Blog Tour 1 – Stop 2 and BLOG CANDY!
It’s here! Today is the day for the Blog Tour. My stop is Blog Tour 1 – Stop 2!
I’ll be showing you several examples of the stamp set, Scene in a Garden, from the Occasions Mini Catalog. In addition, each of my samples includes a greeting from one of the Get Connected promotion stamps on page 208, choose any one selection FREE with a $40 order from the Occasions Mini!
After you visit my Blog (and leave a comment for BLOG CANDY!), you’ll go on to Stop 3 – Tiffany’s Bauers’ Blog. I’m sure you’ll be inspired by her awesome work with the stamp set, Very Versatile, from the Occasions Mini! Tiffany is the current Rising Star…winning that title at the Stampin’ Up! Convention last year. She will have a link to the next Blog…and on you go! There are a total of 17 stops in all on this Blog Tour…but the links are only live today! So don’t wait! Make sure you check out all the beautiful samples of stamp sets in the Occasions Mini.
When the tour is over and you circle back here, I know you’ll be anxious to order some of these wonderful sets since you’ll have all these great ideas and you’ll want to receive your choice of the FREE stamp with $40 Mini Occasion purchase! AND, don’t forget about my Customer Appreciation Special going on until the end of April! You can own that darling Oval All set FREE! Email or phone me with your order…I’ll take GOOD care of you!
My first card I used several stamps in the Scene in a Garden set…the bench, the birdhouse, the little bird and the stack of pots! I stamped them in Basic Brown on Whisper White and colored them with my blender pen and markers. I roughed up the edges with my Cutter Kit Distressing Tool and layered it on Chocolate Chip cardstock. The size of the base card is 5 1/4 x 5 1/4. The brocade paper on the right is from Bella Birds Designer Paper package. I used so Saffron, Pink Pirouette and Chocolate Chip pieces of cardstock on the left. I did some random piercing on the left of the color blocks and the right I did an entire row of piercings. I added a Designer Flower Brad in each of the blocks (without planning on using those brads, they matched perfectly!) The greeting is part of the Get Connected promotion…the Note of Thanks Mini Note Kit…FREE with a $40 Occasions Mini Catalog purchase! I punched it with the Scallop Oval Punch, also available in the Occasions Mini Catalog…I love it! Finally, I added a small piece of Pink Pirouette striped ribbon looped under the focal piece and curled a couple of the edges of paper.
My next sample uses the trio of mud boots from Scene in a Garden…between it and the birdhouse, I don’t know which stamp I like more in that set!
I started by cutting the medium oval from Whisper White cardstock and the large oval in Bashful Blue cardstock from the Ovals Bigz Die. Then I stamped the boots with Basic Black on Whisper White and colored them with Pumpkin Pie, Ruby Red, Close to Cocoa and Bashful Blue markers. I sponged the edges with Bashful Blue and added a little ground underneath the boots. I layered this onto the Bashful Blue and then free-hand pierced the holes around the perimeter of the Bashful Blue oval. I used the bright check pattern from Washington Apple Designer Paper and took my colors from it. I layered it over a strip of So Saffron. The base card is Riding Hood Red with a layer of Pumpkin Pie over it. I added some Riding Hood Red striped ribbon. Finally, I stamped the greeting from the Note of Thanks Mini Note Kit…the other stamp in this kit you can get FREE this month with every $40 purchase from the Occasions Mini Catalog!
My third card was the easiest one to make and probably my favorite one!
I started with a base of Basic Gray cardstock. I added a layer of Whisper White. On top of the Whisper White, I added Not Quite Navy and Kiwi Kiss pieces. I ran them through the Big Shot with the Texturz Kit #4 wood grain texture. For the focal piece, I stamped the vase with grasses in Kiwi Kiss, then used my marker to color the vase with Not Quite Navy. I used the marker and Blender Pen to color the inside of the vase, too. I layered the Whisper White on Basic Gray cardstock and pierced all along the edges. Then I inked the Happy Birthday to You greeting (another FREE stamp possibility with a $40 Occasions Mini purchase!) and used my marker to color a couple of the words Not Quite Navy. I layered that on Basic Gray cardstock, too. Finally, I placed the small Kiwi Kiss Corduroy Button brad through the Corduroy Button to make a layered button brad and attached that to the Not Quite Navy piece.
So…if you remember…I offered some BLOG CANDY if you left a message on my Blog post today! Just leave a comment telling me which card YOU like the best and your name will go in a drawing for all three of the cards PLUS your very own Scene in a Garden stamp set! I’ll take comments until midnight Monday…and choose the random winner on Tuesday morning. U.S. residents only, please… GOOD LUCK and don’t forget to check back to see if you won!
