Snow Day Craziness

We woke up to some inches of snow that we were not supposed to get.  Needless to say, we are not Winter people.......the only season in New England that doesn't make us jump for joy.

As I type, DH is out with the snow blower (he asked me if I would like to learn how to use it.  Silly boy!).

Snow days make me crazy.  I am a bit nutty (?) to begin with, and I'm sure you know that, so it's not much of a reach to understand my card on SCS yesterday.

This goes to one of our grands who loves cards with funny sayings.  Here it is:

"THIS is my step ladder.  I never knew my REAL ladder."

Couldn't resist.

CCEE1950 Santa in the Window

For our last challenge of the year, Lynn asks that we create a card with a window.

"It will then be your choice on whether  you want to be peeking IN on Santa or peeking OUT at Santa.  I can't wait to look through your window to spy on Santa.  Have fun!!"

The two black kitties are watching as Santa and his reindeer wish them a Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night!"

Please join us HERE   and be sure to join us in January for our new challenges for 2020!

CCEE1949 Big and Bold

Our hostess for the two weeks in December is Lynn.  For the challenge, she asks us to create a holiday card where a BIG and BOLD sentiment is the star on the front of our design.

The saying is the whole card......I added an embossed frame, and some tiny leaves of holly where the dotted "i" is placed.

Please join us for our last two challenges of 2019 HERE.

CCEE1948 MOvember

November is also known as MOvember which is a time to celebrate and raise funds for male issues.  For our challenge this month, include a moustache on your card in some way.

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Pleas join us HERE.

CCEE1947 Ride

Tomorrow is Go For A Ride Day, so for our challenge this week, incorporate some sort of transport on your card... bike, car, train, plane, hot aid balloon etc.  How will  you be riding this week?

Our granddaughter Erin's many year boyfriend, Nick, is a car enthusiast.  I thought this would be a perfect birthday card for him.


Please join us HERE.

CCEE1946 Ice Cream

Frances tells us:

November 11th is Sundae Day...Doesn't that sound like a delicious day!  Create a card that features ice cream of some sort.

Please join us linking your card HERE.

CCEE1945 Coffee

Apparently tomorrow is Cappuccino Day.  Frances challenges us to make a coffee themed card.

Please join us, linking your card HERE.

CCEE1944 Halloween!

Today is Halloween!  Although many celebrate - let's keep it simple and create a card with anything Halloween or Harvest ...costumes, candies, spooky things or just use orange and black!.

Please join us, linking your card HERE.

A Raise for Erin

Got a call last night from our granddaughter Erin.  Seems she got a  5% raise, in advance of her review next month.  How cool is that?!  I made a card for her this AM, and it's in the mailbox waiting to be picked up soon.

It fulfilled two challenges this AM on SplitCoastStampers, the Free4All, and the MIX (splat). 

We are delighted to hear she is doing well, but are not in the least surprised!!

CCEE1943 Fall

Fall  porch ~ thinking of a porch in the Fall ...leaves, pumpkins, rocking chairs, wreaths on the door, decor.  Create a card with a Fall Porch in mind or use Fall colors.

Please join us, linking your card HERE.

CCEE1942 Fossils

Our challenge from Kelly...

"Yesterday was National Fossil Day!  A fossil is a preserved impression of a once-living thing from a past geological age, including plants, animals, shells, and more.  Create a card including anything that has been found as a fossil  - dinosaurs, leaves, amber, footprints, etc.

Please join us, linking your card HERE.

CCEE1941 Rainforest Week

For her next challenge, Kelly says,

" It's World Rainforest Week (10-16).  Create a card showing the rainforest or any animal you'd find in the rainforest (and/or trees, rivers, rainforest animals, etc.).

The saying is,

"The older  you get the better you get, unless you're the banana."

Please join us, linking your card HERE.

CCEE1940 Techies Day

Our hostess for the month of October is Kelly.  For her first challenge she says,

"Today is National Techies Day.  I am so grateful tp have the technology that we do!  Create a card with something "techie" on it (computers, cell phones, etc.) or simply create a thank you card (if need be!).

Inside it says,

"Anything not nailed down is a cat toy!"

Please join us, adding your card to our blog HERE.

