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Joanne is our hostess for the CCEE Stampers last challenge of 2015.  We will be taking a short break before returning in the New Year on January 7th.  So at this time we would all like to extend our wishes for a wonderful holiday season.  Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all!!!

So.....here is this week's challenge.....

Did you know? There are occasional "Leap Seconds" added to the official year. They help to correct minor variations in time. On December 31, 2015, the folks who maintain the official time for the planet, will add an extra second to the day!  To honor this, the challenge for this week is to incorporate time into your card…..a clock, a calendar, a date, a watch, etc.

For my card I used images from Father's Pocket Watch Multi Step Clear Stamps by Kitchen Sink Stamps.

We would love for you to join us for the final challenge of 2015 and add a link to your card on the CCEE Stampers's Blog. Thanks to those of you who have played along with us this year! We loved seeing your wonderful creations!

Happy Holly Days!

Today's 10 Minutes and 10 Minutes More designs sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps were created with their Holly & Mistletoe Multi Step Clear Stamps set. I love using this classic holiday greenery on my Christmas cards and tags. It always looks so festive!

This is the color recipe I used for the holly leaves: layer 3 - Memento Northern Pine, layer 2 - Memento Cottage Ivy, layer 1 - Memento Bamboo Leaves stamped twice.

10 Minute Card

20 Minute Card

Visit the blogs of the Kitchen Sink Crew Members for more KSS inspiration!

 Lisa Somerville - designer

 Maria Colosimo - owner and creator

Roof Over Your Head - CCEE1549

Today is National Roof Over Your Head Day.   It is a day to be thankful for those of us who are fortunate enough to have a safe home to live in AND to think about those around the world who do not.  To mark this day, our CCEE challenge today is to make a card with a house/building of some sort on it.

Stamps: Holiday Home by Stampin' Up

Holiday Greetings by Verve

Join us in this week's challenge and post a card on the CCEE Blog!

Check out the houses the rest of the CCEE Stampers used in their designs!

Joanne Grzelak

Anne Harmon

Vicky Gould

Sabrina Friel

Lois Bak

Liz Williams

Frances Bryne
Maryann Einam

10 and 20 Minute Poinsettias - KSS

I am getting busy today on more Christmas cards. I really need to get mine finished and in the mail this week so I can move on to more pressing Christmas projects like scrapbook and recipe pages for our families' yearly albums. I will be scrapping 12 sets of 4 different pages for my family members this year for a total of 48 scrapbook pages. I will be scrapping 20 sets of recipe pages (front and back) for members of my husband's family. That makes a grand total of 88 pages! Yikes! I'm sure glad I work FAST!!

The 10 Minutes and 10 Minutes More designs for Kitchen Sink Stamps feature the beautiful Poinsettia Multi Step Clear Stamps. On both cards the poinsettias were stamped, cut out, and popped up on the card front.

This is the color recipe I used on the flowers:

Poinsettia: Layer 5 - Memento Rhubarb Stalk stamped twice, Layer 4 - Memento Rhubarb Stalk, Layer 3 - Memento Lady Bug, Layer 2 Memento Love Letter, and I omitted Layer 1

Gold microbeads were glued to the center of each flower.

Leaves: Layer 1, 2, and 3 - Memento Bamboo Leaves, Layer 4 Memento Olive Grove

10 Minute Card

20 Minute Card

See more Kitchen Sink Stamps inspiration by visiting the rest of the crew:

 Lisa Somerville - designer

 Maria Colosimo - owner and creator

CCEE 1548 - Black Friday

Today is Thanksgiving in the USA and tomorrow is Black Friday. Many will be taking advantage of the sales. Our November hostess, Frances, has asked that the CCEE Stampers create a card with a shopping theme. The card must also include the color black on it somewhere.

My card pretty much sums up my shopping philosophy be it shoes, pants, blouses, whatever! If it fits, is comfortable, and looks good, buy it in every color available!

All stamp images are Stampin' Up!

Check out these fun shopping designs by the CCEE Design Team Members
and then, of course, join in the fun:

Joanne Grzelak

Anne Harmon

Vicky Gould

Sabrina Friel

Lois Bak

Liz Williams

Frances Bryne
Maryann Einam

4th Monday - KSS Let's Make a Scene - Merry Christmas, Neighbor!

Another 4th Monday has rolled around which brings with it a new Let's Make a Scene design sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps. I decided to take the opportunity today to create a special holiday card for a very special neighbor! The scene outside the window was created with images from Cabin by the Lake Multi Step Clear Stamps and Snowy Pine Trees Multi Step Clear Stamps. The Christmas tree inside the house was created using images from Pine Trees Multi Step Clear Stamps, Christmas Lights Multi Step Clear Stamps, and Plaid Plus Clear Stamps.

Also designing for Kitchen Sink Stamps:

 Lisa Somerville - designer

 Maria Colosimo - owner and creator

What an honor that you have stopped by my blog today! Thanks for  your visit!

Universal Children's Day - CCEE 1547

Tomorrow is Universal Children's Day. Frances, our November CCEE hostess, has asked that we create a card featuring a child having fun of some type.

When I was a child, the most fun I had involved trips to the library where I loaded up on books which took me on amazing adventures all over the world! What a blessing reading has been to my life! So much so that my life's work was teaching children to read by sharing my love for books with them. I never taught from a basal reader, but always from the amazing world of children's literature! Hopefully, that love for reading has served them well.

