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CCMC239 – Bloomin’ Marvelous

February 14, 2013 By Connie | 9 Comments

Happy Valentine's Day! We have a fun sketch challenge for you over on Create with Connie and Mary! Hope you play along! Make sure to check out the rest of the Thursday Challenge Team and be prepared to be inspired!

Here's mine…no, not a Valentine. I'm kind of done with those by now. I must admit…I did another card first, then changed it out to this one. I'll post the first one I made on Friday! lol! You can tell me which one you like better!

This is what I did!

I started with 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 piece of Sahara Sand cardstock. I used the Adorning Accents Edgelit along the right edge, then embossed it with the Adorning Accent folder.
I layered a 1 1/2 x 5 1/2 piece of Sycamore Street DSP on the inside edge of the card so it shows thru to the front.
I stamped the greeting from Feels Good stamp set in Island Indigo on the front of the Sahara Sand card base.
The Bloomin' Marvelous flowers were stamped with Tangerine Tango on Whisper White, then cut out.
I punched the Blossom Punch from Summer Starfruit cardstock and a portion of the Blossom from Island Indigo cardstock. I added the Summer Starfruit to the front with Stampin' Dimensionals, then tucked the smaller Bloomin' Marvelous flowers around it. The Island Indigo Blossom I cut off two petals and tucked it behind.
I flattened the Soda Pop Top with the Big Shot, then punched a 1" circle of the same DSP for the center.
The butterfly from Bloomin' Marvelous was stamped with Island Indigo Ink, then punched with the Petite Butterfly punch and placed with Stampin' Dimensional.
Finally, I added a trio of small Pearls for the butterfly's body and trios of small pearls to each of the Bloomin' Marvelous flowers.

Hope you like it!

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CCMC197 – Poppy Flower

April 19, 2012 By Connie | 8 Comments

We have a FUN sketch for you to try over on Create with Connie and Mary this week…a nice clean and simple one! Let's see how YOU interpret it! Our Challenge Team has done a fabulous job with it…amazing that each card is so different! Check them out over at Create with Connie and Mary!

And here is my card. I've been wanting to do a 3D poppy flower with the Blossom Punch in the Occasions Mini! Can you tell what other punches I used to make it?

I started with a base card of Real Red. I layered on Basic Black and then Whisper White that I ran thru the Big Shot with the Finial Press Impressions Folder on top. Over the bottom portion of the Whisper White, I layered the red stripe pattern from Letters to Santa! I think this DSP has such elegant patterns…they are good for more than just Christmas! To hid the seam, I punched the Old Olive cardstock with the Dotted Scallop Border Punch and laid it across. I cut the smallest Label Framelit from Basic Black, the stamped You Inspire Me from the hostess set, Perfect Words, and punched it with the Large Oval to layer on top. I like the unusual greetings in that set!

OK…ready? For the poppy. The bottom layer of the flower is Cherry Cobbler, then a layer of Real Red on top…both of those were punched with the Blossom Punch in the mini and I cut slits between the petals towards the center to give them more movement. Then I punched 3 of the Modern Label Punch from Poppy Parade and layered those on top of each other, then placed in the middle of the Real Red layer…together they are slightly smaller than the Blossom Punch so it layers nicely. I spritzed it all with water and crumbled it up. The center…is the Snowflake punch, two of them, from Basic Black. And in the very center of that is the Boho Blossom star flower from Daffodil Delight, slit up between each petal to the center. I scrunched the snowflakes and the star flower tightly and used a mini glue dots to adhere it to the top layer of the red flowers. Finally, I used the leaf die to cut out the Old Olive, and slightly crumbled them and adhered with a couple of the mini glue dots.

Isn't that a pretty flower? Probably one of those cards that are better given in person than put in the mail. So…grab your stamps and play along! Upload your creation over on Create with Connie and Mary! We love to see your work!

Mixed Bunch again

February 29, 2012 By Connie | 3 Comments

NOTE: I added some retired floral/nature sets to the last updated FOR SALE post you can see HERE! Make sure to check them out!!! I know they are some that are very popular!

