Just like Slimline Cards, Mini Slimline Cards are also becoming very popular. CCEE October hostess, Frances Byrne has challenged the CCEE Stampers 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.
Here is the quick and easy one I have designed for this challenge:
The die cuts are by Sizzix.
Check out the mini slimlines created by the CCEE DT.
I'm sharing this Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored card today which I am calling my Thanks Poppy. I have been spending the past week getting caught up on creating and sending thank you cards that needed to go out. I believe this one is my favorite!
To create this design, I used images from Remembrance Poppy, Poppy Bouquet, and Watercolor Thanks. The stems and buds were stamped directly on the green designer paper which is from Crate Paper. The flowers, leaves, and thanks were stamped on the SVG cut files which come free with the sets if you place them in your cart at the time of purchase. If not, you can purchase them later for 99¢. For added texture on this card, I used a die from Tim Holtz Mixed Media Thinlits by Sizzix. Beneath the die cut layer is a piece of blue BasicGrey designer paper.
A new month means a new challenge hostess for the CCEE Stampers Challenge Blog. For October, our fabulous challenges have been designed by the talented Frances Byrne.
Frances says that the of 5th October was Balloons Around The World Day. She has therefore challenged the CCEE Stampers to include a balloon or balloons on our cards.
Balloons seemed perfect for a birthday card for my 14 year-old grand nephew!
Today's adult Halloween design, sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps, features images from Graveyard Raven, Scaredy Cat, and Owl and Autumn Moon. I cut all the images except for the background tombstones and grass with the SVG cut files available for these three sets. Since my grandchildren are all adults now, I am having a lot of fun creating spookier Halloween cards!!
This card was created for entry in the following challenges:
The Paper Players Challenge #PP561 - Spooky
Just Us Girls - #640 Word Week - Halloween
Crafty Calendar Challenge - October Challenge - Halloween
The Dream Factory - Challenge #96 - The Birds
For additional designs featuring Kitchen Sink Stamps, please visit the blogs and YouTube videos of the members of the Kitchen Crew linked below:
Lois Bak, our September CCEE Challenge hostess, tells us that September is also Classical Music Month. She has challenged the CCEE Stampers to create a card with a musical theme. It doesn’t have to be classical music. It could be Jazz, Country, Rock 'n Roll - anything musical, even a musical instrument.
I created this card to honor of my sister who has devoted herself to providing music to a number of prison ministries for many years. I framed this and gave it to her for her birthday.
I love you, Liz, and the way in which the light of Christ shines through the life you live each and every day.
I used Splitcoaststampers' Sketch Challenge 873 to stamp this one layer Halloween card. It includes images from the newly released sets Graveyard Raven and Scaredy Cat with the haunted house from last year's Mysterious Mansion.
I also blended clouds over the top using SVG Cut Stencil Cloudy Skies.
I finally get to share with you all the beautiful new images from Kitchen Sink Stamps that I have been working with for the past few weeks! Today KSS is releasing 6 new stamps sets and 4 new SVG files for creating stencils with your electronic cutting machine.
The stamps sets include:
The background SVG files include:
SVG Cut Layered Flag Poles - Slimline Die Cut
SVG Haunting Bats Stencil Slimline Die Cut
SVG Distress Chevron Stencil Slimline Die Cut
SVG Stellar Layered Stars Stencil Slimline Die Cut
The first KSS sponsored card I am sharing with you today uses images from Stars & Stripes American Flag, Poppy Bouquet, and Remembrance Poppy. The color recipes I created for this card using Altenew inks for the poppies and Stampin' Up inks for the flag are added below the card. The clouds were finger dabbed on the blue card front with gesso. The fringe of grass across the bottom was stamped with the grass from Honey Bunny.
The second card features the cat from Scaredy Cat. This set also includes a fabulous cauldron with bubbles and a several fun sentiments. I also used the branch from Owl & Autumn Moon.
This final one layer card features an image from Clay Pots along with the Fall Chrysanthemum and a sentiment from Autumn Greetings.
For additional designs featuring Kitchen Sink Stamps, please visit the blogs and YouTube videos of the members of the Kitchen Crew linked below:
Six fabulous new sets and 4 SVC Cut Background Stencils will be released by Kitchen Sink Stamps on Monday. Here are a couple of sneak peeks!
September 22nd was the Autumnal Equinox. In honor of the beginning of autumn Frances Byrne has asked the CCEE Stampers to create a Fall-themed card.
I used Ray of Sunshine by Kitchen Sink Stamps for Simon Says Stamp's STAMPtember celebration to create this card.
I added a couple of images to this card as a sneak peek from two of the Kitchen Sink Stamps September sets. Six new sets will be released by KSS next Monday, September 27.
This card was created for today's Splitcoaststampers Sketch Challenge which can be found here. I added images from KSS' Sunflowers and Autumn Greetings, as well. The designer paper is by Graphic 45.
Today's Kitchen Sink Stamps sponsored design includes a HUGE sneak peek at one of the new images being released on September 27. I am sure that Kitchen Sink Stamps fans can pick out the new image featured in this autumn scene. Enjoy!
New Set to be released on Monday, September 27
September is National Mushroom Month. So the CCEE Stampers have an easy challenge from September Hostess, Lois Bak: include a mushroom on your card.
My card features a Morel Mushroom digital image from Power Poppy which I colored with watercolors.
Here are the cards created by the CCEE Stampers DT:
