CCEE1404 Bright Flowers

Sabrina challenged us to "bring some colour to January with some bright flowers".  Here are mine:

Now I know there are no tulips and Hollyhocks or gladiolas to bloom in January in Massachusetts, but they are colorful, aren't they?

Please join us in making some bright flowers. Be sure to link your card or project HERE.

CCEE Special Tribute to Charlene

Our dear teammate and special friend, Charlene Merrick, passed away, after a battle with brain and liver cancer.  We believe she is now at peace, and no longer suffering.

A warm, friendly, and whimsical woman, she loved Penguins, M & M's, and the color purple.  In her honor we are adding a special addition to our weekly challenges.  Please join us in remembering LilLuvsStampin'.

Here is Charlene's beautiful card from her gallery on SCS:

And here is my version done in shades of purple:

CCEE1403 Poetry Inspiration

Sabrina challenged us to be inspired by the words and imagery of this poem.

Ars Poetica by Archibald MacLeish

A poem should be palpable and mute
As a globed fruit,

Dumb
As old medallions to the thumb,

Silent as the sleeve-worn stone
Of casement ledges where the moss has grown -

A poem should be wordless
As the flight of birds.
*
A poem should be motionless in time
As the moon climbs,

Leaving, as the moon releases
Twig by twig the night-entangled trees,

Leaving, as the moon behind the winter leaves,
Memory by memory the mind -

A poem should be motionless in time
As the moon climbs.
*
A poem should be equal to:
Not true.

For all the history of grief
An empty doorway and a maple leaf.

For love
The leaning grasses and two lights above the sea -

A poem should not mean
But be.

Here is my card:

Thanks for looking.  Please join us in this wonderful challenge and link HERE.

CCEE1402 Bordered Sentiment

Our challenge from Sabrina this week is to make a card using a technique called Bordered Sentiments, which you can find HERE on SplitCoastStampers.

It's an easy tutorial, and one I'll use again, as I was unfamiliar with it.

Please join us, and link your card on our BLOG.

Feel Better Soon!

A Cyber friend had gall bladder surgery yesterday.  This card was made this morning for her......and the best part is, now that she's had the surgery, she's feeling MUCH better.  Been there, done that.  what a relief it is to be able to eat and not go into those awful spasms!!  I think she will like this!

A Terrible Loss

Our CCEE teammate, Charlene Merrick (aka LilLuvsStampin) passed away after a battle with liver and brain cancer.  She was the sweetest woman ...... gentle, kind, and full of good humor.  We will miss her terribly.  Julia Aston and I were to get together with her two summers ago when she was in our area, but the night before she was rushed to the hospital, and had her gall bladder removed.  She went home to recuperate.  We kept in touch by internet, and when she was diagnosed with cancer, we sent her cards of cheer every week.  I cased a card of hers to send to her family to let them know how much I personally cared about her.

The only blessing is that she is now at peace and the pain and suffering she was enduring is done.  Remembering you with love, dear friend.

CCEE1401 Teddy Bear's Picnic

Our hostess for the month of January is Sabrina Friel.

Here is her challenge:
A party with a twist to celebrate the New Year.  Bring your teddy bear along, but you must include something old and something new, and tell us what they are.

My designer paper from Creative imaginations is old, and my distress markers are new.

I love this little person from Whipper Snapper stamps, and by adding a bow, the toddler becomes a girl.

Please feel free to join us, and link your card HERE, so we can enjoy it too.

CHF43 Winter

Steph is our hostess for the very last day of the year.  She challenged us to make a Winter themed card.




I used a digi stamp from CHF called "Winter Chapel" (#2344), and a sentiment from the stamp set Night Before Christmas (colored with two markers).

Here is what my card looks like when it's closed.  I wanted you to see both.


 I hope you have enjoyed what the Design Team at Cornish Heritage Farms has shown you this year.  I also hope you have been stamping right along with us, and have shopped on occasion at the store.




I wish you a Happy New Year, and the best of everything for 2014.

Monday Challenges

Grandson John hit the hot tub bright and early this morning.  Very cold, but not to kids, I guess.  Mom and I made two cards, one for the Clean and Simple, and one for Technique (shaker).  Now, I'm going to show you both of them, but please forget them soon, as one or both of them may be off to you in the near future.

This is a simple case of Jen's card with a row of little bunny bottoms, which I did in white emboss, and added a simple knotted ribbon and a teeny cotton ball.

Here is the shaker card, which is filled with green and gold glass beads.  I haven't made a shaker in a long time, and had forgotten how extremely messy they can be .......like all over the room.


Now remember what I said ......... look, and then forget!!

