CCEE2221 Country Cooking Month

 Hello, CCEE Stamper Fans! I am Lynn McAuley, and I will be hosting the CCEE Challenges for the month of June.

In the United States, June has been declared country cooking month. I am therefore asking the CCEE Stampers to create cards which feature fabulous bounty from the garden in the form of fruits or vegetables that you love to prepare and serve your family during the hot months of summer.

So pull out your stamp collection and see what you can put together for this country cooking challenge. Should you post your project to an on-line gallery other than your blog, please add CCEE2221 as a keyword on hashtag.

I had some terrific design paper to use for this challenge and I used a stamp I had from an old set from Flourishes which I stamped in Versafine Clair black, and I colored the image with Copic makers. The dies I used are from Gina Marie dies.  I love that summer is a great time to shop for fresh vegetables!

Check the CCEE blogsite to see what the team has cooked up for this challenge:

https://cceestampers.blogspot.com/2022/06/ccee2221-country-cooking-month.html

CCEE2212 - Eiffel Tower Day

  Bonjour Crafty Friends,

Frances here again with the final challenge for the month.

Apparently today is Eiffel Tower Day - create a card with a French theme, bonus points if you include the Eiffel Tower. 

Let's take a look at what our Design Team created with this theme ..

Frances Byrne - StampOwl's Studio

Lois Bak - Clownmom Creations

Maryann Einam

Lynn McAuley - Confessions of a Left-Brained Stamper 

 Kelly Santi https://sandcastlestamper.blogspot.com/

I used an oldie but goodie  French Script background stamp from Stampin' Up for the background. I added these cherry blossoms from an old Flourishes set designed by Maracella Hawley. The pink ink on the background is the new Tim Holtz Saltwater Taffy distress oxide pad,  and the images were stamped using Versafine Clair Black.  The Eiffel Tower and sentiment are scrapbook embellishments. 

CAS on Friday - ladybugs

I love this image designed by Marcella Hawley that I stamped onto watercolor paper and then watercolored using distress oxide inks. The larger ladybug is a little wooden embellishment the smaller one is drawn on the image. I scored the white paper just to give it a little finishing touch. 

Here's the site for the challenge details:

http://cleanandsimpleonsunday.blogspot.com/2021/06/challenge-208-ladybirdsladybugs.html

 

Fusion - Summer dreamin and red and blue

Doing challenges are a fun way to get your creative juices flowing, so here's the one I did for the Fuson challenge. Here is their link:

http://fusioncardchallenge.blogspot.com/2021/06/fusion-summer-dreamin.html

These shells are from an old retired set of stamps from Flourishes (which are no longer in business) but they looked perfect with these patriotic papers. 

I also used this card for the Color Hue challenge to use red and blue with the details found here:

https://colorhuesthecolorchallenge.blogspot.com/2021/07/color-hues-21-red-and-blue.html

 

CCEE2122 - Repeat Day

 

Hi friends! Kelly here with your June 2021 challenges.

Today is Repeat Day!

For this week, we'd like for you to use the

repeat stamping technique on your card/project.

I did some repeat stamping on the card base for this card with an old Flourish set  that will forever be in my stamp collection. I love that peach season is here. Fresh peaches are so delicious. I colored the center piece with copic markers. I stamped the image with distressed oxide antique photo ink.  The dotted circle die is from Gina Marie. The little burlap bow is a sticker.  I hope you are in for one delicious summer that includes some peaches and cream homemade ice cream. Doesn't that sound amaging!! 

