible to win. If you are entering your card into a Gallery, please use the key word PRC06

Stamps: Love Birds; Owl Always Love You Sentiment – High Hopes

Paper: White; Pink; Dark Pink; DP – Kaisercraft

Other: Black Ink; Circle Nestabilities; MS Optic Dot Border Punch; Labels Tag Die; Pink Brad; Glitter; Foam Tape; Copics

Red, White & Blue!

Hi all,

It’s me again hehe! Amy of Paper Romance asked me to be Guest Designer for the month of July …. yahoooo!

Each Thursday the Rubber Romance Design Team have a challenged posted to the Paper Romance Blog and this week the challenge is to create a card using the colors red, white and blue!

I used this cute image from High Hopes Rubber Stamps called “Little Missy” for my card. I paper pieced her dressed using the same designer paper that I used for the base of my card.

Stamps: Little Missy – High Hopes Stamps

Paper: White; Red; Blue; DP

Other: Black Ink; Sizzix Retro Circles Embossing Folder; Blue Grosgrain Ribbon; Red Button; MS Optic Dot Border Punch; Oval Nestabilities; Foam Tape; Copics

Bubbly Birthday Wishes!

Hi all,

It’s Saturday which means it is time for another challenge with my “crazy” friends over on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog. This week Lynda Benden our challenge hostess for April has given us a sketch challenge.

Our sponsor for this week is Paper Romance, Amy sent each of the design team a High Hopes images that she sells in her store.

For my card I used “Bubble Bath Bradley”, isn’t he a cutie sitting in his bathtub full of bubbles!

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.

• Barbara Anders
• Cindy Haffner
• Jessie Rone
• Joanne Grzelak
• Joycelyn Turner
• Lori Boyd
• Lynda Benden
• Mercy Kerin
• Silke Kittmann
• Vicki Garrett

Stamps: Bubble Bath Bradley – High Hopes; Sentiment

Paper: White; Orange; Brown; DP

Other: Black Ink; Cuttlebug Embossing Folder; Foam Tape; Copics

This End Up!

Hi everyone,

Thursday’s mean challenge time with my friends over on the CCEE Stampers challenge blog. Being that today is also 1st April we have a brand new hostess for the month which is Joanne Grzelak.

Now as you know April 1st also means that it is April Fools Day, so to celebrate this day Joanne has come up with a fun challenge which is to create a card/project which includes a silly/funny critter.

Well I think you will agree that this “Silly Goose” image from High Hopes definitely fits this category LOL, it cracks me up just looking at it. I used Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge (TESC105) from a few weeks ago to create my card.

Don’t forget to check out the CCEE Stampers blog (goes live 12 AM EST) 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:

• Tosh
• Charlene
• Cindy
• Joanne
• Shirley

Stamps: Silly Goose; This End Up – High Hopes Stamps

Paper: White; Blue; Yellow; DP – Kaisercraft

Other: Black Ink; Blue Button; Foam Tape; Copic Airbrush; Copics

Back To School!

Hi again everyone!

I am back again today with my card for this week’s Pink Elephant challenge. This week the challenge is a theme challenge which was a back to school /for teacher theme.

it always feels strange to me hearing everyone talk about back to school at this time of the year because down here in Australia the school year starts at the end of January/beginning of February.

This is the second card today that I have used High Hopes stamps for …. these are some I have had for a while and hadn’t gotten around to using so it is good that they are finally being used. The school room was stamped on white card, masked and then I stamped the wood floor to the bottom area of my card. While the mask was still in place I then airbrushed the remainder of the white area for the wall. The boy and girl were stamped on scrap white card and cut out and mounted to my finished card.

Don’t forget to head over to the Pink Elephant Challenge blog if you want to play along. You can also see what the other design team members created this week.

Recipe:

Stamps: School Boy, School Girl; School Room – High Hopes Stamps; Wooden Floor – Hanna Stamps; Back to School – MFT Stamps

Paper: White; Black; Cream; DP – Unknown

Other: Black Ink;  Foam Tape; Copic Airbrush System; Copics

Cops Monkey!

 

Hi everyone!

Happy Monday …. it is time for another challenge with my CCEE Stamper friends. This week we have another CNFS (Catchy Name Featured Stamper) challenge. This is when we pick someone over on SCS who has a catchy user name and create our cards around that name.

This month as I am the challenge hostess I selected the name “copsmonkey” …. my instructions to the rest of the team was to create a card that had a monkey on it, if they wanted to get creative they could add a cops hat on the monkeys head or wherever.

