Embossed Roses

 

Some fun making a birthday card for a fellow card maker. I scored lines on card and added distress inks, shabby shutters, brushed corduroy, weathered wood with the direct to paper technique. I then dry embossed the roses and highlighted it with peeled paint. Adding the sentiment and die cut leaves.

Stenciled Background

 Just another card for my supply stash. I started with the stencil background in distress oxide ink - twisted citron. I was given the floral and stamp and die set. I added some nuvo drops around the edges. 

Embossed shell shaker card

I use the embossing folder to create the shell background. The embossing folder has a die in it to cut the Apture around the embossed shells at the same time as the embossing.  I sponged the embossed areas with the distress inks Mustard seed, rusty hinge, peacock feathers. Once that ink was dry I went over the raise areas with black ink. Behind the Apture space I added some acetate and using the piece cut out for the background part of the shaker card.

On Safari

 

This was made for a card challenge themed. - Safari

I taped a border with removable tape and used blending brushes and distress ink for the background, I then stamped the silhouette stamps and then removed the tape. I matted the card and then attached the stamped images that I had fussy cut out.

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Silhouette background

Just playing with some silhouette stamps and blending some distress inks for the background, to build up my supply of cards.

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Thinking of you Poppies

Today in Australia it is Anzac Day, the day we remember those who lost their lives in war.

 I made this card with a watercolour background using a clear block and distress oxide inks. I then stamped the outline of the poppies in black ink. Then filled the flowers with distress ink. I die cut the sentiment 4 times, gluing them together for a stacked sentiment. I added some nuvo drops to finish the card.

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Take Time to Celebrate

This is the final CCEE challenge for 2022.

 In fact, it has come to the time that the CCEE Stampers team to hang up their ink pads and stamps, so this will be our last challenge.

 While I have only been on the design team since June 2014, it was a blog that I liked to follow for inspiration since 2009 when I started my own blog. I, in fact did not even know when the original team, started and that it was previously call Cheers & Challenges Eclectic Ensemble.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your continued support of our challenges every week, and I hope you have found some inspiration in our challenges.

Time is counting down to the end of the year, and I so I am asking that your feature clocks on your card. Think of time clocks, stop watches or even a countdown clock anything to do with time.

I created the background using Distress Oxide inks Kitsch Flamingo and broken china, and distress ink wilted violet. sponging it through a stencil. I then used the wood mounted hero arts tag stamp - H4777 Collage Take Time and heat embossed it. I then added the die cut sentiment and numbers.

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

Maryann Einam- You are here

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Penguin z fold

 My card is for today's challenge on the CCEE Stampers blog.

Apparently August is Peach month and Monday 22nd August is National Peach Day, so for our challenge this week 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 started this card by making the background using the northern lights background technique. Blending together distress oxide inks, mostly pink and purple with a little of green and blue. I then folded the base card into a z fold. Starting with a base card 12 x 12 scoring at 3 and 6 folding the front 1/2 back. Then adding the inked panels before adding the oval on the edge.

 I die cut an oval in black card and added an oval of designer paper of pink and purple snowflakes.

I the added the penguin to the oval panel, stamping it twice, once to fussy cut and colour and the other for the shadow. I then added the oval inside as a space to write a message.

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

Maryann Einam- You are here

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Delightful Daisies

 Hi Crafting friends, 

Today on the CCEE Stampers Blog, the challenge is to use some sort of rolling on your card.

Today is National Foam Roller Day so show us your cards using any rolled technique!  There are many possibilities, like paper rolling, brayers, marbles - have fun with this!

For my card I used a brayer to roll ink onto a gel press plate, I first rolled Kitsch Flamingo onto the gel plate layered on the stencil and added picked Raspberry, I then pressed the card onto the ink. I then heat embossed the sentiment. I stamped the Daisies and fussy cut them out, I attached them to the card with foam tape. Then adding some black gems stones.

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

Maryann Einam- You are here

Thanks for stopping by....

Mother's day

Hi Crafting Friends,

Today I have a card I have made for Mother's day. This is the first Mother's Day for my Daughter, so I am giving her this card.

I made the card used the stamp and stencil from PinkFresh Studio -  Miss your smile stamp and stencil. I used the combinations of distress ink and distress oxide inks. I then added the pearls coloured with copic pens to match the inks. I then added the Happy Mother's Day sentiment die.

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Shades of Blue

 Good Morning Crafting Friends.

Today on the CCEE Stampers blog, Hostess Kelly has asked us to celebrate National Dandelion day.

For my card I went stash diving into my supply of older products from My Favorite Things.

I made some background paper with several shades of distress oxide inks and used the Karen Burniston Pattern Plates to die cut the paper.

I then stamped and die cut the dandelion images adding to the card, along with the sentiment and some pearls for embellishments.

Supplies:

My Favorite Things - stamps and dies (retired)

Karen Burniston designs: 1125 - Pattern Plate - Tiles

1182 - Word set 4 - Hugs

Distress Oxide inks - Tumbles glass, salty ocean, blueprint sketch

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

Maryann Einam- You are here

Thanks for stopping by....

