Well, I hope my little pig will qualify as a critter for the Mod Squad challenge this week. She is from Deep Red, and I have had such fun with her this week over on Splitcoaststampers as a part of the unfolding tale of the festival going on in Whykickanoocow, Australia as part of the MMTPT challenge over there on Tuesdays.  My little pig was a little jealous of all the attention cows seem to get in that town so she entered the Miss WhyKickanoocow, to represent the hog population of the town. Unfortunately, she lost the pageant's grand prize, but as fate would have it, her fashion tips for the holidays book called, "How to be in Hog Heaven for the Holidays.," made the best seller list.  This is a page from book. LOL The sentiment is a stamp from Unity.

I plan to use this tip myself, seeing I actually needed it for Thanksgiving.  Have a happy holiday season!!

CCEE1848 squares and circles

Anne here with my last challenge.  This one is dedicated to her hubby, who is a retired Mathematics teacher.

Circles and squares are simple geometric shapes.  Make a card using at least one of each.

So, Anne, I used a fancy paper punch I have not used in years, to make these square packages. Then I used circles punehed around other cirlce punches to make these bows. Gift buying seems to be on my brain this week, and decided these shapes work perfectly with this gift theme.  Do I get bonus points for the few triangles and retangles I also added to the mix???

Come join the geometric fun this week and do this challenge along with us. Add CCEE1848 as your keyword if you load to Splitcoast. Or you might try linking it up on the CCEEblogspot you can find HERE.

CCEEStampers - Humorous Birthday

Anne is our hostess with the mostest, and her cards are always full of delightful humor. She is asking us to make a humerous birthday card this week for our challenge.

My card was made from scraps found in my paper scraps that I pieced together for my background. I do this ahead of time when I just want to get some pre-made backgrounds made for future use. Since this week has been filled with Thanksgiving preparation, I was so glad I found this background already done in my stash. So I just stamped the cake and fussy cut it out and then added the sentiment to the white panel that was on the card. This stamp and sentiment is from Unity Stamps. Unfortunately, my own birthday cake is resembling this one more and more!! 

CCEE1846 Topaz

Hi Crafty Friends,

Welcome to another CCEE Stampers challenge  and Anne is our hostess. 

The November birthstone is a TOPAZ. Make a card using the colors in the yellow to amber range. 

Let's see what our Design Team have created for us this week .Hope you play along and add your link over on the CCEEblog you can find HERE.

I used this old Flourish stamp in my collection because I love this sunflower and the wonderful art of Marcela Hawley. I used the gingham washi tape as my panel and embossed the inked basket weave embossing folder to add to the topaz look. I used my Oxide inks in various ways on this card.  

Mod Squad Grid card

A little short on time for this challenge, the real challenge became getting it done in the time that was left on the linky over at Mod Squad, You can find the challenge HERE. I used a Unity stamp for the main image and some small SU stamps for some of the grids.

CAS507 and C4C460

This card fit many purposes today. I needed a sympathy card, the SC CAS challenge was color blocking, and this week's Crazy 4 Challenges was one one layer card (my favorites). So I used an old retired SU stamp to do the blocks of color with some of the purples in my Distress Oxide Ink collection. It used the black DOI for the image from Stampabilities and the sentiment also a Stampabilities stamp.  I also only took me 10 minutes to do this card.

Crafty Calendar Challenge - paper piecing

I have been so excited about using my Kedsom brushes especially with my oxide inks and my stencils. I did this on kraft paper. I stamped the Unity image onto the kraft paper, then I stenciled the background carefully not to get on the stamped image. I paper pieced her sweater and glued it on.
Then I stamped the sentiment. I colored her hair with alcohol markers and blended it with a blender pen.

You can find this challenge HERE.

CCEE1845 Tongue Twister Day

Apparently, it is Tongue Twister Day. This was a great challenge to me as none of the tongue twisters  I knew I didn't have stamps to go with, or the ones I did, someone had already used that tongue twister. So, I just got really creative and made up my own to fit one of the stamps I had. I was lucky too to find this nautical paper pad I found that had this sheet of  dp with crabs on it. So, here is my created tongue twister for you:  This crazy, creepy crab cries for crispy, crunchy crackers!!  

Have fun with this one, and join us over on the CCEE blogsite HERE and check out what the other team members came up with this week to challenge your tongue and its twisting abilities!!

C4C leaves

Here's my card for the Crazy 4 Challenges this week:

Most of the stamps are from old Stanpin' Up sets that I have put in my leaf box. The sentiment is from Rubbernecker Stamps. The inks are Distress Oxide Inks  It is also a one layer card, which is one of my favorites to make. You can find this challenge HERE. 

4 Crazy Chicks Challenge- Christmas

I got to spend a little time in my stamping room today. I decided to take on this 4 Crazy Chick challenge today to make a Christmas card. Most of these stamps are from Unity. The sentiment is not.  You can find the challenge HERE

Double D challenges - dots and stripes

I am busy making cards for a card set for  a friend, and I am trying to use challenges to help motivate my mojo. I found this dots and stripes challenge over on the Double D challenge blog. You can find it at this site http://daranddiane.blogspot.com// . I have been sorting through my scrap piles and I found all of these that coordiated so well together. I used these Unity stamps and I paper pieced this Angie girl's sweater with this pretty gold dotted paper. Unity Girls are so fun to paper piece.