Crazy for Numbers

After being MIA for a bit, I am back to share my entry for this week's Crazy4Challenges cards.....here is our hostess with the week's challenge.....

Hi everyone,

Raquel with you again this week with another challenge.

September is my son's birthday month, so I challenged the Crazy 4 Challenges team to make a birthday card and put numbers on it.  Let's see what the design team came up with
I used a bold sentiment from MFT on a panel cut with a Cottage Cutz die.  I used assorted designer papers aloong with some skeleton leaves dies.  I added a few brads, and.....voila.....a masculine card was born.

Be sure to to visit the Crazies Blog to see how the rest of the DT used numbers on their creations.

Crazy for the Mountains

Well.....it is time for another Crazy4Challenges challenge.  Anja is our hostess for the month and here is her challenge for this week.....

Welcome all to a new month of challenges here at the CRAZIES! It is my turn to be your hostess and I hope you will like what I came up with! A special welcome to my very talented and fun friend, Connie VanLoosen, Connie has no blog but let me tell you she is the Queen of stamping.

Apparently August 1st is National Mountain Climbing Day.....I don't climb real mountains, but do think that they are beautiful and I love looking at them. So for this first challenge of the month, I am asking you to put some mountains on your card/project.
Happy Crafting!

Well, I discovered I have a 'hole' in my collection......no mountains.  So....most of this card is just sponged.  I did use a cloud template and a Stampscapes single tree stamp.

This is not exactly a favorite creation, but at least I did participate...lol

Be sure to stop in at the Crazies Blog to see some fabulous mountain creations.

CCEEers Go to the Zoo

It is time for another CCEE Stampers Challenge.  Lynn, our hostess, has a great challenge for us.  Here it is.....

Hello to all our CCEE followers! Lynn here to share with you this week's challenge.

Back in the day when I was a young mother, one of the first trips I planned during the summer break from school was a day at the zoo for my son and his cousins. We all loved watching the crazy antics of the animals. This week in honor of zookeepers' week, I am challenging you all to include at least one (more if you want) zoo animal on your card.

I used a curcus set from MFT for my animals and a sentiment also from another MFT set. 

I had originally intended this to be a one layer card so I masked and created the horizontal layer with sponging, but then I 'dirtied' the cardstock and had to forget the truly CAS version.  Oh well....that is all a part of the creative process.

Be sure to visit the ZOO at the CCEE Blog.

Crazies Go Masculine

Frances contiinues as our June hostess of the Crazy4Challenges DT.  Here is this week's challenge....

Welcome to another Crazy 4 Challenge challenge.  

This week our challenge is ..... Masculine Cards – Father’s Day is coming up in the Northern Hemisphere, so this week let’s make male cards. It does not have to be a Father’s Day card.

I used my last masculine sympathy card recently so I thought I would use this challenge to rstart replenishing my stash.  I used a stamp from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps along with a sentiment from, I think, MFT.  I added some paper piercing and fabulous plaid dp.

Be sure to stop in at the Crazies Blog to see some fine examples of masculine cards.

The Crazies Get Jazzy

Happy to say that this week I remembered to post my Crazy4Challenges card here on my blog.  Somehow, last week there was a glitch.  Sorry about that.....

Anyhoooooo.....

This week's Crazy4Challenge challenge is....

Tomorrow is International Jazz Day …. Include some form of music on your card. Music notes; inspired by a song; your favorite musican; music designer paper …. It's up to you!

I used an unmounted saxophone stamp for my image.  I created the background with washi tape.  I die cut the sentiment, the fishtail pendant, and added piercing and a few brads.  This card will be kept for a dear friend's b'day in August who is a fabulous sax player.


Be sure to stop at the Crazies Blog to see the jazzy creations by the rest of the DT and to learn how you too can play along.