CCEE1626 - Mixed Media

For Vicky's last week as hostess for the CCEE Stampers, she told us that she needs to practice mixed media; so that's her challenge this week.  I'm probably right there with her -- mixed media is difficult for me too.  She gave us a long list of media that we could choose from:

*  Pencils (wax, oil, watercolor, graphite/charcoal, chalk/pastel)
*  Pastels  (chalk, oil)  
*  Markers  (watercolor, pigment, water-based, acrylic)
*  Pens  (ink, glitter)
*  Pigments  (Gelatos, watercolor crayons, metallic rub ons)
*  Paints  (watercolor, acrylic, oil, poster, tempera)
*  Inks  (dye, chalk, distress, reinkers, pigment, hybrid)
*  Powders  (mica, pigment, chalk)
*  Sprays and airbrushing
*  Dimensionals  (embossing paste, gesso, fabric, found items, papers (collage, piecing), ephemera,  foils)
*  Heated elements - encaustic wax, embossing)

For my card I chose ink (stamped image), markers (alcohol markers to color the fern and the postage stamps), dimensionals (embossing paste for the two leaves) -- and I made a collage.  I actually added some reinker to my embossing paste, which was originally white.

Be sure to check out the CCEE Stampers blog to see what everyone else designed using mixed media.

MFP Stamp Shop Great Outdoors Blog Hop - Day 4

WELCOME  
TO MFP STAMP SHOP
The Great Outdoors BLOG HOP

JOIN US EACH DAY, June 21-24 FOR SOME OUTDOOR FUN. WE'LL HAVE  TUTORIALS AND DT INSPIRATION. THERE WILL BE PRIZES FOR LEAVING COMMENTS ON THE DESIGN TEAM'S BLOGS AND PRIZES FOR TRYING OUR TUTORIALS.  YOU WILL HAVE 2 WEEKS TO ADD YOUR PROJECT to the June 24th POST FOR US TO SEE SO THERE IS NO EXCUSE NOT TO JOIN IN THE FUN. 

Please Hop along with us!! 
 You could win one of the MFP Stamp Shop Outdoor-Themed stamp sets.  Just comment on the participating blogs (don't forget this one) each day for more chances to win!  (You do NOT need to comment on on all the blogs each day! The names are drawn randomly.)  Try one of the tutorials shown during the Hop and add your photo to the Inlinkz at the bottom of the June 24 post. The winners will be announced on July 9, 2016, on the MFP Stamp Shop Blog. You can go back and comment if you missed a day.  (HINT: The more you comment the more chances you have to win. And comments on the MFP blog count twice.) The deadline for commenting and posting pics of your projects is Friday, July 8, 2016 at 10:00 PM EST.

Tutorials
June 22-- Tin Foil Tags by Gail
June 24-- Scrapbook Layout by Sandy

Like my card yesterday, the one I made for the last day of the blog hop also was made using an Elizabeth Craft Designs die set, the Oval Pull Card. 

Here's the inside of the card.  To line up the scene on the front with the one on the inside, I first stamped the trees and the fisherman on the inside panel.  Then I mounted the black panel on the front oval, laid a piece of waxed paper over the entire card, then mounted the white oval with removable tape on top of the waxed paper.    Then I could line up the stamps (the trees and the fisherman) and stamp on the front.  The waxed paper protected the underlying panels.  I removed the waxed paper and adhered the white oval permanently on the black oval.

The MFP Stamp Shop sets used on this card were Get Reel and Tree Scene.

Please check out the rest of today's hop.

Here's the Design Team

Bonnie
Gail

 Karen
Kren
Lois   (that's me)
Marilynn

Pam
Sandy 

Shirley

Toni

Vickie

MFP Stamp Shop 

We hope that we have inspired you to start your own Outdoor Fun projects.  Get to work on the tutorials, show us what you made by July 8th and check back on July 9, 2016, to see if you are a winner. 

