Good news! There's a new release coming from Karen Burniston -- 8 new dies!
The first sets I played with were the Good Luck Charms and the Happy St. Patrick's Day sentiment and shadow.
It's the first CCEE Stampers challenge of 2022. It's a brand-new year, and I challenged the team to use something brand-new or something they've never used before on their cards. It could be a stamp, a die, or even a technique.
I used something I just got (the die that cut the sentiment, which is also part of that combo stamp/die set) and something I've had for a while but never used before (the Paper Nest Dolls Dreamcatcher Ellie stamp).
I have a friend who loves anything Native American. Her birthday is next month, so I think she will be the recipient of my card.
Be sure to check out the CCEE Stampers blog for some more new stuff.
It's time for the first Karen Burniston Designer Challenge for 2022. The theme for this month's challenge is "Birthday Cake" -- make a birthday card featuring a cake or cupcake. I chose to feature a cupcake from the Cupcake Pop-Up die on the front of my Circle Tag Book, adding Happy Birthday from Word Set 2 - Birthday.
After cutting the polka-dot paper with the outside tag die, I drew a pencil line along the inside of the die and cut off the edge -- thereby making a "matted" piece.
I hope you decide to play along with the design team this month. You always need a birthday card, and cupcakes make it so much fun!
For the CCEE Stampers' final challenge of 2021, Lynn would like for our stampers to select a country or culture other than their own and feature a unique element in that country or culture's Christmas celebrations to feature on their card.
My ancestors came mainly from Ireland and England, so I looked in another direction and chose Germany for my card. I found this on the website for House Beautiful -- "Decorative nutcracker figurines, commonly made to resemble a toy soldier, is a common German Christmas tradition. According to German folklore, nutcrackers were given as good luck keepsakes to the family to protect their home. It's thought they would watch over the family, keeping evil spirits and danger at bay." Nutcrackers have found their way into many American homes as well, but apparently they started in Germany. Fortunately, I had an old stamp set with several nutcrackers the right size and came up with this card.
The final Crazy4Challenges challenge of 2021 is a sketch challenge, with a bit of a twist. We were to select our favorite "crazy" sketch from this year to create our card. As I had joined the team in the middle of the year, I decided that I would choose a sketch from before I joined. So I selected C4C580, which was the sketch for April.
My card is another Christmas card using dies from both Honey Bee Stamps (poinsettia and foliage) and Karen Burniston (labels).
Check out the Crazy4Challenges blog to see which sketches the rest of the team chose. As this is our final challenge for the year, I will wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. See you in 2022.
Lynn continues as CCEE Stampers hostess this week. She said, "If your family is like mine, there are certain family traditions that show up at each of your Christmas celebrations together. I would love for the CCEE Stampers' cards to represent a favorite or an unusual Christmas tradition shared by the members of your family each year."
Like many crafters, I have gone through the gamut of various different crafts. One of my hobbies for a long time was ceramics. I think every ceramic hobbyist I know made a Nativity set, and I am no exception. This set took me several Christmases to complete, and it is a part of my Christmas every year.
I'm anxious to see Lynn's card today because of something she said about her family tradition in her challenge to us: "I am betting that mine might just be the wackiest!!" Check out the CCEE Stampers blog to see what it is.
It's time again for the Karen Burniston Designer Challenge. This month we were to make a Christmas card using a non-traditional color.
As one of my favorite colors is purple, that's the direction in which I went. The front of the card is relatively simple, with just a snowy hill (using the Long Nature's Edges 2) and snowflakes (also Long Nature's Edges 2).
The inside has a bit more to say.
I used the new Little Labels Pop-Up and added a few holiday charms to the labels. Please note that another Karen Burniston die set, the Paper Frames, has dies in the same shape as the labels. I actually used some of them on the layering. One of the dies in the new Border Blends - Trims set looks so nice with two pieces woven together, as you can see along the base of the pop-up. Another new die is the Labels - Crosshatch, which I used as a place to sign the card, dressing it up a little with some more snowflakes.
Thanks for stopping by and looking at my Designer Challenge card for December.
