CCEE2048 Tie one on

 Hi everyone!

Kelly here with our last challenge for November ~

I hope you've enjoyed the challenges as much as I have!

For this last challenge, November 24 is Tie One On Day.

It's in honor of Thanksgiving cooking and using an apron!

Create a card using an apron as your focal image 

or any TIED element ~ think ribbons, twine, etc!

Use the code CCEE2048 for any gallery or the link below:

https://cceestampers.blogspot.com/2020

I used a very old Stampin' Up set for this little pilgrim girl. I stamped her three times because she is wearing an apron. So all these little pilgrim girls are ushering in my favorite part of the Thanksgiving feast.....the pies...apple, pecan, pumpkin, buttermilk, peach, sweet potato....just to name a few! Since the theme is tie, I decided to wrap this embroidery thread around the front of my card, and add a little tag. This is a 6 by 6 card that I plan to send to one of one group of my grandkids who we will not be seeing this  Thanksgiving. Hope everyone has a safe and distanced holiday. Please pray for the healing of our nation and this virus that has spread over the globe. 

HMFMC #329

 I know the old poem "The Night before Christmas" speaks of not a creature was stirring not even a mouse. Well, that is not the case with this little festive trio all fired up with their holiday songs to share in the merriment of the season. This is my newest of House Mouse stamps for me, and I play a guitar, so I just had to have this musical trio. With a Christmas twist on this week's HMFMC, I wanted to enter it in the challenge. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making it. 

You can find the information on this challenge here:

http://housemouse-challenge.blogspot.com/2020/11/hmfmc-329-anything-goes-with-option-of.html

CTD620

 Here are the colors for the Color Throw Down challenge this week:

I have really been doing a lot of stenciling lately, which I love doing with my Distress Oxide Inks. So I used some colors that I thought were close to these on my card making use of my most recently purchased stencil that came from The Rabbit's Hole. 

I embossed the Stampin' Up sentiment in versamark and covered with Gina K white embossing powder. Then I sponged over it with the distress inks to make it an embossing resist. My final touches were the gemstones for the toppers and clear sequins for the snow.  

Find the challenge here:

https://colorthrowdown.blogspot.com/2020/11/color-throwdown-620.html

CCEE2047 Sunflowers

 

Hi everyone!

Kelly here with another challenge.

It's getting darker earlier and winter is abound for many ~

let's brighten it up with some cheerful yellow sunflowers!

Create a card this week using a sunflower as your focal point ~

either a stamped image or your designer paper.

Please use the code CCEE2047 if you use a gallery or the link up below!

This image is from Flourishes LLC which is no longer operating but the artwork is by Marcella Hawley who is the owner of Power Poppy. Her floral images are amazing and I still collect them to this day. She sells many of her digital images on her site.  I colored this with colored pencils and copic markers. 

Get by CCEEStampers blogsite:

https://cceestampers.blogspot.com/2020/11/ccee2047-sunflowers.html

The Little Red Wagon Challenge #576

 The Little Red Wagon Challenge theme this week is "Say it Loud".  So I wanted to try out this new stencil from The Rabbit Hole making the Ho, Ho, Ho to cover most of the card. the I used a bold "Merry Christmas" over it in black ink. The stenciling was done using distress oxide barn door ink. I added a few sparkly holly stickers on it as accents.  You can find this challenge here:

http://lilredwagon.blogspot.com/2020/11/challenge-576-say-it-loud.html

I  am now in high gear getting my Christmas cards made. I plan on doubling my card list this year since 2020 has been a year of great separations and if we are still doing limited social gatherings, I hope a special card made just for them, will bring a little extra joy to many of my friends and stamping friends. 

Twofer Card Challenge - #33 - Stars

 

My star is of course, the star of Bethlehem.  I used this wonderful little set from Art Impressions and the star that shone over the manger in Bethlehem. On the one on the left I used design papers from Echo Park. I colored it with Copic markers and mounted it all onto kraft cardstock. The card on the right is made with the same stamp from Art Impressions and put on an embossed folder that is either from Sizzix or Spellbinder. The folder only haslf of the pattern that looks like sun rays, so I placed it on top with the arch completing the full circle and ran it back through my embossing machine. It has little diecut pieces that I put some gold chrome paper behind so it would shine through. I popped up Baby Jesus with some dimensional pieces on both cards. Thanks for forgoing the rule about different occasions as I really am heavy into getting Christmas cards completed. I want to send out so many more this year, because of all the lack of time I have gotten to spend with friends due to this pandemic. 

Here is where you can find this fabulous challenge: https://twofercardchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/11/twofer-card-challenge-33-stars.html

Shades of Orange

 

The theme for the Color my Heart challenge this week is to use shades of orange. So, I wanted to try out a new stencil I had gotten this week from Stamplorations, so using every shade of orange I had in distress oxide inks, I made my background. The dies are from Spellbinder and I used two different shades of orange for them. I did not have any orange gemstones, but I do have an orange copic marker, so I colored some of the clear stones to solve that little problem. One of the ways I find copic markers to be so handy. 

Here's the details of the challenge: http://colormyheartcolordare.blogspot.com/