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Truly Grateful

August 23, 2013 By Connie | 9 Comments

We're announcing another 2 of our Design Team members over on Create with Connie and Mary today…and they both have BLOG CANDY…free subscriptions to our Fall Collection! If you've already subscribed, we'll apply your win to our Holiday/Winter Collection coming up soon! We'll announce the winners on Sunday!

Here's another card using Truly Grateful! I'm loving this set!

Here are the details:

The 4 1/4 x 11 Crumb Cake is folded in half to make base card.
I ran the 4 x 5 1/4 Soft Sky cardstock is embossed with the new Stylish Stripes folder.
The new Burlap Ribbon is laid down the center and cut with a flag end.
I cut the Window Frame Framelit from Crumb Cake cardstock and pierced around the edges, then placed on the front of the card with Stampin' Dimensionals.
I stamped the chevron background image in Truly Grateful with Crumb Cake ink on Very Vanilla and punched with the 2 1/2 circle. I adhered it on top with Stampin' Dimensionals.
The greeting "Thankful for…" was stamped with Chocolate Chip on a 1/2 strip of Very Vanilla and placed on top.
The acorns were stamped with Chocolate Chip ink on Very Vanilla, then watercolored with an AquaPainter and Chocolate Chip and Crumb Cake Stampin' Write Markers.
I doubled a length of Linen Thread and tied a bow, then placed it on top of the acorns with a Mini Glue Dot.

Love these colors together! Make sure to stop over on Create with Connie and Mary to see the next two Design Team members and the special cards they have made, and read their introductions! And…while you are there, make sure to sign up for our FALL COLLECTION…Early Bird Pricing is ending SOON!

Time is quickly running out on taking advantage of the EARLY BIRD SPECIAL for our wonderful FALL COLLECTION featuring the NEW HOLIDAY and regular Stampin' Up! CATALOGS!!!! Only $19.95 US…a $5 savings off the regular $24.95 US price!

So…what's the FALL COLLECTION all about? 4 weeks of daily projects EACH with a full downloadable tutorial that aren't shown ANYWHERE else! Card sets and projects that can be completed in about 2 hours…perfect for classes and camps! Check out our FREE Preview Projects – August 18 – 24! Fall Collection runs August 25 through September 21…so you have plenty of time to plan classes or make the projects for yourself! You don't want to miss it!

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CCMC265 – Magnificent Maple

August 22, 2013 By Connie | 6 Comments

We're continuing on with PREVIEW WEEK over on Create with Connie and Mary. It's the last few days to save with Early Bird Pricing! We've shown two FREE TUTORIALS so far…and had lots of blog candy…FREE subscriptions to Create with Connie and Mary! But, you need to check in daily to see where to go! Today is our Thursday Challenge…we offer weekly challenges for everyone to play along! Hope you join us! Check out what the rest of the Challenge Team has done this week with our sketch over on Create with Connie and Mary!

And here is my card using Magnificent Maple single stamp in the Holiday Catalog. This time I made a fall "sunflower" using the Pansy Punch. Have I said how much I love this punch???

Here are the details:

The base is 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 Crushed Curry, folded in half.
On the 4 x 5 1/4 Very Vanilla layer, I used the Scoring Tool and embossed a line around the edges at 1/4" on all sides. Just a little extra texture!
I cut three 1 x 2 1/2 panels of Sweater Weather Designer Paper and adhere them on top.
I stamped the Magnificent Maple leaf in Chocolate Chip on Pumpkin Pie cardstock and cut it out, then placed it on front.
I punched the Pansy punch three times with Crushed Curry cardstock, sponged the edges with Pumpkin Pie, then crumbled up the flowers and layered them together. I punched a 7/8 Scallop Circle of Chocolate Chip cardstock for the center and adhere with a Stampin' Dimensional.
In the center of the flower, I tied Linen Thread in the small Naturals button and adhered with a Mini Glue Dot.
Finally, I stamped Happy Birthday from the hostess only set, Express Yourself with Chocolate Chip on a 1/2" strip of Very Vanilla, cut the flag end and curled the edges a little.

Pretty, isn't it??? I love the fall feel of it! Putting me in the mood to see fall! lol! We have so many fall birthdays, it is nice to get a head start on them!

Relax this fall and let Create with Connie and Mary design your classes for you! Sign up HERE today!

