Follow My Heart

January 6, 2014 By Connie | Leave a Comment

First…have to show you one picture from our Christmas with Carter. Because the kids were back with Beth's family over Christmas holiday, we held our Christmas on New Year's Day. This is the car that Santa left for Carter. He has the hang of it…checking to see if someone is behind him before moving into traffic! Isn't he sweet? So excited that he loved his present!

Well, do you ever have some design in your head, but it doesn't come out right on paper? That is exactly what happened with this card! I had several of the pieces laying on my desk that I wanted to use up. While not my favorite design, I still thought I'd post it as I am in crisis mode getting ready for Leadership! I'm leaving early tomorrow to have a sleepover with friends in Houston before the event starts! Can't wait to meet up with the girls!

This uses a couple patterns in the gorgeous Watercolor Wonder Designer Paper. I took my colors from it.

The base is 4 1/4 x 11 Calypso Coral folded in half.
I added a 4 x 5 1/4 piece of polka dot pattern in Watercolor Wonder for the background.
I added a large Circle Framelit from Calypso Coral cardstock in the background and stamped the greeting from Follow My Heart with Black Stazon on it.
Across it, I added a 1 1/4 x 4 piece of the green Chevron pattern.
I had the Eiffel Tower from Follow My Heart already stamped with Black Stazon on Whisper White and sitting on my desk, added it with Stampin' Dimensionals.
Next to it is a Silver Glimmer Paper Small Heart punched piece.
The True Love piece on So Saffron was also ready to go and I cut the flag at the top for something a little different.

So, in the end I think the pieces went together pretty well! What do you think? Would make a nice Anniversary card!

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CCMC284 Follow My Heart

January 2, 2014 By Connie | 5 Comments

Hmmm, I don't know what happened, but my original post here disappeared! I had it saved before the server upgrade, so it must have knocked it out! Anyway…here I go again! I'm so happy to be done with green/red and blue/silver for a while! The bright Strawberry Slush color in the Create with Connie and Mary Color Challenge this week really helped get me in a new groove! Come play along!

And here is my card. I love how the jagged edges of the Starburst Framelit coordinates with the pattern in the Kaleidoscope Designer Paper!

Details:

The 4 1/4 x 11 base is Bermuda Bay cardstock, folded in half.
I added a 4 x 5 1/4 layer of Strawberry Slush.
On top of that I added a 3 3/4 x 3 3/4 piece of Kaleidoscope Designer Paper.
I stamped the Eiffel Tower in Black Stazon on Whisper White, then cut with the Starburst Framelit. Across the center of it, I stamped the greeting from Follow My Heart in Strawberry Slush ink.
I layered it on the larger Circle Framelit of Basic Black.
I added the Small Heart punch and a little rhinestone in it to the tower.
I cut a couple banners, one from Bermuda Bay cardstock and the other from the key image in Strawberry Slush and added them under the Starburst Framelit.

I love how it turned out! So retro chic, don't you think? Make sure to check out what the rest of the Challenge Team did over on Create with Connie and Mary!

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Flowerfull Heart

December 18, 2013 By Connie | 4 Comments

How about a new picture of my grandson, Carter? He turned six months old last week! Hard to believe it has gone by SO fast! I'm amazed at how he has grown and has such a personality now!

I've had Valentines on the brain since we are featuring a Create with Connie and Mary Valentine Special MINI Collection! All three of the A Whole Lot of Love stamp sets have been sitting on my desk, along with the Fresh Prints Designer Paper Pack. For this card, I pulled out both the Flowerfull Heart single stamp and the greeting from Follow My Heart stamp set.

I think the Fresh Prints Designer Paper is the STAR of this card! Love the color combination of Coastal Cabana, Real Red and Crumb Cake…so "fresh" looking! Here are the details:

The base is 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 Real Red, folded in half.
Another layer of 4 x 5 1/4 Crumb Caked was pl
I added a 2 1/4 x 5 1/4 panel of Fresh Prints DSP across the bottom, then added a 1" x 5 1/4 strip of the reverse side across it.
I stamped the True Love image from Follow My Heart stamp set in Real Red on the Crumb Cake layer.
The Flowerfull Heart image was stamped with Coastal Cabana on Whisper White and cut with the Heart Framelit. I placed on the front with Stampin' Dimensionals.
I tied a double bow from Linen Thread, then adhered a Simply Clay flower I watercolored with Real Red Marker to the center.

It's amazing what that little embellishment touch of Linen Thread and Simply Clay make on the card!

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