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Bloggers Challenge – Birthday theme!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Lisa! Our Bloggers' Challenge "mom" Lisa is the one who sets up our themes for each week. It is her birthday on Monday, March 15th! This week's card is virtually dedicated to her!
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Again, my inspiration comes from others. I think Mary Brown's card is the one that inspired me the most, although I've seen this basic format done a few times. I love using the ornament punch as a vase! I made up a bunch of these at the stamping retreat last weekend.
I punched the vase from the Soft Suede pattern out of Thoroughly Modern Designer Paper. I inked up the floral branch from Stampin' Up!'s Thoughts and Prayers stamp set with Rose Red and Soft Suede Stampin' Write Markers, then placed it so that it looks like it is coming out of the punched ornament vase. I tied a bow from 1/4 Rose Red grosgrain ribbon and placed it on the front of the vase. I stamped "the more candles the bigger the wish!" from Well Scripted on the Whisper White layer, too, in Rose Red Classic Ink. The Whisper White was layered onto Rose Red cardstock, then a base of Soft Suede. The inside is finished off with a strip of the same Designer Paper and another greeting.
I can't believe it is Friday already. I haven't been in my stamp room since I got back! I'm definitely feeling withdrawal! I need to get stuff put away from last weekend…it is all still laying on my tables! (No one else does that, right?) Anyway…I did get my new bedroom put together. I need to go buy a couple pictures for the walls, but the curtains are up and the bed made. Hmmm, I'll take a picture and show you when it is done! Have a great weekend!
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The next batch of Satin Ribbon Shares are going out today! I'm SO happy that Stampin' Up! put the Satin Ribbon in the Summer Mini, too, so I can continue doing the shares! You can find out more information HERE!
CCJC9 – Mother’s Day Cards
Wow…I can't believe our Occasions Edition of Create with Connie and Julie is over! This is our last challenge and then we'll announce the winners on Friday. This week's theme was Mother's Day cards.
My card is a tri-fold card from Rose Red cardstock and it was hard to get a good photo of it closed! I took my colors from the Sweet Pea Designer Paper. I knew I wanted to use the small floral designer paper in that package…then ended up almost covering the flowers up! Oh well!
I stamped MOM from Stampin' Up!'s Messages for Mom stamp set in Taken with Teal on Whisper White cardstock, then layered it on Taken with Teal cardstock. Only the left side of it is secured to the front panel of the tri-fold card. I wrapped some Rose Red 1/4 Grosgrain Ribbon and tied a small bow. I added some Beautiful Wings Embosslit butterflies and the clear rhinestone stickers from the Eggcellent Egg Kit!
Opened up, you can see the inside greeting stamped in Taken with Teal on Whisper White and again matted on Taken with Teal cardstock. I added a Sweet Pea Stitched Felt Flower and leaves to the bottom right corner.
Supplies:
Sets: Messages for Mom
Inks: Taken with Teal
Cardstock: Rose Red, Taken with Teal, Whisper White
Accessories: Sweet Pea Designer Paper, Sweet Pea Stitched Felt, 1/4 Rose Red Grosgrain Ribbon, Beautiful Wings Embosslit, rhinestones from Eggcellent Egg Kit
Check out to see what the rest of the Design Team Members did this week with the Mother's Day Challenge:
It really isn't too late to sign up for the Create with Connie and Julie Occasions Edition subscription! There is a new project posted every day and there will be a minimum of two fabulous tutorials each and every week. We like to have lots of fun so we have challenges and prizes for our subscribers. Our sites stay up long after the session is done so you will always have access to the site and the tutorials. For more information and to see our Preview Week projects please visit at Create with Connie and Julie.
Bloggers Challenge – Happy Moments
Today is Friday and time for Bloggers' Challenge! This week's challenge was to use the color Green and a neutral! Wow! I had a tough time finding a stamp that I could just color in greens. Now…I'm sure all the fabulous ladies will find lots of ways to use the color green!
