Happy Birthday To You

Hi Crafty Friends,

I have a floral themed Slimline birthday card to share with you today.

For the slimline portion of my card I used Trinity Stamps new Slimline Striped Frame die set to create the black and white striped border around the edge of the card. While making this card, I discovered that the smallest rectangle die included in Lawn Fawn's Large Slimline with Sliders die set fits inside the solid white panel left after die cutting the frame. As I wanted to pop the smaller rectangle up from the frame I die cut this from white cardstock and then layered to a slightly larger rectangle panel. I splattered pink ink over the white panel. 

To decorate my card I added the flower using Honey Bee Stamps Lovely Layers: Cone Flower die set. I added a birthday sentiment using the Miss You Big Time stamp set.

For the inside of the card, I added the Slimline Striped Frame again. As this had to be adhered to the inside of the card, I trimmed a sliver of card off each of the long borders to help it fit inside the card.

I used the "hooray" sentiment which is also included in the Slimline Striped Frame die set, die cutting this sentiment from pink and black cardstock and layering the two together offsetting slightly. I added the "It's Your Birthday" which is from MFT Stamps Bitty Birthday Sentiments stamp set.

Tribute to Joanne Grzelak

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am participating in a special blog hop tribute for my friend Joanne Grzelak. Sadly we were recently told by Joanne's sister Sue, that she had passed away suddenly on the 25th May 2019.

I "met" Joanne online way back in 2007 over on Splitcoast Stampers when I was invited to join the original CCEE Stampers challenge team. Back then we didn't have a blog, and we used to all meet in one of the SCS forums to chat each night. At that stage Joanne wasn't a member of CCEE Stampers, but she often popped in to chat with us and later joined the Design Team in 2010. 

Joanne was also one of the foundation members of the other challenge blog I look after called Crazy 4 Challenge which was started by Vicki Garrett, Cindy Haffner and myself back in 2009.

Joanne was a wonderful person, very supportive and will be missed very much.

Today the CCEE Stampers, Crazy 4 Challenges Design Teams and a few special stamping friends have come together in this special tribute blog hop to honour our stamping friend by either:

1. Create a card depicting one of the things she love which included:

• The Ocean
• Lighthouses
• Black and White Cards
• Her Dogs
• Paper Piercing

2. CASEing a card Joanne created on either of her blogs  The Inky Ocean Gazer and The Inky Ocean Gazer 2 or SCS Gallery

As you can see by my card above, I decided to create a black and white card for my tribute to Joanne today. Joanne used to create the most wonderful black and white cards and I was always in awe of these cards she created. To me she was the Queen of black & white cards.

To create my card I used Paper Rose Studio's Blooming Flower Background die which I have been wanting to use for a while now. I die cut the images from black cardstock and then adhered this onto a piece of white cardstock that had Clear Double Sided Adhesive Tape on the front and then added some Cool Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter over the top of the adhesive.

I framed this image using the largest frame from Hero Arts Wood Frame Infinity dies. I added this to the top of an Easel Card created from black cardstock.

I die cut another frame and added that to the base of the card and then stamped the striped background from Concord & 9ths Stripes & Sayings stamp set and die cut this using the same wood frame die so I could adhere the inner rectangle to the centre of the frame on the base.

I added a stripe of white cardstock across my striped background panel which is the stop for the easel card. I then added the Hello sentiment which is from The Stamp Market.

To finish off the main part of the card I added some black rhinestones.

Here is a look at my card when it is folded ready to be placed in an envelope.

I added a panel to the back of my card and added another sentiment, this time from Clearly Besotted's Sitting Here Thinking stamp set.

Thanks for visiting me today for our Tribute to Joanne Grzelak. Your next stop on the hop is Lois Bak. 

Here is the complete blog hop list if you need it.

CCEE Stampers 

Frances Byrne   <<<<<< YOU ARE HERE >>>>>>

Lois Bak

Karen Ostergard

Liz Williams

Vicki Garrett

Rebecca Ednie

Kelly Santi

Karen Aicken

Vicky Gould

Maryann Einam

Anne Harmon

Nicky Foden

Lynn McAuley

Kathleen Adams

Crazy 4 Challenges 

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