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Connie Babbert, Stampin Up! Demonstrator

Blog Tour 1 – Stop 2 and BLOG CANDY!

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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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  2. Stacy Bennett says

    I love card #2 with the boots! So cute! I also love the fun bright colors! Thanks for the great blog candy!

  3. Katie B. says

    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!

  4. Jamie A. says

    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.

  6. Jackie Hardy says

    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!

  7. Leslie Percival says

    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

  10. Jamie Mitchell says

    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.

  11. Tammy Howell says

    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!

  13. Lucia says

    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.

  15. Paula Hamm says

    Connie, your cards are all great, as usual, but I like #3 the best. It is probably the color combo plus cleaner lines.

  17. Susan Dillion says

    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.

  18. Nicole Anderson says

    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)

  19. Bethany Keeney says

    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!

  23. Beverly Kissler says

    Connie I love love love your cards. My favorite is the first one. I think you are an awesomely talented lady.

  25. lisa808 says

    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.

  26. Kelli Satterwhite says

    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!

  27. Ellen says

    I like the third one best! But that’s my style – clean and simple, but still looks great!

  29. Heather Arsenault says

    Wonderful cards! It’s a tie between the first and last cards. Both are beautiful in their own way.

  31. Judy Maedel says

    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.

  32. Joyce W says

    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.

  33. Suzanne says

    Love the cards! I don’t have this set, but you inspire me. I may need this one, too! Thanks.

  34. Tami Black says

    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!

  35. Jenn D says

    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!

  41. Peggy W says

    I loved them all but, if I had to choose, the second one would be it
    because of the wonderful colors.

  42. Darlene L says

    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.

  46. Elise says

    I like the third card best. I just love those colors and the clean lines!

    Thanks for sharing.

  47. KellyRae says

    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!

  48. Polly K says

    Connie:
    AThey are very cute I loved the lat two the best…expecially Kiwi Kiss and Not Quite Navy combo.

  49. Rachel Bleich says

    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!

  50. jeanne nielsen says

    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!

  54. Kate Cecil says

    I love card #3, too!!! While it was simple to put together the effect was stunning! Thanks for sharing in the blog tour fun!

  55. Angie Page says

    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”. :o)

  58. Jennifer Scull says

    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!

  59. Doris says

    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.

  62. Becky says

    I really like the rain boots card. The color combination and the stamp image are very eye catching. Clean and Simple.

  63. BarbaraD says

    Fabulous, Connie….do I really need to choose? They are ALL wonderful!! Oh, ok, I choose the 3rd….guess I like those colors best!

  64. Jenny W says

    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;

  67. Rachel B says

    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

  68. Susan Shields says

    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!

  70. Julie Arvin says

    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

  75. Elaine says

    All three cards are beautiful, but number 3 really grabs you I think because of the colors.

  76. Debbie Newell says

    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.

  77. Janice says

    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.

  78. Tiffany says

    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!!!

  82. Sharon says

    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.

  84. Tammy Glaser says

    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

  85. SallyHP says

    I really like the second and third cards. Those fall and jewel tones just pop, and the stamped images are so simple. Really lovely!

  89. Wendy Hawkinson says

    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

  93. Eileen McClean says

    loved them all but the nicest one is the one with the brads down the side.Thanks for sharing
    Eileen

  94. Margaret R says

    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!

  95. Kathy says

    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.

  96. Judy Lucas says

    I love the first card. This set is my favorite from the Occasions Catalog.

    Judy Lucas

  97. LaRene says

    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

  99. MaryJo Marshall says

    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!

  101. Shelly Schmidt says

    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

  103. Patti C. says

    My favorite is the thank you with the boots. So cute. All the cards are terrific. Thanks for sharing.

  104. Deb Hoekstra says

    I like all the cards, but my favorite is the first. I really like the windmill in that one.

  105. Denise THomas says

    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

  108. Laura - BoxerBratsScraps says

    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!

  109. Tiearra says

    I LOVE #2- I like the variety of colors, I wouldn’t have thought to put those colors together! Like it- Great job!

  114. Donna says

    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!!

  115. Vicki Woebbecke says

    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.

  116. Vicki Woebbecke says

    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.

  121. Kimnamsoon says

    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!

  122. Janis Miller says

    I like all 3 but the 3rd one is my favorite. It would make a great male card. Great ideas.

  123. Heidi Michel says

    I love the 3rd card. The textures on it are incredible. Love them all actually. I would love to have them.

    hugs
    Heidi

  124. Sharon Canter says

    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

  125. nancy l. says

    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!

  126. Ilene Young says

    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.

  127. Suzanne says

    I like the color blocks you used with card number 1 and so I will say that is my favorite.
    suzannedotbrown17atverizondotnet

  130. Christy says

    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!

  132. Mary Davis says

    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.

  133. Karen S says

    I have really been on the fence about getting this one. I love the stamps and you just gave me great inspiration! Thanks!

  135. Catherine says

    Love the third card the best. The use of the texture and the corduroy buttons is so cute.

    Catherine

  136. Tory says

    I love your cards. I really like the colors you used in the second one. You did a great job!

  138. Regina Van Lieu says

    My favorite is the boot trio card , the color combo is bright and cheery.
    Regina

  142. Kay Mespelt says

    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)

  143. Mary Jo Price-Williams says

    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.

  144. Joyce Spear says

    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!

  145. Gayle Taylor says

    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

  146. Chastity Broeker says

    I adore the card with the Washington Apple DSP. What vibrant colors to make the card stand out! Great job on all of them!

  148. Lisa Goates says

    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

  151. Kate says

    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.

  152. StampinCathy says

    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.

  154. Nancy says

    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!

  156. Evaleen says

    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!

  157. Carol H. says

    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.

  158. Cookie says

    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!!!!!

  159. Shirley says

    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!!!

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