Fusion challenge - Poppies

 

The sentiment says "Never forget" which is from a Tim Holtz ideology pad. And for the Fusion challenge this week, participants were given a choice to use poppies. That is what I did as I selected these popplies from an old Flourish set designed by Marcella Hawley before she started her own business, Power Poppy. I have been a big fan of her art for a long while. I used Archival black ink to stamp the image on white paper and then I colored it with Copic markers. The cardbase is red cardstock and I torn some great design paper to be the background. You can find the detail for the challenge and a choice of challenges here:

http://fusioncardchallenge.blogspot.com/2021/04/fusion-poppies.html

Violets in Rich Razzleberry

 

I made this card for the Color Challenge  over on  Splitcoaststampers this week using white, rich razzleberry, and old olive. I used one of my favorite stamps from Flourishes (no longer in business). It is probably at least 8 years old. I really do not know.  It will always be a part of my stamp collection no matter how old it is. Since it is old and so are the ink pads I used for this card, I am entering this in the Retro rubber challenge this week too. You can find that challenge HERE.

I send out a lot of sympathy cards for my church, and this will make a great one when needed.  

CCEE2035 Peaches

 

For my last challenge for August,  perhaps you did not realize August is Peach Month, and peach is also my favorite color. So on your cards this week use the color peach or perhaps even a peach image or peach pie! Yummy!

So join us in the fun and come see what delicious and creamy peachy cards our team comes up with over on CCEEStampers blog.

TGiF272

Here is the sketch for the TGIF challenge this week:

I used a Fourishes strawberry stamp designed by Marcella Hawley on this card. It is colored with copic makers. I used two kraft tags for the centern pieces. I used an old SU speckled itty bitty background stamp with brick red distress oxide ink for the back ground. I used colored pencils to color the strawberry image on the kraft paper. Since these tag tops had holes punched in them, I decided to tie a little red ribbon into a square knot between the two holes.
Here is where you can find the TGIF challenge details:
http://tgifchallenges.blogspot.com/2020/07/tgifc272-sketch-challenge.html

Fruits of summer

This card is using this week's Splitcoaststampers Sketch challenge (807) and I stamped the image with a light colored ink so I could do no line water coloring on it for the Water coloring on Wednesday challenge on SCS as well. I used the strawberries because of the fruit challenge on Mod Squad this.  this imagine is from Flourishes and stamped with Doxi color: aantique linen. I then water colored the image with various reds and greens of Distress Oxide inks, and a few other colors. I am not too good at water coloring but I do love it and the tutorial over on Splitcoaststampers by Lydia which is fabulous. 

You can find the video here: https://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/watercolor-wednesday-f453/wcw004-watercolor-wednesday-no-line-watercolor-t633957.html

Mod Squads Challenge can be found here: https://modsquadchallenge.com/summer-lemons/

Shopping our stash weekly challenge

I visited some old stamps from my stash this week for this challenge. the magnolia stamp is from Flourishes from when Marcella Hawley use to design for them. And the sentiment is from Verve another great stamp company that has gone out of business. The green cardstock base was in my left over halves box that I used the other half on some past project and this was the piece left over. I had this desig paper left on the cutting table from an earlier project last week. And the punches used around the sentiment are old SU punches when I use to be a demonstrator for them. The silver border printed piece I had in my embellishment drawer. The only new thing on this card is the lattice die behind the magnnlia. I colored the image with colored pencils and copic markers.  I love challenges like this one that shows those older supplies and stamps still make wonderful cards. You don't always need the latest and greatest. Great art in the images are the key for longevity for me. Although it may be a very different Mother's Day this year, I hope to send all the special friends of mine and in my family who are wonderful mothers to their children, especially in challenging times like we have had for the last 7  weeks or so. Press on Moms of the world, we can do this.

You can find the Shopping Your Stash challenge HERE.
I also did this card for the Retro challenge, which is to use stamps you have owned for over a year. These two stamps used on this card and much older than that and both the companies they were made by are no longer in business.  You can find the Retro challenge details on their blogsite:  https://www.retrorubberchallengeblog.com/

ATS176 - CAS summer

I stamped this clean and simple summery beach scene for the Addicted to Stamping Challenge for this week. I used an old Flourish set and water colored with Distress Oxide inks. My interpretation of CAS also means a one layer card that is easy and cheap to mail.