Crazies Go to School

Jessie is our hostess for August.  Here is her challenge for the Crazy4Challenge team AND YOU for this week

 It’s back to school time, so make a treat for your kid going back to school, a present for their teacher, or anything back to school related.

I used a tiny set from Studio 112 to create this CAS/one layer card.  I finished the edges with a frame embossing folder, after coloring the apple.  Must say my Misti came in handy to get a crisp and very black image/sentiment print.

Be sure to check out the other school related creations at the Crazies Blog.

The CCEE Stampers Go to the Birds

 

Vicky continues as the June hostess for the CCEE Stampers Challenge.  Here is her challenge for this week.

 

Most of you know I love birds.....birds of any kind!  Let's use birds on our cards this week.....Crazy Birds, real birds, cartoon birds...whatever trips your trigger!  One, two, a flock....it's your choice.  Just show me those birds!

 

I have a trio of funky owls for you today.  I kept the card CAS as these hooters deserve all the focus.  I did add some scoring around the edges in place of my usual piercing.

 

Be sure to stop in to the CCEE Blog to see the 'birds' taking over our gallery today.

Crazy for Flowers

 

 

Karen is our hostess for June.  She has a great challenge for the Crazy4Challenges DT and you this week.  We are also  welcoming Cas Counsell as our Guest Designer once again. You can find her at Stamping Caz.  Here is Karen's challenge for this week........

 

This week my challenge is to 'MAKE IT FLORAL'.  Add a single flower, add a full bouquet, or even make a flower shaped card. Let's see some blooms on your projects this week!


I used my fav floral stamp.....an old retired SU hydrangea.....and kept things simple.  I colored with Copics and added paper piercing on the edges of both levels.


Be sure to visit the Crazies Blog too see the floral bouquet of creativity.

Crazy for Petite Critters

 

Hello and welcome to the first week of April with Crazy 4 Challenges! Rebecca Ednie will be our hostess for this month. We'd like to thank everyone who played with us last week. Without you all, this challenge wouldn't exist!

We have the lovely, sweet and talented Teresa Kline from Paperie Blooms joining us and she will be our Guest for the whole Month.Please welcome her by leaving a comment at the Crazies Blog or at her blog.

Here is Rebecca's challenge for us this week......

This week I've designed a challenge with Spring in mind. I hate winter and am so happy spring is finally here. Spring brings Baby Animals so use some little critters on your card or project. They can be baby animals or just small images.

When I think of small critters, I often think of this SU retired set that I used this week.  I have to be honest and say that I originally wanted a different sentiment.....something including 'one of a kind', but I was unable to find the stamp I normally used.....so......I used the one that comes with this stamp set from SU>

I added some embossing to 'fill in' some white space.  Scoring was also done, but it really doesn't show much in this muddy picture.  Piercing was also an added detail as well as some MS border punching.

Be sure to visit the Crazies Blog to see the critters represented on the DT cards.

CCEE Stampers Bloom

Lynn continues as the CCEE Stampers Challenge hostess for February.  The following is her challenge to us for this week.

In 1995 Massachusetts Governor William Weld declared February 28 Floral Design Day to honor educator Carl Rittner, the founder of the Rittner School of Floral Design. Let’s take this week in the dead of winter to do some paper and ink floral designs!

I used a floral image from Penny Black, a lacy border stamp from JustRite, and a sentiment from ??????.

Be sure to check out the wonderful 'garden' of floral creations at the CCEE Blog.

Crazies Go Sketchy

 

 

It is the third Saturday of February, so it is sketch week for the Crazy4Challenges DT.  Peggy, our hostess this month, gave us this fabulous sketch to work with.

I did no stamping for the front of this card.  The snowflake is a die from Memory Box while the sentiment is from  ????? (sorry).  I did leave the narrow diagonal panel off of my card.  I just couldn't get my planned design done with that element.....sorry once again.

Be sure to go to the Crazies Blog to see the fabulous variety of creations made from this sketch.

Going UNDER with the Crazies

 

 

Welcome to another Crazy4Challenges challenge. Can you believe that one month of 2016 has almost gone already ... Wow!

Before we get onto this week's challenge we would like to thank Caz Counsell for being our Guest Designer for January,  We have loved having her play with us this month.

Frances is back with our final challenge of the month.

The 26th January was Australia Day, as I live in the "land down under", lets celebrate with a Down Under Challenge. Create a card with something down under, it could be under the sea, or a tree or underground, under an umbrella or even from down under in the world.

I used a virgin stamp set from Penny Black for both the image and the sentiment.  This is a one layer card....truly CAS.  I have been trying to work with this genre and I find it very challenging.  I am putting together a gift stash for a friend and CAS cards are the best for that gift stash.

Now be sure to visit the Crazies Blog to see the other 'under' creations by the rest of this team.

