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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. 

CAS Game #130 - Three of something

I did this card for the AAA challenge this week that can be found on their website HERE. The challenge was to be a CAS card with three things. I picked this image with the three kings. I used versamark ink and gold embossing powder. Then I added a jewel in the center of the star. I needed another card, so this quick and easy one fit my time frame this morning too.

TLC707 and Dragonfly journeys challenge

I did this card for the Technique Lovers Challenge on SCS today and also for the paper piecing challenge over at https://dragonflyjourneys.blogspot.com/

Coral is one of my very favorite colors and I loved these new design papers in a 6 by 6 pad I found at Tuesday Morning. It matched perfectly with this old cameo coral I have had in my stash a number of years. I added some speckles with an old SU itty bitty background stamp with versamrk ink and covered them with gold embossing powder. The lovely girl image is of course from Unity, and the Dream is a diecut. I added a few sequins just for a little extra sparkle, as dreams should include all the glitter and pazazz it can so we can shoot for the stars, right??

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It is springtime in Australia, the land of our wonderful Frances, who is hosting this last challenge for August. She writes:

In my part of the world (Australia), Saturday is the first day of Spring .... Flowers are beautiful at any time of the year so for our challenge this week we are to add some flowers to our card.

Want to play along with us this week, don't forget to drop back here to enter the link to your card to Mr Linky at the bottom of the CCEEstampers blogsite. While you are there, check out all the beautiful flowers on the cards of the team members. 

Here is mine, which I made with a retired Stampin' Up Stipple hydrangea stamp which I love. I dry embossed part of the card base, added a thin strip of washi tape, the added my focal and sentiment ovals. I am on the care team at my church and am always in need of sympathy cards, so I decided to make this a sympathy card for my collection. 

Hope you will join in with some of your favorite flower stamps this week. 

I am also including this in the Sisterhood of Crafters flower challenge this week. 

SC708 and Back to Basics &Beyond #8

I love the elegant look that embossing adds to a card. This was for the Sketch Challenge on Splitcoaststampers today and also for the Back to Basic &Beyond challenge today to use embossing on my card. You can find that challenge HERE

I used versafine black for the flower image and the scripture. I used distress oxide inks for the leaves and sponging on the flower. The scripture stamp is from Rubbernecker, the flower and leaves are from some retired sets from Stampin' Up.  I used gold liquid pearls for the flower center.

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Hello friends!  
Kelly here from the DT with my last challenge
~ February has been great fun!

 Tuesday (2/27) is Polar Bear Day.
 Create a card with a polar bear(s), snow, 
or use white as your card’s focal color.

Thanks, Kelly for hosting these fabulous challenges you had for us in February. 
I did not have a polar bear stamp that I could find, so I went with a snowy, all white card. I embossed my white card with a Darice embossing folder, then embossed a white piece to punch out some of the snowflakes with 2 different sizes of circle punches by Stampin' Up. Then I added the sentiment and the tiny rhinestones for a little sparkle. 

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Hi....Joanne here with the last challenge for November......here it is.......

As the last of our celebratory month, I would like you

to make a baby card OR a wedding

card......your choice.

If you have lots of time, you could make both...

I decided to make a wedding card. I used an irredicent cardstock for the cardbase. I embossed it, diecut a cross from Spellbinder, stamped azaleas with a Power Poppy set, and the sentiment is from Stampin' Up.

Mod Squad Fall Fest challenge

Fall is my favorite season of the year. The lovely colors of fall are my favorites and I welcome the cooler air. I made this card for the fall fest challenge over at MOD SQUAD CHALLENGE.  I used a mixture of my oxide distress inks on white and then stamped the leaves (Flourishes), which I think was designed by Marcella Hawley years ago before she started Power Poppy. I have always been a big fan of her fabulous artwork.  I also embossed the torn panel with an inked Darice embossing folder. The smaller leaves are a Martha Stewart punch, and the sentiment is from Stampabilities.

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Anne is again our fabulous hostess, and as the summer draws to a close, she asks that we  make a card with a nautical theme.  This can include the beach if you so desire.

I used a nautical set I won from Flonz stamps. I embossed thewhite card base and diecut the blue anchor.

Check over at the CCEEstampers blog  at all the team's interpretations of this challenge and link over there if you want to play along. Keyword for SCS if you download over there is CCEE1733.

Try Stampin' On Tuesdays #335

Check out the challenge over at Try Stampin' on Tuesdays. This week's challenge is a sketch with a twist and the twist being embossing. I found this embossing folder on sale last week, so was anxious to try it out. I cut a strip of some of my experimetations with Distress Oxide inks for the strip portion of the sketch.The stamps I used were from Unity Stamps. I colored the image with copic markers.

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 Anne Harmon is our hostess for the month of August.

For our first challenge,  she is asking us to use any technique that involves embossing - wet, dry, resist - whatever appeals to you.