Blue Music

This card was made for two challenges, the queen For The Day, and Free4All.  I used Elvis double-sided paper, and the layout from our Queen, Dara.  Not making too many cards lately, what with the Holidays, and our grandson John staying with us.  Thanks for looking.

Couple of new cards

It's been a busy week with Dr. and Dentist apppts, so here I am a little late posting a few cards I just finished.

This went to the girls in my Dentist's office.  I saw them both Monday and Tuesday.  They are always so cheerful!

The Gibson girl on the front is popped up, and I added some flourish leaves and a lacy background, as well as a popped poinsettia.  I thought they might enjoy a shaped card, rather than a regular rectangular one.

This card was made with a brand new stamp set  I got from my UPS guy yesterday.  The set is one I thought about for a long time, and when the price was reduced, I couldn't resist.

The layout is the sketch challenge at Splitcoaststampers today.  the background is embossed, and so is the RED strip.  I painted the image, splattered it with some caramel color ink, and layered it popped up on the green and white.

I hope you like these cards.  Thanks for visiting my blog.

CHF42 We Three Kings

"December 20th is Go Caroling Day ... create a card or project inspired by a Christmas Carol".  This is our challenge this week at Cornish Heritage Farms from Frances, our  hostess.

I think you can tell my card is based on the song "We Three Kings".

Please join us, linking HERE.  See you next Tuesday !

CCEE1350 A Tree

 This is our LAST challenge of the year at CCEE.  For our finale, Frances posted the following:

O Christmas Tree, O Christmas tree, How lovely are your branches!
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas tree, How lovely are your branches!
 In beauty green will always grow Through summer sun and winter snow.
O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree, How lovely are your branches!

Use the lyrics above for the inspiration of your card for the challenge this week. Your card can include a Christmas tree, pine branches of a Christmas tree or even a tree in a summer or winter setting.

Here is my card, A Victorian Christmas:

Please join us, linking your card at our blog HERE.  Have a wonderful and safe Holiday, and we hope to see you in the new year.

Thomas Kinkade Week

This week the Thomas Kinkade image from Cornish Heritage Farms is done all in sepia.  The title of this one is "The Village Lighthouse".  His coloring of it is fabulous, but since I am not HE, I took the easier way out.

Take a look at all the fabulous Kinkade stamps at Cornish Heritage Farms yourself, and see how gorgeous they really are!

CCEE1349 A Stocking

Frances is our Hostess for the month of December (which will only be two weeks of challenges).  

'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house 

Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;

 The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,

 In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there.'

So Frances told us to include a stocking.  Here is my card for the challenge:

I love this little image from A Day For Daisies.

Please join us, linking your card to our blog HERE.  See you next week for our last challenge of 2013.

Hoopy Birthday!

Some days silly takes me over!  Mom and I were looking at Pinterest this morning, and came across this bird.  We giggled, then laughed.  I just had to print it out, and use it for the sketch challenge at SCS today.  I hope it tickles yur fancy too!

CHF41 Inspired By Santa

"December 4th is Santas' List Day - are you on the "Nice" list or the Naughty List?? Create a card or project that is inspired by Santa."  This is the challenge given to us by our hostess, Frances.  I used this cute image from Cornish Heritage Farms of the three kittens wearing Santa Hats.

There is a checkerboard bg, and a CHF sentiment with the ribbon.  I hope you will want to join us, linking your card to our blog HERE.  Thanks for looking!

On To Christmas!

My cards are all ready to go on Monday.  I stamped them all this morning.  No more Christmas cards to make, just a few tags for presents for the grands.  I ordered the last of their items from their wish lists. Phew.

In the meantime, here are a few cards that didn't get posted.

 this one was for the Inspiration Challenge at SCS.  I saw a beautiful gilded and white bowl, thus this card.

 Here is a step card made with die cuts.  I did add some light blue sponging to give it some definition.  I think it came out really well, and it even fit in a regular envelope.

 This Get Well card is made with two digital images from Cornish Heritage Farms.  I have been on their Design Team all year, and have scads of their wonderful designs.  I went with a monochromatic card, and it will go out to a guy, don't you think?

And last, but certainly not least, I made this pop-up card with an ornament and flakes.  It's in its envelope, and on the way to friends for Christmas.

Thanks for looking.

CCEE1348 Sketch

Here  is the sketch Cindy gave us for this challenge.










......................and here is the card I made for it:

I used some wonderful shades of purple and olive green.  The lilac is out of the box....a technique I love to do.  The papers are just scraps from my file, but I thought they matched really well.

We'd love to have you use this fun and easy sketch from Cindy. 

 Please join us, and link your sketch HERE.

See you next week.

CHF extra

Here's an extra card made with a CHF digital cardinal.

Adds to my stash of Christmas cards.

Thanks for looking.