Everything Eleanor

Everything Eleanor Mother

May 12, 2013 By Connie | 1 Comment

I'm back from Fiji and trying to get back on my time zone! It is proving much harder coming back than it was going there! I keep wanting to stay up until 2:00 AM, waking up at 7:00 AM and then feel like taking a nap in the afternoon because I'm so tired! I hope I can get back to a normal schedule soon! Here's a picture of the morning sunrise on one of the days. We would get up and walk along the beach before it got hot! I picked up a few pretty shells, but never found the sand dollars that some were finding!

For my mother-in-law's card, I pulled out Everything Eleanor…I haven't used it for a while! I paired it with Tea for Two Designer Paper. Hope she likes it! I made this before I left…I haven't touched a stamp in 2 weeks and am having serious withdrawal! NEED to get into my room tomorrow, I want to make a few things for my daughter-in-law's baby shower next weekend.

Here are the details:

5 1/2 x 8 1/2 Crumb Cake, folded in half for base card.
4 x 5 1/4 piece of Whisper White, added a 1 1/2" x 5 1/4 strip of Tea for Two Designer Paper across the top.
I wrapped a length of Lucky Limeade Ruffled Ribbon around the back and adhered.
I stamped the medallion from Everything Eleanor in Crumb Cake, then cut it out. I stamped the Mother greeting from Delightful Dozen in Basic Black on top. It is popped up on the front with Stampin' Dimensionals.
I stamped the flowers with Basic Black and Calypso Coral on Calypso Coral cardstock, cut them out and added to the front.
I added pearls in the centers of the flowers.
Finally, I stamped the bird in Basic Black on Whisper White, cut him out and placed on the top of the greeting. There is a little pearl in his eye, too!

I think this has a vintage look to it, don't you? To all the mothers out there, Happy Mother's Day!!!

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Everything Eleanor Wedding

October 29, 2012 By Connie | 4 Comments

Taking a little break from the holiday cards I've been doing for Create with Connie and Mary's Card "Create"tions Edition! I needed a wedding card for a good friend of the family's son who got married on Saturday (Congratulations Luke & Amanda!)

I pulled out a favorite, Everything Eleanor, and matched it up with the Love greeting in Affection Collection. I love the swirly love in that set! I also used my new Illuminate stamp pad…wow…do I love that!!! That's the shimmery/white looking image next to the Midnight Muse one. I was guessing at their colors from the wedding invitation. Ended up the blue was really more our retired Brilliant Blue than Midnight Muse, but the Elegant Eggplant was spot on!

Here are the details:

Base card is 8 x 9 folded in half to 4 x 9 from Elegant Eggplant cardstock.
I layered on 3 3/4 x 8 3/4 Midnight Muse Cardstock.
On the 3 1/2 x 8 1/2 layer of Whisper White, I stamped the swirl from Everything Eleanor in Elegant Eggplant twice on the front.
I then stamped the two swirl images again with the Illuminate Pad right next to the first ones…lovely…really adds lots of depth!
I stamped the medallion from Everything Eleanor with Midnight Muse on scrap Whisper White, then cut it out and adhered to the front of the swirls.
I stamped Love from Affection Collection in Elegant Eggplant on Whisper White, then cut flag ends on it. I layered it on the medallion with Stampin' Dimensionals.
Then I stamped three of the flowers from Everything Eleanor, stamping off once to make them lighter, on scrap Whisper White and cut them out, adding to the front with Stampin' Dimensionals.
In the center are Pearls.

I also finished off the inside by lining it with Whisper White, then adding the Elegant Eggplant swirl at the bottom with a stamped off flower and the greeting from One in a Million. I think it turned out very elegant and appropriate for their formal wedding!

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Everyday Eleanor Hydrangeas

June 11, 2012 By Connie | 4 Comments

DAY 2! It's begun! Create with Connie and Mary Preview Week is HERE! Our Design Team Member, Carrie Sampsel has a really useful FREE Tutorial for you today…see a sneak peek below! AND…the rest of our Design Team will be celebrating with FREE Tutorials ALL THIS WEEK! If that isn't enough…you have a chance to win one of SEVEN BLOG CANDYS…a free subscription to Create with Connie and Mary! Don't you just LOVE Preview Week? Don't worry, if you've already subscribed, you can still win! We'll just apply your win to the Holiday 2012 Edition! Check out the details daily on Create with Connie and Mary!

