Sunrays

Today on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog the challenge C4C596 is to make a card with sunrays.

It’s the peak of summer in the northern hemisphere so sun’s rays beats down on us. Make a card or other project using rays but they don’t just have to be from the sun! Any ray shapes on your project are fine.

It is the middle of winter here and I am so looking forward to spring. I have used Lavinia stamps for my inspiration. I used the Honey Bee Ocean Builder stencil, using the rays for a on land theme in earth tones. I then stamped the Lavinia Stamp - Moments like these in black ink and heat embossed it. I then added the leaf and sentiment images around the edges and sponged the edges.

Supplies

Honey Bee - Ocean Scene Builder stencil

Lavinia Stamps - Moments like these, Berry Leaves, Words of Spring

Distress Oxide Inks - Scattered Straw, Wild Honey, Brushed Corduroy, Squeezed Lemonade

Don't forget to check out the rest of the “Crazies” cards over on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog and also their individual blogs for more details.

Frances Byrne

Rebecca Endie

Amy Ottmers 

Karen Ostergard

Maryann Einam- You are here

Nicky Foden

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Tiger

Today on the CCEE Stampers Blog our challenge is make a card to celebrate International Tiger Day. 

This week is to include a tiger (or other cat) on your card – tiger, lion, your own little tabby.

I made a cat lovers card using stamps and stencils

Supplies:

Penny Black Stamps - Sentiment Collection & Good Day

Honey Bee - Outdoor Scene Builder stencil

Don't forget to check out the CCEE Stampers blog to see the rest of the creations the CCEE Stampers have created this week. You can also see more details of their creations on their individual blogs.

Liz Williams

Lois Bak

Lynn McAuley

Frances Byrne

Kelly Santi

Manal Habib

Maryann Einam- You are here

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Super hero day

 

Today I  have made a card for the CCEE Stampers Blog challenge CCEE2117

 Super Heroes - Yesterday 28th April was Superhero Day. Include a superhero or two on my card this week. (Interpret Superhero, any way you like).

 Using Avery Elle Superhero stamp set, I created a scene on a stenciled background.

Don't forget to check out the CCEE Stampers blog to see the rest of the creations the CCEE Stampers have created this week. You can also see more details of their creations on their individual blogs.

Liz Williams

Lois Bak

Lynn McAuley

Frances Byrne

Kelly Santi

Manal Habib

Maryann Einam- You are here

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Whiskers flying high

Hello Crafting Friends,

Today on CCEE Stampers blog, we are celebrating Love your Pet day.

With the  CCEE2107  challenge – Love your Pet It is love your pet day. Make a project that highlights a pet animal. You can add children with pets also.

I created a slimline card using dies. I stamped the images and masked them before sponging in the clouds with a stencil, that I have made from a die cut. I then coloured the images with copic pens.

Supplies:

Pinkfresh Studio - slimline dies

Honey Bee Stamps - Oh my Whiskers

Don't forget to check out the CCEE Stampers blog to see the rest of the creations the CCEE Stampers have created this week. You can also see more details of their creations on their individual blogs.

Liz Williams

Lois Bak

Lynn McAuley

Frances Byrne

Kelly Santi

Manal Habib

Maryann Einam- You are here

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Summers Day

 Hello Crafting Friends

My card today is made for the Crazy 4 Challenges design team blog challenge - C4C570

 Yesterday 5th February was Weatherperson’s Day. Create a card that features some form of weather … sunshine; rain; snow; cloudy etc.

It is still summer here in Australia so my card was inspired by hot summer day relaxing on the beach. I Have used the Lawn Fawn stamp set - on the beach and a Honey Bee outdoor scene stencil.

Don't forget to check out the rest of the “Crazies” cards over on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog and also their individual blogs for more details.

Frances Byrne

Rebecca Endie

Kathleen Adams

Amy Ottmers 

Karen Ostergard

Tracey Farr

Maryann Einam- You are here

Nicky Foden

 Lois Bak 

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Hi Crafting Friends

This week on Crazy4Challenges it is a slimline card challenge.

Slimline Cards seem to be very popular at present, especially with a few companies releasing dies that are made to use for creating this style of card. For our challenge this week create a Slimline card. A Slimline card measures either 8 1/2 inches x 3 1/2 inches or 9 inches x 4 inches and should fit into a standard business sized envelope.