I die cut my circle. and then did the dry embossing on the front.

I tried a new embossing ink on this by Ranger, and some old gold embossing powder. Apparently, embossing powder may lose its effectiveness because it did not turn out like I had hoped.

This diecut is from Stampin' Up.

Come join us this week by adding your card over on the CCEEstampers blog.
Please use the CCEE1731 as your keyword if you load onto Splitcoaststampers.

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According to the days of the year Calendar, today is international Rock Day - use the colors of stone ( greys, browns, black, white etc..) for your card.

I did some reverse embossing on this card, some sponging, and made use of diecuts. The scripture from Psalms refers to God as "the ROCK of my STRENGTH."   

Join us in this week's challenge over at the CCEE blog and check out all the cards for the team while you are there. 

Another Power Poppy June Bug Challenge card

I just love getting over into my downloads and finding these great Power Poppy Digital images. Since I found butterflies on some of the images I had, I decided to try another for the Power Poppy June Bug Challenge. These climbing clematis fit the bill. I googled images of clematis to check out what colors these grow. This bluish purple seem to be one variety. I used a Martha Stewart embossing folder and made this a window card, so the image is actually inside the card.

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Hi everyone,

Frances is our hostess this week , and has a wonderful challenge for us. 

Apparently the 2nd of June is Doughnut Day so for our challenge today create something that had usome type of "hole" in it. It t

If you would like to play along with us, don't forget to link your card using Mr Linky below.

Now let's see what the design team has created this week

I am misus any donut stamps, but since I am behind on my Christmas card goal I set for myself, I decided a wreath has a hole in it. So Christmas it is for me this month. I try to make at least 4 Christmas cards a month so that when December gets here, I have it done. 

I used an embossing folder then cut it out with a die, used some great Tim Holtz paper that I could sand off the color for a different effect. Here it is:

In the pink challenge and Mod Squad Challenge

There is nothing more fun than using some new tools and finding an exciting challenge that motivates some ideas. I made this card for the Mod Squad challenge   to make a birthday card. I also am  trying a new challenge blog that I have not done before: In the pink  and the challenge was to use embossing and of course lots of pink.  

For the embossing, I inked the embossing folder with my lipstick pink oxice distress ink and then sent it through my Cuttlebug. I stamped my Unity stamp and colored the birthday girl with copic markers and paper pieced her outfit. I fussy cut it out, then made a birthday tag to add. I mounted it on pink paper as the card base.  

Little Red Wagon Challenge 368 embossing

Here is my embossed card for the Little Red Wagon Challenge #368. I inked my embossing folder with teal zeal ink (Memento), Then I ran it through my Cuttlebug. The embossing folder is from Darice, Then I added the diecuts and gemstone. This was pretty quick and easy, and I like the elegant look the embossed background gave to this card.

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This week Joanne is haveing us doing a ‘recipe’ card. You must use circular and square elements, flower(s), dry embossing, and bling of some sort.

I used a Power Poppy digital image for my flowers. I like the fact that you can make the image to be any size you would like it to be for a card.  I colored it with copic markers. I embossed the card base, which is a square. I had this doily I had made with my Martha Stewart circular punch. I added some bling in between the leaf pattern. . Joanne hit my favorites for this card. I love embossing, florals, and a little bling is always the perfect embellishment. 

Please visit the CCEEblog site to see all the lovely creations of the others on the team. 

Just Us Girls Challenge 333

This card is for this challenge for Just Us Girls 333:

I pulled out an old retired stamp from Stampin' Up and gave it a new look. I am also using this card for the CAS 367 challenge on Splitcoaststampers. The vase is a diecut oval cut on the sides. I used my Tim Holtz brick embossing folder for the background.

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Tomorrow is national Cheer Up the Lonely Day so Lynn is challenging us this week to create a card of friendship and encouragement to mail to someone you know who lives alone. I know it will bring them joy to hear that you are thinking of them!

Please join us in bringing joy and happiness to someone you know who needs it. Link your card up using the Inlinkz tool at the bottom of this post and then drop your card in the mail. If you upload to another site such as Splitcoaststampers, please add CCEE1528 to your keywords.

Thanks for stopping by today to see the creations of the CCEE Design Team and to join us in this week's challenge!

My card was made with a Power Poppy digital and a Power Poppy stamp for the sentiment. I love these pretty camellias.

CAS on Sunday #62

CAS cards are becoming my favorite cards, because they take less time, they are easier to mail, and simple often seems more elegant. I used two different companies embossing edges for this card. The sentiment is from Flourishes and the sun and seagulls are die cuts. I love the fact that embossing causes shadows, and I used dimensional strips to stick on the birds to add extra shadows, and let the sun and shadows help emphasis the words of this proverb. This took less than 10 minutes to create and I really liked the look. Hope you do too. Check out the others over on CAS on Sunday' blog.