CCEE Stampers - Numbers!

Since the theme this week at CCEE Stampers is "Numbers" I decided to create this 8th birthday spinner card. I started with a piece of 5 x 10.5 card stock which I scored at 2.5, 5, 7.5, and 10. I then added designer paper to the two left panels before die cutting the oval.

I used my computer to generate the two eights. After cutting them out and gluing them together, I attached a gold cord to the back and suspended the eight in the center of the oval securing it with tape before sealing the card with a strip of Scor-Tape on the half inch panel at the far right.

The card folds flat and with the overhanging pieces fits in a 6 inch square envelope.

Stamps: Multi Step Teddy Bear Wishes and Multi Step Bunch o' Balloons by Kitchen Sink Stamps

It's Your Birthday by Stampin' Up

Papers: Lucky Limeade, Riding Hood Red, and Summer Sun by Stampin' Up

Recollections White and  Lost & Found Two by My Mind's Eye

Inks: Memento Espresso Truffle, Rich Cocoa, Peanut Brittle, Toffee Crunch, 

Love Letter, and Pear Tart

Stampin' Up More Mustard and Lucky Limeade

Tools: Oval Nestabilities, Scor-Tape, Dimensionals

Embellishment: Gold Cord and Gray DMC

Please visit the CCEE Stampers and see all the creative use of numbers by the design team. If you choose to play along, use CCEE1422 as your keyword when loading it to an online gallery and then link it to the CCEE blog. We would love to see your numbers creations!

Celebrating Memorial Day

I felt compelled to create Memorial Day cards today with my Kitchen Sink Stamps to honor our remarkable men and women who have given so much in the service of our country. Because of them we are able to live a life of freedom in this amazing country we call home. To each and every one of them, both past and present, I send my heartfelt thanks.  (Post sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps).

10 Minute Card

Stamps: Playful Christmas 2 Clear Stamps 
and Ready 4 Any Holiday Clear Stamps
by Kitchen Sink Stamps

Paper: Recollections White and Real Red by Stampin' Up

Inks: Danube Blue and Love Letter by Memento

Tools: SU Punches, Blue Marker

Embellishment: Rhinestones

10 Minutes and 10 Minutes More Card

Stamps: Teddy Bear Wishes Multi Step Clear Stamps, 
Tulip Garden Multi Step Clear Stamps, 
Playful Christmas 2 Clear Stamps,

and Ready 4 Any Holiday Clear Stamps
by Kitchen Sink Stamps

Papers: Recollections White and Stampin' Up Real Red

Inks:  Bear - 3 Memento Rich Cocoa, 2 Memento Peanut Brittle,

1 Memento Toffee Crunch, 4 Memento Espresso Truffle

Flower Stems and Grass - Stampin' Up Gumball Green

Pennants - Memento Love Letter and Danube Blue

Sentiment - Memento Espresso Truffle

Embellishment: Toothpick and Pearls

Tool: Martha Stewart Flower Punch

Enjoy your holiday with family and friends and spend a little time reflecting on those being honored today!

Look in on the Kitchen Crew!

 * Connie * Lisa * Maria

Power Poppy Sketch 1

This card was completed for the Power Poppy Get Sketchy Challenge using their recently released digital image, Gerbera Daisies.

Image: Gerbera Daisies by Power Poppy

Stamps: Never a Loss 4 Words by KSS

Paper: Recollections White, SU Orchid Opulence

Inks: Copic Markers, SU Marigold Morning, Versafine Onyx Black

Tools: Nestabilites, Sizzix Embossing Folder

Embellishment: Ribbon

CCEE1421 - Clear Creations

Today's CCEE Challenge has us using panels of acetate as a part of our designs. I have used my acetate panel as the glass in my window.

I used mostly dies and punches to create my card today. The window is Grand Madison Window by Poppy Stamps. The branch is part of Tim Holtz's Bird Branch with punched leaves added. The bird die is from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps.

I used 3 circle punches to mount the sentiment from Azaelas by Power Poppy.

