The CCEE Stampers Are Star Gazing

Frances continues as the host for the CCEE Stampers this week.  This is her challenge.......

The 28th  of April was National Astronomy Day.  For our challenge this week please create a card/project which includes stars in some way.

I used a wonderful die set for both the star and the snowflake.  (If you want to know the company, leave a comment and I'll get back to you.  I am two flights of stairs away from the dies right now.)  The sentiment is from an old retired SU set.  I love how this one came out, so I will be making a set of these for my holiday stash for 2015.

Be sure to visit the CCEE Blog to see the truly stellar creations by this fabulously STELLAR DT.

Moonstruck with the CCEE Stampers

Sabrina is our hostess for February for the CCEE Stampers Challenge.  Here is her challenge....

Interestingly, because February is a short month, there can actually be years in which there is no full moon at all. The last time this happened was 1999, the next time will be 2018. So while this isn’t one of those years - feature the moon on your cards.

 I have, unfortunately, needed a lot of sympathy cards recently, so I headed in that direction.

Be sure to visit the CCEE Stampers Blog to see the moonstruck creations of the rest of the team.

Gettin HOT with the CCEE Stampers

We in the Northern Hemisphere are in the midst of winter, so , as the January hostess for the CCEE Stampers, I challenged the team to think HOT.  I asked them to create a card that is ‘hot’ in temperature, theme, or taste.........could be a sun, a hot pepper, a summer scene, a romance theme…..the variations are endless.

I just love a gallery of cards that are all inspired by the same idea yet turn out so fabulously different.  That is sure to be the story this week at the CCEE Stampers Blog.  Come along and check them out!!

MFP Blog Hop Info -- Day Two

Hello! Welcome to the July 2011 MFP New Releases Blog Hop!

This week's new releases are: Little Birds With Big Mouths, Planted with Love, Lilacs in the Summer, and Adirondack Summer.For your convenience, all these sets are available TODAY at Mark's Finest Papers.

 (Image stamp from Planted with Love-Sentiment stamp from Little Birds with Big Mouths)

So, do you want to WIN today's Featured Stamp Set: Planted With Love? (If you don't want to wait to win, you can always purchase the sets right away! We'll substitute a set from NEXT month's release if today's winner has already purchased this set!)

For your chance to win: Comment on the following Design Team members' blogs TODAY before midnight EDT. There will be ONE random winner chosen from the comments on today's Blog Hop blogs. That winner will win Planted With Love. We will announce the winner's name on tomorrow's blog post.

The official stops on today's blog hop are:
Lois
Vicky
Dawn
Anne
Peggysue
Connie
Emily
Karen
Patty
Roxie
Vicki
Liz
Geri
Lynn
Mark’s Finest Papers

Crazy4Challenges and Speedy's Friends Challenge

Silke challenged the Crazies to a sketch challenge this week.  I love sketches, so this was right up my alley, so to speak.  I used an image by our sponsor, Sparkle Creations. 

I also played with some new dp I bought on my recent trip to Cape Cod.  Had to stop at Colorful Creations in Hyannis once I knew there was a LSS to visit.

Now I hope you have some time to check out the rest of the Crazies at our team blog.  AND.....please use the links in my sidebar to visit the individual member's blogs.

Our Speedy's Friends challenge this week was to use both dry and heat embossing AND to pop part of our image.  I used dry embossing on the striped panel, heat embossing on the main image and the sentiment, and I popped the center portion of the sun.
 
I used an image and sentiment from the Mark's Finest Papers set called HELLO SUNSHINE.
 
You should take a moment to stop in to the team blog to see the fabulous creations by the rest of the Speedy's Friends team.  And......once again, you will find links to the team members blogs in my sidebar.

Sketching and Piecing -- C4C and Speedy's

Crazy4Challenges - C4C67
Hostess - Frances
Challenge - Sketch

This week our C4C hostess is Frances, and she has given us a fab sketch to work with.  I can't wait to see what the rest of the Crazies do with this one.

I used a Penny Black image for my card, along with some Paper Studio designer paper, SU ribbon, small white brads, piercing tools, Copics, a Marvy corner rounder, an SU oval punch, and a snowflake punch (company slips my mind at the moment).

Now be sure to venture on to the Crazies Blog to see the other creations using this fab sketch AND to see how you can join us.

AND....just a note.....this will be the last Crazies Challenge for 2010.  We are taking the next two weeks off.  So, be sure to look for our first challenge on January 1st.  Start the NEW YEAR off with the Crazies!!

Speedy's Friends #33
Hostess - Moi!!!
Challenge - Paper Piecing

Our challenge this week was to use paper piecing.  I used the newly released Mark's Finest Papers set called HELLO SUNSHINE.  I just love this set and I have a feeling you'll be seeing it often.  The designer paper on this card is by DCWV, the ribbon is from Mark's Finest Papers.  I used my piercing tools, a Martha Stewart border punch, and assorted Spellbinders dies.

The rest of Speedy's Friends would love for you to visit our blog so you can see their creations AND you can get info on how to play along with us.