Cool Kid

May 28, 2014 By Connie | 1 Comment

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Do the colors and layout of this card look familiar? They are the same as my Create with Connie and Mary Challenge card I posted last Thursday! You can see it here! This card was actually done BEFORE the flower one. I decided I wanted to go in a different direction after this one was finished…but I thought you’d enjoy seeing it anyway. The cat in Cool Kid done in Smoky Slate reminds me of my own kitty, Bleach!

There is a little bit of fussy cutting on here…around the cat and the bow tie! But here are the rest of the directions:

The base is 4 1/4 x 11 Soft Sky folded in half.
I embossed the top portion with the Alphabet Press embossing folder.
I cut the 2 x 5 1/2 piece of Whisper White, then used the Envelope Punch Board at the 4″ mark. It’s a perfect spot to tie the Soft Sky Seam Binding Ribbon around and make a bow!
I added a 1/2 x 2″ strip of Sahara Sand, then added a row of pearls across it.
I stamped the kitty from Cool Kid with Smoky Slate on Whisper White and cut it out, added Pearls colored with a black sharpie for the eyes and the tiny bow tie of Soft Sky. I placed on the front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Then I stamped the kite with Soft Sky ink and the Awesome greeting at the bottom. The kite has a few more pearls in the center.
Oh, I used the Pink Pirouette marker for the nose, too!

Totally different than the flower card, isn’t it? Hope you like this one, too!

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CCMC288 Cool Kid

January 30, 2014 By Connie | 10 Comments

Today, Create with Connie and Mary has a wonderful color combination! I had so much fun with it! Of course, when I saw it, I immediately thought of using Retro Fresh Designer Paper…several patterns had the exact colors in them. But…what set to use with it??? Cool Kid! I wasn't sure about this set at first, but bought it because of the cat. I'm finding that I've used it quite a few times already! Remember my tutorial on the Tic Tac Toe board I posted a couple weeks ago?

And here is my card!

So here are the details:

The base is 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 Baked Brown Sugar folded in half.
I added a 2 x 5 1/2 piece of Retro Fresh Designer Paper with a strip of Tangerine Tango at the bottom.
I punched the banners from another pattern in Retro Fresh DSP and tucked them under the DSP on the front randomly.
I stamped the dog from Cool Kid with Baked Brown Sugar on Very Vanilla, then colored the boots and cape with Tangerine Tango marker and added a "ground" with the Coastal Cabana marker.
It was cut out with the Circle Framelit, then placed on top of a Tangerine Tango Starburst Framelit. Don't you love those combinations you can make with the framelits???
I stamped Awesome from Cool Kid with Tangerine Tango on Very Vanilla, then cut it with the Word Bubble Framelits.
Finally, I added two Candy Dots in Tangerine Tango above the dog image.

I know…I used 3 sets of Framelits on this card, but really…these are basics that you NEED in your stamping supplies, right? lol! And make sure to check out what the rest of the Challenge Team did over on Create with Connie and Mary!

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PREVIEW PROJECT and BLOG CANDY!!!

January 18, 2014 By Connie | 47 Comments

It's finally time for my FREE PREVIEW PROJECT TUTORIAL and BLOG CANDY! We are celebrating the start of the Create with Connie and Mary Spring Collection by showing you a taste of what you can expect when purchasing our tutorials! And…leave a comment here TODAY and get a chance to win BLOG CANDY…a FREE subscription to our Spring Collection. Don't worry, if you have already signed up, we'll apply it towards our next session!

I'm THRILLED with how this Cool Kid Tic Tac Toe Magnetic Board turned out and it wasn't hard at all! My kids used to want to play this game for hours in the car. It would have been nice to have this version where we didn't lose some of the game pieces or need a pen and paper to play! The base on this is a simple 9-1/2 x 9-1/2 metal sign…found easily at your local craft stores.

Since my metal sign board had hangers on the back, I went ahead and added a ribbon hanger so it stores easily! Since the banner look is SO hot right now, I added one across the top with the Tic Tac Toe game name! The game pieces have magnets on the back so they store on the sign while you are playing or not.

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