CCEE1907 Happy Birthday

Hi Everyone

It is Maryann again here is my challenge for this week

Today is Valentine's day and it is also her birthday this week, so please create a birthday card for someone you love.

So, happy birthday, Maryann and on the 16th is my mom's 90th birthday. 

I used a stencil and the following Distress Oxide inks on this: antique linen, crushed olive, hickory smoke, and black soot. I used my fabulous makeup brushes to add the colors and blend together. They are so fabulous. I colored in the skin tone and hair with an alcohol markers. The stamp is from Unity, the sentiment is an old retired SU. I added a few rhinestones to make it festive. The card base is gray. 

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This card is for the color challenge over at Paper Players this week. I used part of a stencil to sponge on the gray. The card base is light gray. I used mango melon paper to stamp the rose and then cut it out. I stamped the scripture with black ink. I used my makeup brushes for the stenciling. They work so wonderfully. The rose and leaf stamps are from Stampin' Up. The scripture stamp is from Rubbernecker.

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Hi Everyone

 It is Maryann here as our hostess for February, I hope you can join in the challenge fun.

The birthstone for February is Amethyst, use a shade of purple and include gem stones or charms on your card.

I used this Sizzix llama set for my card. I found a great "No Prob Llama" pad of card stock by DCWV that was perfect for this set. I was very fortunate there were some papers with purples in them. I added a few gems and sequins to add to today's fun. 

Check out the fun over on the CCEEstampers challenge site found HERE,

Join in the fun. 

CCEE1905 National Thank you month

Here is Liz's last challenge for the month for us. It is National  Thank You Month. So, before the month is over, make a thank you card, and send an unexpected thank you to someone whose small act of kindness has not gone unnoticed by you.

Join in on the fun and play along.  Use CCEE1905 as your keyword if you load it to SCS, and link it here.

I used a flower stamp from Rubber Art Stamps (Designs by Ryn), and the thanks sentiments are from My Favorite stamps. I stenciled white paper with distress oxide ink and then die cut these leaves. I love using kraft paper especially with black and white. Adding a few pops of color was fun on this too. 

I am sending this thank you to a Bunco group I played with last week as a sub. When I told them about being on a Prison Ministry Team that is going into one of our Texas jails for women this coming weekend, many of them gave me their winning money from Bunco to donate toward the meals we will taking in during the course of the weekend. It touched my heart. 

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Hello, crafting friends. Liz is here again with a new challenge this week. 

I found that gold was discovered in California on Jan. 24, 1848, so let's see some gold used on your creations this week. Glittery gold paper, gold chrome cardstock, or gold embossing and any other possibilities you can think to create, we would love seeing on your creation

i almost need to name this card "Too much gold to behold."  All of this metallic stuff does not photograph too well with my near midnight lighting. This is the best shot that I got. I used  a lot of my fancy gold papers from my stash, and embossing the sentiment in gold as well. My mom is going to be celebrating her 90th birthday in February so she has reached those "golden" years I suppose. 

 This card is making use of one of my stamping resolutions for this year: deplete the stash, use old stamps, and make use of the tools I have. 

CCEE1903 Hot beverage

Liz is here for this week's challenge. This weekend is going to be our coldest days we have had so far this winter, so my favorite way to stay warm is to get cozy and sip on my favorite hot beverage. I have just become a coffee drinker, and although hot tea is still probably my favorite, I found some Godiva coffee on sale after Christmas that has been my recent morning beverage.  Hope you will join us in the fun this week by checking over at the CCEE blogsite, and will join us in playing along with this challenge. Please use CCEE1903 as your keyword. 

Here is my card using one of my Unity stamps for this one. 

CCEE1902 Happy Birthday, Elvis!

Hi Crafty Friends!

It's challenge time again here at CCEE Stampers and Liz is back with another fun challenge for us all.

Happy Birthday, Elvis!! Liz is challenging us to make him come alive in some way on our cards this week.( Maybe a rock and roll theme, records, an Elvis or guitar stamp, or perhaps even “Blue Suede shoes.”) Anyway you can think to let the world know “the King” of rock and roll.

Our team has outdone themselves this week with their tributes to Elvis, so please check them out over at the blogsite by clicking HERE

It is not showing up in the photograph, but on the neck of the guitar it says, "Elvis Presley."
In my preteen and teenage years, I did not miss a one of Elvis' movies on the big screen.
I was a huge fan. It is hard to believe that he would be 84 if he were alive today.  Everyone back in the day had at least one Elvis album, so I tucked this record I made from circles into this sleeve on my card. I wrote "Love me Tender" on it, as it was one of  my favorites. 

CAS(e) this sketch #251

Still have many of my Christmas stamps out and not put away, so here is one that might work for a New Year's Card!! Here is where you can find the CAS(E) this sketch challenge HERE. 

Wishing you a very happy 2019!! I used a Tim Holtz set to make this card. Colored it with alcohol markers and sponged the edges with distress oxide ink. Added a little glittered holly to the wreath.

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Hi everyone and Happy New Year, 

we are all glad to be back for another year of fun challenges.

Liz, our hostess this month, lives in a place where winters are relatively mild, but her greatest fear is driving in icy conditions. “Black Ice” is a very hazardous condition she has heard others mention. And she discovered in the tutorials on SCS ,a technique called “Black Ice” technique in stamping. So even without much experience at the icy driving or this technique, she is challenging us to give that technique a try. 

Let's see what our Design Team created using this technique over on the CCEE blogsite found HERE. 

I stamped jet black stazon onto some aluminum foil. Did some direct from pad smears across it and then stamped the trees. When it was dry, I added versamark ink over the entire front. I used a thick clear embossing powder over the top and heated with heat gun. Then I added the diecut deer and birds. I added dots of white liquid pearl as snowflakes. I had never tried this before and although the picture doesn't do real justice to it, I loved the clear icy topping that covered the entire card.