My card started with a base of Garden Green cardstock. I layered on the green print from Kaleidoscope (I know…I'm hooked on this paper!) I did the scallop rectangle with both the Scallop Corner Trim Punch and Scallop Border Trim Punch from Confetti White cardstock. Then I layered Garden Green and Certainly Celery in the center. I stamped the gifts from Stampin' Up!'s free Sale-A-Bration set, Happy Moments, in Basic Black on Confetti White and watercolored it with my Stampin' Write Markers and AquaPainter. Finally, I added the White Satin Ribbon in the background and added a pretty Satin White bow on the front!
Hope you have a great weekend! While you are reading this, I'm at a long weekend stamping retreat! I'm SURE I'm having fun!
Designer Paper Challenge
Over on LNS, this week's challenge is using Stampin' Up!'s Designer Paper! Now, you may be like I am and hate to cut into those full 12×12 sheets. But I finally figured out…you know…I can buy more! lol! So get out that Designer Paper and USE it!
This card literally took minutes to put together, but I still think it looks pretty awesome, don't you? The Kaleidoscope Designer Paper is doing all the work here! I started with a base of Bashful Blue and added the piece of floral Kaleidoscope Designer Paper. While I was cutting it, I noticed that the back was a nice coordinating print, so I cut off another piece to layer on top. I wrapped some Bashful Blue Taffeta Ribbon around and tied a knot.
Next was the hardest part…what did I want to put on top? Another flower was too much and I tried So Saffron butterflies, but they blended into the background too much. Ok…how about a bluebird? I punched the bird from Stampin' Up!'s new Extra Large Two Step Bird Punch from Bashful Blue cardstock, colored in the eye with Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker and the beak with Pumpkin Pie Stampin' Write Marker. I added a dimensional under the wing and sponged Bashful Blue around the edges for a shadow. He was set on top of the ribbon with Dimensionals.
Quick and easy!!! I left off the greeting, so I could add what I needed later.
CCJC8 – Color Combination Challenge
Today's Saturday Create with Connie and Julie Challenge is a Color Combination! We were to use Orchid Opulence, So Saffron and Certainly Celery in our project! Every week on Create with Connie and Julie, we issue a challenge for our subscribers. Last week's winners were Lisa Martz and Robin Gregor with Honorable Mention to Cynthia Stevenson! Congratulations, ladies!
I pulled out my Shades of Spring Designer paper because I knew it contained that color combination. I love the paper, the designs on it are HUGE however, so I'm always hesitant about cutting it. I must admit, it wasn't so bad! lol! I figure I can always order more!
I started with a base of Certainly Celery, then layered on the bold multi floral pattern from Shades of Spring. I ran the second Certainly Celery pattern of Shades of Spring DSP thru my Big Shot with the Top Note die, then turned it and ran it thru again to make the medallion under the bird! I punched the bird from the new Two-Step Bird punch in So Saffron and sponged the edges. I punched the leaf/vine several times from Certainly Celery, then sponged the edges, and placed them under the bird. I added floral buds by punching the bird's wing several times from Orchid Opulence cardstock.
Between the Certainly Celery and background DSPs, I used a strip of Orchid Opulence cardstock that I ran thru the Big Shot with the Perfect Polka Dots Impressions Folder. Finally, I stamped Happy Easter from Well Scripted Stamp Set on So Saffron with Orchid Opulence Classic Ink and punched it with the Scallop Oval punch!
Pretty busy….but I like how it turned out!
Supplies:
Sets: Well Scripted
Inks: Orchid Opulence, So Saffron, Certainly Celery
Cardstock: Certainly Celery, So Saffron, Orchid Opulence
Accessories: Perfect Polka Dots Impressions Folder, Big Shot, Scallop Oval Punch, Top Note Bigz Die, Sponge Daubers, Two-Step Bird Punch, Shades of Spring Designer Paper
Check out to see what the rest of the Design Team Members did this week with the color challenge:
It really isn't too late to sign up for the Create with Connie and Julie Occasions Edition subscription! There is a new project posted every day and there will be a minimum of two fabulous tutorials each and every week. We like to have lots of fun so we have challenges and prizes for our subscribers. Our sites stay up long after the session is done so you will always have access to the site and the tutorials. For more information and to see our Preview Week projects please visit at Create with Connie and Julie.
