Happy HOOTS Day!

Still digging out of all the vacation laundry....

but I wanted to take a moment to post my card that I created for this week's CCEE challenge. This week Frances wanted us to make Scraplings (cards created from the left over cardstock when cutting larger cards). But....since her birthday is tomorrow...we all decided to make her birthday cards instead (heehee!)

Here is mine:
Happy Birthday, Hoots! Hope it is a great one! (I know, I know...I get the buzzer..what else is new?!)

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KNIGHT not NIGHT and a COLOR challenge

Hello everyone! It's Monday again and time for another CCEE challenge. This week is the Catchy Name Featured Stamper challenge--where we select a person who has a "catchy" sign-on name on Splitcoaststampers and make cards for him and her based on that name.

This week Frances chose Jessie Rone (Knightrone). So, we had to make a card with a "KNIGHT" not a "Night" (as I was told many many times)! Giggle. No problem!

Here is my card:

Double points---because I have lots of "knight"s on my card and it is at night! (Just covering all the bases here!) Nanner, nanner, nanner girls---they were all waiting for me to mess this one up!

I used Kim Hughes' adorable Twinks the Owl for the main image and set him on a die cut flourish with the moon behind him. I typed out the bottom of the card on my computer interchanging "Night" and "Knight". I used the fabulous Harmony Rectangular Stamper Set from JustRite and the Brayton Font for the sentiment. I love how I can customize any card with this thing. Cannot wait to get my hands on the new vertical stamper so I can make sentiments along the side! You can find lots of JustRite products at Stamper's Dream (and at great prices too!)

You can see all the other fabulous KNIGHT cards on the CCEE BLOG!
Materials used: Stamps-Twinks the Owl (Kim Hughes); Brayton Font and Harmony Rectangular Stamper (JustRite); cardstock-black, white (Gina K Pure Luxury); Designer paper-Homespun (Memory Box); Cuttlebug and dots embossing folder (Provocraft); ribbon (Gina K Designs); Circle die (Spellbinders); computer; Copic markers; star punch (SU!); small star punch; QuicKutz flourish die; dimensionals (SU!).


Wanna Win a Stamp Set??
This week starts the previews of the newest Gina K Designs stamps sets. The "official" previews will begin tomorrow, but for today...here is a peek at some new digital paper that will be released. It is designed by Emily Giovanni! Isn't it beautiful?

Wanna will a stamp set worth $19.95 or less? Come on over to Stamp TV and play in my color challenge today. A random winner will be selected from all the participants next Monday! What have you got to lose?

The color challenge is to use black and any combination of pinks and reds that you would like. That is it! Easy!

You can find the challenge information HERE! Hope you will play along!

Materials used: Elegant Flowers, Botanical Dreams (Gina K Designs); Cardstock-black (pure luxury-Gina K Designs); Memento black ink; Digital paper-Rich & Shabby (designed by Emily Giovanni for Gina K Designs): ribbon (Gina K Designs); brads (Gina K Designs); Frame die (QuicKutz); corner rounder punch (Creative Memories).

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Heart to Heart Spotlight #6- Kim Hughes Collection

Every once and awhile you meet someone who is LARGER than LIFE....someone who you greatly admire and who you would never dream would be SOO DOWN TO EARTH....

Enter Kim Hughes....

Kim is a fabulous designer and illustrator...her flair for the funky, trendy and just plain fun comes out in every creation she makes and every stamp she illustrates.

Almost two months ago, (ok...I actually have no idea how long ago it was but two months sounded good!) I sent Kim a message asking if she would be so kind to donate a card to a worthy cause. I KNEW anyone who won the Heart to Heart blog candy would be thrilled to own a Kim Hughes original. I really wasn't sure what would happen...although many agreed to send a card (a few did not even acknowledge the email!) Kim wrote back and said that she wanted to send a card AND a stamp set....

She did and even included a little note for me THANKING ME for asking HER! It is the things like this that make people special in my mind---you can have an awful LOT of talent but if you don't have much else---you really don't have much.

She included Twink the owl (I LOVE him!) and some fun embellishments for me to play with! So in honor of one of the most rockingist-stamping-superstars-with-a-huge-heart---here is my ode to Kim:

From the bottom of my heart Kim---you are a gem. Talent and Heart...that is what I like about you! (Feel free to sing that song all day now! insert evil laugh!)

Before I go, I just want to let you know that you can find Kim's collection of whimsical and adorable stamps HERE!

THANK YOU KIM for everything!

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