Here is Tiffany’s Blog again…for Tour 1 – Stop 3!
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Apr 27, 2009 - 01:04:53I love the second one. This is my favorite set!
I love card #2 with the boots! So cute! I also love the fun bright colors! Thanks for the great blog candy!
It is a tie between card 2 & 3. I love the orange and DP of card #2 but blue is my favorite color and I just think the green and blue of Card #3 rocks!
I think I really like the first one best, although the third one is quite nice as well. Thanks for sharing your talent and the opportunity to win your blog candy.
Great cards. Thanks for sharing.
This is a real tough one, all are really beautiful and I just love this stamp set! Guess I’ll just have to pick one…#2 on the Washington Apple DSP. It’s so “alive” with excitement. The tour is leaving, got to go. Thanks for sharing your great creativity!
I think my favorite card is the one with the boots. I can just see them near the door of someone’s mudroom. I like them all very much! All of them are demonstratable and easy enough to do at a class. Thanks for sharing!
Leslie
I love your cards. Thanks for sharing. I like the first one best. Something about the color combo appeals to me. Mary
Connie, great cards, each one really unique. Love the versatility of this set. Enjoy the tour!
I like the birthday card best. I have been going through my cards and do not have any masculine type cards and I think this one would work both ways. I never thought of this set as being good for making “manly” cards! Love the color choices.
Beautiful! All of them are beautiful. I like the third one the best. That color combo is similar to Pacific Point and Kiwi Kiss which I am loving right now. Love all your creations!
I like #2. I love the bright colors and those boots are adorable!
Connie: You have done such amazing things with one of my favorite sets from the Mini. Great job, and thanks for your support during the organization of this tour.
The third one is my fav. I love the colors. Thanks for sharing.
Connie, your cards are all great, as usual, but I like #3 the best. It is probably the color combo plus cleaner lines.
Love your cards! My fave is the last one, love that different color combo TFS!
Love the cards. THis set reminds me of summer evenings after you have worked all day in your garden. I like the 2nd one for the colors and that I’m finally done with work. Great job.
Connie, that Washington Apple is my total fave! Not only do I love the wee little boots, and the paper, too, but that card sketch is awesome as well! SUPAH WORK, girl! Hoosier Hugs, Nicole (Stop #15)
Card #2 with the boots would be my favorite. We live on a dairy farm so the scene in my pantry looks much like that!
Love it, love it! Beautiful work! Thanks for the inspiration!
I like all the cards, but I think my favorite would be the birthday card. The colors are wonderful. TFS!
Awww, great job on the cards, and I love 2 very pretty they are!!!
Connie I love love love your cards. My favorite is the first one. I think you are an awesomely talented lady.
loved the Little Note of Thanks cards! The color combination is awesome.
I like the first card best. The DSP and flower brads are perfect for the card. Thaks for the chance to win. I’m off now to my next stop.
Connie:
I absolutely love your site!!!! I get so many ideas and love to open my email and see your email there!!!!!
Thanks for all of the ideas!!!! The tour looks great! Kudos!
I like the third one best! But that’s my style – clean and simple, but still looks great!
I like the first card with the Garden stamps! Beautiful job on all three though! Thanks!
Audrey
Wonderful cards! It’s a tie between the first and last cards. Both are beautiful in their own way.
I like all the cards but especially the one with the boots liked up. Looks like my back door. Thx for sharing your work. Jane Mykleby
janemykleby@yahoo.com
I like the 2nd card the best. The colors just grabbed me. The 3rd card is handsome also. But the second is truely the prettiest. All the nice cards make me want go stamping.
What wonderful creations you’ve come up with! My favorite is the third card. I love the color, textured background and the clean and simple lines of the entire card.
Love the cards! I don’t have this set, but you inspire me. I may need this one, too! Thanks.
Connie,
Your creativity always inspires me and these cards are all beautiful! My favorite is number 3 — it is so simply and so elegant, but just really catches your eye. I keep going back to it just to look at it — it’s an absolutely gorgeous card!
Your Scene in a Garden cards are wonderful, and what a great idea to use the Get Connected sentiments! I wish I’d have thought of that. I can’t even pick a favorite because they all use great layouts and color combos!
I have this set and love it. I liked all your cards and my fav is the third one.
How amazing! This is my favourite set in the mini.The blog tour is fun.
I love your cards – the little boots are the cutest. Thanks for sharing!
