Death by Chocolate

Joanne has our last CCEE Stampers Challenge for the month of July.....here is the challenge.

   Today is National Milk Chocolate Day.
  Let’s make some deeeelish designs showing chocolate in some form or using the color chocolate.

I love milk chocolate anytime but it is great as frosting on cupcakes.

Supplies:
Penny Black cupcake, close to my heart sentiment,
 mft fishtail die, Spellbinders pop ups happy Days
Chocolate card, DCWV designer card.

Don't forget to check out the CCEE Stampers blog to see the rest of the creations the CCEE Stampers 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

Cheers

Maryann

C4C346 Picnic

It is time for another challenge with my friends on  Crazy4Challenges.

July is National Hot Dog Month, probably due to the number of picnics that occur at this time of year.  Let’s have a picnic ‘connection’ on our cards this week.

It doesn't take very long for an unattended picnic basket to attract the local wildlife around here.

My card today is completely made with die cut pieces.
Supplies from
Elizabeth Craft Designs
Stitched rectangle
Dotted scallop rectangle
Cottage Cutz -  Crows,Picnic Basket,Snack Cart.


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
Barbara Anders
Jessie Rone
Joanne Grzelak
Karen Aicken
Vicki Burdick
Raquel Mason
Rebecca Endie
 Cas Counsell
Tammy Hershberger
July Guest Designer Alexis Crossland-Smith

Cheers
Maryann

Ahoy

This week I got together with a couple of friends, when we meet up each month we shop at our favourite craft shop and challenge ourselves to make a card with our purchases. Sadly the shop is now a online store only so there wasn't a shopping trip this month. 

Our challenge for last month was to use the last new release items from Eliszabth Craft Designs that we could purchase in store.

I needed a birthday card for my husband and since we will be whale watching off the coast for his birthday, I went with a nautical theme.

Elizabeth Craft Designs
Beach Edges
Clear stamps Ahoy
Boat

Card stand/easel

Stitched oval

Stampendeous - ocean wisdom

Cheers

Maryann

CCEE1629 beaches

Challenge day with my friends on CCEE Stampers
Joanne has our third CCEE Stampers Challenge for July.....

For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere,

is one of our warmest months.

 When I think of hot days, I think of the beach.

  Let’s create cards that honor beaches in some way.

Even in winter in Australia, along the south east coast, it is wonderful to walk along the beach. You never know what treasures you will find. I recently spent my holidays at the seaside and every day I walked along the beach. One day a huge shell washed up on the shore, when I had a closer look it had a baby octopus inside, it was quite entertaining watching the octopus get the shell back into the water. Also June to October is whale watching season and I could sit up at the headlands and watch the whales for hours, it is so peaceful.


For my card today I dusted off some wood mounted stamps,the main image is from Stampshappen and the verse from Lucy's stamps and the background ones are red rubber ones from Stampscapes.

Don't forget to check out the CCEE Stampers blog to see the rest of the creations the CCEE Stampers 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

Cheers 

Maryann

C4C345 July sketch

Week 3 of the July challenges on Crazy 4 Challenges is a sketch challenge.

Today I have used some new release dies and glitter from Elizabeth Craft Designs
Micro fine glitter, Shimmer sheetz, Fitted frames 4 Curvy ovals, Beaded circle frames, Micro fine glitter - speckled indigo
 Joset Designs, Seaweed, Seahorse, Clear stamps Ahoy
Karen Burniston designs, Accordion Star, Beach Edges
along with some sponging with some distressed inks.

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
Barbara Anders
Jessie Rone
Joanne Grzelak
Karen Aicken
Vicki Burdick
Raquel Mason
Rebecca Endie
 Cas Counsell
Tammy Hershberger
July Guest Designer Alexis Crossland-Smith

Cheers
Maryann

Hay there

 CCEE Stampers Challenge for this week.......
Joanne says "Tomorrow is National Cow Appreciation Day.
  Let’s create a card with a cow or two on it.
  If you happen not to have cow images, then use another
‘farm’ animal.  Please add a fun sentiment OR make it as a get well card."

Today I have made a pop up card featuring Brownie the cow and the fence pop stand  and hay there pop stand dies, designed by Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs.

On the front I have made the barn  and the fence inside were out of the through the lens designer paper - Wood and the pebble path is made with the through the lens designer paper - stone

Here is a close up of Bronwie she looks so cute peering over the fence.

