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CCMC202 – Vintage Vogue

Today is Thursday and time for the Create with Connie and Mary challenge!  We have a color challenge for you to try…one of your last chances to use up some of that Poppy Parade you have around!  I am SO going to miss that color!  It is so striking in this color combination…the red hot of Poppy Parade with the cool tones of Pool Party, and then Basic Black to make it POP!

I used Stampin' Up!'s Vintage Vogue stamp set…yes, it is retiring.  I remember when it came out that I was SO in love with it and used it on almost everything!  But, I must admit, it has been sitting on my shelf lonely.  Thought I'd pull it out one more time.

I started with a base of Pool Party cardstock.  I layered on Basic Black and Whisper White that I ran thru the Big Shot with the Perfect Polka Dot folder.  I punched a 2 1/2" Circle from Pool Party cardstock, then stamped the bottom of the circle with the vine image from Vintage Vogue and the greeting from that same set in Basic Black on top.  I stamped three Vintage Vogue flowers with Poppy Parade Ink on Whisper White and cut them out.  I added Pool Party Designer Brads in the center and Pool Party leaves that were also cut out. 

I used a scrap of Domestic Garden Designer Paper and layered it on Poppy Parade cardstock, and adhered it to the base card layers.  I added the circle on top, then popped up the flowers around the edge of the circle.  Finally, I added three little Pearls within the circle for some extra bling.

Make sure you check out what the rest of the Challenge Team did this week over on Create with Connie and Mary!  Then grab your stamps and play along!

CCMC201 – Something Sweet

First…just let me take a minute and THANK everyone who had such nice comments about my new studio.  I am beyond thrilled at how it turned out and feel very blessed that my business supported having it built.  Even the cabinet rep said he was taking pictures for his portfolio…his first stampin'/scrappin' studio!  Luckily his wife is a seamstress, so he understood my need for lots and lots of drawer space!

But, it's Thursday and time for another Create with Connie and Mary challenge!  We have a fun sketch for you to try this week…I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE sketch challenges!

I wanted to use Stampin' Up!'s retiring stamp set, Something Sweet, before it goes away.  Better grab it soon!  I love this gumball machine!  It definitely is a set that I will keep!

I started with a base of Pacific Point cardstock and ran the front thru the Big Shot with the Perfect Polka Dots Impressions Folder.  I added a band of Big Top Birthday Designer Paper…turned sideways, I thought the horizontal stripes were perfect for the sketch!  I cut the ends into a flag shape.  I stamped the gumball machine on Whisper White with Real Red and Basic Black Stampin' Write Markers and the thanks along the side is from Pretty Postage stamp set.  I added a Rhinestone Jewel to the top of the Gumball machine.

I stamped the gumballs in Pacific Point, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Wild Wasabi and Melon Mambo on Whisper White, then punched with the 1/2" Circle Punch.  I filled the gumball machine and even had a few falling out of the opening as the sketch showed!  I laughed while I was creating this…just too much fun! 

Make sure you check out what the rest of the Challenge Team did this week over on Create with Connie and Mary!  They had lots of fun with the sketch, too!  Then grab your stamps and play along!  We love to see your work!

CCMC200 – It’s A Celebration!

WOOHOO!!!  It's a CELEBRATION! 

Create with Connie and Mary is celebrating their 100th challenge (we started numbering on #100)!!!  Hard to believe we actually have been doing them each week for that long!  To celebrate…we have some BLOG CANDY for those that play along with the challenge this week!  Check out all the details over on Create with Connie and Mary!

Since this is a special challenge, we are doing a special theme…

• Make a celebration card
• Use your favorite designer series paper from the MAIN catalog (before it retires)
• OPTIONAL:  Use a banner or pennant on your card

Here is MY celebration card:

I started with my favorite Designer Paper in the main catalog…Hostess Only Cheerful Treat!  I love the bright colors!  The base of my square 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 card is Melon Mambo.  I layered on Lucky Limeade, then Whisper White.  For the pinwheel, I cut three 1 3/4" squares of the patterns in the Designer Paper, cut them in half, then rounded one of the corners.  I arranged the points together and spaced them around that center point evenly.  To hide that area of overlapping points, I punched a 1" Circle of Lucky Limeade, then added a Brights Button tied with Lucky Limeade Baker's Twine.  I stamped Celebrate Today from Stampin' Up!'s Perfectly Penned in Basic Black on Melon Mambo, cut it into the pennant shape and attached it under the button and to the front with a Stampin' Dimensional.

I love the whimsical look of my card and hope you do, too!  Make sure to check out the BLOG CANDY and what the other Challenge Team Members did for our special 100th Challenge over on Create with Connie and Mary!  Then grab your stuff and play along!

CCMC199 – Rue Des Fleurs

It's Thursday and time for another challenge from Create with Connie and Mary!  This week we have a color challenge for you using one of the retiring In Colors…Peach Parfait!  It will help you use up some of that stock that you have on hand! 

