CCEE1850 - Honoring Gingerbread

Hi Everyone,

Here is the last challenge for 2018, as we will be taking a little time to concentrate on family and friends during the holidays. Of course we will be back on the 3rd January to start another year for fun challenges, hope to see you here too!

We would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your continued support of our challenges every week, we love that you play along with us.

Wishing you all a Merry and Safe Christmas and New Year.

Now onto our challenge for this week .....

Apparently the 8th December was Gingerbread Decorating Day and yesterday 12th December was Gingerbread House Day. So for our challenge this week create a card or project that is a Gingerbread theme.

Now let's see what our Design Team created for this week's challenge.Check HERE.

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.

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I don't do mass production in card making very often. But this is a set that will be a thank you gift for a hostess of a Christmas party that I was invited to. I stenciled the picket fence distress oxide inks onto the kraft card base. I made this for the Allsorts challenge that can be found HERE  using Christmas flowers, and for the SCS Technique Lover's Challenge that make cards suitable for mass production.

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

Mod Squad - Christmas challenge

A little Christmas in July here and making this for this week's challenge on Mod Squad to make a Christmas card. I used about 3 colors of my Distress Oxide inks for my background. The stamps are from Unity and I used versafine black to stamp my image and sentiment. The speckles are stamped using oxide inks with an old and very often used retired SU stamp from a set called Itty Bitty backgrounds (I think),  I was a little disappointed that the strip that looks black behind the sentiment which is really blue and also a gold metallic strip. I just don't photograph metallic paper very well.

Power Poppy Power and Spark Challenge

I try to do at least one Christmas card or two a week so that I don't have so many to do when Christmas gets here. I decided that this page map by Becky Fleck was  perfect for my challenge card.

Here is the page map I used:

Check out all the fun over at Power Poppy's Blog.

The holly is a Power Poppy digital and I colored it with copic markers. 

Zentangled Christmas tree

I found this interesting challenge over at Unstampables Challenge this week on Paper Playful's blogsite. I love to zentangle and haven't had time to do much over the last month or so, and this seemed like a perfect day to just stop and do it for this challenge. It was fun to take part in a new challenge to me, and take a break from the traditional styles of cards that have been consuming my time. Hope you take a little time to just break free from your usual routines, and have a little fun with something. 

You can find the Unstampables Challenge HERE.

Christmas and Sparkle - Rubbernecker challenge #23

I have a son who played a tuba so when I found this tuba from Rubbernecker, I just had to have it. I decided I would make it Christmas-like and sparkly for this challenge and put in yet one more card for the challenge uploads. I tried using silver metallic pens for coloring it, but ended up just using some of my gray copic markers.  You can see the details of the challenge and the entries HERE.

CCEE1747 our Christmas stash

Hi....Joanne here with our third challenge for the month.  Here is my challenge for the week.....

This week we are going to make a card for our holiday stash.  You can make a Christmas card, a New Year’s card, or a winter card…..whichever you think you need the most for your stash.

I love using red for Christmas and I took that stash suggestion literally. I found some Christmas things that I probably bought after Christmas last year on sale to use for this year. So, in my stash I found a Poinsettia embossing folder that was still in it's package I found for $1.99. So instead of using it in the usual embossing manner, I inked the inside with candy apple red distress ink and spritzed it with some water and then stamped it onto my white paper. Then I got out my old faithful Poinsettia die from Spellbinders, and then my Joy I got a couple of summers ago at a Scrapbook convention out at the Woodlands.  The strip of red design paper I got in an after Christmas sale at Hobby Lobby. So there you have it, piece by piece and from the old stashes I have around in my stamproom. My last year's resolution is to deplete that stash as much as I can this year. I gave it my all to do so, but I still have too much stash so I will continue that personal challenge. At least one or more things on every card I make this year much come from the what I already have piles of paper and embellishments. 

Join us this week and load your card over on SCS with our keyword:CCEE1747 or link onto the link over on the CCEEstampers Blog HERE.

Rubberneck Christmas and sparkle challenge #23

This stamp from Rubbernecker was one of the choices I made recently when I won second place on the challenge a few months ago. I used oxide distress ink first, then I used platinum momento and put gold embossing powder on the second layer. I stamped red berries and then added red rhinestones just to add a little more sparkle. I found this red and white striped ribbon in my stash, so used it for my bow. The gold trim is acutually sticker strips. This is Rubberneckers' final challenge for the year, so you might want to check it out here.

Mod Squad challenge - no white or ivory

I made this card for the Mod Squad challenge this week that requires one to NOT use white or ivory on their card. So, I did not even use white paper for the poinsettia. I stamped it on red paper, then I paper pieced the leaves from the green paper. I added copic marker highlights to the flower and the leaves. Rhinestones were used for the center of the poinsettia. I used a black card base, and found the green and glittery card stock in my scrap piles. Then I realized I used this same stamp for my challenge card last week. But it was on a white background. So I got just as much of a pop on the black background. The silver glitter added a little pazzaz.