Stamps from All Booked Up by Papertrey Ink

Designer Paper by Graphic 45

See the rest of the designs for Universal Children's Day
created by the CCEE Stampers and then join us in this fun challenge!

Joanne Grzelak

Anne Harmon

Vicky Gould

Sabrina Friel

Lois Bak

Liz Williams

Frances Bryne

Maryann Einam

KSS Turkey Trot

This week's 10 Minutes and 10 Minutes More designs sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps were created featuring images from Turkey Trot Multi Step Clear Stamps. 

Can you believe that Thanksgiving is almost here? This week I will be busy searching for some exciting side dishes to accompany my Thanksgiving turkey as well as looking forward to spending some time with my extended family. We always have such fun together!

10 Minute Card

Color Recipe for Turkey

Layer 3 - Memento Rich Cocoa

Layer 2 - Memento Potter's Clay

Layer 1 - Memento Peanut Brittle

Grass and Sentiment - Memento Cottage Ivy

20 Minute Card

For this card I added a couple of baskets of mums from the Harvest Multi Step Clear Stamps set.

The rest of the Kitchen Sink Crew:

 Lisa Somerville - designer

 Maria Colosimo - owner and creator

Sesame Street Day at CCEE Stampers

On  November 10th Sesame Street celebrated 46 years on television. To honor this great show for its years of contributions to the entertainment and education of young children, Frances has asked the CCEE Stampers to create a card inspired by the show … It could feature any of the characters from the show; something related to a character like a garbage bin or cookies; or feature a letter of the alphabet etc.

My stamp collection doesn't contain any Sesame Street characters so I created this famous duo with my punches!

The sentiment is from True Friend by Stampin' Up.

Here are links to the Sesame Street tribute cards created by the rest of the CCEE Stampers

Joanne Grzelak

Anne Harmon

Vicky Gould

Sabrina Friel

Lois Bak

Liz Williams

Frances Bryne
Maryann Einam

Winter Cabin - KSS Monday

The second Monday in November finds me farther behind on Christmas cards than I have ever been at this late date in the year. This week's Let's Make a Scene design sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps uses a great mix of winter images to create a greeting card for the holidays and gets me one step closer to being ready to mail out my Christmas cards the week after Thanksgiving.

Stamps: Cabin by the Lake Multi Step Clear Stamps, 
Build a Garland Multi Step Clear Stamps, 

Snowy Pine Trees Multi Step Clear Stamps, 
Greetings from the Woods Clear Stamps, and 

Tree Friends Multi Step Clear Stamps by Kitchen Sink Stamps

Papers: Recollections White, Stampin' Up Mossy Meadow and Crumb Cake

Inks: Memento Northern Pine, Olive Grove, Cottage Ivy, Toffee Crunch, Potter's Clay, Rich Cocoa, Peanut Brittle, Espresso Truffle, and Summer Sky

Also creating with Kitchen Sink Stamps are these Kitchen Crew Members:

 Lisa Somerville - designer

 Maria Colosimo - owner and creator

Circles, Circles Everywhere!! CCEE1545

Our November CCEE hostess, Frances, has us running around in circles this week! I went with a fun easy way to use up scraps to make a bright and colorful birthday card! I hope you like it. I punched  circles in all colors and sizes and glued them to my black front panel before embossing it with my circle embossing folder. Lastly, I added a sentiment and bow to create this simple birthday design.

Check out these other fabulous circle designs by the CCEE Team and then play along!!

Joanne Grzelak

Anne Harmon

Vicky Gould

Sabrina Friel

Lois Bak

Amber Hillman

Liz Williams

Frances Bryne
Maryann Einam

KKS Monday - Autumn Squirrel

Watching the squirrels scurry around burying pecans in my front yard on Wednesday inspired me to reach for my 3 Step Autumn Squirrel set to create this week's 10 Minutes and 10 Minutes More designs for Kitchen Sink Stamps. I am glad to see that they will visit me again this winter to dig up their sweet Texas pecans for a quick lunch!

10 Minute Card

Stamps: Autumn Squirrel Multi Step Clear Stamps, Harvest Multi Step Clear Stamps, and Simple Sentiments Clear Stamps 
by Kitchen Sink Stamps

Color Recipe for Squirrel:

Layer 3 Memento Rich Cocoa stamped twice

Layer 2 Memento Potter's Clay

Layer 1 Memento Toffee Crunch stamped twice

Designer Paper - Pyrus by BasicGrey

20 Minute Card

Stamps: Autumn Squirrel Multi Step Clear Stamps, Birch Trees Multi Step Clear Stamps, and Words of Love Clear Stamps

by Kitchen Sink Stamps

Color Recipes:

Squirrel

Layer 3 Memento Espresso Truffle

Layer 2 Memento Potter's Clay

Layer 1 Memento Desert Sand stamped twice

Birch Trunks

Layer 2 Memento Espresso Truffle

Layer 1 Memento Toffee Crunch

Birch Leaves

Layer 3 Memento Morocco

Layer 2 Memento Tangelo

Layer 1 Memento Dandelion

Other members of the Kitchen Sink Crew are:

 Lisa Somerville - designer

 Maria Colosimo - owner and creator

Thank you for visiting me today!