CCEE1604, Chocolate Cake

Who doesn't love chocolate cake!  Did  you know they even have a special day to celebrate this yummy treat!  Chocolate Cake Day was the 27th of January.  Your cards this week should feature cake, bonus points if it is chocolate cake.

My chocolate cake has a top layer of mocha on this gatefold card.

My DGD Erin is in culinary school, preparing to be a pastry chef.  I thought I'd include a pic of one of her creations for you to drool over:

Please join us, adding your card HERE.

Always Playing With Paper Challenge

 

this is the challenge..........to make a masculine card using this picture for inspiration.  Here's the card I made:

Now, here's the really weird part.......the image I chose is the EXACT SAME image Lesley used.  Either we were on the same wavelength, or I'm a dunce!  You can decide!!

Here's the site if you would like to play along....and please!  be smarter than I was!

CCEE1603 Opposites

Did you know that the 25th of January is National Opposite Day?  For our challenge this week, make a card/project that has opposites on it.  Think opposite colors  on the color wheel, stripes and polka dots, black and white, mirror image, etc.

I chose opposite dots..........black with white, and white with black.

Please join us, and link to our blog HERE.

CCEE1602 Hats!

Tomorrow (January 15th) is Hat Day.  The challenge is to include a hat in our card creations this week.

I love these hat images from Stampendous!  I think this will be a fab masculine birthday card, and we have two in January and one in February.

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

CCEE1601 Tea

Welcome back to the CCEE Challenges!  Frances is our hostess for the month of January.  She says apparently this is HOT TEA Month.  Her challenge was to make TEA themed cards.

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Here's my card using an oatmeal bg, and cream (tea needs a little cream), and a blue bird on the lid beside the tea leaves.

Please join us, linking to our blog HERE

Erin and Nick

Today I posted something on SCS regarding our beautiful granddaughter Erin, and her long-time boyfriend Nick.  I thought I should post some pics so you could see them.

CCEE1550 Leap Seconds

Our hostess Joanne says:

"Did you know?  There are occasional "LEAP SECONDS" added to the official year.  They help to correct minor variations in time.  On DECEMBER 31, 2015, the folks who maintain the official time for the planet will add an extra second to the day!  To honor this, the challenge for this week is to incorporate time into  your card.....a clock, a date, a watch, etc.

Here are the outsides and insides of my card.

We have a friend and neighbor who is a clock and watch repair person.  He repairs not only ours, but some from all over the world.  He maintains clocks for museums, did the one for the Chinese exhibit at the Peabody-Essex Museum, and repaired a clock that was purchased at auction for 2+ MILLION dollars!!  This will be a thank you card for him (he never charges us!)

The background is a clock embossing folder, sponged in Suede.  The tag has sepia and suede ink, and uses rubber stamps of pocket watches, old men (Stampendous/Tim Holtz), and a saying.  I added a strip of burlap to the tag, along with some brass metallic paper run through the cb with a Sizzix die, and put together with a brass brad.

This is our last challenge of the year.  I hope you will find time to join us, adding your card to our blog HERE.

 Happy Holidays to you all!

CCEE1549 National Roof Over Your Head Day

To celebrate this day, Joanne, our hostess, challenged us to make a card with a house or building on it.  She said it's a day to be thankful for those of us who are fortunate enough to have a safe home to live in, and to think about those around the world who do not.

There is snow lightly sponged in blue,, and fair weather clouds at the top.

 This house has a number of stamps that go with it for other holidays.  The trick is to get them to line up...........even with my Stamp-a-majig I had trouble.  This may be the only one you will see.

Speaking of seeing.....see you next week for our last challenge for 2015.

CCEE1548 Black Friday

Today is Thanksgiving and tomorrow is Black Friday in the USA.  Many will be taking advantage of the sales.  Our challenge was to create a card with a shopping theme, and the card must also have included the color black on it somewhere.

