CCEE Stampers Mix It Up

This is Vicky's last challenge as our hostess for the CCEE Stampers Challenge for June! Here is her challenge........

I need to practice mixed media so I can join in more challenges.   I   often back off as I think I’m not able to make a good finished product.   Let’s make a mixed  media card.


Quoting Splitcoaststamers: A "medium" can be any of the following:
 
Pencils - wax, oil, watercolour, graphite/charcoal. chalk/pastel
Pastels - Chalk, oil
Markers - watercolor, pigment, water-based acrylic
Pens - ink, glitter
Pigments - Gelatos, watercolor crayons, metallic rubons
Paints - watercolor, acrylic, oil, poster, tempera

Inks - dye, chalk, distress, reinkers, pigment, hybrid

Powders - mica, pigment, chalk

Sprays & airbrushing

Dimensionals - embossing paste, gesso, fabric, found items, papers (collage, piecing) & ephemera, foils
Heated elements - encaustic wax, embossing

Here is my CAS mixed media card......

I used a stencil with two different colors of distress ink which I sponged on.  I used heat embossing for my MFT sentiment.  I then used a Joanna Sheen butterfly die to create my butterfly which, in real life, is dimensional.  I kept it simple as this will go into my holiday stash of gift cards for the upcoming holiday season.

Be sure to stop by the CCEE Stampers Blog to see the fab and extremely creative cards/projects of this 'bestest' DT.
 

Sesame Street Influences the CCEE Stampers

Our hostess for November is Frances.  Here iis her challenge for the CCEE Stampers this week.....

The 10th November is Sesame Street Day, this year celebrates 46 years since the show started. Create a card the is inspired by this show … You could feature any of the characters from the show; something related to a character eg garbage bin or cookies; or feature a letter of the alphabet etc.

Well..... I had nothing I could relate to Sesame Street, so I went with a sentiment that I think relays the 'attitude' of the Sesame Street community.  The color yellow also reminds me of Big Bird.  The actor who plays Big Bird lives in a town nearby, so that is the character we know the most about as he has been active in local events through the years.

Be sure to stop in and visit the CCEE Blog as I have a feeling that the other team members were able to do this challenge in a more literal way.

CCEE Stampers Go in Circles

Frances is our CCEE Stampers Challenge hostess for November, and here is her challenge for this week.

According to the Holiday Insight website, the 2nd November was Look for Circles Day. So for our challenge this month let's create a card featuring circles …. How many can you include on your card??

Well.....I think I met this challenge.  The background was created wiith two stencils.....large circles sponged with multiple colors in the background and dotted circles in black in the front.  I then used an MFT die to cut my sentiment flag and stamp the birthday sentiment.

Be sure to visit the CCEE Blog to see the circle creations by the rest of the team.

Chocolate Goes with Anything, Right?????

Maryann is our CCEE Stampers Challenge hostess for October.  This is her challenge for this week.

We couldn't be female without some Chocolate in our lives, make a card using chocolate combination. - Chocolate  & Pink, Chocolate & Green, Chocolate and Vanilla.

I choose to go with Chocolate with Pale Pink,  My sentiment is the only thing that is stamped.  The flowers and the speckles in the background was done with stencils.

Be sure to visit the CCEE Blog to see the fabulous CHOCOLATE creations by this delicious and talented team.

Roses Are Blooming at the CCEE Stampers Blog

Sorry for the muddy photo...Have been having trouble with that lately....Only some days, though.

The flower for June is the rose. There are so many varieties and colors in roses. So, Liz's challenge to the CCEE Stampers for this week is to make a card or project that makes use of a rose or a bouquet of roses. Come join us in the rose garden this week at the CCEE Stampers Blog and share your creations on our link. If you post over on Splitcoaststampers don't forget to use CCEE1524 as your keyword. 

I used stencils to create my roses and leaves.  I used my ancient Itty Bitty stamps from SU for the splatter and a sentiment stamp from Hero Arts.  I added some piercing to finish it off.

The CCEE Stampers Are Rolling Along

Liz is the CCEE Stampers Challenge hostess for June.  This is her challenge......

 Summer seems to just be "rolling" right in. This week is going to be a technique challenge to use a brayer. You can google "stamping techniques using brayers" to get some fabulous ideas to try. If you don't have a brayer, try some other things that can roll on ink or paint! Be creative and have fun!

The only stamp I used this week is the sentiment which is from SU>  The background is layered.  The bottom layer was done with a brayer and a Big Juidy ink pad with graduated ink from the greens to the blues..  After brayering, I then placed a stencil over the base and sponged some 'mustard' ink over the stencil, creating the boxed areas.  I then used another stencil, placeing it in the upper left of the base and sponged Tuxedo Black ink to create the large bloom.  As a finishing detail I added paper piercing.  I must say that I just love the drama of this card.....may have to try that background again with other colors.  It is perfect for silhouettes, too.

Now be sure to visit the CCEE Blog to see the fabulous brayer techniques used by the rest of this fabulous team.

CCEE Sympathy Creations

This week  is the 20th anniversary of Vicky's mom's passing.  In her honor she asked the CCEEers to make sympathy cards this week.

I went a bit abstrace tis week, using a 'branchy' stencil on tan cardstock.  I sponged with a deeper brown ink so the 'brances' would show in different degrees.  I did this as I really wanted to make a masculine sympathy card.  After doing the sponging, I overstamped the whole panel with a linen background stamp, but I don't think that really shows here in the pic.  (At least MY sick peepers don't see it in the picture.)

The sentiment is from a Hero Arts sentiment set.

Thanks for looking, and be sure to visit the CCEE Blog to see the wonderful sympathy cards created by the rest of the team.

CCEEers Follow a Recipe

Shirley gave the CCEEers a recipe to follow this week.  We were to use 2 circles, 1 oval, and 2 octogons or decagons.  Well, I took some artistic liberties on this one......I used hexagons!!  I figured one '-gon' was as good as another!!!!  My two circles are the layered doilies, my oval is the pink layer behind the sentiment panel, and my hexagons are stenciled onto the white base.

The flowers and leaves are from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps, while the sentiment is from Flourishes.

It will be fascinating to see the various creations using this same recipe.  I am sure they will be fabulous and each unique.  You can check them out on the CCEE Stampers Blog.

Crazies Play with a Sketch

Since it is the third Crazy4Challenges challenge of the month, Peggy, our hostess, has given us a fabulous sketch to play with.

I stayed pretty true to the sketch, just changing the circle to a rounded rectangle.  Otherwise it is spot on.  The element at the lower left was made by masking a chevron stencil so I used only one row.  The image is from Penny Black.as is the sentiment.  The sentiment element was made with a SU punch.

Sketches are always fun to play with AND fun to see how others play with them.  It is amazing  to see the variety of styles and ideas that flow from the same sketch.  Hope you will stop in at the Crazies Blog to be inspired.

The Crazies Play with Their Stencils

Peggy, our hostess for June's Crazy4Challenges DT, wanted us to use one of the trends in cardmaking this week,  Stencils are everywhere, so she asked us to use stencils in some way on our creations.

Like many other stampers, I seem to NEED to have the latest items, so this was no problem for me.  It actually made me gather and somewhat organize my stencils.  I decided to use this one which has several different feathers to choose from.  I kept my card pretty CAS.  The sentiment is from MFT.  The black and white horizontal band is designer paper and to that I added a button.

Be sure to make a stop at the Crazies Blog.  I have a feeling I will be seeing some stencils I may just have to add to may collection.....lol!!!!