C4C537 - Gnomes

I want to thank Frances Byrne for asking me to guest design for the Crazy4Challenges blog during the month of May.  I thoroughly enjoyed joining in on the fun.  The challenge for my final week is gnomes.  Gnomes seem to have become very popular over the past 6 to 12 months, with so many fun stamps, dies, and papers being released.  We were to create a card today that features a gnome.

Paper Nest Dolls has a cute set of gnomes, and I used one of them on my card today.

Be sure to check out all the cards on the Crazy4Challenges blog for some more gnomes.

CCEE2022 - World Creativity Day

Kelly's final May challenge for the CCEE Stampers is to celebrate World Creativity Day (Saturday, May 30th), a day to embrace your own creativity and support each other in the crafting community.  She said:  "Let's make a card using YOUR favorite technique ~ the sky is the limit!  Just have fun and get creative!"  I don't know if you'd call interactive cards a "technique" or not, but it's my favorite kind of card to create.  So I'm saying it IS a technique.

I used the Karen Burniston Triple Flip die and some cute Paper Nest Dolls gnomes to make my card.

See what the favorite technique each of our team likes by popping over to the CCEE Stampers blog.

Back to Space!

Hopefully, today is the day that astronauts will again be blasted into space from U.S. soil!  If the weather is cooperative, two astronauts will leave Cape Kennedy in a Space X rocket on the way to the International Space Station.  In honor of this event, I made a card using the Karen Burniston Rocket Pop-Up die and Honey Bee Stamps' Far Out Friends stamp set.

I've been bitten by the slimline card bug and experimenting with some of Karen Burniston's dies.  I'm rather pleased with this one!

When you open the card, the rocket ship pops up out of the card.  Pretty cool, no?

Here's a short video showing the action.

Good luck to Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley!

C4C36 - Photo Month

Apparently, May is Photo month, and the Crazy4Challenge challenge this week is to include something that relates to photos this week . . . a card including a real photo, faux photos, selfie style stamps, cameras, etc.

One of my favorite Karen Burniston dies is the Photo Collage Pop-Up, and one of my favorite book/movie franchises is Lord of the Rings.  I combined these two loves on my card this week.  Kindred Stamps has a few stamp sets that were perfect for my card.

See some more photo-related cards over on the Crazy4Challenges blog.

CCEE2021 - Mother, May I?

For this week's CCEE Stampers challenge, Kelly asked us to create a card based on a popular children's game or to create a card for a child.  I initially struggled with trying to find an idea for a card based on a children's game, but I finally came up with the card game "Go Fish."  And I just happened to have an old stamp set with that phrase in it.  The rest of my card comes from the Lawn Fawn Reveal Wheel set, Just Keep Swimming.

You can see the fish puff himself up in this little video.

Stop over at the CCEE Stampers blog for some more fun and games.

C4C535 Sketch Challenge

I'm continuing this week as guest designer for the Crazy4Challenges blog -- this week's challenge is a sketch challenge.

I love these Honey Bee Stamps Build-a-Bee stamps and dies, and I thought they would look cute for this challenge.

The Karen Burniston Rockin' Rectangle is actually the perfect pop-up for this card as well.  It brings the large panel from the sketch into the inside of the card.

Stop over at the Crazy4Challenge blog to see some more cards based on this sketch.

CCEE2020 Asthma Awareness Month

Kelly continues as hostess for the CCEE Stampers and told us that May is Asthma Awareness Month.  She said, "Let's bring the awareness to 339.4 million people worldwide affected by asthma by creating a card where you need to use your lungs!  Think blowing up a balloon blowing out birthday candles, a dandelion, a whistle."  I chose the dandelion.

A favorite stamping technique of mine is Triple Stamping.  I have just one dandelion stamp set, which fortunately has two different images on it.

Check out the CCEE Stampers blog to see how the rest of the team handled this challenge.

C4C514 - Slimline Cards

I'm continuing as guest designer for the Crazy4Challenges blog this week.  Slimline Cards seem to be very popular at present, especially with a few companies releasing dies especially for the use of creating this style of card.  For our challenge this week, create a Slimline card.  A Slimline card measures 8 1/2" x 3 1/2" and should fit into a standard business-sized envelope.  Fortunately, I had just ordered some slimline dies from Trinity Stamps and used two of the sets on my card.   I had purchased those cute prehistoric critters from Lawn Fawn last year, and this is the first time I've used them.

Check out some more slimline cards on the Crazy4Challenges blog.

CCEE2019 - Fiesta!

Kelly is the hostess for the CCEE Stampers in May.  She started off the month by telling us that Tuesday was Cinco de Mayo.   She said, "Let's continue the celebration with anything fiesta!  The word fiesta, the colors (red, green, yellow), pinatas, sombreros, etc.  Feel free to simply create a celebration card."

I pulled out the Karen Burniston Rockin' Rectangle die and the llama die from Cottage Cutz to make my card.  I like the look of this type of card using a piece of heavyweight acetate for the front.  You get a peek at what's on the inside.

And you can see the festive banner across the top, starting on the outside and continuing onto the inside.  This was made using another Karen Burniston die -- one of the Border Blends. What's a fiesta without a sombrero?  So I added one to the cross piece.

Be sure to check out the CCEE Stampers blog for some more festive cards.

Designer Challenge for May -- TREASURE

It's time again for the Karen Burniston Designer Challenge -- and this month the design team was able to play with some new dies.  The theme of this month's challenge is TREASURE, and there are two sets which are perfect for this theme -- Treasure Chest and Treasure Charms.  I used both of these sets for my card, along with the Circle Tag Book Pop-Up.  As you can see, the Treasure Chest set includes a lock to ensure that your treasure will be safe.  I cut the lock from both silver paper and stiff acetate.  The acetate was to keep the piece from tearing when locking and unlocking the treasure chest.

When you open the chest, you can see all the treasure inside -- gold coins, gemstones, a string of pearls, and even a ruby-encrusted gold crown.

On the inside of the card are many of the treasure charms included in that set -- a tiara, a trophy, an emerald ring, and a ruby pendant.

I couldn't have a treasure chest without a pirate, now could I?   If you look closely at both sides, you might be able to see Changito the Pirate wielding his sword and holding his parrot.  I haven't used those Stampendous images in a long time, and it was time to bring them out again.

This was such a fun project for the challenge.  Thanks for stopping by to look.

C4C533 - Free Comic Book Day

I'm so happy Frances Byrne asked me to be a guest designer for the Crazy4Challenges blog during the month of May.  I'm always up for a challenge!  According to the Days of the Year web site, today is Free Comic Book Day.  Frances said,  "Maybe create a comic book layout with any theme or create something that might be included in a comic book, e.g., super heroes."

Kindred Stamps has some great comic book images, and I used four of them on my card.  I'm sure you recognize some of those super heroes!

For more comic book fun, stop over at the Crazy4Challenges blog.

"More Than One Score" challenge -- Mother's Day/Feminine

The theme of this month's Scor-Pal "More Than One Score" challenge is "Feminine/Mother's Day."  I recently got a floral stamp set from Dare2BArtzy called "BEE-utiful," and I decided it would be perfect for the challenge.  I made a center-step card to show off this pretty set.   Because it has a coordinating die set, I die cut both the floral image and the bee and popped them up on foam dots for a little more texture.

I also used some Karen Burniston Border Blends to decorate the slim panels of the card.

Check out the Scor-Pal Blog for some more floral creations by the design team.