I haven't used Stampin' Up!'s Rue Des Fleurs stamp set much, but I do like it…very different style than the one I normally use!  It is in the Occasions Mini Catalog that ends on April 30th, so don't delay getting it!   I thought it paired nicely with this color combination! 

I started with a base of Peach Parfait cardstock.  I layered on Night of Navy polka dot Patterns Designer Paper.  I made a bow from the Very Vanilla Seam Binding Ribbon and secured the ends behind the DSP.  I cut the Label Framelit from Sahara Sand and used Finial Press Impressions Folder (it is RETIRING!  Oh no!) on it.  Then I cut another Label of Very Vanilla and stamped the corset from Rue Des Fleurs in Night of Navy Classic Ink.  I added a bit of color with the Peach Parfait Stampin' Write Marker on the flowers and added Pearls along the sides of the Label.  Before I placed it on the card, I added a pennant of Night of Navy cardstock between the Labels to make it pop!  Finally, I stamped Thanks from this same stamp set in Night of Navy along the bottom.

Make sure to check out what the rest of the Challenge Team did this week over on Create with Connie and Mary!  Then grab your Stampin' Up! stamps and play along!

CCMC197 – Daisies

Today it is time for the Create with Connie and Mary Thursday Challenge!  We have a color challenge for you today.  Grab your stamps and play along!

Of course, I only used one little stamp on mine!  Otherwise, I pulled out my dusty Daisy #2 Die.  For some reason I hadn't played with it for a while and it was needing some love!  And, I love blue daisies…I think they are so happy!

My card has a base of Whisper White.  I layered on Certainly Celery cardstock along the bottom, but can you see how I used the Simply Scored Tool to make the lines under the flowers?  I thought they resembled the stems, don't you?  Of course, I needed a few leaves.  I fudged a little with the ribbon color…Pear Pizzazz Scallop Dot Ribbon wrapped with Lucky Limeade Bakers' Twine to gather the centers.  Then I adhered them with mini glue dots.

I made two sets of the smallest Daisy die out of Marina Mist cardstock.  I punched 1/2" Circles of Whisper White, then added the Concord Crush Glimmer Brads inside.  Those are popped up with Stampin' Dimensionals and placed on the front.  Finally, I added the greeting from Friendly Phrases in Concord Crush ink along the top.

Make sure to check out what the rest of the Challenge Team did over on Create with Connie and Mary!  Play along for a chance to be featured in our Top 3 for the week!  We love to see what you do using Stampin' Up!'s wonderful products!

Build a Cupcake

It's Thursday and time for another Create with Connie and Mary challenge.  We have a Sketch Challenge for you to try today!  Grab your stamps and play along!

I pulled out Build a Cupcake punch that I hadn't used in quite a while as a regular cupcake!  I need birthday cards this time of year! 

Don't those chocolate with white frosting cupcakes look good on the Sweet Shop Designer Paper?  Makes me hungry when I look at it.  I duplicated the cupcake with the Build a Cupcake punch by punching the bottom from Early Espresso and running it thru the Big Shot with the Square Lattice folder.  The top was from Whisper White and I added a Red Glimmer Paper cherry on top.  I placed it on a 1 3/4" punched circle of Baja Breeze, then a Whisper White medallion from the Pennant Builder Die.  The Poppy Parade pennant in the background is also from that Pennant die.  I added some Real Red Taffeta Ribbon tied in a bow with an Espresso Glimmer Brad in the center.  The Sweet Shop DSP is layered on Poppy Parade and a base of Baja Breeze.  Along the edge of the Poppy Parade pennant, I added three 1/4" Circles of Red Glimmer paper.  It is hard to see on the DSP, but it shows up much better in real life!

I realized when I went to post about this, that my greeting somehow fell off before it was photographed.  Since I made this card a while ago at the retreat, I have NO idea where it is…and where that little greeting flag went to.  So…you'll have to imagine the words on there!  lol! 

Make sure to check out how the rest of the Challenge Team on Create with Connie and Mary interpreted this sketch!  You can see their designs on Create with Connie and Mary!

CCMC195 – Elementary Elegance

Today on Create with Connie and Mary we have another color challenge!  Between sketch and color, color challenges are definitely more "difficult" for me.  This one combines bright warm colors with the cool Basic Gray for a FUN contrast!  We hope you play along, too!

My card is a real departure for me, too, but I like how it turned out!  I saw a similar card done with non-SU items and decided I could make one similar with all Stampin' Up! supplies!

The base of the card is Basic Gray and I layered on So Saffron cardstock.  I used the Twitterpated Designer Paper for a layer on top of that.  Then I cut a couple different sizes of squares from Basic Gray, So Saffron and Poppy Parade cardstock and Poppy Parade Patterns Designer Paper.  Then I used my corner rounder punched on the opposite sides to make them into more "floral" petal shape.  On the one So Saffron petal I stamped, "Hello" from Elementary Elegance stamp set in Basic Gray ink and added a couple rhinestone jewels.  I love the greetings in that set and will be SO sad when Sale-A-Bration is over and you can't get it anymore!