Bloggers’ Challenge – Bags or Boxes
This week's Friday Bloggers' Challenge is the theme of boxes or bags! That worked out well for me, because this is the bag that my Stamp Club members made last night. I saw a card someone had made that was similar, and I thought it would be cute turned into a bag for a small gift. I love being able to papercraft a bag that matches a card that I'm giving the recipient!
I found these smaller white paper bags at a local paper store in Ohio and trimmed down the top a little. I used Rose Red cardstock on the front and back. I added a layer of the Chocolate Polka Dot from Sweet Pea Designer Paper on the front and punched the Wide Oval Punch at the top (actually, you do need to punch each layer separately). I added a strip of Rose Red cardstock I punched with the Scallop Trim Border Punch (a FREE option with Sale-A-Bration) and wrapped some of the yummy Chocolate Satin Ribbon around it before I placed it on the front.
I stamped the gifts image from Happy Moments stamp set (FREE with Sale-A-bration order!) on Whisper White with Basic Brown ink, then used my Stampin' Write Markers in Rose Red, Pretty in Pink and Chocolate Chip along with my AquaPainter to watercolor. It was layered on Pretty in Pink. Finally, I added the Sweet Pea Stitched flower and leaves to the front with Glue Dots.
I hope you have a wonderful weekend! I need to start thinking about what I'm taking to the stamping retreat next weekend. Well, besides the Bridal Shower invites and Wedding Invitations I need to make!
Bloggers’ Challenge – Sketch
This week, Lisa challenged us with a sketch for Bloggers' Challenge. Of course, you know I can't resist a sketch challenge!
I knew I wanted to use the new XL Flower Punch for my focal piece. I punched it twice from So Saffron, added some Close to Cocoa Classic Ink around the edges, crumpled it up and then layered them together with a large Corduroy Button in the center. I punched the leaves from the new Bird Punch three times from Old Olive.
The yummy paper is the Sweet Pea Designer Paper (I LOVE it!). I used the Old Olive polka dots in the background, then a slice of the brown stripe in the front, layered on So Saffron. The base of the card is Confetti White cardstock. I added a Chocolate Cihp Jumbo Brad at the top and bottom and the words "Easter Blessings" from Stampin' Up!'s Abundant Hope Stamp Set.
Pretty easy card to put together with the Sketch figured out already! Photographing it actually took longer!
Hope you have a wonderful weekend. Come back tomorrow for the Tour de Freaks Blog Tour AND the Create with Connie and Julie Challenge! Busy day!
Create with Connie and Julie Challenge
Every Saturday on the Create with Connie & Julie site we issue a challenge. Our subscribers are encouraged to enter the challenge to win fabulous prizes! Last week's challenge winners were Lisa Martz and Robin Gregor with Cynthia Stevenson having an honorable mention! Congratulations, ladies!
For this week's challenge, I created another sketch for all of us to use. This week's Occasions Mini theme included Happy Thoughts, Tote-ally Tess and Tiny Tags as our focus. For my card, I flipped the sketch to be horizontal.
I decided to make one of the rosette flowers out of Designer Paper. They are very easy to do! First, I cut a circle from Sticky Pages about 1 1/4 inch in diameter. You really don't want to use your punches because the tape will gum up your punch. I took a 1" X 12" strip of Sending Love Designer Paper, punched with the Eyelet Border Punch along the edge and ran it thru the Crimper three times to soften it. I took off one side of the Sticky Page liner and started gathering the strip into a circle around the edge of the tape, then moving towards the center until my paper was at the end. Pretty easy!
The center I added one of the felt buttons from Sweet Pea Stitched Felt with a Pop-up Glue Dot. For the card, I started with a base card of Pretty in Pink, then layered on the chocolate dotted mini flower print from Sending Love Designer Paper. I wrapped the Chocolate Chip Striped Ribbon around to the back and secured. I added two strips of Very Vanilla cardstock as required by the sketch, then removed the back of the Sticky Page and placed the paper flower. I added the felt leaves from Sweet Pea Stitched Felt. I used my Stampin' Write Markers in Chocolate Chip and Rose Red to ink up the Hello from Tiny Tags Stamp Set, stamped it on Very Vanilla and then punched with the Medium Jewelry Tag punch.
