Happy Birthday Wishes

Hi everyone,

It's challenge time with my friends over on the CCEE Stampers challenge blog. Being a brand new month, it is time to introduce a new challenge hostess which this time round is Joanne.

For our challenge this week, Joanne has asked us to Use an embossing folder, brads, and a self-made flower.  You can certainly use dies to create your flowers if you want.

I wanted to play with my new Sizzix Card in a Box die ... and this worked well for the self made flower and the brad. I had to figure out how to incorporate embossing. I guess I could have embossed the basket or the flowers, but in the end I decided to use my Sizzix ShadowPress Sentiment Debossing Folders that I got late last year and hadn't used yet. 

This die set does come with a couple of dies you can create dies with, but I decided to use one of my Elizabeth Craft Designs Flower die sets. I also added the word 'wishes' to the front flap of the box.

Here is another view of my basket of flowers.

Don't forget to check out the CCEE Stampers blog (goes live 12 AM EST) to see the rest of the creations the CCEE Stampers created this week. You can also see more details of their creations on their individual blogs:

• Amber Hillman
• Anne Harmon
• Joanne Grzelak
• Liz Williams
• Lois Bak
• Lynn McAuley
• Maryann Einam
• Sabrina Friel
• Vicky Gould

Paper: White; Blue; Pale Pink; Pink; Dark Pink; Green; Floral DP - Ruby Rocket

Dies: Sizzix Card in a Box A2 Flower Basket; Sizzix Celebrate Thinlits;  Elizabeth Craft Designs - Flower Set 3; Leafy Branch

Other: Black Ink; Brads; Sizzix ShadowPress Debossing Folders Sentiments Set; Clear Glitter Wink of Stella Pen