CCEE 1747 - Weddings and Babies

As the last of our celebratory month, Joanne would like for
the CCEE Stampers

to make a baby card OR a wedding

card......our choice.

She suggested that if we have lots of time, we could make both....lol!!!)
Time I don't have so I made a fun card to welcome a new baby girl.

The Dachshund is from
Gina Marie Designs.

I wonder who made baby cards and who made wedding cards?

Let's Find Out!!

Joanne Grzelak

Anne Harmon

Vicky Gould

Lois Bak

Liz Williams

Frances Byrne

Maryann Einam
Kelly McKown-Santi

Peace to All - Let's Make a Scene - KSS

For this week's Let's Make a Scene design sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps I have created a card for the holiday season using images from Snowy Pine Trees Multi Step Clear Stamps and Birch Trees Multi Step Clear Stamps. The sentiment is from Kitchen Sink Stamps' Playful Christmas 1 Multi Step Clear Stamps. The moose was created with a moose die from Gina Marie Designs.

Multi Step Snowy Pine Trees

Multi Step Birch Trees

Playful Christmas 1

Color Recipe 

for the snowy pines

Layer 3 Stampin' Up Mossy Meadow

Layer 2 Stampin' Up Old Olive

Layer 1 Stampin' Up Lucky Limeade

Color Recipe

for the birch trunks

Layer 2 PaperTrey Ink Dark Chocolate

Layer 1 PaperTrey Ink Classic Kraft

I used a brush to add Peacock Feathers Distress Ink for the sky.

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when you visit

 Maria Colosimo - owner and creator
of Kitchen Sink Stamps

CCEE1747 - Holiday Stash

This week Joanne has the CCEE Stampers making a card for our holiday stash.  She said it can be a Christmas card, a New Year’s card, or a winter card…..whichever one we think we most need for our stash.

I am frantically trying to get my Christmas cards in the mail before December 1 so mine is a Christmas card, of course.

This card was created with Stampin' Up's Night in Bethlehem.

See the cards the members of the CCEE Design Team are adding to their stashes this week!

Joanne Grzelak

Anne Harmon

Vicky Gould

Lois Bak

Liz Williams
Frances Byrne

Maryann Einam
Kelly McKown-Santi

Roses of Sympathy - KSS

A dear friend lost her sweet mother on Saturday so for this week's design sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps I have used their Heart & Roses Multi Step Clear Stamps set and their Words of Comfort & Joy Clear Stamps to create this feminine sympathy card.

Color Recipe for the Rose

Layer 4 Memento Rhubarb Stalk stamped 3 times (using my MISTI, of course)
Layer 3 Memento Rhubarb Stalk
Layer 2 Memento Love Letter
Layer 1 PaperTrey Ink Hibiscus Burst

Leaves
Layer 3 Stampin' Up Old Olive
Layer 2 Memento Bamboo Leaves
Layer 1 Memento Pistachio

The embossing folder is Rose by Anna Griffin for Cuttlebug.

Check out the latest autumn beauty created by

Maria Colosimo - owner and creator

of Kitchen Sink Stamps

CCEE1746 - Floral Birthday

Happy Birthday to our beloved CCEE hostess, Joanne Grzelak!!  In honor of her special day, this week's challenge is to make a feminine birthday card with flowers.  In addition, Joanne has asked the CCEE Stampers to honor her on her birthday by doing a random act of kindness.  She has asked us to call a friend who might need cheer, pay for someone's coffee, or give a hug, .....try to make a difference.

The sentiment is from Happy Birthday, Everyone by Stampin' Up

The Die Cut Wildflowers are by Tim Holtz

Here are the floral creations from the rest of the CCEE Stampers honoring Joanne on her birthday!

Joanne Grzelak

Anne Harmon

Vicky Gould

Lois Bak

Liz Williams

Frances Byrne
Maryann Einam
Kelly McKown-Santi

Thanksgiving Blessings - KSS LMS061

I have been struggling with computer issues in recent days and have finally gotten this post to load. Later this morning, it is off to the repair shop where I hope they are able to fix all the computer problems I have been having for the past week.

For today's Let's Make a Scene design sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps, I have made a card of thanksgiving. It includes images fro the following Kitchen Sink Stamps sets.

Turkey Trot Multi Step Clear Stamps
Trees Multi Step Clear Stamps
Birch Trees Multi Step Clear Stamps
Pumpkins Multi Step Clear Stamps

Check out Maria's blog below for more

Kitchen Sink Stamps inspiration:

 Maria Colosimo - owner and creator

CCEE1745 - Masculine Cards

Our CCEE hostess, Joanne, says that she never seems to have enough masculine birthday cards.  She has therefore declared this a week for the guys. We are to make a masculine card of any type….does not have to be a birthday card.

I am always in need of masculine cards of encouragement to send for members of my church. I made a half-dozen of these this week to add to my church stash.

The deer image is from Gina Marie Designs and the sentiment is from New Mercies by Verve. The woodgrain background was stamped with Hardwood by Stampin' Up.

See more wonderful masculine designs
by the CCEE Stampers:

Joanne Grzelak

Anne Harmon

Vicky Gould

Lois Bak

Liz Williams
Frances Byrne

Maryann Einam
Kelly McKown-Santi

KSS - Into the Forest

I created today's card sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps for Clean and Simple Challenge 454 - Into the Forest at Splitcoaststampers. Tricia's description of the challenge in a nutshell: Make a card that features either creatures that would live in the forest (birds, raccoons, deer, fox, squirrels, wolves, etc.) or the forest itself. (Trees, branches)

This card went together so quickly and easily. It is basically a one layer design with cut out birch tree trunks glued over the stamped background.

Kitchen Sink Stamps images used came from:

Turkey Trot Multi Step Clear Stamps
Birch Trees Multi Step Clear Stamps
Honey Bunny Multi Step Clear Stamps (for the grass)

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 Maria Colosimo - owner and creator

CCEE1744 - Cards of Thanks

This month our CCEE hostess, Joanne Grzelak, is going to keep it simple.  The holidays are coming, and times will be busy.  This will be a month of celebrations.  This week she would like us to make a Thanksgiving card OR a card of thanks.

Mine was created with the Thanks a Latte Impresslits by Sizzix.

See what the rest of the CCEE Stampers have created:

Joanne Grzelak

Anne Harmon

Vicky Gould

Lois Bak

Liz Williams
Frances Byrne

Maryann Einam
Kelly McKown-Santi