Now I knew I was gonna be in  BIG trouble with this challenge cause our head cheerleader Tosh does not like monkeys … no way … but I just couldn’t help it, Hopefully by now Tosh has forgiven me!

I used a monkey from High Hopes Stamps to create my card. The layout for this is WSC96 Beate’s Weekend Sketch challenge from the 4th September.

Don’t forget to check out the rest of our cards over on our CCEE Stampers blog which goes live at 12.00 AM.

Recipe:

Stamps: Monkey – High Hopes Stamps

Paper: White; Brown; Olive; Mellow DP – Basic Grey

Other: Black Ink; Label Tag Die; Circle Nestabilities; Brown Grosgrain Ribbon; Foam Tape; Copics

 

IMAMUTTNUT!

Hi everyone, and thanks for visiting my blog.

My card today is for the challenge I do each week with my CCEE Stamper friends. This week the challenge is for our monthly CNFS (Creative Name Featured Stamper) challenge, where someone selects an interesting user name of someone over on SCS and we make our cards around that.

This month Deb our challenge hostess for May selected “imamuttnut” and instructed us that our card had to have a dog on it.

After looking through all my dog stamps I decided to use this one from High Hopes stamps …. it looks like this little boy could be sharing his ice cream with his dog so maybe he is a “muttnut” too hehe!

You can see the cards my fellow CCEE Stampers created for this challenge over on the CCEE Stampers blog. Maybe you have a dog stamp and would like to play along, you can find the details over on our blog.

Recipe:

Stamps: Boy with Dog – High Hopes Stamps; Alphabet – Justrite Stamps

Paper: White; Chocolate Chip & Pacific Point – SU; Pet Stack DP – DCWV

Other: Black Ink; Circle Nestabilities; Blue Brads; Label Tag Die; Foam Tape; Copics

Thar Be A Birthday Fast Approaching!

As you know I love sketches so I just had to play along with the High Hopes Challenge that was a sketch designed by Katharina.

I also love pirates and as I really do need to start getting some male birthday cards made I decided to use one of the pirate stamps from High Hopes. This little guy is called "On Guard Oberto" ... isn't he just tooooo cute!

Recipe:
Stamps: On Guard Oberto & Birthday Fast Approaching - High Hopes Rubber Stamps; Rough Texture Wheel - SU
Paper: White; Black; Real Red - SU; DP - Sandylions
Other: Black Ink; Vintage Photo Distress Ink; B & W Striped Ribbon; Jumbo Brads; Foam Tape; Copics

You Make My Heart Flutter!

Happy Australia Day to all my Aussie readers!!!!!!!

It's time for yet another challenge with my CCEE Stamper friends!
This week our challenge was a supply challenge with Cindy Motherway sending us the supplies for our project.

Cindy sent us the following:

• 2 different designer papers (red & pink)
  
• 2 different ribbons (red & pink)
• 1 heart brad
• 1 heart button
• 1 sentiment
• paper bag
• sheet of red heart stickers

The instructions that Cindy included with the supplies were:

• you must use the white bag and the sentiment ... we had to be careful not to mess up, cause Cindy only included the one sentiment!
• you must use one of the papers. You must fill it with something fun and you must give it to your hubby for Valentines Day.
• We could use anything else we wanted ... we didn't have to use it all.
  

I decided to use the pink designer paper for my project and seeing how much I love owls ... I decided to use the these High Hopes owls for my goodie bag. You can see I used the white bag ... just in case Cindy comes checking ;) . I did cut my bag down a little so that it would work with the designer paper we were given. And I used the pink ribbon just to be on the safe side hehe!


I had some of the pink designer paper over after cutting it down to create my goodie bag so I decided to make a scrapling ... my scrapling is approx 2 1/4 inches wide. As I had to use the sentiment Cindy included and I couldn't get it all to fit on my goodie bag ... I decided to use it on my scrapling instead. Here you can see the inside of my scrapling too with the remainder of the sentiment ... and the heart brad too!

Now as for the part about MUST give it to my hubby .... we will see ... my hubby doesn't believe in Valentines Day so I probably won't.

Recipe:
Stamps: Owls - High Hopes; Sentiment - Inkadinkadoo
Paper: White; Rose Red & Pretty In Pink - SU; DP - Doodlebug Designs
Other: Black Ink; Oval Punch; Lace Doily Border Punch; Pink Ribbon; Circle Nestabilities; Foam Tape; Copics