MFP Stamp Shop Great Outdoors Blog Hop - Day 3

WELCOME  
TO MFP STAMP SHOP
The Great Outdoors BLOG HOP

JOIN US EACH DAY, June 21-24 FOR SOME OUTDOOR FUN. WE'LL HAVE  TUTORIALS AND DT INSPIRATION. THERE WILL BE PRIZES FOR LEAVING COMMENTS ON THE DESIGN TEAM'S BLOGS AND PRIZES FOR TRYING OUR TUTORIALS.  YOU WILL HAVE 2 WEEKS TO ADD YOUR PROJECT to the June 24th POST FOR US TO SEE SO THERE IS NO EXCUSE NOT TO JOIN IN THE FUN. 

Please Hop along with us!! 
 You could win one of the MFP Stamp Shop Outdoor-Themed stamp sets.  Just comment on the participating blogs (don't forget this one) each day for more chances to win!  (You do NOT need to comment on on all the blogs each day! The names are drawn randomly.)  Try one of the tutorials shown during the Hop and add your photo to the Inlinkz at the bottom of the June 24 post. The winners will be announced on July 9, 2016, on the MFP Stamp Shop Blog. You can go back and comment if you missed a day.  (HINT: The more you comment the more chances you have to win. And comments on the MFP blog count twice.) The deadline for commenting and posting pics of your projects is Friday, July 8, 2016 at 10:00 PM EST.

Tutorials
June 22-- Tin Foil Tags by Gail
June 24-- Scrapbook Layout by Sandy

Today's card is a bit more complicated than my two earlier cards.  I used a die set from Elizabeth Craft Designs called Hot Air Balloon as well as the MFP Stamp Shop set Hot Air Balloon on this card.  Riding in a hot air balloon is one of the things I have crossed off my bucket list.  It was a 50th birthday present from my late husband.

This inside of the card shows how I used the die set.

Here's the stamp set I used.

Please check out the rest of today's hop.

Here's the Design Team

Bonnie
Gail

 Karen
Kren
Lois   (that's me)
Marilynn

Pam
Sandy 

Shirley

Toni

Vickie

MFP Stamp Shop 

Enjoy the Hop. Come back each day. We hope to inspire you to start your own Outdoor Fun projects.  Get to work on the tutorials, show us what you made by July 8th and check back on July 9, 2016, to see if you are a winner. 

CCEE1625 - Birds

Vicky Gould continues as hostess for the CCEE Stampers and this week reminds us that she loves birds.  She said, "Let's use birds on our cards this week . . . Crazy Birds, Real Birds, Cartoon Birds . . . whatever trips your trigger!"  I recently bought a pad of tags from K & Company and thought I could use one of the tags as the background for my bird -- a cockatoo.

Check out the CCEE Stampers blog to see what birds the rest of the team used on their cards this week.

MFP Stamp Shop Great Outdoors Blog Hop - Day 2

WELCOME  
TO MFP STAMP SHOP
The Great Outdoors BLOG HOP

JOIN US EACH DAY, June 21-24 FOR SOME OUTDOOR FUN. WE'LL HAVE  TUTORIALS AND DT INSPIRATION. THERE WILL BE PRIZES FOR LEAVING COMMENTS ON THE DESIGN TEAM'S BLOGS AND PRIZES FOR TRYING OUR TUTORIALS.  YOU WILL HAVE 2 WEEKS TO ADD YOUR PROJECT to the June 24th POST FOR US TO SEE SO THERE IS NO EXCUSE NOT TO JOIN IN THE FUN. 

Please Hop along with us!! 
 You could win one of the MFP Stamp Shop Outdoor-Themed stamp sets.  Just comment on the participating blogs (don't forget this one) each day for more chances to win!  (You do NOT need to comment on on all the blogs each day! The names are drawn randomly.)  Try one of the tutorials shown during the Hop and add your photo to the Inlinkz at the bottom of the June 24 post. The winners will be announced on July 9, 2016, on the MFP Stamp Shop Blog. You can go back and comment if you missed a day.  (HINT: The more you comment the more chances you have to win. And comments on the MFP blog count twice.) The deadline for commenting and posting pics of your projects is Friday, July 8, 2016 at 10:00 PM EST.

Tutorials
June 22-- Tin Foil Tags by Gail
June 24-- Scrapbook Layout by Sandy

I used a trifold on my card today.  I think it's the first time I ever used this particular technique.

The set I used for this card is MFP Stamp Shop Wild Horses.

