It's Sketch Time

Hi everyone and welcome to our CCEE Stampers blog.

Today is Monday and also the beginning of a brand new month, which means it is challenge time over here at CCEE Stampers. It also means that we have a new challenge hostess for this month, which is Charlene Merrick.

Charlene's challenge to get us all started is a sketch challenge, you can see the sketch below. I hope you enjoy using it to create your card this week.

So are you going to play along this week??? All you need to do is use the sketch below for the layout of your card. Once you have created your card/project come back here and place a comment with a link to your card/project to this post so that we can see what you created. If you upload your card/project to SCS don't forget to include the keyword CCEEC. We can't wait to see what you create!

So here is the sketch:
The diamond shapes can be a diamond, a circle, stars, flowers or any other shape you wish to use. I just used the diamond shape to show that you are required to put something there.

OK now it i s time to check out what the CCEE Stampers created this week.

Deb Mills - Feeding My Soul




Charlene Merrick - Where m&m's Gather




Dawn Lusk ..... Dawn a New Day




Cindy Haffner - Cindy Haffner's Corner



Frances Byrne - StampOwl's Studio



Tosh Leyendekker - Stamp Talk with Tosh



Cindy Motherway - This is My Story

Well that's it for another week, don't forget to come back again next week

A Supply Challenge!

Happy Monday everyone, I hope you all enjoyed your weekend. Of course it is time for another challenge over here on the CCEE Stampers blog.

This week is our supply challenge, Deb our challenge hostess for the month sent all the CCEE design team members 3 pieces of 6 x 6 designer papers, 2 ribbons and a gem brad. Our challenge was to use at least 2 of the designer papers and the brad, the ribbons were optional.

Sounds pretty easy right!

So are you going to play along this week??? All you need to do is select 2 designer papers in you stash to use on your card and also include a brad. Once you have created your card/project come back here and place a comment with a link to your card/project to this post so that we can see what you created. If you upload your card/project to SCS don't forget to include the keyword CCEEC. We can't wait to see what you create!

Additional Optional Challenge

In observance of Memorial Day as celebrated in the US, many of the CCEE girls are sending the cards they made today to Cards for Heroes.org . These cards are then forwarded to service men/women to be used in communicating with their families as well as acknowledging important dates such as birthdays, anniversaries and etc. in their families. If you would like to thank a serviceman/woman by donating your card please click here.......

OK now it i s time to check out what the CCEE Stampers created this week.

Charlene Merrick - Where m&m's Gather

Dawn Lusk ..... Dawn a New Day




Cindy Haffner - Cindy Haffner's Corner



Frances Byrne - StampOwl's Studio



Tosh Leyendekker - Stamp Talk with Tosh
This card will be going to Cards for Heroes. I didn't include a sentiment so it's pretty versatile.




Cindy Motherway - This is My Story

This card will be sent to Cards for Heroes. I thought it would be appropriate to be sent to a spouse back home.


Deb Mills - Feeding My Soul

Carolyn King - My Blog
Here is my card that I will be sending to Cards for Heroes. I figured a birthday card can ALWAYS be used!




Well that's it for another week, don't forget to come back again next week

Specialty Papers

Happy Monday everyone and welcome to the CCEE Stampers blog. It's time for another fun challenge are you ready to play??

This week our challenge hostess Deb challenged us to make a card using any specialty type of paper. Some possibilities....vellum, acrylic, foil, flocked, metallics...anything beyond the typical cardstock and printed designer papers. (you know, those papers you bought because they were so beautiful and unusual, then put them in a folder and never used...oh wait, that was me). the rest of the materials is up to you, as long as you have some of the specialty paper somewhere on your card.

Sound like a fun challenge!

So are you going to play along this week??? All you have to do is create a card using some type of specialty type paper (vellum, acrylic, foil, flocked, metallics etc). Once you have created your card/project come back here and place a comment with a link to your card/project to this post so that we can see what you created. If you upload your card/project to SCS don't forget to include the keyword CCEEC. We can't wait to see what you create!

OK now it i s time to check out what the CCEE Stampers created this week.


