Maryann's final November challenge for the CCEE Stampers was for us to celebrate with a seaside holiday. I pulled out an old Flourishes stamp set for my card.
Florida has had a terrible hurricane season this year, and it's so nice to see an end to it. This serene scene is more like what I love about Florida, so I was happy to create it.
Maryann asked the CCEE Stampers to create a card with more than a center fold -- think of an easel, pop-up, center step or shutter card. I love learning new fun folds. Karen Aiken posted a card a month or so ago that she called a Diamond Z-fold Slimline card, which was quite pretty. I have made several of them since I first saw her card. Today's card is one of them.
Maryann is back with this week's challenge for the CCEE Stampers. She asked the team to create cards with a beautiful silhouette. It could be in a scene or a standalone image.
Ever since I discovered distress oxide inks, I love to do ink blending for backgrounds. Today is no exception. My background was created by blending four different inks -- Dusty Concord, Fired Brick, Ripe Persimmon and Wild Honey.
After the ink blending, I stamped two wildflower stamps from Just For Fun that I've had for years and added the sentiment, which is a die set from Karen Burniston called Just Because.
Be sure to check out the CCEE Stampers blog for some more beautiful silhouettes.
Maryann is the hostess for the CCEE Stampers this month and starts off with an interesting challenge. According to the days of the year calendar, it is Walk Your Dog Week, a weeklong holiday dedicated to bringing your dog a healthier lifestyle. She asked us to make a card with your furry friend in mind.
I currently do not have a furry friend; but when I was a kid, we had a dalmatian called Patches. My father's friends loved to throw lit cigarette butts on the ground and watch Patches pounce on them to put them out. A true firehouse dog!
For my card I made a pop-up card using Karen Burniston's Surprise Ball and Bitty Ball Pop-Ups. The pups on the front of the card are from Kindred Stamps.
Check out the CCEE Stampers blog for more tributes to our furry friends.
Lynn's final CCEE Stampers challenge this month celebrates Animation Day, which is tomorrow. What joyful and action-packed entertainment has filled our lives through the talented creations of the world's amazing animators. In honor of these animators' remarkable work, we were to choose one of our favorite animated characters to feature on this week's CCEE design. How fabulous would it be if you included the name of the animator who created your character!
Well, I was a bit limited to my choices (based on the stamps I own). But Kindred Stamps has many pop culture stamps in their inventory, and one of them is called Tea Friends. This is based on Alice in Wonderland. I read both Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass as a kid several times.
I googled "Alice in Wonderland" and found this image of the Walt Disney movie. I don't know who the specific animators were who worked on this film, so we'll give credit to Walt Disney Studios for this one.
The inside of my card sort of depicts the Mad Tea Party. I used the Karen Burniston Little Labels Pop-Up, which fits very nicely inside a 3 1/2" x 6 1/2" mini slimline card.
Lynn has a fun challenge this week for the CCEE Stampers. She tells us that tomorrow (Oct. 21) is National Reptile Day. She said to be sure our card this week features the reptile of your choice: an alligator, a lizard, a turtle, a snake, a dinosaur! Or, include them all!
As a resident of Florida, I should be a Gators fan. Unfortunately, I am not. Go 'Noles! But I have friends who definitely cheer on the Gators of the University of Florida. So I have Albert the Alligator for you today, made with the Karen Burniston Bitty Ball Pop-Up. The football field on the inside was created using a stencil from Kindred Stamps.
Lynn's challenge to the CCEE Stampers this week is to help celebrate the birthday of the U.S. Navy. To honor the men and women who have served in our nation's navy since its inception, we were to create a card with a nautical theme.
I've got another card using the new Karen Burniston Label Charm Pop-Up die, as well as some of the previously released Cruise Charms.
For more nautical fun, check out the CCEE Stampers blog.
Lynn begins her month-long stint as hostess for the CCEE Stampers by telling us that today is National Bring Your Bible to School Day. For today's CCEE challenge, we were to use a Bible Scripture as the sentiment on our cards.
I recently purchased several stamp and die sets from Honey Bee Stamps that are rainbow-related. They worked perfectly for this challenge, reminding us of God's promise to man after the flood.
Kelly's final CCEE Stampers challenge this week is celebrating National Coffee Day. She considers it a definite holiday in her eyes! Not so with me. I'm not a coffee drinker, but I like to make coffee-related cards for the rest of my family. The card I made today is actually a gift card holder -- and it will be given to someone at Christmas.
As you can see, the gift card slips in behind the coffee cup.
Kelly continues her gig as hostess for the CCEE Stampers this week by telling us that today is the first day of Autumn. Her challenge was simple -- create a fall themed card.