Mod Squad 's cutting edge challenge

Although I have made my goal this year to do at least two Christmas cards a week during the whole year and I have reached the number I usually send out, I am still wanting to make more, so I will probably be increasing my card sending list this year. I decided to use this huge poinsettia stamp (and I don't remember the source of that stamp) to add one more to my Christmas stash using the Mod Squad challenge this week as my motivation. I tried to keep it CAS as well as  keeping the background white. I masked the background and sponged on candy apple red oxide ink onto the flower and colored the leaves with Copic markers. I added gold rhinestones for the center. I love how the oxide ink left that suede type of look that make this flower seem more life like.

 

RED, plaids, and stripes

I just love Unity girl stamps. I did some paper piecing on this and it is as fun as making paper dolls as a child. The challenge for the Unity challenge this time was to use plaids and stripes. I also am using this for the The Little Red Wagon challenge to use red. I love using red especially at Christmas and Valentines' Day. So, this is a Christmas card to add to my stash so that I will be ready to mail those cards out early and will have time for other things during the season instead of frantically getting cards made at the last minute. In fact this year I try to make at least one or two Christmas cards for some of the weekly challenges I do all year round.

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This card is for the Color Throw Down Challenge that can be found here. It's never too early to get going on those Christmas cards, so I am adding to my stash so I have less cards to have to get made in December.  I send different cards to everyone, so it is easier to do all along the way as the year progresses. I used Oxide distress ink on this, and Unity and Stampin' Up stamps. The holly leaves are a diecut.

Christmas in July cards

Today's colors on the Color Challenge at SCS are perfect for some other Christmas in July challenges I have wanted to do.  So I am entering this into the Dragon Journey's challenge this week as well.
This is my favorite technique for adding color to the background, and it gives me additional uses for my huge collection of embossing folders in my stamproom. I simply rubbed the Distress inks (mowed lawn and old barn) onto the inside of my embossing folder. Then I spritz it with water and close up my paper on the inside and press down. It's not always an exact look and I like leaving some spaces clear of ink. I added some diecut pine needles to it, and stamped the car (Unity stamps) on a different piece of paper.I colored it with my copic markers and added silver metallic ink to the hub caps and fender and chrome on the car.  I cut it out and popped it up over the pine needles. I added this sentiment from Sizzix in versafine black. Loved the vividness of the colors I acheived with the distress ink. They are now my "go to" ink pads. Happy Stampin' this week!!

Thanks, for Dragon Journey's for selecting this card as their winning princess card this week. I am very honored.

CCEE1722

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:

CCEE1649

Here is the last challenge for 2016, as we will be taking a little time to concentrate on family and friends during the holidays. Of course we will be back on the 5th January to start another year for fun challenges, hope to see you here too!

We would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your continued support of our challenges every week, we love that you play along with us.

Wishing you all a Merry and Safe Christmas and New Year.

Now onto our challenge for this week .....

According to the Days of the Year web site, the 10th December is Gingerbread Decoration day and the 12th December is Gingerbread House day. So for our challenge this week let's include something gingerbread related on our cards.

Check out all the wonderful gingerbread designs of the team over on the CCEEStampers blog.

Mod Squad challenge - Ribbons, Ribbons! Who's got the ribbon?

I decided to take on Judy and Vicki's challenge to use Ribbon on a card this week. I was excited to see Power Poppy being one of the sponsors this week. So, I printed out this Power Poppy holly digital I have on my computer. I have grown to love using digitals mainly having the advantage of sizing it to be whatever you need. I colored the image with copic markers and added a stamped senitment. I decided to add the ribbon a  little differently into the design of the card.  I am a huge fan of Marcella Hawley's artwork and have always enjoyed using her images on my cards.

Check out the details of this challenge over at the Mod Squad blogsite.

Jingle Bells Challenge - White Christmas

I have been finding all kinds of new Christmas challenges that have helped motivate me to get the rest of my Christmas cards done. A few new stamps and dies have also helped the motivation as well. Below you will see the photo that was my inspiration that went with the challenge I found here. 

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Here is the inspiration for this challenge:

                                         

PP Power and Sparkle November challenge

Love the Power and Sparkle challenge for November that I found over on their blogsitehttp://powerpoppy.blogspot.com/:
 I love this pink and white houndstooth paper I found in the bargains at Tuesday Morning a while back. It came in handy for this Think Pink challenge theme. I used Power Poppy's holly digital and fancy cut it out to spread cross the front of my card. I love silver with pink so I added the silver metallic ribbon too. A few diecut berries I added and I popped my holly up with dimensionals. Thanks, Power Poppy for getting me well on my way to getting my cards done before November is over.