This gal is having a great time shopping, in her black high heel boots.  I'm just glad it's not me!!

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

CCEE1547 Universal Children's Day

Tomorrow is Universal Children's day.  Let's create a card featuring a child having fun of some type.

Herre's a kid all set to play some ball......kinda looks like John, our youngest grand!

Please join us, linking your card HERE

CCEE1546 Sesame Street Inspiration

Frances' challenge to us is in celebration of Sesame Street.  The 10th of November marks 46 years since the show began.  Create a card inspired by the show (something related to a character, cookies, or feature a letter, etc.)

I chose our BIG yellow friend, Big Bird.  This stamp is from the Tim Holtz set Crazy birds, and I just love them.

Join us and link your card HERE.  See you next week.

CCEE1545 Look For Circles Day

According to the Holiday Insight website, The 2nd of November was LOOK FOR CIRCLES DAY.  Frances challenged us in her first this month to create a card using circles.  How many can you include on your card????

I didn't even count how many circles I used....Perhaps you would like to count them for me??

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

CCEE1544 Down Under

For her last challenge, Maryann asked us to create a card with something down under.  It could be under the sea, or a tree, under an umbrella, or even from down under in the world.

Mine with a mermaid is from under the sea.  I love this little image from Whipper Snapper!

Please join us!

CCEE1543 Reflections

Maryann challenged us this week to create something with reflections - it could be a mirror,or on water,, or a verse that looks into the past.

My card shows a cat seeing himself as a lion.   The large image is inside a mirrored frame.  Both images are retired from MFP.

Please join us, linking your card HERE.

CCEE1542 Acetate

Maryann challenged us to use acetate today.

The acetate on my card is between the two shades of green, and is printed with white script.  Please join us!

CCEE1541 Chocolate Combination

We couldn't be female without some CHOCOLATE in our lives.  Make a card using a chocolate combination - chocolate and pink, chocolate and green, or chocolate and vanilla.

I used the combination of chocolate and vanilla, and threw in a bit of cherry for fun (who doesn't LOVE chocolate covered cherries???).  I thought this old advertisement for French Chocolate was wonderful.

Please join us, and link your card HERE.

CCEE1540 Block Card

Well, this was a fun challenge from our October hostess, Maryann Einam.  She gave us two tutorials to watch to make our card/project today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4H6Kveu0ctc and

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkK9r2taoms

Here's the block card I made:

I used SU's set, Happy Fall, Y'all for my words, done in markered distress ink, and the leaves are Lawn Fawn Stitched Leaves.  I think it's really cute.  I'll next make an envie to send this (5 x 6 1/2 to give it enough room).  

Thanks for looking.  Please join us, linking your card HERE.

CCEE1539 National Cherries Jubilee Day

As our last challenge for the month of September, Lois asked us to make a cherries card in honor of this National Day. (YUM!)

How cool I could find a small piece of paper that was perfect, covered with cherries.  I even had a sentiment that went with it!!!

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

CCEE1538 Citizenship Day

Today Lois challenges us to make a Patriotic card , or one indicating our heritage.  I chose Patriotic, as I send cards to my Uncle Warren (Korean War), son Paul (Desert Storm), and neighbor Brad (Viet Nam) for Veteran's Day.  I think I like this well enough to make three of them!

The image and words (inside it says "Thank you for your service") are from Taylored Expressions, and includes the die cut.  The hardest part of this card was pressing together the snap stars!!

Thanks for looking, and I hope you will join us, linking your card HERE .

CCEE1537 Swap Ideas Day

Lois challenged us to make a card using a technique we've learned and want to share.  I thought up this technique, using ONLY one color of cardstock (but not white!).  Here is my card using my lavender cardstock.

If you look closely, you can see the punches (Halloween fence, graves, owl, moon, spiders, bats), die cuts (clouds, hat, ghosts, cat, branch), and I cut pieces for the hilly graveyard.  Please join us, linking your card HERE.