Dawn Lusk - Dawn ..... A New Day

Cindy Haffner - Cindy Haffner's Corner

Frances Byrne - StampOwl's Studio

Tosh Leyendekker - Stamp Talk with Tosh




Cindy Motherway - This is My Story



Deb Mills - Feeding My Soul

Embossing on lavender vellum



Carolyn King - My Blog



Charlene Merrick - Where m&m's Gather



I used mulberry paper for the center of my flower on the topnote die purse box and outlining the oval on the card.

Well that's it for another week, don't forget to come back again next week

CNFS - IMAMUTTNUT!

Good morning everyone and welcome to our CCEE Stamper blog. Are you ready for another challenge!

This week it is time for our CNFS (Catchy Name Featured Stamper) challenge which is always soooo much fun. For those who don't know already, once a month our challenge hostess for the month selects someone who has a "Catchy" user name over on SCS and we then create our card around that name.

This week, Deb our challenge hostess selected the user name "imamuttnut" .... cool name don't you think and I guess that means she loves dogs hehe. Hope so cause that is what we all had to put on our cards a dog!

So are you going to play along this week??? All you have to do is create a card that has a dog on it ... I am sure you have dog stamps right!!!!! Once you have created your card/project come back here and place a comment with a link to your card/project to this post so that we can see what you created. If you upload your card/project to SCS don't forget to include the keyword CCEEC. We can't wait to see what you create!

OK now it i s time to check out what the CCEE Stampers created this week.

Cindy Haffner - Cindy Haffner's Corner



Frances Byrne - StampOwl's Studio



Tosh Leyendekker - Stamp Talk with Tosh




Cindy Motherway - This is My Story



Deb Mills - Feeding My Soul



Carolyn King - My Blog


Charlene Merrick - Where m&m's Gather



Dawn Lusk - Dawn ..... A New Day

Well that's it for another week, don't forget to come back again next week

Mother's Day!

Good morning everyone.

What better way to start the week then with another CCEE Stampers challenge. This week starts the beginning of a new month of challenges so of course we have a new challenge hostess bringing the challenges to us all. Our challenge hostess for May is Deb Mills, I am sure you will enjoy all the wonderful challenges she has in store for us all during the coming month.

For today's challenge Deb decided that with Mother's Day being only a week away that it was a good time to make a Mother's Day card. Most of us need Mother's Day cards right!


So are you going to play along this week??? All you have to do is create a Mother's Day card ... simple! Once you have created your card/project come back here and place a comment with a link to your card/project to this post so that we can see what you created. If you upload your card/project to SCS don't forget to include the keyword CCEEC. We can't wait to see what you create!

OK now it i s time to check out what the CCEE Stampers created this week.


Frances Byrne - StampOwl's Studio

Tosh Leyendekker - Stamp Talk with Tosh



Cindy Motherway - This is My Story


Deb Mills - Feeding My Soul






Carolyn King - My Blog


Charlene Merrick - Where m&m's Gather




Dawn Lusk - Dawn ..... A New Day



Cindy Haffner - Cindy Haffner's Corner



Well that's it for another week, don't forget to come back again next week

Everything Old is New Again!

Hi Stampers,
I hope you all enjoyed the weekend. Thanks to everyone who played with us last week with Cindy's sketch challenge it was fun seeing all your great creations.

Of course now it is time for other challenge with the CCEE Stampers. Cindy Haffner brings us another great challenge which is to create a card using a die, tool, embellishment we haven’t used in a long time. It could be a cuttlebug die you had to have and never used, eyelets that are collecting dust, you get the idea. Now I am sure you can relate to this one right, we all have dies, tools or embellishments that we had to have and either not use them at all or use them for a bit and move onto something new .... well now is the time to get them out and PLAY!

So are you going to play along this week??? Come on you know you have some stuff you haven't used for ages so now is a good time to use them. Once you have created your card/project come back here and place a comment with a link to your card/project to this post so that we can see what you created. If you upload your card/project to SCS don't forget to include the keyword CCEEC. We can't wait to see what you create!

OK now it i s time to check out what the CCEE Stampers created this week.


Tosh Leyendekker - Stamp Talk with Tosh


Deb Mills - Feeding My Soul





Carolyn King - My Blog

Charlene Merrick - Where m&m's Gather




Dawn Lusk - Dawn ..... A New Day




Cindy Haffner - Cindy Haffner's Corner






Frances Byrne - StampOwl's Studio




Well that's it for another week, don't forget to come back again next week