CCEE1939 Dream

For her last challenge of the month, Frances says,

"The 25th of September was World Dream Day.  For our challenge this week, create a card with someone/something sleeping/dreaming."

Please join us, linking your card HERE.

CCEE1938 Talk Like A Pirate Day

Frances says, "Today is Talk Like a Pirate Day, so grab those pirate stamps/dies to create your card this week.  If you have no pirate stamps, think beach, ocean, or treasure.

Please join us, linking your card HERE.

CCEE1937 Honey Month

Frances tells us, "Apparently September is Honey Month, so for our challenge this week use this as your inspiration ... honey, bees, bears, even stamp companies that have honey in their name!"

I haven't made a shaker card in ages, and now I'm not so sure of what I put in it.  There are gold sequins and black and gold microbeads.  I think I should have left the black out.....makes it look kinda dirty.

My grandson John's girlfriend, Autumn, will appreciate the work, so it will go to her.

Please join us, and link your card HERE.

CCEE1936 Tall Cards

Our hostess for the month of September is Frances. She says:

"The 3rd of September was Skyscraper Day.  For our challenge this week let's make tall cards."

This card will go to my daughter, Amy, who always has twenty things going at once.  I thought this would bring a smile.  I used hats from a number of different sets, and the paper pieced crazy cat.

Thanks for looking.  Please join us, and add your card to our blog HERE.

CCEE1935 Encouragement

For my last challenge, make a card or project that encourages someone, and send it.

Here's my card.

Thanks for joining me for this month's challenges.  Be sure to upload your cards for this challenge to our blog HERE.

CCEE1934 Fancy Folds

I love fancy folds Use whatever fancy fold that takes your fancy!

The card is held closed by the shell.

Please join us, linking your card to our blog HERE.

First Day of School

Just had to post this picture our son David sent us.  This is our granddaughter Sam, as she leaves for first day of Law School.  WE are all so proud of her.

CCEE1933 Vacation destination

Anne Harmon here with my next challenge.  Create a card using a vacation destination ..... one you would like to go to, and be sure to add a 3D element for fun!

The saying is, "I speak fluent French ... fries."

Please join us, linking to our blog HERE.

CCEE1932 Embossing

For my next challenge, use either wet or dry embossing.  Embossing adds so much to a card.  Add some bling (glitter, gems, sequins, etc.)

Please join us, adding your card to our blog HERE.

CCEE1931 Die cut

Anne Harmon here for the month of August.  Your first challenge is to create a card with a die cut, and be sure to add a ribbon.

The die cut hive and bees are on bee paper.  How cute is that?!

Please feel free to join us, and link your card to our blog HERE.

CCEE1930 Moths or Butterflies

National Moth Week 2019, July 20-28

For Vicky's last challenge:

"Who knew the moth would have a whole week dedicated to it.  Use a moth (or butterfly) on your card today.  Extra credit if you actually have a moth stamp/digi you can use.  This is an opportunity to add to your birthday, thank you, thinking of you or just all-occasion card stash!  Let the bugs fly!

This image of moths is from Tim Holtz, colored and spritzed.

Please join us, linking your card HERE.

CCEE1929 Stencils

Vicky says,

"If you're like me, you have a lot of stencils.  I have a drawer full that I never think of.  get one of those out that you haven't used (or haven't used in ages) and put it to good use."

My stencil is the sun's rays.

Please join us, linking your card HERE.

CCEE1928 Cheer the Lonely

Vicky's challenge:

"Most of us probably know an older person who may or may not live alone.  Let's make a Thinking of You card, and actually send it out.  If you don't know anyone, send it to a local nursing home and address it to "Someone Special" or any other phrase you can think of.  Let's cheer up some people today!"

Images from Penny Black always make me smile!


Please join us, adding your card HERE.

GREEN!

Now that the pool is gone, we are trying to grow some grass..........

Luckily (?) we have had LOTS of rain, so we are partway there!

In the meantime, our Hosta

has multiplied since adding it to the island last year, and we are seeing

new spikes in bloom on our Yuccas!  Those creamy bells are just gorgeous!  Nice to see a lot of green.  The grands are missing seeing the pool, but we are not missing all the work!

CCEE1927 Freedom Week

Vicky is our hostess for the month of July.

