No Stamping Card

This card is for the November 24th CCEE supplies challenge. Charlene (LilLuvsStamping) supplied us with the beautiful red starburst translucent paper, three poinsettias and leaves, some snowflakes, and the gold cord and ribbon. We had to use some of the red paper, at least one poinsettia and either the gold cord or ribbon or both. The use of the snowflakes was optional. I layered all three poinsettias, added a cuttlebugged snowflake panel, and used a beautiful paper lace sticker from Mrs. Grossman.

Recipe: stamps- none; paper- red designer (source unknown), white; ink- none; accessories- Cuttlebug, silk poinsettias, gold ribbon, gold cord, lace (Mrs. Grossman's stickers).

Autumn Basket

I just wanted to post a pic of my fall basket, because I'll be replacing my title pic with a winter one. I love this basket. I got it at for half price at Michael's a couple years ago, and it has become my holiday basket I keep on my kitchen island. It holds pumpkins and gourds in the fall, pinecones and Christmas decorations in the winter, marble eggs in the spring, and miscellaneous themes in the summer. Time for the seasonal change!

The Hurrieder I Go....

...the behinder I get. I love that old Pennsylvania Dutch saying. I can remember visiting my great grandmother, Memmie, when I was little and hearing her converse on the phone in German Dutch and thinking it was the coolest thing. When the house was messy, we had to redd up, and when you left a room you needed to outen the lights.

As for being behind, I really am. In getting ready for Thanksgiving I got a lot accomplished, but not in blogging or stamping. It meant getting the house clean and ready for family coming home. Always a wonderful thing.

This card was for my CCEE challenge for November 17, for the featured SCS stamper name...Eggette. It had to have at least one egg, the color green somewhere, and some ribbon. The chicken and egg are paper pieced.

Recipe: stamps- Best Of Cluck (SU); paper- white, SU designer series; ink- black archival, always artichoke SU marker; accessories- black grosgrain ribbon (Offray).

Think Pink!

In honor of October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month, all the challenges for one week on SCS included the use of the color pink. This cause has become especially meaningful to me because of a precious family connection. So I combined the color challenge of pink and black, with the CCEE Monday challenge to use sketch #75 (changing the square to any other shape) and to use eyelets. I used a black eyelet for the hole in the tag.

Recipe: Stamps- Bella Toile and Too Terrific Tags (SU), butterfly (PSX); Paper- black, pink pirouette (SU); Ink- black archival; Accessories- black eyelet, black ribbon (Offray).

Cuttlebug Love

It sounds like a cute little stuffed animal, doesn't it? But for those of you who are not paper crafters, it's a wonderful little genious machine (boy, do I wish I had the patent on this one) that embosses. I love this thing!!!

I was playing...uhh, did I say playing...I meant "creatively experimenting" with a couple new embossing folders, running white cs through them, when I noticed the contrasting patterns laying around on my work table. I loved the white against white and decided to make an all white card.

Recipe: Stamps- Sincere Salutations (SU); Paper- white; Ink- white pigment; Accessories- Cuttlebug embossing folders (swiss dots and formal squares), spring flower bouquet punch (SU), 1 9/16" square punch (McGill), ribbon (Offray), white pearl brads, white ep.

Yet Another "Big Butt" Card

I'm really not obsessed with big butts, but it does seem like someone in my online group of stamping friends is. Lol! Cindy (Mothermark on SCS) was responsible for the theme of a new set of acrylic stamps from a company called "H&M Stamps". Heather, the owner/designer/illustrator of the company was so generous to give Cindy enough sets to send one to each of us CCEE'ers. The challenge for Monday, October 27th was to create a project using this set and to also use chipboard. The face of the cave on my card was made from a chipboard restaurant coaster, cut to shape, and sponged with grey and black pigment inks. (for those of you who have seen me tuck my drink coaster into my purse in a restaurant, this is what I use them for)

Recipe: Stamps- A Lil' Behind (H&M Stamps), Inspired By Nature (SU); Paper- black, white, grey, garden green (SU); Ink- garden green, archival black, black and grey pigment; Accessories- chipboard restaurant coaster, Prismacolor pencils, Turpenoid.

Flaky Friends

I love the sentiment to this stamp set. I hope there's just a little flakiness in all of us. It makes life so much more enjoyable. When my family gets together, there's always a lot of laughter.

The subject for this Monday's challenge among a small group of stamping friends was to make a suspension card with a winter or Christmas theme. I was able to include another challenge on SCS...using a plaid.

Recipe: stamps- Flaky Friends (SU); paper- real red, white, patterned paper (DCWV); ink- black archival, SU markers (real red, bashful blue, certainly celery, summer sun); accessories- ribbon (Offray), tiny blue button, chalks (sky), liquid applique, dental floss, circle punches (1 1/4, 1 3/8)