CCEE1648 - RED

Today is Eat a Red Apple Day, so in the spirit of Christmas the CCEE Stampers are each creating something that includes the color red.

The coffee cup and embossed background are by Tim Holtz and Sizzix.

The Hand is by Impression Obsession

Look in on the CCEE Stampers and see how they used red in this week's design:

Anne Harmon

Vicky Gould

Lois Bak

Liz Williams
Frances Byrne

Maryann Einam

Poppy Girl - Unity

I am trying to be more faithful in sending snail mail to my two college age granddaughters this year, and I have found a stamp line that is perfect in helping me with that goal. I have started collecting images from the Angie Girls by Unity. The images are of strong, beautiful young women and the sentiments are encouraging and filled with truth.

Here is one that I am sending out this week.

Images: Poppy Girl by Unity

Designer Paper: Sleigh Ride by Cratepaper

Ink: Versafine Onyx Black

Colored with reinkers

KSS - Sleigh Ride

Fourth Mondays always bring a new Let's Make a Scene design sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps.

This week I am sharing a Christmas card which features images from Birch Trees Multi Step Clear Stamps, Rolling Hills Multi Step Clear Stamps, Snowy Cabin Multi Step Clear Stamps, and Tree Friends Multi Step Clear Stamps. I embellished the scene with punched snowflakes by Tonic and a die cut sentiment from Sizzix's Holiday Words #2.

This design has been entered in the following challenges:

Addicted to Stamps Challenge #136 - Die Cuts and/or Punches

Christmas Card Challenge - #50 Anythings Goes Christmas

Come and Get It Challenges - Baby It's Cold Outside

Allsorts Challenge Blog - Week 391 - Anything Christmas

Challenge Up Your Life - Challenge #55 - Snowflakes

The Kitchen Sink Crew:

 Lisa Somerville - designer

 Maria Colosimo - owner and creator

CCEE1647 - Pins and Needles

For her last week as CCEE hostess for the month of November, Frances tells us, "Sunday 27th November is Pins and Needles Day which commemorates the opening of a historical Broadway Play called Pins and Needles in 1937.

This week let's create cards with a sewing theme, using either stamps, dies,  papers, buttons, pins, needles or any combination of the above."

I think this will make a fun birthday card for one of my sewing friends!

Images:

Mouse Bounce by House-Mouse Designs, Inx.

Sentiment from Happiest Birthday Wishes by Stampin' Up

Sewing & Writing Dies by Sizzix

Designer Paper by Graphic 45

Check out the oh, "sew" cute designs by the CCEE Team and then join us in this fun challenge!

Joanne Grzelak

Anne Harmon

Vicky Gould

Lois Bak

Liz Williams
Frances Byrne

Maryann Einam

KSS - Playful Christmas 2

Back today with a couple of quick and simple Christmas cards sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps. Both the 10 Minute and 10 Minute More designs use images from their Playful Christmas 2 Multi Step Clear Stamps

10 Minute Card

Papers: Recollections White, Stampin' Up Emerald Envy and Daffodil Delight

Inks: Stampin' Up Certainly Celery and Crushed Curry, Memento Cottage Ivy

20 Minute Card

Papers: Recollections White, Stampin' Up Pretty in Pink and Real Red

Inks: Stampin' Up Pretty in Pink and Real Red

Tools: Spellbinders Die

Embellishment: Glitter Ribbon, Glitter Star, Rhinestones

Visit the Kitchen Crew:

Lisa Somerville - designer

 Maria Colosimo - owner and creator

CCEE 1646 - Bears

Frances informed the CCEE Stampers that yesterday was "Have a Party with Your Bear Day". So to celebrate, she has challenged us to feature bears on our cards this week.

 I am still catching up on Christmas cards so I will have enough to mail on December 1. Can you believe that December is almost here?

Images:

Bear from Pines by Stampin' Up

Birch Trees Multi Step Clear Stamps by Kitchen Sink Stamps
Sentiment from Stampabilities

To see more bear cards visit the CCEE Stampers!

