Crazy4Lighthouses

 

Hello....Joanne here with the first challenge for the Crazy4Challenges DT and friends.  Here it is....

I have just returned from my annual trip to Maine. 

 One of my favorite places on Earth is Nubble Light,

 a beautiful lighthouse in York, Maine.

  I could sit there for hours looking at and listening to the ocean. 

 This week, let’s honor lighthouses on our cards. 

 If for some reason you do not have a lighthouse image,

 then create an ocean scene.  

 

We would like to introduce our Guest Designer for the month of July, Alexis Crossland-Smith,

Scrappin' Sister - http://alexiscsmith.blogspot.com.  We look forward to 'playing' with her in this month's challenges.

I used an image of my truly favorite lighthouse, Nubble Light.  I decided to use it just in ourline form rather than coloring it.  The rest you can see for yourself.

Be sure to visit the Crazies Blog to see the fab lighthouse/ocean creations by this fabulous DT.  We'd sure love to see your take on it, so be sure to leave a link in a blog comment.  If you are uploading to an online gallery, please use the keyword C4C343.

 

CCEE Stampers Showcase Lighthouses

 

Maryann is starting as our CCEE Stampers Challenge hostess for May.  Here is her challenge.....

 

It is Maryann here with this months challenges.

 Recently I had holidays at the beach and saw some beautiful lighthouses along the coast, so I am asking you to let there be light and add a lighthouse to your card. 

 

I used a lighthouse stamp from Cornish Heritage Farms.  I used Copics to color it.  I added a frame using a Spellbinders die set.  The sentiment is from MFT.  Some piercing finished it off.

 

Be sure to visit the CCEE Stampers Blog to see the fabulous lighthouse creations by the rest of the DT.  I am sure you will be dazzled.



Seeing the Light with the Crazies

 

 

 

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Frances is the Crazies hostess for August.  This is the challenge she gave us this week.

 

The 7th August was National Lighthouse Day, so for our challenge today create a card featuring a lighthouse. If you don't have a lighthouse, think where you would find a lighthouse … near the sea, beach etc and use that for your inspiration.

 

 

I actually have several lighthouse stamps, but decided to keep it simple this week due to my mobility issues.  This stamp is from I Brake for Stamps.  The sentiment stamp is from SU.  I did some border piercing and used a SU punch for the sentiment panel. 

In the future I really want to use this stamp again and take more time to make a more dramatic scene with a beautiful sun.....fabulous sky colors, etc., but that is not today.

Be sure to visit the Crazies Blog to take a tour of our lighthouses.....should be a calming journey.

Crazies Think Vacation

(Sorry about the muddy picture.)


Hi everyone,

It's the last Saturday of the month, which means our challenge hostess,  Barb,  has one last challenge for the Crazy4Challenges DT this month.

  

Here is this week's challenge ......

School is about out and vacations are either planned or being planned. What would be your ideal vacation spot? Beach, mountains, backyard? Whatever your destination is, let's create a card or project using it as your inspiration.

My card is clean and simple, but it does depict an actual place I will be visiting several times this summer.  It is Cape  Neddick Light, better known as Nubble Light, which is in York, Maine.  Friends and I have been taking a trip to this area for over 45 years.  (Yep.......I am that old!!!!!)  This place is one of my absolute favorite three places I have visited in the world......along with Aruba and Japan (well....and Myrtle Beach, too)!!!  Being near the ocean is important to me, as you can see from my favorite places.  I think it was nurtured in my youth when our family would venture on the weekends to Misquamicut Beach in nearby Rhode Island.  The whole family --sister, brother, parents, cousins, aunts, uncles--would go and our blankets and umbrellas would take up quite a large area of the beach.

This stamp of Nubble is from Repeat Impressions.  The sentiment, I think, is by Hero Arts.

Be sure to stop by the Crazies Blog to see where the rest of the DT likes to vacation.

Crazies Go Crazy for Folds

The Crazy4Challenges challenge this week was to use multiple folds on our cards/projects.  I am not really a stamper who gravitates toward fancy folds.  I appreciate the fabulous fancy fold creations of others, but I find I just don't seem to send the fancy fold cards I make.  Who knows why???  Anyhooooo....so I just wasn't sure what I would do for this challenge.  Well, in my stamp cave I have decorated the walls with cards sent to me by my stamping friends......they give me both happy memories and inspiration.  Well, my eyes settled on a card Dawn Lusk had sent me a while ago.....a lighthouse card done with a similar fold to what I ended up creating.

I used a stamp (by Repeat Impressions) of my very favorite place  ......Cape Neddick Light in York, Maine, lovingly nicknamed Nubble Light as the lighthouse is located on a nubble.  Here is a picture of the real Nubble Light.

Be sure to visit the Crazies Blog to see all the fancy folds I am sure this DT used.....they are so talented and creative......I sometimes wonder how I was lucky enough to be on this team from its very start.  Thanks for that go to Hoots and Cindy Haffner who started this team!!!