I have made my slimline card into a one-layered card, with stencils. I just adore these cute little Meerkats

Stamps: Gerda Steiner designs - Meerkats on the lookout

My Favorite things - warm and feathered hugs

Stencils - Honey bee - outdoor scene builder.

Inks - Distress oxide

Don't forget to check out the rest of the “Crazies” cards over on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog and also their individual blogs for more details.

Frances Byrne

Rebecca Endie

Kathleen Adams

Amy Ottmers 

Karen Ostergard

Tracey Farr

Maryann Einam- You are here

Nicky Foden

May Guest Designer - Lois Bak 

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Super Flying

Hello Crafting Friends.

It is time to play along with the design team on Crazy4Challenges blog.
This month Frances  is our hostess and we welcome guest designer Lois.

According to the Days of the Year web site, today is Free Comic Book  Day. For our challenge today being inspired by a Comic Book  … maybe create a comic book layout with any theme or create something that might be included in a comic book eg … super heroes.

I created a interactive card using  stamps and dies from My Favorite things. This little super dog swings on clear acetate when you tilt the card. He is the superman of the dog world.

Don't forget to check out the rest of the “Crazies” cards over on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog and also their individual blogs for more details.

Frances Byrne

Rebecca Endie

Kathleen Adams

Amy Ottmers 

Karen Ostergard

Tracey Farr

Maryann Einam- You are here

Nicky Foden

May Guest Designer - Lois Bak 

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Friendship Dragons

My card today is for the challenge that I do with friends. Each month we have a challenge to make sure we use our supplies.

This month our challenge was Dragons.

I just has to try out this dragon set from My Favorite things, it is so cute. I cut out the images using my scan & cut before colouring. The background is a outdoor scene builder stencil and I have used distress oxide inks for the stenciling. 

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Gilded Roses

Today I am sharing my card for the Crazy4challenge theme set by hostess Rebecca.

 Metallics are super trendy right now! Use at least 3 metallic or metallic-coloured embellishments on your card or project. 

I started with a black card and embossed it with cottage roses embossing folder, I then added the old gold, summer blue and patina gilding wax to highlight the raised areas. I die cut the Happy in foil card stock and gold heat embossed the birthday sentiment. I also add some liquid glitter dots.

Don't forget to check out the rest of the “Crazies” cards over on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog and also their individual blogs for more details.

Frances Byrne

Joanne Grzelak

Karen Aicken

Raquel Mason

Rebecca Endie

Kathleen Adams

Amy Ottmers 

Karen Ostergard

Tracey Farr

Maryann Einam- You are here

April Guest Designer - Cindy Lawrence

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FGM Monoprint

My card today was made for the challenge that I have going with a couple of friends. Each month we challenge ourselves to use our supplies. Recently we had seen several Jennifer McGuire tutorials on distress ink monoprints so our this month we are trying it out.

I sponged the background with the distress oxide inks and clear embossed the ocean borders stamp. Originally I was going with a underwater scene but I thought the waves turned out to look like wind blowing across the sky. 

Using the darker piece I used dies to make a winter scene, and the lighter piece for a fun summer sky.

Supplies:

Honey Bee - ocean borders

Lawn Fawn - Coaster Critters

Cottage cutz - snow drift border die

MFT - stitched round rectangles

Ranger- Tim Holtz distress oxide ink

clear embossing powder

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Mani Thanks

The challenge today with the CCEE stampers team was to create a thank-you card.

I have used Honey bee stamps and dies for my card.

Don't forget to check out the CCEE Stampers blog to see the rest of the creations the CCEE Stampers have created this week. You can also see more details of their creations on their individual blogs.

Anne Harmon

Joanne Grzelak

Liz Williams

Lois Bak

Lynn McAuley

Frances Byrne

Vicky Gould

Kelly Santi

Maryann Einam- You are here

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Enjoy every moment

Welcome to today's challenge with the CCEE Stampers team.

I found that gold was discovered in California on Jan. 24, 1848, so let's see some gold used on your creations this week. Glittery gold paper, gold chrome cardstock, or gold embossing and any other possibilities you can think to create, we would love seeing on your creations.