Monika
I like the card with the boots. All are nice though. Thanks for the blog candy chance.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE the third (although all are great) and your are so clever to use the Get Connected stamps!!
Diane
I loved them all but, if I had to choose, the second one would be it
because of the wonderful colors.
Like them all–my favorite is the 2nd thank you card. I like the brighter cards which are hard for me to work with. I am off to do some more hopping.
Great cards Connie! I love the last one with the flowers in a vase the most. I like the color combo you used on it as well.
I really like the third one, Happy Birthday to You. I like the combination of colors.
all wonderful cards, but #3 is my favorite with textured background and use of cordroy buttons.
I like the third card best. I just love those colors and the clean lines!
Thanks for sharing.
Oh my, it’s so hard to choose (especially since I like this set so much) but I think the third one is my favorite. Because of the colors and that AWESOME texture on the background pieces!
Connie:
AThey are very cute I loved the lat two the best…expecially Kiwi Kiss and Not Quite Navy combo.
I am really starting to love this set! I had a hard time choosing as I love the colors and brightness in #2, but I think I have to go with #3. I LOVE the texture element! Great job and thanks for the inspiration!
I love the third card — it reminds me so much of the Urban Garden/Urban Oasis color combo that I think works so well together! I love all of them though! TFS!
My favorite is the one with the rain boots.
All so cute! I guess I’d choose the second for my fave since the colors are nice and summery!
I like the 1st card the best I love the colors.
I love card #3, too!!! While it was simple to put together the effect was stunning! Thanks for sharing in the blog tour fun!
I love the 2nd card but I think the 3rd is my favorite because it’s more masculine and I’m always looking for those! I’m just drawn to #3…it looks “classic”.
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I definitely liked the birthday card the best! Impressive and I loved the colors!
I like them all, but I think my fave is the one with the Washington Apple DSP! Cute little boots!
I’m torn between #2 and #3. I just love those little boots all lined up on the 2nd card and the colors are so fresh and lively! but then I enjoy the soothing shades of the last card, and the image is so refreshing. can’t decide…….
thanks for the fun blog tour! it’s been great!
Great cards…now to choose one…I think I will go with the 2nd one. It’s a great inspiration to use some colors that rarely find their way to my work space.
I love them all, but I think #1 is my favorite, great colors!
I love the first card from Scenes from a Garden
I really like the rain boots card. The color combination and the stamp image are very eye catching. Clean and Simple.
Fabulous, Connie….do I really need to choose? They are ALL wonderful!! Oh, ok, I choose the 3rd….guess I like those colors best!
Very difficult to pick a favorite! I’m going to go with the birthday one (3rd one). I love the masculine feel to it – even tho there are flowers! Beautiful work on all 3 cards though!! Thanks so much for sharing;
The boots card for sure! I love it and I may order this set now.
Tfs and being a part of this awesome tour.
I like the third card the best!
Thanks,
Jenifer
Wow, that is very generous candy you are giving away. I would have to say, out of all your lovely cards today, I like the 3rd one the best. The colors just called to me today! You are actually my last stop on the tour, so thanks for a great ride!
Rachel B
Hi Connie, I love your creations, and will JUST HAVE TO GET THIS STAMP SET! What an enabler you are! You did a great job showcasing it!
I love the colors in your first card, but think my favorite is your second one! I love the layout best! You did an amazing job with your coloring too! Thanks for sharing!
THEY ALL ARE SO CUTE, BUT MAYBE #1 WOULD BE MY PICK. tHIS IS A CLEVER TOUR. THANKS
Hi Connie-
Thanks so much for helping find the starting point for this tour this morning. I was ready to pull my hair out. LOL!
I like the 2nd card the most. I love the colors and the Washington Apple DSP is one of my favorites!
Thanks so much for sharing your samples with us and I hope you have a beautiful day!
Julie Arvin
thearvins@verizon.net
Very cute! My favorite is the last one also.
I loved all 3 cards, but the colors of card 2 just popped and made me take notice! I will have to case that card if I don’t win it!
I like the last card best, loved the colors.
akadi14@aol.com
I liked the last card best, thanks for the ideas.
akadi14@aol.com
All three cards are beautiful, but number 3 really grabs you I think because of the colors.
OH my I love all your cards… now I must get this stamp set if I don’t win it!! this tour of the blogs is so neat, thanks for participating.
Hi Connie,
I love your blog! I’ve been gaining inspiration from your ideas for quite awhile now!
Thanks so much for sharing….my favorite, if I had to choose only one, would by the one using Washington Apple DSP.