We are featuring "Fabulous Florals" from the New Catalog 2012-13 for our Preview Week topic! That includes Stippled Blossoms, Summer Silhouettes, Blooming with Kindness, Betsy's Blossom, Everything Eleanor, and Decorate a Daisy stamp sets. Each week we will be focusing on a different topic in the New Catalog…next week is Nature!

So I pulled out Everything Eleanor again and received my inspiration from my beautiful blooming Hydrangea bushes out front of my house! They are FULL of flowers and SO pretty. I need to take a photo of them QUICK while they are so gorgeous!

The base of my card is Midnight Muse. I layered on Baja Breeze that I stamped the swirl design in Everything Eleanor with Baja Breeze Ink. I added a strip of the butterfly print from Patio Party Designer Paper. For the focal flower, I stamped the small flower several times with Midnight Muse Ink on Baja Breeze cardstock. I cut them out and layered them with Stampin' Dimensionals on a scrap 1 3/4" Circle. I added the flower to a square of Whisper White and layered that on Primrose Petals cardstock that I placed on the front of the card!

Can you tell what I used for the leaves? Yep! I punched the Butterfly punch from Old Olive, cut it in half and stamped the small floral image in Old Olive on it, then curled them and tucked them behind the Hydrangea blossom. I also punched a butterfly (I LOVE that NEW butterfly punch!) from Summer Starfruit, crumpled it up and sponged with Summer Starfruit Ink. Then placed it on the card with a Stampin' Dimensional and added a trio of Pearls to the body. FInally, I stamped the greeting from Petite Pairs in Midnight Muse on Old Olive and cut the end in a Flag.

Hope you like my inkspired treasure!

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Everything Eleanor again!

June 10, 2012 By Connie | 1 Comment

WOOHOO!!! It's begun! Create with Connie and Mary Preview Week is HERE! Mary Brown has a wonderful FREE Tutorial for you today…see a sneak peek below! AND…the rest of our Design Team will be celebrating with FREE Tutorials ALL THIS WEEK! And…if that isn't enough…make sure to enter a chance to win BLOG CANDY…a free subscription to Create with Connie and Mary! Don't you just LOVE Preview Week? Don't worry, if you've already subscribed, you can still win! We'll just apply your win to the Holiday 2012 Edition!

To celebrate, I pulled out my Everyday Eleanor set again and did up this card!

I took my colors from the Patio Party Designer Paper and made the base card Baja Breeze. I layered on Whisper White and then the strip of Patio Party DSP at the top. I stamped the medallion from Everyday Eleanor with Baja Breeze and cut it out. Then I stamped Get Well Soon from Delightful Dozen in Midnight Muse on top of it.

I stamped two larger flowers and two smaller flowers in Midnight Muse and Primrose Petals (stamped off to lighten) and cut them out. I added green Glimmer Brads in the center, then popped them up along side the medallion. I wrapped the Rose Red Seam Binding Ribbon around and tied a knot at the top of the medallion.

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Everything Eleanor Marigolds

June 5, 2012 By Connie | 3 Comments

Hmmm, maybe I'll go thru all the flowers making them with Everyday Eleanor stamp set! Yesterday was Poppies, today is Marigolds using the new In Color Summer Starfruit! One of my customers last night (hi Cindy!), thought Summer Starfruit and Basic Gray would look good together. I have to agree! I've always wanted a bedroom done in these colors!

I said it yesterday and I'll say it again today…I can't believe it took me this long to play with this set! I've had it since January and Leadership!

The base card is Summer Starfruit and I layered on Basic Gray. On the Whisper White layer, I stamped the medallion in Summer Starfruit. I stamped the flowers twice each with Basic Gray on Summer Starfruit cardstock, then cut them out, crumpled them up and layered together with Stampin' Dimensionals for some depth. They were placed on the Postage Punch of Basic Gray with Stampin' Dimensionals, too. Finally, I added tiny pearls to the centers and pearls on the medallion. And I added a greeting from Petite Pairs in Basic Gray. This is two cards in a row without ribbon!!!

WOOHOO!!! My expedited order of NEW stuff just arrived, so I'm planning on playing with them ALL DAY LONG! I can't wait! I have several projects to work on for the next session of Create with Connie and Mary, including my PREVIEW tutorial coming soon! Here are more details!

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Everything Eleanor Poppies

June 4, 2012 By Connie | 6 Comments

Those that know me realize that I'm kind of on a poppy flower kick right now. I have some decorating my studio in my wall art, have made them in Punch Class and now turned the flowers in Everything Eleanor into poppy flowers! They look pretty real and they are so nice and vibrant…really cheer up my room! I still have a lot of decorating to do in there, but a little at a time so I can get exactly what I want!