"Since both Australia and the USA have RED, white and blue for their colors, let's use those colors to make a card....does not have to be for a holiday, just RED, white and blue...but, of course, if you send out Patriotic cards, go for it!

For fun, I used our colors to make a Christmas card!!

Please join us.  Link your card HERE.

Blog Hop For Joanne (jojot)

In honor of our very dear friend and colleague on the CCEE team, this card is posted in remembrance of what a creative and fun person Joanne Grzelak was to all of us.

I have recently had hand surgery, and was not able to make a card.  Instead I am posting a card Joanne made and sent to me.  It's so typical of her style, especially the piercing that was always done so perfectly!

Joanne sent me cards on a regular basis.  We met at a stamp show in Springfield MA a number of  years ago where I was a demonstrator.  She surprised me by coming up to me and announcing herself.  It set off giggles, and we became friends - more than just in "cyberland".

Here is one of her cards that I have treasured (I have saved them ALL!).

Most of the cards she made for me were RED, my favorite color, but this one shows how detailed her cards really were.

I shall sorely miss her, and this blog in her honor (which would have embarrassed her!), is a tribute to a fabulous stamper, and a wonderful person.  Love you, my friend.

Here is the list of everyone who is participating in the blog hop. .

CCEE Stampers 

Frances Byrne

Lois Bak

Karen Ostergard

Liz Williams

Vicki Garrett

Rebecca Ednie

Kelly Santi

Karen Aicken

Vicky Gould

Maryann Einam

Anne Harmon

Nicky Foden

Lynn McAuley

Kathleen Adams

Crazy 4 Challenges 

CCEE1926 Catfish Day

For her last challenge this month, Lois says Tuesday the 25th was National Catfish Day.  She asks us to create a card that has some kind of fish or sea life on it.

I don't know whether this is a bass or not, but it goes to Jake, our family fisherman.  He loves to get funny cards, so here is the inside:

Please feel free to join us, and be sure to link your card to our blog HERE.

CCEE1925 PINK Day

Lois says this Sunday (June 23) is National Pink Day.  The challenge is to create a PINK card.

Pink it is!

Please join us, and link your card HERE.

CCEE1924 Sewing

Lois next challenges us to make a card with some stitching on it, in honor of Sewing Machine Day (today).  It can be actual stitching, faux stitching, or stitch edged dies.

I used real sewing and also a stitched edge rectangle.  I thought  you might want to see the saying on the inside, so that's below.

Please join us, and be sure to link your card HERE.

I LOVE June!

Summer and June.  What could be better?

We have had graduations, Sam from College, a Criminal Justice major, and soon to Law School:

With David and Sarah, the proud parents

And Jay and me, the grandparents who got to go too,

And John, who graduated from High School, hopefully off to the Job Corps

and parents, Amy and Tom

and the grands, who got to go as well.

The brother and sister were proud of him too - Tom and Erin 

And then there was Erin's Nick, (she graduated last year), a Mechanical Engineer, off to work for the Government (torpedo something?)

And finally, Oli, (the great grandchild!) who graduated from Kindergarten,

Now the parties begin..........Sam's is today.  We are saving our appetites!!!!!!!!!!

CCEE1923 High School Subject

Lois is our hostess for the month of June.  She says:

"This is the 60th anniversary of my graduation from high school - June 9, 1959.  so our challenge this week is to make a card depicting your favorite subject in school.

I LOVED geometry.  This card uses geometric shapes in yellow, with a mustard saying, on cream cardstock.  I think it's kind of interesting that I married a high school Mathematics teacher (but we do NO geometry in this household!), and one of our sons was a Math major in college!

Please join us, adding your card HERE.

CCEE1922 Barbeque

May is Barbeque Month, and May 28th is Hamburger Day.  Frances says let's think BBQ's and/or hamburgers when creating our cards this week.

I am a hamburger lover...and I eat them all year around..YUM!

Please join us, linking your card HERE.

CCEE1921 Die

Our challenge from Frances today is to create a card using at least one die cut.

I used a butterfly die cut added to the bg of tapestry stamps in pink and green.

Please join us and link your card HERE.

CCEE1920 Pizza

Tomorrow, May 17th, is Pizza Party Day, so our challenge is to create a card that features pizza or some other food item on it.

Please join us HERE.