CCEE2233 - Pluto Demoted Day

Hi Crafty Friends,

It's Frances here again with our last challenge for the month, thank you to all of you who played along this week.

According to the Days of the Year web site, yesterday 24th August was Pluto Demoted Day, this day marks the occasion in 2006 when Pluto was demoted from being a planet to a dwarf planet. For our challenge today, create a card that has a space theme.

Now let's take a peek at our Design Team's creations.

Frances Byrne - StampOwl's Studio

Lois Bak - Clownmom Creations

Liz Williams - Old Right Brain Madness

Inside the card it says: "drifts into outer space."

Lynn McAuley - Confessions of a Left-Brained Stamper

Maryann Einam Stamping on Greens

Kelly Santi - Sandcastlestamper

CCEE2232 - Peach Month

 Hi Crafty Friends,

It's Frances here again issuing our third challenge for the month ...

Apparently August is Peach month and Monday 22nd August is National Peach Day, so for our challenge this week create a card that features one or more things that begin with the letter "P" .. A punched image; patterned paper; pansy; paint; person or a product that is from a company whose name starts with “P”.

Now let's take a look the creations made by our Design Team.

Frances Byrne - StampOwl's Studio

Lois Bak - Clownmom Creations

Liz Williams - Old Right Brain Madness

Maryann Einam Stamping on Greens

Lynn McAuley - Confessions of a Left-Brained Stamper

Kelly Santi - Sandcastlestamper

CCEE2231 - Embossing Folders

 Hi Crafty Friends,

It's Frances back today with our challenge for the week. 

A few months ago, Jennifer McGuire shared a technique using embossing folders. Let’s give it a try. You can find Jennifer's tutorial here. 

Now let's take a look at our Design Team's creations.

Frances Byrne - StampOwl's Studio

Lois Bak - Clownmom Creations

Liz Williams - Old Right Brain Madness

Kelly - Sandcastlestamper

Maryann Einam   Stamping on Greens

Lynn McAuley - Confessions of a Left-Brained Stamper

CCEE2230 - Butterflies

 Hi Crafty Friends,

It's a brand new month which means a new challenge hostess, this time round I (Frances Byrne) am issuing the challenges.

Butterflies seem to be very popular right now, many companies have released products featuring them this year. Create a card that features one or more butterflies.

Let's take a look at what the Design Team have created this week ...

Frances Byrne - StampOwl's Studio

Lois Bak - Clownmom Creations

Maryann Einam Stamping on Greens

Lynn McAuley - Confessions of a Left-Brained Stamper

Liz Williams - Old Right Brain Madness

Kelly Sandcastlestamper

CCEE2229 - National Picnic Month

It's the middle of summer, and July is National Picnic Month.  Include something on your card that would be part of a picnic (picnic basket, checkered tablecloth, picnic food, or even ants).

Lois Bak - Clownmom Creations

Frances Byrne - StampOwl's Studio

Lynn McAuley - Confessions of a Left-Brained Stamper

Liz - Old Right Brain Madness

CCEE2228 - National Ice Cream Month

July is National Ice Cream Month.  Today's challenge is an easy one -- include some ice cream on your card.

Lois Bak - Clownmom Creations 

Frances Byrne - StampOwl's Studio

Old Right Brain Madness - Liz Williams

Lynn McAuley - Confessions of a Left-Brained Stamper

CCEE2227 - National Tape Measure Day

Today is National Tape Measure Day.  The challenge to you today is to make a card incorporating a tape measure or something else used in sewing on your card -- either some kind of a sewing-related image or perhaps stitching.

Lois Bak - Clownmom Creations 

Frances Byrne - StampOwl's Studio

Liz Williams - Old right Brain Madness

Lynn McAuley - Confessions of a Left-Brained Stamper

Kelly Santi- Sandcastlestamper

CCEE2226 - Dotsy's Birthday

Hi, Lois here with the first of this month's challenges.  Tomorow is my sister Dotsy's birthday.  She is an avid card maker and scrabpooker and also helps with wedding floral arrangements with her friend.  In her honor make either a birthday card or a wedding card.

Lois Bak - Clownmom Creations

Frances Byrne - StampOwl's Studio

Liz Williams - Old Right Brain Madness

Lynn McAuley - Confessions of a Left-Brained Stamper