Welcome to Create with Connie and Mary’s Creatively Simple Challenge! Each month Mary and I will pick a theme for our simple cards. This month the theme is “Sweet” cards. This theme should be lots of fun this month!

LATTE LOVE

I love this new Online Exclusive, Latte Love. And…my coffee can definitely be sweet! I love my Caramel Macchiatos!

Stampin’ Details:

The base is 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 Pecan Pie cardstock, scored at 4-1/4 and folded.
The 4 x 5-1/4 layer of Lost Lagoon cardstock has been embossed with the crosshatch Basics Embossing Folder (Online Exclusive).
Two 1/2 x 3-1/2 pieces of Pecan Pie cardstock were added to the back of a 3 x 3-3/4 piece of A Little Latte Designer Paper (Online Exclusive), then added to the front.
Two of the lattes were cut from the DSP with the Latte Love Dies, then added to the front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
The greeting was stamped with Pecan Pie Ink and cut with the circle in the Latte Love Dies, then added to the front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Three of the cream Adhesive Backed Swirl Dots were added to the background.

Isn’t that a sweet treat and a SUPER simple card…the designer paper is doing most of the work! Check out Mary’s Creatively Simple card over on Create with Connie and Mary!

Supplies:
Stamps: Latte Love
Inks: Pecan Pie
Cardstock: Basic White, Pecan Pie, Lost Lagoon, A Little Latte Designer Paper
Accessories: Latte Love Dies, Basics Embossing Folder, Adhesive Swirl Dots, Adhesives

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Have fun growing your own paper garden with Stampin' Up!'s STORYBOOK GARDEN PATCH BUNDLE! Stamp the fun vegetable and fruit images, pots and gardening tools to create garden theme cards, tags, scrapbook pages and more. Use your favorite coloring tools to color the line-art images or stamp directly on colored cardstock and cut them with the STORYBOOK GARDEN PATCH DIES. Our STORYBOOK GARDEN PATCH COLLECTION includes step-by-step tutorials for THREE cards (one a special fold) and a useful home decor project! See more details HERE!

Spring is just around the corner and that means flower gardens start to show off their beautiful blossoms in many parts of the country! Stampin' Up!'s new Online Exclusive, THANKFUL GARDEN BUNDLE, can be used to create flowers all year long! This bundle is blooming with line-art floral and leaf images that are easy to color with the coordinating layered THANKFUL GARDEN STENCILS and ink, then cut with the THANKFUL GARDEN DIES. Or use your favorite coloring pencils or markers to bring them to life! Our THANKFUL GARDEN CARD COLLECTION includes step-by-step tutorials for EIGHT cards we know you will love to create and share! See more details HERE!

Bring on Springtime with Stampin' Up!'s new STORYBOOK FRIENDS family of fuzzy-tailed critter stamps and dies! These well-dressed rabbits and other animals will bring a smile to your face and the recipient when creating your cards, scrapbook pages, or other paper projects! Add a stone wall, or garden of carrots and a sweet greeting to finish it off. Our STORYBOOK FRIENDS COLLECTION includes step-by-step tutorials for SIX projects...four cards and TWO cute favor boxes for your spring table or to give as a gift! See more details HERE!

OK, I must admit it. I purchased the Have A Cuppa Bundle, but I’ve really only used the Framelits! There are a couple extra framelits that don’t have coordinating stamp images and I gravitated towards using them! Here is one card where I used the small coffee cups and Going Places Designer paper, along with Suite Sayings stamp set to make a wedding card…notice the interlocking handles?

Here are the details:

The base is 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 Crumb Cake, folded in half.
The top third portion of the 4 x 5-1/4 layer of Lost Lagoon cardstock is embossed with the Delicate Dots Embossing Folder.
On the 2-1/4 x 4 piece of Very Vanilla, the “ground” image from Timeless Textures was stamped with Crumb Cake Ink. Forever greeting from Suite Sayings was stamped with Tuxedo Black ink in the upper right corner. This piece was adhered to the front.
At the bottom, a 3/8 x 5-1/4 strip of Going Places DSP was added.
Two coffee cups were cut with the Cups & Kettle Framelit from Going Places DSP. The handle of one was sliced at the bottom so that they could be interlocked, then placed on the front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
The heart framelit in Cups & Kettle was cut from Crumb Cake and adhered with the Fine Tip Glue Pen between the two cups.

Isn’t that a non-traditional wedding card? Of course, change out the greeting and make it birthday, friendship or whatever you want…so appropriate for almost any day!

It’s almost here! The Create with Connie and Mary March Mini Session is STARTING SOON!

March 2016 MINI SESSION
only $8.95 US with a projects using stamp sets from the Occasions Catalog!

* Each session includes FIVE step-by-step tutorials for projects…THREE card sets, each with 4 cards and TWO 3D items…perfect for your club or stamp camp!
* All FIVE projects are available once the monthly mini collection opens so you immediately have all projects (and tutorials)
*Mini Sessions open on the 11th of each month

Sets we are using for the March session: