Christmas Blessings

December 10, 2012 By Connie | 3 Comments

So…how do you like my new winter blog look? I thought it was time for the fall theme to come down. I don't know about you, but the holidays are arriving MUCH too quickly! I have a long list of things to get done today. We'll see if I accomplish them all!

This is one of the cards my October Christmas Card Class did. I used some of the elements from a Control Freak swap card I received from Joey Hartman using this set and then added some other things. I thought it was VERY elegant with the gold embossing. It is also mass producable…a must for large amounts of Christmas Cards, but I don't think it lacks the wow factor!

Here are the detals!

The base is 4 1/4 x 11, folded in half.
The layer is 4 x 5 1/4 of Sahara Sand, embossed with the Perfect Polka Dots folder.
I added a horizontal 1 1/4 x 4 piece of Whisper White to go across the front, and added the greeting in Cherry Cobbler ink.
I also added a 1 1/4 x 5 piece of Snow Festival Designer Paper to go down the right side.
I cut the 3rd from smallest Window Frame framelit from Cherry Cobbler cardstock and popped it up on the front with Stampin' Dimensionals.
I stamped the Christmas Blessings poinsettia in Versamark on the Whisper White, then embossed with Gold Embossing Powder. I punced it out with the 2 1/2 Circle Punch to fit inside the Window Framelt.

Enjoy your Monday! Be back tomorrow with some GLITTERY fun!

Christmas Blessings 2

July 23, 2012 By Connie | 1 Comment

I'm back! Back from the Stampin' Up! Convention in Salt Lake City! I had a WONDERFUL time seeing my fellow demonstrators and friends! I love going and getting re-charged with ideas…meeting NEW people…and seeing my OLD (not in age!) friends! THANK YOU to all of you that stopped me and said hi…that you enjoy reading my blog and getting ideas! I truly enjoyed meeting you and putting names with faces! To me…this is one of the best things about maintaining my blog…is the new people I've met! I don't know about you, but I'm exhausted…will take me a day or two to really catch up, I think! But, I'm anxious to get in my stamp room and start stamping!

I was blessed to walk across stage several times for awards…love that recognition…thanks to ALL my customers for helping me reach my goals this past year! And yes…now I have NEW ones…the Incentive trip is on the Allure of the Seas cruise ship to Western Caribbean! WOW! That is one AMAZING ship!

Here is one of the cards I made to swap with my SUDSOL group at Convention (if you want a 2 week free trial, click on the SUDSOL graphic on my right sidebar)…we had a fun time at lunch and swapping and took a group photo.

I wanted to create a card that could be used for your actual Christmas card using Stampin' Up!'s Christmas Blessings poinsettias and without having to color in the image.

Base card is Cherry Cobbler
Layer of Very Vanilla, run thru the Big Shot with the Petals a Plenty folder across the top 1/2
Add Be of Good Cheer DSP and greeting in Basic Black
Cut Apothecary Accent from Crumb Cake, stamp the poinsettia image on top in Cherry Cobbler
Punch a hole at the top and tie on Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding Ribbon
Add pearls to the centers of the flowers
Pop up the Apothecary Accent on top of the card with Stampin' Dimensionals

So…do you think you could make up a bunch of these for your Christmas card? I made 50 of them for the swap! Here are the supplies you need to order at my online store:

Stamps: Christmas Blessings

Inks: Cherry Cobbler, Basic Black

Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla

Designer Paper: Be of Good Cheer

Accessories: Apothecary Accents, Pearls, Petals-a-Plenty Embossing Folder, Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding Ribbon

Remember, I have Ribbon Shares going on…all styles…to get more details CLICK HERE!!! The next round will be ordered on WEDNESDAY of this week!

Christmas Blessings

July 18, 2012 By Connie | 3 Comments

I decided to play along with Mary Jo's Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge TSSC230 and went ahead and kept with her square shape to make my card.

I also used one of the pretty Christmas sets in the new catalog, Christmas Blessings. I used this set on one of my swap cards this year for Convention.

I like that this year's Christmas Designer Paper "Be of Good Cheer" has "real" Christmas colors! While I like some non-traditional colors once in a while…I also love some good Christmas traditional colors. The mistletoe in Christmas Blessings, of course, is traditional red and green, and a perfect match for the Designer Paper.

I started with a base of Cherry Cobbler cardstock, then layered on the Gumball Green polka dot pattern from Be of Good Cheer. I also added a piece of the lovely stripe in this same paper pack. The mistletoe is stamped with Black Stazon on Very Vanilla and punched with the 2 1/2" Circle Punch. I layered it on the new Delicate Doilies Sizzlit of Cherry Cobbler. Tip: I've found that if I run the cardstock with the Sizzlit thru the Big Shot one way, leave it in and run it back and forth a couple more times thru the Big Shot, those pesky little pieces almost fall right out! The medallion is popped up on the front of my card with Stampin' Dimensionals. I made a little bow from 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon to hang the mistletoe. Then I stamped the greeting from Christmas Blessings in Black Stazon on Very Vanilla and cut a little flag shape on one end. I tucked it under the medallion and let it hang off the end of the card a little.

I love how this turned out! In fact, I'm so excited that this may be the layout I use for my cards this year! I "have" to use snowmen, of course, but I'll see what I can work out!

It's not too late to join! We just started our last week of Create with Connie and Mary New Catalog 2012 Edition and this week it is all about Designer's Choice! The Design Team could use any set that wasn't previous featured during the New Catalog Edition weeks. I used A Fitting Occasion for my project and it turned out really fun! For the regular subscription price of $29.95 you get 30 FANTASTIC ideas that you can use ALL YEAR LONG with your new catalog! You don’t want to miss it! Check out the Create with Connie and Mary site for more information.