The Crazies Are Inspired

Barbara, our hostess for May gave the Crazies an inspiration photo this week.  Since it had a theme of sea life and the ocean, I was ready for this challenge.

The photo above  inspired the theme of my card and the color of the seashell border.  The stamp I used is by I Brake for Stamps.  The sentiment is from SU.

Now be sure to go to the Crazy4Challenges blog to see the creations this photo inspired.

Below is a second simple card inspired by the same photo and colors.

CCEE 1224 Going Nautical

This week, our challenge was to make a nautical card.  Well....this time of the year, my mind goes right to one of my favorite places on Earth, Cape Neddick Light, better known as Nubble Light, is in York, Maine.  As a matter of fact, in just a bit of time I will be sitting on a rock, listening to the sounds of the ocean, sitting opposite this wonderful site.  It is a place of tranquility and serenity for me.  If I lived any closer, I would be there daily.  If you are ever in southern Maine you really must make a stop here.  You'll be glad you did!!!  Any of you know Nubble will notice that I erred in coloring.....but it was on purpose.....I just couldn't remember which shed is RED.....so I left them both white.

Anyhooooooo.....this image is from Repeat Impressions, a great source for lighthouse and nautical stamps.

Now check out the fabulous nautical designs by the rest of the sweetest and so very talented CCEE Stampers Challenge Team at our blog.

Thursday Challenges......

Shirley challenged the CCEE Stampers to a Columbus Day related challenge.  The theme is wide, but must be connected in some way to the Columbus Day holiday.  I chose the theme of ecean/navigation and made a lighthouse card.  It has been a longggg time since I got a lighthouse stamp out.  This one is from the now defunct Cornish Heritage Farms.

Be sure to check out the rest of the Columbus Day related creations at the CCEE Stampers Blog.

The Stampin B's were challenged to use birds, birds, birds.  I used a fab dove punch by EK Success, along with a border punch by MS.  I added some embossing, a bit of coloring (berries and leaves), and a bow.
We hope you will play along with us this week.  You can find inspiration at the Stampin B's Blog.

Stamping Fun this Week......

This first card was done for...
Muddamark Tea Party Challenge on SCS
Repeat Impressions Wed. Challenge (a sketch)
Creative Cottage (for the boys)
Cards for Men Challenge (outdoors)

This second card was done for
Totally Stampalicious Challenge (use photo corners)
Freshly Brewed Challenge (bring a cuppa coffee)

This third one was done for....
Sketch Challenge on SCS
Mothermark's Tea Party Challenge on SCS
All That Scraps (dry embossing)
Creative Cottage (for the boys)
Cards for Men (outdoors

Guess you can tell I had a bit of time in the stamp cave today......!!!

Avoiding SCS -- Uploading Here for Now....

The card above was my card for the Color Challenge yesterday.  We were to use creamy caramel, pretty in pink, and rust.

This next card was done for the Mothermark Teapot Tuesday Challenge.  Stamps are unmounted and unidentified.

AND.....this one was done for the Sketch Challenge today.  Images and sentiments by There She Goes.

No stories today.  Went to the pool this morn and now off to take my mother to the doctor's.

Hope you all have a great day!!!   AND...I sincerely hope that SCS is NORMAL once again very soon!!!

TSG...Release is around the corner!!!

(Yes, you probably have seen this card before ...... you'll have to read on to find out why I am showing this to you again!)


With the May Release sneak peeks just around the corner, Jessica at There She Goes has some very exciting happenings to share with you. Here are just a few of the things she has up her sleeve-

*New Logo
*New Website
*New Forum
*New Gallery
*A new stamp designer
*New products!!!

Be sure to check out Jessica's blog for the details now and in the coming days.

Jessica is also sponsoring her monthly challenge. The May TSG Challenge is celebrating the changes going on at There She Goes, To participate in this challenge, you need to post (on your blog) the very first card that you made/uploaded to a gallery and also post a picture of a favorite card that you have made. Won't it be a hoot to see how we have all changed and grown as stampers!!?! Once you do that, then you need to visit Jessica's blog and add your name to the Mister Linky on this May TSG Challenge Post. If you do not have a blog, you can put the links to your SCS gallery.

So....I guess it is my chance to motivate you to participate by sharing my first and favorites. The card shown at the start of this post is one of my favorites ever. I love the ocean, I love Nubble Light (a lighthouse in York, Maine which is pictured in the banner at the top of my blog), I love to walk on a beach, I love the sound of palm leaves in the breeze (particularly in Aruba with the trade winds blowing), and I just love the warmth of the sun on my face. Do you see a trend here????

The second card in this post was really not my first, but it was my first upload to SCS. This was back in the days when my cards were pretty simple....lol!!!

So...now start searching your archives and find your first and favorite cards and share them with us.