CCEE1646 "Have a Party with Your Bear Day"

Frances continues as hostess for the CCEE Stampers this week.  She tells us that yesterday, November 16th, was "Have a Party with Your Bear Day."  To celebrate, she asked us to feature bears on our cards this week.  Last month I took an on-line card class on interactive cards.  One of the lessons was on Spinner cards.  Here's a card I made for that class.

As you can see, you can move the spinner to change the animal in the tree.  One of them is a bear -- sharing the space with a raccoon!

Be sure to check out the CCEE Stampers blog to see how the rest of the team handled this "bear" of a challenge!

MFP Blog Hop Day 3 & CCEE1320 - Space Fun

May Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

 Featured May 14th - Marsh Birds

Featured May 15th - In Tents

Featured May 16th - Space Fun

Featured May 17th - Now Showing

Please hop along with us! You have a chance to win one of the above stamp sets! Just comment on the blogs listed below (don't forget this one), each day for more chances to win! (You do NOT have to comment on all the blogs each day! The names are drawn randomly!) All four winners will be announced on May 18, 2013 on the Mark's Finest Papers 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 is 11 PM EST on Friday. May 17, 2013.

 The special stamp set we have for you this month is:

"Marsh Silhouettes"

 The mini stamp set we have for you this month is

"Lily of the Valley"
                                                      

Today's set is too fun with its cute little aliens and space images.  Both my cards today are doing double duty.  The first one is also for Shirley's CCEE Stampers challenge -- Let it all hang out or over.  When I first read the theme for this challenge, I didn't have a clue what it meant.  Then I thought -- maybe she meant use the "out of the box" technique.    I stamped the alien and cut the Labels 4 shape, leaving part of his body and legs "hang out."  If you want to "hang out" with the CCEE stampers and play along, check out our blog.

My second card was also made for another challenge -- the Speedy TV Inspiration Challenge.  As I'm the hostess for this challenge, I made sure the theme coincided with today's new set.  This week's challenge is called appropriately enough "Outer Space."  I haven't made a spinner card in a very long time, but that space ship image just screamed "movement."  In case you've never played the Speedy TV Inspiration Challenge, I'd love for you to check it out.  I post three Pinterest photos and ask that you make a card using one of the photos as inspiration.  BTW, all three of my sample cards are different -- only one of them is space-related, even though the theme is "Outer Space."  BTW, by participating in the Inspiration Challenge, you have one more chance to win a free stamp set.

I hope you check out the cards made by the rest of the design team and comment, comment, comment.  Remember, the more you comment, the more chances you have to win a free stamp set.

Patty P.

Lois

Vicky

Jane C 

Debbie 

Pam 

Pat G 

Thrifty Stamper 

MariLynn 

Karen K 

Bonnie 

Kathy B 

Angela B 

Cathy C 

Toni 

Sue W 

Janine B 

An'jenic 

Shirley Q 

Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co 

Card 1
Stamps:  Mark's Finest Papers Space Fun
Paper:  MFP Dark Night Navy, Snow Storm Smooth, Lemon Slice; Paper Pizazz Blue Atom DP
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Distress Tumbled Glass
Accessories:  Copic markers, Permapaque Copper marker, Labels 4, Copper brads, Copper eyelets, Copper twine

Card 2
Stamps:  Mark's Finest Papers Space Fun
Paper:  MFP Dark Night Navy, Snow Storm Smooth
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories:  Copic markers, Spots and Dots embossing folder, Word Window punch, Pennies, Pop dots