Please continue with the rest of the hop.

Here's the Design Team:

Bonnie
Gail

 Karen
Kren
Lois   (that's me)
Marilynn

Pam
Sandy 

Shirley

Toni

Vickie

MFP Stamp Shop 

Enjoy the Hop. Come back each day. We hope to inspire you to start your own Outdoor Fun projects.  Get to work on the tutorials, show us what you made by July 8th and check back on July 9, 2016, to see if you are a winner. 

MFP Stamp Shop Great Outdoors Blog Hop - Day 1

WELCOME  
TO MFP STAMP SHOP
The Great Outdoors BLOG HOP

JOIN US EACH DAY, June 21-24 FOR SOME OUTDOOR FUN. WE'LL HAVE  TUTORIALS AND DT INSPIRATION. THERE WILL BE PRIZES FOR LEAVING COMMENTS ON THE DESIGN TEAM'S BLOGS AND PRIZES FOR TRYING OUR TUTORIALS.  YOU WILL HAVE 2 WEEKS TO ADD YOUR PROJECT to the June 24th POST FOR US TO SEE SO THERE IS NO EXCUSE NOT TO JOIN IN THE FUN. 

Please Hop along with us!! 
 You could win one of the MFP Stamp Shop Outdoor-Themed stamp sets.  Just comment on the participating blogs (don't forget this one) each day for more chances to win!  (You do NOT need to comment on on all the blogs each day! The names are drawn randomly.)  Try one of the tutorials shown during the Hop and add your photo to the Inlinkz at the bottom of the June 24 post. The winners will be announced on July 9, 2016, on the MFP Stamp Shop Blog. You can go back and comment if you missed a day.  (HINT: The more you comment the more chances you have to win. And comments on the MFP blog count twice.) The deadline for commenting and posting pics of your projects is Friday, July 8, 2016 at 10:00 PM EST.

Tutorials
June 22-- Tin Foil Tags by Gail
June 24-- Scrapbook Layout by Sandy

Let's get started !!

My first card for this month's hop is a clean and simple one, combining images from two different MFP Stamp Shop sets.

The MFP Stamp Shop sets used on this card are On the Fly and Mountain Selections.

Be sure you check out the rest of the blog hop. 

Here's the Design Team:

Bonnie
Gail

 Karen
Kren
Lois   (that's me)
Marilynn

Pam
Sandy 

Shirley

Toni

Vickie

MFP Stamp Shop 

Enjoy the Hop. Come back each day. We hope to inspire you to start your own Outdoor Fun projects.  Get to work on the tutorials, show us what you made by July 8th and check back on July 9, 2016, to see if you are a winner. 

CCEE1624 - Birthday

Today is Vicky Gould's sister's birthday, so she asked the CCEE Stampers to make a birthday card.  We all need birthday cards, so this challenge was no challenge at all!

Stop over at the CCEE Stampers blog and see some more birthday cards.

CCEE1623 Donald Duck Day

Vicky tells the CCEE Stampers that Donald Duck has been around since 1934.  She invited us to celebrate Donald by using a duck -- real or imaginary -- on our card.  I didn't use Donald, so I didn't get any extra points for this week's challenge. 

Stop over at the CCEE Stampers blog to see if any one of the team used Donald on her card.

CCEE1622 Rocky Road Ice Cream Day

Vicky Gould is this month's hostess for the CCEE Stampers, and she started off the month with a sweet challenge.  Apparently, today is Rocky Road Ice Cream Day; and Vicky asked us to celebrate this popular ice cream by adding a dessert to our cards.  I pulled out an old set from My Favorite Things to create my card.

Stop over at the CCEE Stampers blog to see what kind of yummy desserts the rest of the team created.

Scor-Pal "More Than One Score" Challenge - Weddings, Anniversaries, Love

Today is June 1st and time for another Scor-Pal "More Than One Score" challenge.  As June is the month for weddings, Steph Ackerman chose an appropriate theme -- Weddings, Anniversaries, Love."  I had seen a matchbox/easel card some time ago and thought it would be fun to make one for this month's theme.

Inside the drawer is the perfect place for a gift card.

The Scor-Pal blog has lots more wedding-themed creativity.