Hiking through the Meadows

I have been having so much fun working with Hiking through the Meadows, the small die of the month for September from Spellbinders. Because of having to do much of my crafting away from my craft space due to life circumstances, dies are becoming more and more my go-to card making technique. I can take boxes of my die cut pieces and glue and piece to my hearts content with nothing but a bottle of glue, card fronts, embossed panels, and sentiment tags!

I made two of these this morning: one for  Mother Mark's Teapot Tuesday Challenge #794 at Splitcoaststampers and one for a friend who is having a knee replacement today.

Is it just in Texas, or is it everywhere that shoulder and knee replacements are now day surgery? That's just crazy.

Sentiment by Divinity Designs

3D Embossing Folder by Sizzix

I have entered this card in the following challenges this week:

Happy Little Stamper - HLS October - Anything Goes with Dies

Can You Handle the Pressure? - Anything Goes

Cardz 4 Guys Challenge Blog - #332 Autumnal/Fall Colours

Make My Monday - Challenge #211 - Autumn Colours

Inspire.Create Challenge #153 - Autumn/Halloween

CCEE2013 - Caffeine Awareness Month

For the final CCEE Stampers' challenge for March, Hostess Maryann Einam thinks in these trying times, we could all do with a strong cup of coffee.

To celebrate Caffeine Awareness Month, she has asked that  CCEE Stampers everywhere create a coffee themed card.

Included in this design are images from:

Coffee Cups by Divinity Designs

 Coffee beans and sentiments by Gina Marie Designs

Coffee Heartbeat Die by Divinity Designs

Check out the fabulous coffee creations from the CCEE Stampers DT:

Kelly McKown-Santi
Anne Harmon

Vicky Gould

Lois Bak
Liz Williams

Frances Byrne
Maryann Einam

CCEE1938 - Talk Like a Pirate

Ahoy there me Hearties!!!!

It's challenge time for the CCEE Stampers!

Today is Talk Like A Pirate Day, so grab those pirate stamps/dies to create your card this week. If you have no pirate stamps, think beach, ocean or treasure.

The ocean designer paper is from Divinity Designs, LLC.
The sentiment is from Llama Fiesta by Sizzix.
The Jolly Roger is a die  from Cuttlebug.

What pirate adventures await you with the CCEE Design Team?
Check it out!

Anne Harmon

Vicky Gould

Lois Bak

Liz Williams
Frances Byrne
Maryann Einam
Kelly McKown-Santi