Please check out the samples created by the CCEE Team and play along at CCEE Stampers!

The Cherry on Top

Welcome back to another Kitchen Sink Monday. The inspiration for today's 10 Minutes and 10 Minutes More designs comes from Kitchen Sink Stamps' Cherries Multi Step Clear Stamps on sale now for $6.50. Receive an additional 10% off your KSS order by entering the store through my right sidebar!  (Post sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps).

10 Minute Card

Stamps: Cherries Multi Step Clear Stamps by Kitchen Sink Stamps

Paper: Recollections White and SU Basic Black

Inks: Cherries - 3 Memento Rhubarb Stalk, 2 Memento Love Letter, 

1 Memento Love Letter stamped off once

Stems and Leaves - Memento Bamboo Leaves

Sentiment - Versafine Onyx Black

10 Minutes and 10 Minutes More Card

Stamps: Cherries Multi Step Clear Stamps by Kitchen Sink Stamps

Papers: Recollections White, SU Poppy Parade, Lucky Limeade, and Baja Breeze,

Fruit Stand by Doodlebug Designs, Inc.

Inks: Cherries - 3 Memento Rhubarb Stalk, 2 Memento Love Letter,

1 Memento Love Letter stamped off once

Leaves - 1 Memento Pear Tart, 2 Memento Bamboo Leaves

Sentiment - Memento Love Letter

Tools: Oval Nestabilities, EK Success Flower Border Punch, White Gelly Roll Pen

Embellishment: Rhinestones and Ribbon

Don't miss the Crew's creations!!

 * Connie * Lisa * Maria

Thanks for your visit!!

Power Poppy Upbeat 1 Challenge

I am back today with another card for a Power Poppy Challenge. The task was to be inspired by Thelonious Monk's Paris 1969 album cover featured on the Power Poppy Blog.

I created the the watery background by inking an acrylic block with Memento Summer Sky and Lulu Lavender. After masking the tulips, I spritzed the block with water and stamped it over the bottom portion of the panel. I then splattered more ink over the top of that. Next I removed the mask and shaded the tulips with a variety of gray Prismacolor pencils. The butterfly was created with a Martha Stewart punch. The sentiment is from Power Poppy's Good Thinking: Renewal.

CCEE 1420 Sketch

Today is my first official day as a member of the CCEE Stampers' Design Team. What a thrill it is to be working with these talented stampers many of whom have been my cyber stamping friends for nearly 10 years.

This week's challenge is to create a card with this sketch:



Here is the Father's Day card I have created with this fun layout!

Stamps: By the Tide by Stampin' Up and Happy Thoughts by Verve

Papers: Baked Brown Sugar, Cool Caribbean, Naturals Ivory, More Mustard

So Saffron, and Soft Suede by Stampin' Up

Designer Paper by K&Company

Inks: Cool Caribbean, Tempting Turquoise, More Mustard, 

and Early Espresso By Stampin' Up

Tuxedo Black, Peanut Brittle, and Gray Flannel by Memento

Tools: Oval Nestabilities, Cuttlebug Shell Dies, Martha Stewart Punch

Play along with us using this sketch and post your card over on CCEE Stampers! We would love to see what you create with this fun layout! You will also find the beautiful samples by the rest of the design team shared there!

Spring Tulips

Welcome back to another Kitchen Sink Monday! This week I have pulled the watering can from Kitchen Sink Stamps' Multi Step Sunflowers and mixed it with the smallest tulips from Bitty Tulip Bouquet Multi Step Clear Stamps to created this week's 10 Minutes and 10 Minutes More designs.
 (Post sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps).