I created the back ground on this card using alcohol inks - watermelon,Valencia, Salmon, Gold. I then cut out the background with the My Favorite things Striped Sentiment Strip die.  The sentiment words are from Honey Bee. The word enjoy is white card layered onto gold foil card, although it looks black in the photo.

Supplies:

My Favorite Things - Striped Sentiment strip die.

Ranger- Tim Holtz alcohol inks

Honey Bee - enjoy stamps and enjoy honey cuts

Don't forget to check out the CCEE Stampers blog to see the rest of the creations the CCEE Stampers have created this week. You can also see more details of their creations on their individual blogs.

Anne Harmon

Joanne Grzelak

Liz Williams

Lois Bak

Lynn McAuley

Frances Byrne

Vicky Gould

Kelly Santi

Maryann Einam- You are here

Thanks for stopping by....

Hot Java

Welcome to this weeks challenge with the Crazies team on Crazy 4 Challenges blog.

Make a Shaped card. Anything other than a plain rectangle,
square or circle.

For my shaped card I used the Honey Bee, coffee cup die and Art Impressions stamp - Cathy Caffeine. This coffee cup die is large enough to place a gift card inside.

Don't forget to check out the rest of the “Crazies” cards over on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog and also their individual blogs for more details.


Frances Byrne
Anja de Regt
Joanne Grzelak
Karen Aicken
Raquel Mason
Rebecca Endie
Amy Ottmers 
Kathleen Adams
Maryann Einam- You are here
July Guest Designer Teresa Kline

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Ocean Deep Thanks

 Welcome to this weeks CCEE Stampers Blog challenge.

Joanne's theme is........

As many of you know, the ocean is my favorite place….and my annual trip to Maine is sacred.  So, in honor of that, please create a card inspired by the ocean or beaches.

To create my card I started with the Honey Bee ocean scene builder stencil. I then added the stamped and fussy cut images from the Lawn Fawn you are sublime set and the Bayou backdrop die for the underwater foliage.

Don't forget to check out the CCEE Stampers blog to see the rest of the creations the CCEE Stampers have created this week. You can also see more details of their creations on their individual blogs.

Anne Harmon
Joanne Grzelak
Liz Williams
Lois Bak
Lynn McAuley
Frances Byrne
Vicky Gould
Kelly Santi

Maryann Einam- You are here

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Happy Stencils

Today I am sharing the card made for the challenge that I have with a couple of friends each month we challenge ourselves to use our supplies this month it is stencils.

For my card I have used the Altenew Layered Kaleidoscope stencils A & B, distress ink cracked pistachio and wilted violet. I have used the stamp and die free in Simply cards & Papercraft issue 176 along with the honey bee die and stamp sets.

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C4C431 April Sketch

Welcome to week 3 of this month of challenges with the Crazy team on Crazy 4 Challenges.
Week 3 means it is time for a sketch challenge.

For my card I used stitched square dies on the yellow layer and added the designer paper and completed the paper piercing by hand. I then die cut the word happy and heat embossed the word birthday. It needed something more so I added some Nuvo drops....hmmm I think I need some more practice as my drops were rather chunky.

Don't forget to check out the rest of the “Crazies” cards over on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog and also their individual blogs for more details.

Frances Byrne
Anja de Regt
Joanne Grzelak
Karen Aicken
Raquel Mason
Rebecca Endie
Amy Ottmers 
Kathleen Adams
Maryann Einam- You are here
April Guest Designer Kelly Santi

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Stenciled Dahlia

Welcome to my blog, my card for today is a challenge card. Each month I do this challenge with a couple of friends to challenge ourselves to use our supplies. 

This month our challenge is Distress inks.

On my last shopping trip I purchased this Altenew Layered Dahlia Stencil A & B  and this Honey Bee die set. While I love what people can do with distress inks and I have watched many tutorials, I am just not happy with the way mine turn out. So I just went with the all time favourite technique sponging and layering the colours. The colours I have used are wild honey and candied apple. I love the way people are mixing dies with sentiment stamp for their cards, I had this 3 tiered stamp from Art Stamps Australia, I cut up the stamp so that I could use each word the way I wanted, but I can just place it back together to use it in the original way.

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