4th of July

Woohoo! Published!

September 2, 2009 By Connie | 8 Comments

I just received a copy of Just Cards – HOLIDAYS, and I have TWO cards in the magazine! Woohoo! I sent in these two cards.

I made this first one last year for the 4th of July holiday challenge. It uses the Stampin’ Up! Neighborhood Wheel and Celebrate Everything stamp set.

This next one uses the retired Stampin’ Up! stamp sets, Big Birthday Candle and Great Greetings. This was also made for a Bloggers Challenge, I believe!

I was very excited to see my cards in the magazine!

See you tomorrow!

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Classic Backgrounds Scrapbook page

July 15, 2008 By Connie | Leave a Comment

NOTE: I’m extending the deadline for my CLASS KIT until I return on Thursday. Hurry and order today!

Here is another Display Board scrapbook page I made for Leadership in January. I used Classic Backgrounds on this one. I love the large star in it. When doing the displays, I had to hand-cut each of the large stars out…thankfully we now have a large star punch that I can use to punch them out…so much easier.

This picture is my online friend Claire’s little boy…isn’t he sweet? When I saw the Classic Backgrounds set in my display selection, I just knew that I had to use his picture with a 4th of July theme for a scrapbook page. His little outfit matches just perfect!

The stars along the left are Whisper White Craft on Brilliant Blue. I used Short Order Alphabet and Big Deal Numbers for the title and cut them out. The large star is stamped in Real Red on Whisper White. I ran a thin strip of Brilliant Blue cardstock thru a clear button and then curled the paper. I adhered the button to the center of the star. His picture is layered on a mat of Whisper White.

I’m headed out of town for a couple days to do a couple classes..catch you again when I get back! Then I’ll be in FULL SWAP mode getting ready for Convention…two weeks from today! Woohoo!!!

Blogger’s Challenge – Fireworks II

July 4, 2008 By Connie | 19 Comments

No need to adjust your monitor…yes, this DOES look similar to THIS card I made a few weeks ago. I thought it appropriate to the 4th of July holiday, so I changed it up some to fit THIS week’s Blogger’s Challenge! The theme this week is Color Blocking! I really like how this technique looks, but somehow I rarely do it. I guess I just don’t think about it when I’m sitting down to create something. I was glad of this week’s opportunity to revisit it.

I layered the Real Red and Brilliant Blue color blocks onto Whisper White cardstock. Then I paper pierced around the entire edge and used my white gel pen to "color" in the stitches. I stamped the Big Birthday Candles in Basic Black with Brilliant Blue and Real Red accents. Happy 4th of July is a retired greeting. I punched it out with the Key Tag and then punched the slot punch on each end so I could run the ribbon thru it. I punched the Snow Blossoms from Yo Yo Yellow Faux Diamond Dust paper. Pretty much a fun and easy card to make!

Now…I’m going to set this post for 7:00 AM on Friday to see if it publishes correctly! We’ll be out at the Lake most of the day and will watch the fireworks. Red/White and Boom was last night in downtown Columbus, but literally over a HUNDRED THOUSAND people show up to watch them…just too crowded for me! I’ll just enjoy the Lake fireworks from the boat…they are beautiful reflecting off the water. I’ll try to remember to take my camera this year!

HAPPY 4th OF JULY!!!!