Ten Minute Card

Stamps: Sunflowers Multi Step Clear Stamps, 
Bitty Tulip Bouquet Multi Step Clear Stamps, 
and Never a Loss 4 Words Clear Stamps

by Kitchen Sink Stamps

Papers: Recollections White, SU Basic Black and Orchid Opulence

Inks: Watering Can - 4 Memento Tuxedo Black, 3 Memento Gray Flannel,

2 Memento London Fog, 1 Memento London Fog stamped off once

Tulips - 3 Memento Sweet Plum, 2 Memento Lilac Posies, 1 Memento Lilac

Posies stamped off once, 4 Memento Grape Jelly

Stems were drawn with a Copic Marker

Tools: Cuttlebug Embossing Folder

10 Minutes and 10 Minutes More Card

Stamps: Sunflowers Multi Step Clear Stamps, 
Bitty Tulip Bouquet Multi Step Clear Stamps, 
Honey Bunny Multi Step Clear Stamps,

and Simple Sentiments Clear Stamps 
by Kitchen Sink Stamps

Papers: Recollections White, SU Lucky Limeade and Orchid Opulence

Inks: Watering Can - 4 Memento Tuxedo Black, 3 Memento Gray Flannel,

2 Memento London Fog, 1 Memento London Fog stamped off once

Tulips - 3 Memento Sweet Plum, 2 Memento Lilac Posies, 1 Memento Lilac

Posies, 4 Memento Grape Jelly

Stems - 1 Memento Bamboo Leaves, 2 Memento Bamboo Leaves

Grass - 2 Memento Cottage Ivy and Bamboo Leaves

Sponged Sky - Stampin' Up Bashful Blue

Tools: EK Success edge punch

Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by today!! For more KSS inspiration, visit the rest of the Kitchen Sink Crew!

 * Connie * Lisa * Maria

Power Poppy World 1 Challenge

For Power Poppy's first challenge, participants are to select at least three of the colors from their featured photo and use them along with one of the newly released digital flowers in their collection to complete an entry. I have chosen the orange, yellow, and green and used them with the Gerbera Daisies.

Digital Images: Gerbera Daisies by Power Poppy

Papers: Georgia Pacific White, Lucky Limeade and Pumpkin Pie by Stampin' Up

Inks: SU Daffodil Delight and Copic Markers

Tools: Circle Nestabilities

                                             

May = Hydrangeas

Early May always brings back wonderful childhood memories of my beloved grandmother who passed away nearly 30 years ago. Not a single Mother's Day came around without her bringing a beautiful hydrangea of pink or blue or purple to my mother. As the stores begin to fill with these wonderful blossoms again this year, I think of her and smile.  (Post sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps).

10 Minute Card

Stamps: Hydrangea Multi Step Clear Stamps and Never a Loss 4 Words Clear Stamps

by Kitchen Sink Stamps

Paper: Recollections White, SU Regal Rose

Inks: 3 SU Regal Rose, 2 SU Regal Rose stamped off once,

1 SU Regal Rose stamped off twice, 4 SU Primrose Petals 

Leaves - 3 Memento Olive Grove, 2 Memento Bamboo Leaves,

1 Memento Bamboo Leaves stamped off once

Sentiment - SU Primrose Petals

Tools: Nestabilities Dies

10 Minutes and 10 Minutes More Card

Stamps: Hydrangea Multi Step Clear Stamps, Words of Love Clear Stamps, 
and Never a Loss 4 Words Clear Stamps

by Kitchen Sink Stamps

Paper: Recollections White, SU Bashful Blue and Marina Mist

Inks: 3 Memento Grape Jelly, 2 Memento Grape Jelly stamped off once,

1 Memento Grape Jelly stamped off twice, 4 Versafine Imperial Purple 

Leaves - 3 Memento Olive Grove, 2 Memento Bamboo Leaves,

1 Memento Bamboo Leaves stamped off once

Urn - 3 Memento Gray Flannel, 2 Memento London Fog, 1 Memento 

London Fog stamped off once, 4 Memento Tuxedo Black
Butterfly - 3 Memento Tuxedo Black, 2 Memento Morocco, 1 Memento Tangelo

Sentiment - Memento Tuxedo Black

Tools: QuicKutz Dies

Visit the Kitchen Sink Crew for more KSS inspiration!

 * Connie * Lisa * Maria