Christmas Flowers

Hi Crafting friends,

The other day I created a background with the Tim Holtz stencil and distress oxide inks, I had so much fun and it turn out great so I made some more. I have used the same inks for each card just adding a bit more pressure as I applied the ink on one.

Supplies

Time Holtz stencil Poinsettia, distress oxide inks festive berries, twisted citron, rustic wilderness.

Sentiment - Mama Elephant Best Gift Ever.

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Christmas Sketch

It is challenge time on Crazy4Challenges.

It's the third Saturday of the month, which means time for a sketch challenge. This time around we have another Slimline sketch for you to use.

I have used the Tim Holtz Poinsettia Layering Stencil and distress inks for the background. I pulled the Spellbinders poinsettia die that I have had for many years. The sentiments are from Law Fawn Holiday Sentiments Reveal Wheel stamp set, that I have white heat embossed.

 

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 

Karen Ostergard

Lois Bak

Nikky Foden

Maryann Einam- You are here

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Buffalo Plaid

On the CCEE Stampers blog today hostess Kelly has challenged us to make a buffalo plaid card.

 I absolutely adore black and white buffalo plaid (also known as buffalo check)

so please create a card with buffalo plaid as your focal point.

I made the background with the stencil and distress oxide inks. I made the die cut flower added the string and the die cut Merry Christmas before layering it onto the card base.

Supplies: 

Stencil 

Distress inks Hickory smoke, black soot

Couture creations Layered Poinsettia stamps and die set

Karen Burntiston - 1177 - Merry Christmas shadow and 1065 - Merry Christmas

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

Maryann Einam- You are here

Thanks for stopping by....

Christmas Lantern

                                                                   Hi Crafting Friends

It is time for the last challenge of the month with the team on Crazy4Challenges.

 Let’s add some texture with a dimensional liquid or paste element on your card. Some examples are texture, crackle, molding or embossing paste, glass bead gel, Liquid Pearls, Nuvo Mousse, Nuvo drops, Crystal Glaze or Glossy Accents (used dimensionally rather than as a glue). 

I created the back ground using the brick stencil and sponging on various inks, while the stencil was in place I added transparent matte texture paste in certain places for a distressed wall.

While it was drying I assembled the die cut elements. Once the background was dry I added the die cut elements to make a scene.

Supplies

Lawn Fawn Stencil - Brick

Distress Oxide inks - dried marigold, brushed corduroy, festive berries

Ranger - transparent matte texture paste

Karen Burniston - 1171 Street Lantern Pop-up, 1165 Tiny Gnomes, 1178 Long Nature Edges

Elizabeth Craft Designs - sentiment ( retired)

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.

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Magic Garden

This week on CCEE Stampers blog our challenge is to create a mini slimline card.

Just like Slimline Cards, Mini Slimline Cards are also becoming very popular, for our challenge this week create a Mini Slimline card. Typically Mini Slim Line Cards are either 3 1/2 inches x 6 inches or 3 inches x 6 inches. 

I started my card with the background making it with distress oxide inks. Using Twisted Citron, Rustic Wilderness and Squeezed Lemonade ink on the glass mat, I blended the inks and heat set them. I then used the Lavinia stencil Laurel and added lightly the chipped sapphire ink. I then added Mooch the cat with heat embossing. and added the Fairy Lantern and fairy. I then added the orchard grass along the edges and sponged chipped sapphire to the edges.

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

Maryann Einam- You are here

Thanks for stopping by....

Music inspiration

It is time to join the team on Crazy4Challenge for their challenge C4C604.

Be inspired by your favourite song to create your project. Please be sure to list the song with your entry. You can be inspired by the title, the lyrics, the overall theme or genre of the song. 

My chosen song is Cover me in Sunshine by Pink and Willow. It is such a lovely song and they seem to have so much fun making the film clip. 

I created my card with the Lavinia stamps Fairy having music fun in the sunshine.

Lavina Stamps - Night Watch, Stencil - Flourish

Distress Oxide - squeezed lemonade, twisted citron, rustic wilderness

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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Magic Mushroom

Welcome to this week's challenge CCEE2137 on CCEE Stampers Blog.

 September is also National Mushroom Month. An Easy challenge: include a mushroom on your card.

I started my card with heat embossing the mushrooms and stamping the fairy. I used the stencil and ink to create the background. I die cut the rectangle of the image and adding it a piece of foam and mounting it onto a die-cut panel.

Supplies

Lavinia Stencil flourish, meadow mushroom, three dancing fairies, inks - Sahara & Mermaid and memento black.

Karen Burniston crosshatch rectangle die

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

Maryann Einam- You are here

Thanks for stopping by....

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

Thanks for stopping by today....

Moonlight Fairies

Our challenge this week on Crazy 4 Challenges the challenge C4C590 is  to use Fairies.

Thursday 24th was Fairy Day, so for our challenge this week create a card that includes a fairy/fairies.

I made my card with the Lavinia Stamps and a stencil. I triple stamped the mushrooms and added the fairies. I added a moon using a mask and distress inks. I then sponged the forest floor and added the leaf foliage with a 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

Amy Ottmers 

Karen Ostergard

Maryann Einam- You are here

Nicky Foden

Thanks for stopping by today....