Great job showcasing this stamp set and what a sweet post about me for the next stop!!! I really like all your cards but #3 is my fav!!!! I am sooooo casing this one!!!
I love the third card. It’s so clean and comtemporary looking.
The first card is my favorite due to the bench goodies, but the bright colors of the mud boots are awesome too!
Love your blog & card number 3 is my selection. The color combo rocks.
I love this blog tour and I love this set you used! What a great idea with the wood grain textured plate! I’ve got to try it! Thanks for taking the time to put together this great tour.
Great cards Connie as usual! I think I like the last one best because of the simplicity! Thanks for sharing!
I just love your cards! I love the crisp colors! I have to say I liked the first one because I love using blocks, reminds me of quilting, also I like how they all go together and make it all look meant to be. I love the colors you used in all three cards! Thanks for all the time and effort put forth in doing the blog tour, this is my first one, and I am loving it!
Tammy
I really like the second and third cards. Those fall and jewel tones just pop, and the stamped images are so simple. Really lovely!
I liked the Birthday card!
Love all your cards. Thanks for sharing.
Mary
I love the #3 card. The colors caught my eye right off. Thanks for sharing.
I really like the first card, because of the layout and colors, but the longer I look the more I like the vivid colors of the second card and the simplicity of the third card. LOL Now you know why I have to buy EVERYTHING in the mini, because I can’t pick a favorite!
Thank you so much for participating in the tour. I am having a wonderful time visiting all the sites!
~Wendy Hawkinson
I think I like the 2nd best, with the oval bigz die cut! Great color combos!
i like the last card the best, but they are all nice.
cheers ~ carol marbach
Love the cards. So very cute. TY for sharing!
loved them all but the nicest one is the one with the brads down the side.Thanks for sharing
Eileen
Wow, Connie, your cards are great as always. It’s hard to choose just one but if forced I’ll say the first one. Great work; thanks for sharing!
Love your use of color blocking and the layout of paper and cardstock in all the cards but my fav is the last one. the green and blues together with this set make a stunning guy card.
I love the first card. This set is my favorite from the Occasions Catalog.
Judy Lucas
Thank you for a chance to win your great giveaway. Your cards are amazing. The middle one is my favorite with the bold colors! All your cards are beautiful.
LaRene
I have to go with the last card.
Thanks for sharing!
Rita Couillard
Connie – very hard to choose the one I like best, but if I must! I choose the second one – the orange thank you with the boots. This is fun “touring”!! TFS!
Love the boots. Colorful and fun. Thanks for sharing the samples.
denise_in_pa@embarqmail.com
I like all of them, it is between #1 and #3 for my favorite- I guess I will go with #3- what a wonderful set and your samples are beautiful! TFS
Love the 3rd card. The colors really stand out. Thanks for sharing.
My favorite is the thank you with the boots. So cute. All the cards are terrific. Thanks for sharing.
I like all the cards, but my favorite is the first. I really like the windmill in that one.
Connie- they all are wonderful. After seeing all the great cards on tour featuring scenes in a garden, I now have to have it! Winning it would be even better LOL. TFS. Oh my favorite…hmmmm hard to decide but I really liked #1-on with the tour
#3 would be my pick – Thanks for sharing your great work with us.
Very pretty cards. Thanks for sharing.
I love all three for different reason! I love the color combo on number one. I love the boots and the colors on number two, and I like the manliness of number three! You did some amazing work. This tour has been a lot of fun!
Thanks for sharing!
I LOVE #2- I like the variety of colors, I wouldn’t have thought to put those colors together! Like it- Great job!
Very nice! My favorite is #1, although #2 is next—how cheerful it looks!
Hard decision, but #3 was my favorite. Thanks!
I like the simplicity of the third one the best!
Thank you for all your hard work. I’ve enjoyed your tour. I think my favorite is card three.
Sarah
Oh my goodness. Just pick one favorite? That’s not possible when they are yours! I love everything you do! But because you’re putting limits on me I’ll go with #2 and the little row of boots!! I LOVE everything about the card especially the colors!!
I’m really loving this tour idea. I like all 3 cards but I’ll vote for #3 its so versatile for either gender, any age, and I like the textured cardstock and color combo.
I like all 3 cards but I’ll vote for #3 its so versatile for either gender, any age, and I like the textured cardstock and color combo.
Great cards! The third was my fave though.
very very cute cards
my fav choices are the 2nd and 3rd
love the colors combos
sue m
You make this set grow on me.
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Third card is my fav of the group.
#2 is my favorite….love the bold grid!