Joanne Grzelak

Anne Harmon

Vicky Gould

Lois Bak

Liz Williams

Frances Byrne

Maryann Einam

I am also entering today's card in the following challenges:

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - Challenge 390 - Christmas

Cute Card Thursday - Challenge 452 - Christmas/Holidays

Southern Girls Challenge 148 - Anything Goes

Sweet Stampin' Christmas - Anything (Christmas) Goes

KSS - Let's Make a Scene - Turkey Trot

It is hard to believe that Thanksgiving is almost here when it seems like just yesterday when we were starting a new year. This week has be searching through recipes to find that perfect side dish to compliment our traditional turkey and dressing.

This week's Let's Make a Scene design sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps is one of the few Thanksgiving cards I will be sending out this year. It features images from Turkey Trot Multi Step Clear Stamps, Birch Trees Multi Step Clear Stamps, and Pumpkins Multi Step Clear Stamps from Kitchen Sink Stamps.

Visit the Kitchen Crew:

 Lisa Somerville - designer

 Maria Colosimo - owner and creator

I am entering this card in the following challenges this week:

Fashionable Stamping Challenges - Challenge #117 - Tis the Season

Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog - Challenge #342 - Anything for Thanksgiving

Crafty Calendar Challenge - Autumn Colours

The Ribbon Girl - November Card Challenge

Origami Day

November 11 is Origami Day!  Our CCEE Hostess, Frances Byrne, has asked the CCEE Stampers to include something origami on our cards this week. It could be a folded shirt, dress, crane, a folded box whatever you like.

Since I am playing catch up on Christmas cards this year, I have folded a 5 pointed star to use as the focus of this holiday card.

Die: Holiday Greens by Tim Holtz for Sizzix
Stamp: Merry Christmas 06 by Stampabilities

Check out the fun origami creations by the rest of the CCEE Stampers Design Team:

Anne Harmon

Vicky Gould

Lois Bak

Liz Williams
Frances Byrne

Maryann Einam

I am also entering this card in the following challenges:

Sweet Stampin' Christmas - Anything (Christmas) Goes

Fab'n'Funky - Challenge #326 - Get Krafty!

Autumn Birthday - Kitchen Sink Stamps

Autumn birthdays were on my mind as I designed this week's 10 Minutes and 10 Minutes More cards sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps. I let the giant sunflower stamped in shades of red be the focus of this spray of autumn leaves and berries. For the 10 minute card I stamped directly on a kraft panel using masking. For the 20 minute design I stamped the leaves and sunflower on a separate white panel and cut them out to pop up over the stamped branch and berries with a little twine and burlap embellishment.

Kitchen Sink Stamps used for these cards include:

Giant Sunflower Multi Step Clear Stamps
Owl & Autumn Moon Multi Step Clear Stamps
Autumn Squirrel Multi Step Clear Stamps
Harvest Multi Step Clear Stamps
Simple Sentiments Clear Stamps

The berries were stamped with a pencil eraser.

10 Minute Card

20 Minute Card

I have entered the 20 minute card in the following challenges:

Great Impressions - November Challenge - Anything Goes

Sunday Stamps - SSC139 - Autumn Splendor

The Artistic Stamper - November Creative Challenge - Autumnal

Connie Can Crop - #52 - Pumpkin Spice

Thank you for visiting me today! Treat yourself to more Kitchen Sink Stamps inspiration by visiting the Kitchen Crew:

 Lisa Somerville - designer

 Maria Colosimo - owner and creator

CCEE 1644 - Wobbly Wednesday

It's a brand new month which means it is time to introduce Frances Byrne, our CCEE challenge hostess for November.

For our first challenge this month, Frances tells us that the 2nd of November was Wobbly Wednesday, a day set aside to bring awareness to a condition called Nystagmus, a non-stop and uncontrolled movement of the eyes which is symptomatic of problems with the visual system of the brain and body.

So the challenge this week is to put some wobble in our designs.

Image: Bird Crazy by Tim Holtz

Dies by Sizzix


Check out the cards created by the CCEE Design Team:

Anne Harmon

Vicky Gould

Lois Bak

Liz Williams
Frances Bryne

Maryann Einam