SC402 – Full of Blessings

September 12, 2012 By Connie | 2 Comments

Yeah! I had time to play along with the sketch challenge on SCS today! It is a fun one, too! Here's the sketch:

I converted the sketch from a square into a more usual regular sized card. I grabbed one of my newest sets, Full of Blessings from the Stampin' Up! Holiday catalog. I love to color when I have time! My Orchard Harvest class this Friday is also getting a sneak peek of one of the cards they will be doing! (Well, I might change it up slightly! lol!) Hope they like it!

The base of the card is More Mustard and I layered on Early Espresso.
I added strips of Orchard Harvest Designer Paper.
I cut the Window Frame Collection framelit from Very Vanilla and stamped the image from Stampin' Up!'s Full of Blessings in Black Stazon.
I watercolored with my AquaPainter and Stampin' Write Markers.
It is layered on a square of More Mustard and I pierced the corners with the Festive Piercing Pack.
I wrapped Linen Thread around and tied a bow…then added the greeting and extra DSP flags at the bottom!

Do you like? This card uses one of the stamp sets we are featuring this week on Create with Connie and Mary Holiday Edition 2012!

We are just starting Week 2 of Create with Connie and Mary Holiday Edition 2012 and featuring the FALL theme this week! But…only our subscribers can see them! So, it's not to late to join! You'll be the first to see new projects posted with step-by-step PHOTO tutorials AND still have access to all the past projects we did in Week 1! Our projects stay up over a year after the edition ends, so you can access them 24/7! For $29.95 US…that is less that $1 each for 30 projects!

Day of Gratitude – Create with Connie and Mary Challenge

October 9, 2010 By Connie | Leave a Comment

It's time for the Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Challenge (CCMC-HM2)! This challenge is for our subscribers to participate and earn a chance to win one of two $75 gift certificates or one of two free subscriptions to the next Edition of Create with Connie and Mary. This week is using a color combination in Autumn Spice…Early Espresso, Old Olive, Cajun Craze and More Mustard. I know I had fun with it…I think our Guest Designers did, too!

This week on Create with Connie and Mary, we've been focusing on French Foliage and Day of Gratitude from the Holiday Mini Catalog. It's not too late to join this 8 week subscription! We are just getting started. You'll have access to all the previous posts and tutorials long after the sesson is over!

My card started with one of my favorite new colors, Cajun Craze…just perfect for Fall! I layered on a piece of the striped paper from Autumn Spice Designer Paper…love that it is cardstock weight! Then I cut the leaf pattern from that same DSP and layered it on more Cajun Craze.

For the focal element, I cut Old Olive cardstock and used my Piercing Tool and Mat to pierce a line across the top and bottom. I cut a square of Early Espresso to go on top, then some punches…the Scallop Oval from More Mustard, 1 3/8 circle of Cajun Craze, 1 1/4 circle of Confetti Cream, stamped with the leaf from Day of Gratitude. I used the Rock n Roll technique and inked up the image in More Mustard first, then just the edges in Cajun Craze. I love that two-tone look! FInally, I added some Pearls on each side. The greeting is from Grateful Greetings and stamped with Cajun Craze Classic Ink. Pretty clean and simple card really, but the DSP makes it a wow!

Check out what the rest of our Design Team Members have done this week with the sketch challenge:

Mary Brown – StamperCamper's Corner

Cristena Bagne – Gettin' Crafty

Rochelle Gould – I stamp, I create, I have fun!

Jenn Picard – A New Ink on Life

Supplies:

Set: Day of Gratitude, Grateful Greetings

Classic Inks: Cajun Craze, More Mustard

Cardstock: Old Olive, Confetti Cream, Early Espresso, More Mustard, Cajun Craze

Designer Paper: Autumn Spice

Accessories: 1 3/8" Circle Punch, 1 1/4" Circle Punch, Scallop Oval Punch, Pearls, Piercing Tool and Mat, Stampin' Dimensionals

If you haven't checked out the Create with Connie and Mary site yet, now is the time to do it! We feature new Holiday Mini products every week. There is a new project posted every day and there will be an average of two fabulous tutorials each and every week. NEW is a project sheet for every project not having a tutorial! We like to have lots of fun so we have challenges and prizes for our subscribers. Our sites stay up long after the session is done, so you will always have access to the site and the tutorials. For more information and to see our Preview Week projects please visit at Create with Connie and Mary!