Popping Up with the Crazies

Hi everyone,

It's challenge time again for the  Crazy4Challenges DT.  Frances has a great challenge for us this week.......

The 19th January was National Popcorn Day, so let's add some 'POP' to our cards be it by creating a card that incls the theme popcorn; creating a Pop Up Card; just Popping up your image using foam tape or just adding a Pop of color to a black and white card.

I used a favorite retired SU stamp for my image.  I popped up the 'spotlighted' panel which was colored with Copics.  The sentiment was from MFT.

Be sure to check out the popped creations by the rest of the DT at the Crazies Blog.

The CCEEers Play with Opposites

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Frances continues as our January hostess with the moistest.  This is the challenge she gave the CCEE Stampers this week......

 

Did you know that the 25th January is National Opposite Day?  For our challenge this week make a card/project that has opposites on it. Think opposite colors on the color wheel, stripes and polka dots, black and white, mirror image, etc.

 

Of course, I had to go with black and white (with a tiny touch of RED).  The stamped image is from Penny Black, while the sentiment is from MFT.  I used heat embossing with white embossing powder for the image and the sentiment.  The sentiment panel was die cut with an MFT die.

 

Be sure to visit the Land of Opposites at the CCEE Blog.

Tree Inspiration for the Crazies

Francis is our Crazy4Challenges hostess for December.  Below is the inspiration for the challenge as well as the challenge she has given us.

O Christmas Tree, O Christmas tree,

How lovely are your branches!

O Christmas Tree, O Christmas tree,

How lovely are your branches!

In beauty green will always grow

Through summer sun and winter snow.

O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree,

How lovely are your branches!

Use the lyrics above for the inspiration of your card for the challenge this week. Your card can include a Christmas tree, pine branches of a Christmas tree or even a tree in a summer or winter setting.

I have to be honest and say that I really should have made a holiday card as my stash is almost nonexistent, but I had this card already made in my 'extra' cards file.  So I took the easy way out and used this card.  It uses a Stampscape stamp.  I think the sentiment is by MFT, but not sure about that.

Be sure to stop in at the Crazies Blog to see the fabulous tree creations by the rest of the DT.

CCEE Stampers Appreciate Safe Homes

Hello All!!!

Joanne/jojot here with the next-to-last CCEE Stampers Challenge of 2015.  Due to the craziness of the season, we will only be doing challenges this week and next, giving a bit of time off to enjoy the holidays with a little less pressure.  So.....here is my challenge for this week....

Today is National Roof Over Your Head Day.   It is a day to be thankful for those of us who are fortunate enough to have a safe home to live in AND to think about those around the world who do not.  To mark this day, our challenge today is to make a card with a house/building of some sort on it. 

For my card today I kept it really simple.  Due to my health issues for the past 11 monrhs I have not been stamping much.  So.....my holiday card stash is nearly empty.  I am going to try to make very simple cards this year and I think this will be one I will duplicae in maybe a groups of 20 or so.  

In the picture you can't see it very well, but I did dry emboss the background with a snowflake folder to give the card some depth.  I added piercing around the original stamped image.

 We'd love to have you play along. All you have to do is create something using the above challenge, and upload it to your blog and/or to your SCS Gallery using the keyword CCEE1549. Don't forget to then go to the CCEE Stampers Blog and link it on Mr Linky so that everyone else can see your card too.  While there, certainly take the time to view the fabulous creations by this wonderfully fabulous team of friends.

  

Sesame Street Influences the CCEE Stampers

Our hostess for November is Frances.  Here iis her challenge for the CCEE Stampers this week.....

The 10th November is Sesame Street Day, this year celebrates 46 years since the show started. Create a card the is inspired by this show … You could feature any of the characters from the show; something related to a character eg garbage bin or cookies; or feature a letter of the alphabet etc.

Well..... I had nothing I could relate to Sesame Street, so I went with a sentiment that I think relays the 'attitude' of the Sesame Street community.  The color yellow also reminds me of Big Bird.  The actor who plays Big Bird lives in a town nearby, so that is the character we know the most about as he has been active in local events through the years.

Be sure to stop in and visit the CCEE Blog as I have a feeling that the other team members were able to do this challenge in a more literal way.

Crazies Play with Colors

November has arrived and that means there is a new hostess for the Crazy4Challenges......and that would be me, Joanne/Jojot!!!  I am so very excited to announce that our Guest Designer for November will be the fabulous Karen Dunbrook.  Her talents are often on display at Splitcoast, and her specialty is CAS, vibrant colors, and incredible and innovative background effects.

Here is the challenge........ Let’s add to our Thanksgiving/Fall card stash by creating cards of thanks using the traditional colors of the season.  For those of you ‘down under’ you may certainly make Spring creations expressing thanks.

Due to health issues I have not made enough Thanksgiving cards to send out this year, so I just made a CAS card of thanks.  This will go to my 'gift' stash......for friends who love the receive stashes of assorted all occasion cards for Christmas.