Make sure to check out what the rest of the Challenge Team did this week over on Create with Connie and Mary!  Amazing cards, like usual!  They grab your inks and stamps and play along!  We love to see your creations!

Raining Flowers

We have a wonderful sketch for you to try over on Create with Connie and Mary this week!  Super easy, so grab your stamps and play along!  We show it square, but you can convert it to rectangle shape like I did!

I've had this set, Raining Flowers, since Convention last year and hadn't used or even mounted it.  I really don't know WHY…it is a pretty set and was very easy to use!

When coming up with a color scheme, I used one of my favorites…navy and pink…using two different shades of pink!  The base of the card is Night of Navy.  I layered on Whisper White.  I used the Night of Navy Patterns polka dot Designer Paper and added the Dotted Scallop Border Trim in Regal Rose along both edges.  I wrapped some Rose Red Seam Binding Ribbon around and tied a knot.

The larger flower image in Raining Flowers was stamped in Rose Red on Whisper White and cut out.  I stamped the smaller center flower in Regal Rose and cut out.  I added a Navy button with White Bakers Twine tied in the center.  The leaves are Pear Pizzazz cut out, too.  Everything was placed with Stampin' Dimensionals on a 2 1/2" Circle Punch of Night of Navy…and that was popped up with dimensionals, too.  Finally, I added three pearls along the edge of the circle and the Happy Birthday Wishes greeting from Petite Pairs in Night of Navy and cut in a flag edge.

Make sure to check out what the rest of the Challenge Team did this week over on Create with Connie and Mary!  Some wonderful ideas using this sketch.  Then come play along…we love to see your creations!

CCMC193 – Everybunny

We have a fun, new color challenge for you to play along with this week over on Create with Connie and Mary!  Grab your stamps and play along!

Of course, I grabbed Everybunny to play along with these colors.  As I've said before, these little bunnies are just TOO cute and I love watercoloring them!

I also used my favorite Label Framelits.  I'm sure hoping that Stampin' Up! puts a BUNCH of these in the new catalog!  I love them!  This one was cut from Very Vanilla.  I stamped the girl bunny with Black Stazon and watercolored her with my AquaPainter and Stampin' Write Markers.  I added a Lucky Limeade Ruffled Ribbon bow, held together with the Sale-A-Bration brad.  The base of the card is Whisper White and I layered on Pool Party that I ran thru the Big Shot with the Petals A Plenty folder.  Each of the centers of the flowers were highlighted with the White Gel Pen.  I cut a piece of the Everyday Enchantment SAB Designer Paper and layered it on Peach Parfait cardstock.  Then cut a pennant of Lucky Limeade and stamped Happy Easter from Stampin' Up!'s Delightful Dozen stamp set.  The Label Framelit is popped up with Stampin' Dimensionals.

Make sure to check out what the rest of the Create with Connie and Mary Challenge Team did this week!  Some great ideas over there!!

CCMC191 – Everybunny

Oh, we have a fun color challenge for you this week over on Create with Connie and Mary!  Wonderful SPRING colors…So Saffron, Wild Wasabi and Island Indigo!  We've had such mild weather, it feels like spring around here…another sunny day…very unusual for Ohio in February!

When I first saw this set in the main catalog last summer, it was on my first order…even though I knew I wouldn't use it for MONTHS yet.  It is just too cute!  I have some wonderful pictures of the boys coloring Easter eggs when they were little…some day I will get them scrapbooked!  lol!

For this card, I wanted to try something with the Framelits.  Can you tell that is what I used along the bottom of the So Saffron layer?  I used the largest one and put the 4" wide So Saffron cardstock in under the cutting blade, and the other end on top of the Framelit.   Then I only ran it thru far enough to cut the bottom…not all the way…I just reversed and pulled it back out.  That way I got just the cut on one end.  Did anyone else think of that?  I haven't seen it!

My base is Whisper White.  I layered on the So Saffron that was cut with the Label Framelit and embossed with Snow Burst (this is still available to order!).  I added a strip of Wild Wasabi Just Add Cake Designer Paper, layered on Island Indigo cardstock and wrapped the Island Indigo Ruffled Ribbon around and tied a knot.

I stamped Miss Bunny with Black Stazon, then watercolored with my AquaPainter and Stampin' Write Markers.  I did add a little Crumb Cake color for the bunny…she couldn't be yellow or green or blue, now could she?  I used one of the smaller Label Framelits to cut her out and attached with Stampin' Dimensionals.  Finally, I stamped Happy Easter, Everybunny, in Black Stazon and punched with the Modern Label punch (I love how it coordinates!), then used a little clip to hold it in place at the top of the So Saffron layer!

Make sure to check out what the rest of the Challenge Team did this week over on Create with Connie and Mary...as usual, I'm always inspired by their creations!