Thank you to all that have purchased. I've made a SMALL dent in what I have. If you are looking for any set in particular, please EMAIL me!

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I recently held a stamp camp using Mixed Bunch and the Blossom Punch (remember the little favors with the Hershey Kisses in the center? You can see them HERE!) This is one of the cards we did. I love the colors in it…so bright and intense and really set off with the Basic Black accents!

The base of the card is Wisteria Wonder. I added a layer of Basic Black. On the Whisper White layer, I added blocks of Berry Blossoms Designer Paper. I wrapped the Lucky Limeade Ruffled Ribbon around to the back and secured. I stamped the Mixed Bunch flower with Wisteria Wonder ink on Wisteria Wonder cardstock, then punched them out. I added a trio of little flowers from the Boho Blossoms punch in Lucky Limeade in the center and then a wonderful Black Glimmer Brad. I punched the Blossom punch flower again and cut off two of the petals for the leaves in Lucky Limeade. It is tucked under the flower that is popped up with Stampin' Dimensionals. Finally, I stamped Get Well Soon in Basic Black from the stamp set, Delightful Dozen.

Overall, a pretty quick and easy card with lots of pop! I love it!

Mixed Bunch

February 27, 2012 By Connie | 1 Comment

NOTE: Check out the retired stamps I've listed in the post HERE…

I added some new ones this morning!

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I'm having so much fun with Stampin' Up!'s stamp set, Mixed Bunch. Making favors and butterflies…it is much more than a flower set!

I made this card for a one-on-one card challenge. We only make one and send it off to our partner. I hope she liked it!

I started with a base of Poppy Parade and added Whisper White. I used a couple different patterns in the Everyday Enchantment Sale-A-Bration Designer Paper and layered them on top. I cut a strip of Lucky Limeade cardstock and stamped Friend on it, then added some Crochet Trim and tied a knot. I stamped the flower in Poppy Parade and punched it out with the Blossom Punch, punched another from Poppy Parade cardstock, then layered some Boho Blossom punched flowers of Poppy Parade, Whisper White and Peach Parfait in the center with a Glimmer Brad. Finally, I punched the Blossom from Lucky Limeade cardstock, textured it with the Finial Press Folder, and cut off two petals for leaves. I popped up the flower on the front of the card.

Have a great week! I'm counting down the days to go to my semi-annual stamping retreat! WOOHOO!!!

Stamping 411 – Build A Blossom

February 11, 2011 By Connie | 12 Comments

It's time again for Stamping 411 sketch challenge! I really enjoyed working with this week's sketch, and my card came together pretty quickly. Of course, part of the reason it came together quickly is because I already had "starts"…you know…those half finished pieces laying on your desk that you didn't use on another project! lol!

So here is the sketch!

And here is my card using Stampin' Up!'s Build a Blossom! I had the flower already started from another project. I used the Rock n Roll technique on the petals. I stamped them in Baja Breeze and then rolled the edges with Not Quite Navy. I punched it with the new Blossoms Petals punch. Then I used Frost Shimmer Paint with a sponge dauber on top to really make it shimmer! I wish you could see how shimmery it is in real life! I added an Old Olive center, then the Vintage Flower Adornment rose in the center! These are really nice!

The base of the card is Not Quite Navy. I layered on Baja Breeze cardstock. I used some Springtime Vintage Designer Paper (it was already cut and ready to go!) and layered it on Old Olive cardstock. I wrapped around Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon and tied a knot. I curled the Build a Blossom flower backwards and then placed it with double Stampin' Dimensionals on another piece of Old Olive cardstock that I ran thru the Big Shot with the Perfect Polka Dots Impressions Folder.

Finally I stamped "So Many Candles, so Little Cake" from Bring on the Cake stamp set in Not Quite Navy on Very Vanilla, then punched it with the Wide Oval punch. I layered it on the Decorative Label punch from Not Quite Navy cardstock and placed it on the Old Olive with Stampin' Dimensionals.

Make sure to check out what the rest of the Stamping 411 Operators have done this week! I'm sure they will be fabulous!