CCEE1315 - Recipe

Kathy Bradley gave the CCEE Stampers a recipe to follow for this week's challenge -- (in addition to your card base) use 2 designer papers, 1 circle, 1 square, and whatever else your heart desires.  My two designer papers are from DCWV's Royal Garden matstack.  The square and circle are obvious.  My "whatever else your heart desires" are the sparkly dots.

This is a sneak peek at a new set from Mark's Finest Papers which will be released next week.  The set is called  Be a Showoff; look for it on Tuesday.  And I invite you to play along with the CCEE gals.  Come on over to our blog and make a card using the recipe.

Stamps:  Mark's Finest Papers - Be a Showoff
Paper:  MFP Premium Heavy White, Snow Storm Smooth, Dark Night Navy; DCWV Royal Garden DP
Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black, Tim Holtz Distress Tumbled Glass
Accessories:  Copic markers, Clear embossing powder, Circle nesties, Recollections Glitter Adhesive Dots, Pop dots

Speedy Fox and Friends - Bookmark

Speedy Fox and Friends are making bookmarks this week.  I love to read, so I am always in need of a bookmark -- although, now that I am reading from my Kindle, not so much!

After I made the bookmark, I ran it through my Xyron machine with the laminating cartridge inserted.  

We'd love for you to play along with us.  Make a bookmark and link it up at the end of the MFP Blog.  You might just win a free stamp set!  If you use an MFP stamp, you get two chances.

Stamps:  Mark's Finest Papers - Spring Things, Scenic Selections
Paper:  MFP Ripened Tomato, Snow Storm Smooth
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Bamboo Leaves
Accessories:  Copic markers, Corner rounder, Hole punch, Bookmark tassel, Xyron and laminating cartridge

Inspiration Challenge & CCEE Stampers - Things with Wings

It's Thursday again -- time for the Inspiration Challenge on Speedy TV and the CCEE Stampers challenge.  Kathy Bradley is the CCEE challenge hostess for April, and her first challenge was to make a card depicting "things with wings," real or imaginary.  The theme of my Inspiration Challenge on Speedy TV this week is Harry Potter.  All of the inspiration photos were crests from the four Hogwarts houses.  As Ravenclaw's animal is the eagle, I combined the challenges for the Ravenclaw-inspired sample card.  Here is the crest:

And here is my card, inspired by the blue and pewter colors as well as the eagle.

I like making fun-fold cards, and this one is a Joy-Fold card.  I thought the sentiment would be appropriate for a graduation card, so I put the word CONGRATULATIONS on the inside.

If you'd like to check out the rest of the Inspiration Challenge photos and my samples, hop on over to Speedy TV.  Pick one out and make a card.  You could win a free set of Mark's Finest Papers' stamps.  We give one away every week.  And if you'd like to play along with the CCEE stampers, check out our blog.

Stamps:  Mark's Finest Papers - Sour with Eagles mini set
Paper:  Mark's Finest Papers Clean Oven Gray, Snow Storm Smooth; DP from Walmart
Ink:  Tim Holtz Distress Broken China, Versafine Onyx Black
Accessories:  Clear embossing powder, Scallop circle punch for cloud template, Die-Namics Cloud Trio die, Spellbinders Pockets and Swirls die, Pop dots

Speedy Fox and Friends - the Letter A

Speedy Fox and Friends went back to something you learned as a young child -- the alphabet!  We were to make a card using something that begins with an A.  Even though it's March, I made an Autumn card with acorns.

If you'd like a chance to win a free stamp set from Mark's Finest Papers, hop on over the the MFP Blog and  link up a card with an A on it!  If you use MFP stamps, you get two chances to win.

Stamps:  Mark's Finest Papers - Autumn Splendor
Paper:  MFP Natural Vanilla Bean, Orange Duo
Ink:  Memento Rich Cocoa
Accessories:  Copic markers, Cuttlebug James' Set embossing folder, Spellbinders Classic Square nesties, Pop dots, Ribbon

Speedy TV Inspiration Challenge - Rainbows

My inspiration challenge on Speedy TV this week has photos of rainbows -- real or otherwise.  Here is one of the photos I found on Pinterest.

My card, inspired by this photo, is a Triple Stamping card, which is always fun.

I stamped the script on a piece of vanilla cardstock and cut it out with a Mega Curved Rectangle Spellbinders die, then colored on the rainbow using Copic and Prismacolor markers.  I had tried using the original directions for the Triple Stamping card but had some difficulties.  (There are about three or four tries of this card now residing in my trash can!)  After I colored the rainbow, then I cut the two smaller pieces with two other dies from the set -- and matted them with the black, using the the directions from my tutorial. 

Hop on over to Speedy TV and check out my challenge.  There are two other rainbow photos which may inspire you.

Stamps:  Mark's Finest Papers - Love Script

Paper:  MFP Licorice Whips, Natural Vanilla Bean

Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black

Accessories:  Spellbinders Mega Curved Rectangle dies, Copic and Prismacolor markers, Ribbon

CCEE1313 Oldies but Goodies

This is Charlene's last week as hostess for the March CCEE Stampers challenges.  She asked us to pull out and use and old stamp that we haven't used in a loooooong time!  As Easter is this Sunday, I pulled out an Inkadinkadoo cross stamp that hasn't seen ink in a while.

I'm sure you have lots of stamps you haven't used in a while.  Pull out one or two of them and ink them up.  We'd love to have you play along with us.  

Speedy Fox and Friends -- Bunnies or Easter

This week Speedy Fox and Friends are giving you a choice for our challenge -- bunnies or Easter (and that could also be bunnies AND Easter).  I chose Easter only.

This card could have been used for last week's challenge, too (the one with shades of green).  I cut out three Spellbinders crosses, stacked them, and mounted them on an oval.  After embossing the background I sponged on some green to tone down the stark white, layered everything and popped on an Easter sentiment.  It went pretty quickly.

If you'd like a chance to win a free stamp set, make your bunny or Easter card and link it up at the end of the MFP blog.  If you use stamps from Mark's Finest Papers, you'll get two chances to win.

Stamps:  Mark's Finest Papers - Blessings
Paper:  MFP Snow Storm Smooth, Spring Leaf
Ink:  SU Certainly Celery
Accessories:  Spellbinders Crosses Collection; Floral Oval nestie, Standard Oval nesties, Sixxiz Brocade embossing folder, Sponge applicator, Modern Label punch, Pop dots