Please be sure to stop in at the Crazies Blog to see the fabulous designs of our team and our fabulous guest designer.

CCEE Stampers Go in Circles

Frances is our CCEE Stampers Challenge hostess for November, and here is her challenge for this week.

According to the Holiday Insight website, the 2nd November was Look for Circles Day. So for our challenge this month let's create a card featuring circles …. How many can you include on your card??

Well.....I think I met this challenge.  The background was created wiith two stencils.....large circles sponged with multiple colors in the background and dotted circles in black in the front.  I then used an MFT die to cut my sentiment flag and stamp the birthday sentiment.

Be sure to visit the CCEE Blog to see the circle creations by the rest of the team.

CCEE Stampers Play with Acetate

Maryann continutes as the CCEE Stampers Challenge hostess for October.  Here is her challenge.

Maryann here for today's challenge. I am asking the girls to please use Acetate in any form for their project.

I did my own version of the smacking acetate technique only I used Brushos.  After several failed attempts, I went with using just yellow Brusho, sprinkled on the acetate sheet.  This way I could be sure of the 'spread' of the powder, an issue I have when I do it directly to paper.  I then misted the powder and acetate with water and placed my paper face down on the acetate.  I then let it dry naturally and heat embossed my image by I Brake for Stamps onto the panel.  The SU sentiment was also heat  embossed .  I then added the piercing around the edges of the base card and placed three brads above the sentiment.

Be sure to visit the CCEE Blog to view the acetate related creations by the rest of this fabulous DT.

Chocolate Goes with Anything, Right?????

Maryann is our CCEE Stampers Challenge hostess for October.  This is her challenge for this week.

We couldn't be female without some Chocolate in our lives, make a card using chocolate combination. - Chocolate  & Pink, Chocolate & Green, Chocolate and Vanilla.

I choose to go with Chocolate with Pale Pink,  My sentiment is the only thing that is stamped.  The flowers and the speckles in the background was done with stencils.

Be sure to visit the CCEE Blog to see the fabulous CHOCOLATE creations by this delicious and talented team.

CCEE Stampers Play with Words

 

 

Lois continues as the CCEE Stampers Challenge hostess for September.  She has a fun challenge for us his week that has a lot of flexibility to it.  The gallery should be full of all kinds of creations this week.  Here is her challenge....

 

Lois here.  I'm the hostess for this month's CCEE challenges.  In addition to being my birthday today, it is also the birthday of Louis H. Sullivan (born Sept. 3, 1856), an architect credited with designing the first skyscraper.  Today's challenge is a Word Play challenge.  Include on your card something that starts with each of the letters in CITY.

Here are my CITY elements.....

C is for the Crazy Bird image I used.
I is for the "I' sentiment.
T is for the turquoise color of my cardstock and Copic markers.
Y is for the abundance of yellow on the card.

Stamps used are from Tim Holtz (Crazy Bird) , SU (bkgd. stamp used on horizontal panel), and Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps (sentiment).

Be sure to visit the CCEE Stampers Blog to see creativity on overload.

Bows, Bows, Bows for the CCEE

Frances has been our hostess for the month of August.  For her last challenge of the month, she has given the CCEE Stampers the following challenge.

Apparently tomorrow is Bow Tie Day, so for our challenge this week let's include some sort of bow on our cards this week … it doesn't have to be a Bow Tie as long as it is a bow.

I, obviously, did not go with the bow tie.  Unfortunately, due to my health I have not been able to create many holiday cards.  So I am now trying to build my stash whenever possible.  I used this wrest stamp from (?) and the sentiment from a SU retired set.  My skinny bow is a die from Impression Obsession.

Be sure to check out  the CCEE Blog to see the 'bowed' creations by this fabulously creating and special DT.

CCEEers Refresh with Lemonade and Lemons

 

 

 

Frances continues as our August hostess, and this is the challenge she has given for this week to the CCEE Stampers.

 

According to the Days of the Year web site today is Lemonade Day …. Let's celebrate by creating cards that features lemonade in some way. If you don't have anything Lemon or lemon related feature some other kind of beverage.

I used a very old set from SU.  I kept it clean and simple with some light coloring with my Copics.  I added a sentiment from MFT.  I also used a frame embossing folder.

Be sure to go to the CCEE Stampers Blog to get 'lemon fresh'.

CCEEers Go LONG.....

Liz continues as the CCEE Stampers Challenge hostess for June.  This is her challenge for this week.

We are coming up on the longest day of the year, June 21st. In honor of that, the challenge this week is to make a long card.

I kept mine CAS as I have trouble with long cards.  Mine is actually a 'small' long card, beiing only 5.5 inches tall.  I think my rose stamp is from Penny black.  The sentiment is from Hero Arts.

Be sure to check out the wonderfully long cards by the rest of this talented DT at the CCEE Blog.