Love the Thank You card. Reminds me of being young and having to walk to school and everybody took off their boots in the hallway! Thanks for sharing your creations!
I like all 3 but the 3rd one is my favorite. It would make a great male card. Great ideas.
I love the 3rd card. The textures on it are incredible. Love them all actually. I would love to have them.
hugs
Heidi
I have to say that all 3 cards are beautiful! I guess that the last one is my favorite because of the colors, the Textures panel, and the corduroy buttons
i like all three but my fave is the last one!
love the layout and the color combo you used!
thanks for the chane to win!
I love this tour and I’m only on the second stop. I can’t wait to see all of the postings. I like Card #3. I would have never thought of putting Not Quite Navy and Kiwi Kiss together. “Happy Birthday to You” is such a nice card.
I like the color blocks you used with card number 1 and so I will say that is my favorite.
suzannedotbrown17atverizondotnet
My favorite is #3. I just LOVE the corduroy buttons.
Love all three of the cards, you are so creative! But I think my favorite is #3!
It’s so hard to pick… I love them all but if I had to pick only one, I’d have to go with card #2 as I love the layout of the card and the orange colors. Thanks so much for the chance to enter!
I like the 3rd card. I love the colors! Thanks for sharing!
I just love all three cards, but I choose the last one for its color combination and the textured cardstock. Thanks so much for sharing your talent.
I have really been on the fence about getting this one. I love the stamps and you just gave me great inspiration! Thanks!
I LOVE the last card (the kiwi kiss, not quite navy, and basic gray)!
Love the third card the best. The use of the texture and the corduroy buttons is so cute.
Catherine
I love your cards. I really like the colors you used in the second one. You did a great job!
Love the last one! Colors are great and that stamp is awesome!
My favorite is the boot trio card , the color combo is bright and cheery.
Regina
I liked the last one the best, liked the color combination.
I love the Happy Birthday to You card! Love the colors, and how you put it together!
I love all 3, but I think my favorite is the 3rd one. I love the colors, and the corduroy button!!
Thanks for sharing!!
Alicia
alicia.graham@comcast.net
Hi- I love them all but the last one has so much texture-it’s hard to resist!!! Thanks and Hugs from Kay Mespelt (petking@vcn.com)
I love this set and I think your cards just put me over the edge. I guess I have to place one more mini catalog order, lol. Great job Connie. My favorite is the first one. Love them all though.
I like all of these projects, but the last one is my favorite! I love that color combination, and that layout just catches the eye so well.
Great blog, look forward to seeing more of your work!
It is hard to choose one of the cards as a favorite because I love all of them. I guess I will choose the set using the orange colors and the boots. It is great because of the colors. Thanks for sharing with us. Sure hope I win!
Gayle Taylor
gaylememories@sbcglobal.net
Abilene, TX
I adore the card with the Washington Apple DSP. What vibrant colors to make the card stand out! Great job on all of them!
I love the 2nd card. Great use of color.
I love all 3 cards, but I think I like the second one best. Mostly because I love the boot stamp and I love the bold colors in Washington Apple DSP. Hope I win the blog candy! Lisa Goates
I love all of them, but I think my favorite is the middle one! Love those boots.
I really like the 2nd card, love, love, love the boots in this set.
Cindy
I love the second one. Those boots are just too cute. Couple them with bright colors and it’s awesome. Great job. I loved them all.
I love them all. Love the boots and the colors are so bright and cheery. I also love the last one, cuz of the texture and it would be great for a manly man card. Thanks for a chance.
Love them all, but the first and particularly the last were my favorites!
Cheryl
lovetostampandscrap@yahoo.com
Hi – I love that Scene in a Garden stamp set, so I like the first two the best. It’s hard to decide, ’cause the boots are so cute lined up, but overall, I think I like the first one best. Great job!
I really like the last card. Love the Not Quite Navy with Kiwi Kiss. It’s a great color combo. I also like how you used the birthday sentiment and the texture!
They are all ADORABLE! But the second one grabbed me. The orange is awesome! This is one of the sets I didn’t get from the mini in an effort to show restraint and be frugal…. and you have made me want it right now! Great job!
They are all so cute it is hard to pick but I will have to say #3 is my favorite. Thanks for sharing with us. Enjoyed the tour.
oh Connie, you know how much I enjoy your cards…. you are just soooooooooo creative….. could I have just a smidge of your creativity…lol… I love them all!!!!!
I love all of the cards but the last one caught my attention the most because it’s so manly!! Trying to make cards for men is extremely challenging!!!
Thanks so much for the inspiration and for sharing your ideas!!!