Supplies:
Stamps: Tiny Tags (w118091, c118592)
Inks: Stampin' Write Chocolate Chip (,100071) Stampin' Write Rose Red (100063)
Cardstock: Pretty in Pink (100459), Very Vanilla (101650)
Accessories: Sending Love Designer Paper (117153), Medium Jewelry Tag punch (117190), Eyelet Border Punch (113692), Sweet Pea Stitched Felt (117266), 1 1/4 Chocolate Chip Striped Ribbon (115617), Pop-up Glue Dots (104183), Sticky Pages (114300), Crimper (101618)
Make sure you check out the rest of the Create with Connie and Julie Design Team's projects this week!
It really isn't too late to sign up for the Create with Connie and Julie Occasions Edition subscription! There is a new project posted every day and there will be a minimum of two fabulous tutorials each and every week. We like to have lots of fun so we have challenges and prizes for our subscribers. Our sites stay up long after the session is done so you will always have access to the site and the tutorials. For more information and to see our Preview Week projects please visit at Create with Connie and Julie.
Bloggers’ Challenge 138 – Valentines!
It's Valentine's weekend and what is more appropriate than the Friday Bloggers' Challenge to be a Valentine theme, too!
My Technique Class made this card last week in Class. They loved it!
I used Stampin' Up!'s With All My Heart stamp set for this card. I love that the larger image fits in the new XL Fancy Flower punch perfectly! I stamped it in Real Red on Whisper White, then punched it. I adhered it with Stampin' Dimensionals to a tag made with the Tag Corner Punch. In the center, I punched the Small Heart from Faux Diamond Dust technique Pretty in Pink cardstock…it sparkles so pretty! The tag is tied on with Pretty in Pink Taffeta Ribbon around the Pretty in Pink base card.
The background I made using strips of the Sending Love Designer Paper. it is called the Herringbone Technique. I learned how to make it from Technique Junkies Newsletter. I added a row of the Scallop Trim Border from Whisper White. Then I stamped Friend and trimmed it with my Paper Snips, added it to the front of the tag.
I'm very happy with how it turned out!
I hope you have a wonderful weekend!
Fox & Friends Gift Box – CCJC4
Every Saturday on the Create with Connie & Julie site we issue a challenge. Our subscribers are encouraged to enter the challenge to win fabulous prizes! Last week's challenge winners were Sandra and Lisa! Congratulations, ladies!
This is Challenge #4 for Create with Connie and Julie Occasions Edition! Our challenge this week was making any type of Kids' Gift Packaging! What a FUN theme this week! Those of you who ARE subscribers, you are in for a treat! We have 3 tutorials today! I have one for my Fox & Friends Gift Boxes and our two Guest Designers, Kerin and Monika, also have tutorials for their projects! You will be inspired for sure! Those of you that aren't subscribers…well…what are you waiting for? It's not too late to join the fun and you won't miss anything, you'll still have access to all the past projects we've done!
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OK…I must say that I LOVE my boxes! I started with just the Fox and he turned out SO cute, I had to try a couple of the other critters in Fox & Friends. I wished I had time to make them all, but had to stop…lol! This box template is so versatile, that you could use it for LOTS of different things.
Inside mine, I made up a Small Cello Bag filled with Conversation Hearts. I folded over the top, then made a little closure. I stamped the fox from Stampin' Up!'s Fox & Friends in Really Rust on Whisper White, then punched with the 1 3/8 circle punch. I layered it on a Scallop Circle punched from Really Rust. I also stamped Happy Valentine's Day from Teeny Tiny Wishes in Really Rust on Whisper White and punched with the Modern Label punch. The Scallop Circle holds the Small Cello Bag closed!
Make sure you check out the rest of the Create with Connie and Julie Design Team's projects this week!
If you haven't checked out the Create with Connie and Julie site yet now is the time to do it! We feature new Occasions Mini product every week. There is a new project posted every day and there will be a minimum of two fabulous tutorials each and every week. We like to have lots of fun so we have challenges and prizes for our subscribers. Our sites stay up long after the session is done so you will always have access to the site and the tutorials. For more information and to see our Preview Week projects please visit at Create with Connie and Julie.
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