Supplies:
Elizabeth Craft Designs

through the lens stone

through the lens wood
Pebbles
All Seasons tree
Barn Pop Stand
Fence pop stand
Hay pop stand
Fawn Lawn clear stamps

Don't forget to check out the CCEE Stampers blog to see the rest of the creations the CCEE Stampers 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

Cheers

Maryann

Life's rules

Hello!
It is challenge day with my friends on Crazy 4 Challenges and  hostess Joanne is here with the week's challenge.....

July 11 is Cheer Up the Lonely Day.  Let’s create cards of encouragement.

For my card I chose this lovely sentiment stamp from Verses called Life's Rules. I also had another day playing with some new products from Elizabeth Craft Designs. Els has released some new silk Micro fine glitter colours this month  and I have used  2 new colours, Bright Cranberry and Light Brass also basic black. I have used the polishing technique to apply the glitter to my elements. The Victorian Flower and Victorian Flower overlay 1  is made with glitter and fire opal gemstone shimmer sheetz.
New products for me to use was the soft finish dove gray card stock,  designer paper through the lens stone , Berry Branch, Fitted frames 5 lace circles .


There has been some changes to the line up of designers on Crazy 4 Challenges since I last played, we have said good bye to Peggy and Jen, all the best on their new adventures. Welcome to Cas Counsell and Tammy Hershberger to the team.

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
Barbara Anders
Jessie Rone
Joanne Grzelak
Karen Aicken
Vicki Burdick
Raquel Mason
Rebecca Endie
 Cas Counsell
Tammy Hershberger
July Guest Designer Alexis Crossland-Smith

Cheers
Maryann

Summer Love

On CCEE Stampers we have Joanne as hostess and this is her challenge for today.

July is National Ice Cream month.  We have some great sources for fresh creamy ice cream
in our area, and I am sure that is true of the places where you live.
  Let’s celebrate by having ice cream in some form on our cards.

I have a few stamp choices for this theme but I couldn't go past this Mo Manning design by Penny Black titled Summer Love, who hasn't shared some ice-cream with some one you love.

I also had the chance to play with some Elizabeth Craft Designs dies.
Karen Burniston designs - Accordion Rectangle - Oval Pull Card Stamps -  Just a Note
 Joset Designs - Ice cream cone

Don't forget to check out the CCEE Stampers blog to see the rest of the creations the CCEE Stampers 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

Cheers
Maryann

C4C343 lighthouse

Welcome to another challenge day with my friends on Crazy 4 Challenges. 

This month Hostess Joanne welcomes her guest designer Alexis Crossland-Smith.

Joanne says "I have just returned from my annual trip to Maine. One of my favorite places on Earth is Nubble Light, a beautiful lighthouse in York, Maine. I could sit there for hours looking at and listening to the ocean. This week, let’s honor lighthouses on our cards. If for some reason you do not have a lighthouse image, then create an ocean scene."

For my base card I chose to use the Oval Pull Card designed by Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs. The designer paper and stamp sets are from Couture Creations sea breeze collection.

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
Barbara Anders
Jessie Rone
Joanne Grzelak
Karen Aicken
Vicki Burdick
Peggy McCurry
Raquel Mason
Rebecca Endie
Jen Benner
July Guest Designer Alexis Crossland-Smith

Cheers
Maryann

CCEE1626 Mixed Media

For her last challenge for this month, on CCEE Stampers blog,Vicky says she needs to practice mixed media so she can join in more challenges.

Quoting Splitcoaststamers: A "medium" can be any of the following:

Pencils - Chalk, oil
Markers - watercolor, pigment, water-based acrylic
Pens - ink, glitter
Pigments - Gelatos, watercolor crayons, metallic rubons
Paints - watercolor, acrylic, oil, poster, tempera
Inks - dye, chalk, distress, reinkers, pigment, hybrid
Powders - mica, pigment, chalk
Sprays & airbrushing
Dimensionals - embossing paste, gesso, fabric, found items, papers (collage, piecing) & ephemera, foils
Heated elements - encaustic wax, embossing

Well I tend to over complicate mixed media challenges, working full time and packing for holiday's I just ran out of time for this challenge, rather that miss out I thought I would share a sample tag that was a make and take at the craft show earlier this month. This idea and all the products were found on the Kaszzaz stand, however all the placements of the colours and stamps were my own works. I hope this fits the brief this week, I was really impressed on how easy it was to make.

Don't forget to check out the CCEE Stampers blog to see the rest of the creations the CCEE Stampers 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

Cheers
Maryann