I used one of the brand-new dies from Karen Burniston for my card -- the Label Charm Pop-Up. I love this die set and have been making many cards with it since I received it. Using some pretty fall papers and Karen's Autumn Elements die set, here is what I made to celebrate the beginning of fall..
Be sure to check out the CCEE Stampers blog for some more fall inspiration.
Kelly's challenge for the CCEE Stampers this week is to celebrate International Dot Day (today) by making a card with a circle, polka dots, or anything round.
As I tend to make Christmas cards all year 'round (get it -- "round"), my card is a Christmas card using a very cool die -- Sugar Pea Designs' interlocking circles.
Be sure to check out the CCEE Stampers blog to see how the rest of the team handled this challenge.
Kelly informed the CCEE Stampers that tomorrow is her son's 18th birthday and asked us to make a masculine birthday card -- with a little twist. We are to use 1 or 8 of anything on our cards.
Happy Birthday to Kelly's son. My card has 8 Phillips-head screws -- four on the front and four inside.
My card is made with the brand-new Karen Burniston Label Charm Pop-Up and previously released Tool Charms and Word Set 2 - Birthday. The cute sentiment on the front panel is from an old Darcie's set Handy Man.
Check out the CCEE Stampers blog for some more birthday wishes to Kelly's son.
Frances told the CCEE Stampers that, according to the Days of the Year web site, yesterday (August 24th) was Pluto Demoted Day. This day marks the occasion in 2006 when Pluto was demoted from being a planet to a dwarf planet. For our challenge today, we were to create a card that has a space theme.
I pulled out some dies from Karen Burniston to make my pop-up card. On the front are several dies from the Space Charms set, and the friendly alien on the inside was made with her Mini Ball Pop-Up die. The sentiment is from Honey Bee Stamps.
Frances continues her month as CCEE Stampers hostess by telling us that, apparently, August is Peach month and Monday (August 22) is National Peach Day. So our challenge this week is to create a card that features one or more things that begin with the letter "P" -- a punched image, patterned paper, pansy, paint, person, or a product that is from a company whose name starts with "P."
I've got several things I can check off that list: patterned paper, plaid, peach image, stamp from Paper Nest Dolls.
Frances showed the CCEE Stampers a new technique using embossing folders. She said Jennifer McGuire had shared this technique several months ago. You'll find the full instructions HERE. I used a Tim Holtz 3-D embossing folder for my card.
Be sure to check out the CCEE Stampers blog. I'm really curious as to how the other members of the team handled this one. I did not care for my first attempt, in which I used a regular embossing folder. The 3-D one gave much better results.
Frances starts her month as hostess for the CCEE Stampers by saying that butterflies seem to be very popular right now. Many companies have released products featuring them this year. She asked us to create a card that features one or more butterflies.
A few years ago, Stampin' Up released a huge butterfly stamp which I really like. I have used it many times. A favorite way to use it is to stamp it in white, emboss it, and then sponge a color on top -- wiping away the color from the white embossing. It looks quite striking, wouldn't you agree? The sentiment is a Simple Strips saying from Taylored Expressions.
Be sure to check out the CCEE Stampers blog for some more butterflies.
My last CCEE Stampers challenge for the month is to celebrate National Picnic Month. It's the middle of summer, so I asked the team to include something on their cards that would be part of a picnic (picnic basket, checkered tablecloth, picnic food, or even ants).
Some of my favorite stamps are from Paper Nest Dolls. The one on my card is called Lemonade Avery, and she's bringing some lemonade to our summer picnic.
Be sure to check out the CCEE Stampers blog for some more summer fun.
July is National Ice Cream Month, so I gave the CCEE Stampers a really easy challenge this week -- include some ice cream on your card.
I recently saw a clever fun-fold card that Mary Marsh had made for CottageCutz. She called it a Double Easel Card. Coincidentally, she had an ice cream sundae on it. I thought it was such a clever card that I had to CASE it, using my own ice cream sundae die from Karen Burniston. The ice cream-related sentiments are from an old My Favorite Things stamp set.
Be sure to check out the CCEE Stampers blog for some more yummy ice cream treats.
Here's a holiday I never heard of before -- National Tape Measure Day. My challenge to the CCEE Stampers this week was to make a card incorporating a tape measure or something else used in sewing our their cards -- either some kind of a sewing-related image or perhaps stitching.
Did you ever buy a pack of patterned paper for ONE particular design? This happened to me about six or seven years ago when I saw a card made with tape measures on it. I had just a few strips left, so I used them on this card. The "Hi" was made with Karen Burniston's new Mini Alphabet & Letters die set.
Check out the CCEE Stampers blog for some more sewing inspiration.