This card uses Everything Eleanor stamp set. Now, I must admit I received this at Leadership and NEVER USED IT! Last week I was pretty desperate to use some NEW stuff and pulled it out. It is quickly becoming a favorite and I'm sure you'll see it a lot over the next few weeks!

I think this card as a clean look to it, although I wouldn't call it simple because of all the cutting! I started with the base card of Real Red. I layered on Basic Gray and then Whisper White. I stamped the fleur background in Old Olive on top of the Whisper White. On scrap paper, I stamped the Basic Gray medallion for the background and cut it out, then placed it partially on top of the Old Olive fleur. The piece hanging off, I trimmed off.

Then I stamped 4 of the larger flowers and one smaller flower with Basic Gray on Real Red, cut them out…layering two of the bigger ones together by just cutting out the center portion of two of the larger flowers (does that make sense??? lol!) The small flower is by itself. I layered them with Stampin' Dimensionals, then placed a Basic Black brad inside. They are also popped up on the front of the card with Stampin' Dimensionals. Maybe this photo has a better look:

Finally, I stamped the Itty Bitty Banner in Basic Gray on Old Olive cardstock, and used the Bitty Banner Framelit to cut it out. It is also popped up on the front. Love how this turned out!

Did you know? This week we are introducing our Guest Designers for Create with Connie and Mary's New Catalog Edition 2012! The 5 week session will feature items from the NEW catalog…so the projects can be used ALL YEAR LONG! Right now we are having our Early Bird Special so you can sign up for $24.95…that is $5 off the regular subscription price of $29.95…30 step-by-step tutorials at less than $1 each! Don't miss out! Check out the Create with Connie and Mary site for more information and to see who is today's FABULOUS Guest Designer!

Everything Eleanor Double Dutch Door Card

June 1, 2012 By Connie | 2 Comments

WOOHOO!!! The new catalog is here!!! You can click on my left sidebar to be taken to the online catalog if you haven't seen it yet. LOVE it! I'm so excited for all the new stuff and have been WORKING on my first order already! Want to get it in today! lol! You'll need to wait until after 12:00 N Mountain Time if placing on online order!

I originally saw this type of card fold done called Double Dutch Door at Leadership and was reminded of it when I saw a fellow demo post about it (thanks, Cindee!). When working on my cards for Stamp Club, I thought they would really like it, too! Combining a new catalog stamp set, Everything Eleanor with new designer paper, Comfort Cafe…I love how this turned out! Sort of a contemporary vintage look, I think!

NOTE: I still have openings for my next round of Stamp Clubs! Long distance members are welcome…minimum $25 purchase per month for six months and you are hostess one of those months, plus add $5 for postage! We usually do 2 cards plus 1 small 3D item (and the occasional surprise bonus!) Kits will be mailed to you (sorry, no stamping per SU guildelines) with full color photos and directions. Email me at iluvstamping@gmail.com for more details!

The base is Soft Suede and I added the chevron pattern from Comfort Cafe (LOVE it!) for the door panels at the bottom. I used a coordinating pattern for the top floral flap. It is layered on Cajun Craze before putting it on the top flap.

Base card piece – 4 -3/16” x 9”, score with long edge at top at 5 ½”
Flap piece – 2 x 8 ½”, score with long edge at top at 2 1/8” and 6 3/8” to make doors, adhere to back of long piece along the bottom.
Top layer – 3 ¼ x 4”
DSP or stamped layer – 3 1/8 x 3 7/8”

I stamped the medallion in Summer Starfruit on Very Vanilla and cut it out (hmmm, why didn't we have a framelit that fits this one???) The flower was stamped with Cajun Craze on Cajun Craze cardstock and cut it out, then curled the edges slightly. The medallion is adhered only on the top panel with Stampin' Dimensionals. I added a greeting from Petite Phrases, punched with the Large Oval and layered on the Scallop Oval punch.

Inside the Soft Suede base, I layered on Summer Starfruit cardstock, stamped with the swirl from Everything Eleanor, then added a Cajun Craze flower. I stamped the inside greeting from Petite Pairs in Soft Suede.

Did I mention that I love how this turned out? We were laughing last night about the color of Summer Starfruit, but I must admit that it does look great with Soft Suede and Cajun Craze. Also love it with Pool Party and Midnight Muse!

Enjoy!