Embrace Your Geekness Day

I love to read the many lists of Wacky Holidays that you can find on-line.  As I was looking at timeanddate.com, I found out that today is Embrace Your Geekness Day.  Let's celebrate!!!  

My card today is embracing all the geekiness in the world -- well at least the TV part of it.  I combined one of the new Karen Burniston dies -- the Triple Flip -- with a Kindred Stamps stamp set that I just love -- Science Geeks.

When you pull that little tab on the right, all those panels flip over  (thus the name, Triple Flip).

Even the inside of my card has a bit of geekiness.  I actually bought a whole set of Sizzix dies just for this one that I used here.

Like children, if you're on a design team, you shouldn't have a favorite -- but I've got to tell you, this one is right there at the top!

CCEE1908 - Lever Card

Maryann continues as hostess for the CCEE Stampers, and this week she asked us to make an interactive card -- specifically a LEVER CARD.  I had never made one of these before, so I looked at the Splitcoaststampers tutorial she referenced.

I used a fun Kindred Stamps set called Science Geeks and some "geeky" patterned paper for my card.

Check out the CCEE Stampers blog to see some more lever cards; and, if you've never made one, I invite you to give it a try!

CCEE1905 - Thank You

Liz ended her month as CCEE Stampers hostess by telling us that January is National Thank You Month.  So, she asked us to make a thank-you card and send an unexpected thank you to someone whose small act of kindness has not gone unnoticed by us.  I am going to give this card to my son who installed a new light fixture for me.  When was the last time you sent a thank-you note to your kid?

My son is a big fan of the TV show which inspired the new Kindred Stamps set called Science Geeks.  If you are familiar with this TV show, you know that the male characters enjoy all kinds of comic books and frequently dress up as their favorites.  I used a very clever Lawn Fawn die set to create this Reveal Wheel card.

When you move the wheel, the sentiment changes.

Check out the CCEE Stampers blog for some more cards of gratitude.

Kindred Stamps New Release - Science Geeks

As a big fan of the TV series that influenced this brand-new stamp set from Kindred Stamps, I was so happy to be able to create some cards for Release Week!  Science Geeks has my kind of nerdy characters.  I have three cards to share with you today.

My first is an Explosion card.  How appropriate is this type of card for a sentiment that says "I hope your birthday goes off with a bang!"  The front looks pretty normal, but . . . 

. . . when you open the card, you get the explosion!  BANG!

My second card is dedicated to the astrophysicist in the group of friends.  The designer paper I used for this card is associated with another Kindred Stamps product -- the Space Heroes box, but it worked perfectly for this card!

For my third card, I used another brand-new toy in my arsenal -- a door die from Lawn Fawn.  I used the Kindred Stamps Brick Stencil for the wall.   This card was inspired by one of the many idiosyncrasies of this fandom.

I must admit I had lots of fun with this set, and you will probably see many more creations from me using it in the future.

The entire Kindred Stamps January release will be available Friday, January 25th at 8am PST/11am EST.  Be sure to check out the Kindred Stamps blog on Friday for the full product release as well as the complete line up of all the Kindred Stamps Design Team projects from release week!  If you visit and comment on all of the designers' blogs this week, you could win $15 in Kindred Stamps shop credit!  So join the Fan Club and release event, show the design team some love, and get ready to empty those wallets this Friday!