Jolly Old Saint Nick

December 27, 2010 By Connie | 3 Comments

I hope you had a wonderful Christmas! All the celebrations went by SO fast. It was good to see friends and family that we only see during this time of year. Our kids arrived safely and got home safely yesterday, so we are thankful!

OK…last Christmas card for the season! This was my personal Christmas card this year! I made over a 100 of them. I started back in October at a stamping retreat…all finished except to cut out the little Jolly Old Saint Nick snowman. I didn't get around to cutting the snowman out until mid-December and mailed them out! So much for starting early!

I used the color combination of Poppy Parade, Crumb Cake and Basic Black. I liked those colors together! The snowflakes in the background are from Northern Hearts Level 1 Hostess Set and stamped in White Craft Ink.

I thought I'd also show you the gift tags I made for my presents. I always wrap my gifts in the same wrapping paper, then stamp tags to match. However, this year, I couldn't find a snowman stamp that I liked that coordinated well with the wrapping paper. So, I punched out the head of the snowman with the 2 3/8 Scallop Circle and layered it on the 2 1/2 circle punched from retired Mellow Moss Cardstock. I added a retired snowflake punch with a Rhinestone jewel in the center, used my Crop-A-Dile, then some retired Mellow Moss grosgrain ribbon. I liked being able to use up some of my retired stash! lol!

I'm trying to kick back and relax this week…read a few books! I received a gift card for Amazon, so can't wait to download some books on my Kindle!

Have a great week!

Jolly Old Saint Nick CCMC-HM6

November 6, 2010 By Connie | 1 Comment

NOTE: The Folded Tree directions are now posted on my Blog post from yesterday. Scroll down to see the diagram.

I love the Snowman in Stampin' Up!'s Jolly Old Saint Nick set and have used him a lot…in fact, he is featured on my Christmas Card this year! However, the Santa face stamp is really nice and I wanted to feature him on today's Create with Connie and Mary's Saturday Challenge! If you are a subscriber and play along, you are entered into a drawing to win one of two $75 gift certificates or a chance to win a free subscription to the next edition of Create with Connie and Mary! It's not too late to join! We have a sketch challenge for you today that was lots of fun!

And here is my card:

I took my colors from Jolly Holiday Designer Paper, so the base of the card is Old Olive. I layered the circle pattern onto Cherry Cobbler cardstock. I also used the stripe pattern and layered it on Old Olive for some contrast against the circles. I wrapped around the Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding Ribbon and tied a bow. In the center, I used Merry Christmas from Stampin' Up!'s Delightful Decorations stamp set and stamped it in Basic Black on Old Olive, then punched with the 3/4 Circle Punch. In the center is an Old Olive Glimmer Brad, too!

Then I stamped the Santa face on Very Vanilla with Black Stazon Ink. I used the Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Write Marker and AquaPainter to watercolor his hat. I used the Blush Blossom Marker to color his face, then added a little Pretty in Pink color for his checks and tongue. I accented the beard and hat band with some watercolored Sahara Sand Marker. On his hat pom-pom, I placed a Very Vanilla Button. He is cut out and popped up with Stampin' Dimensionals on the front of a 2 1/2 circle of Cherry Cobbler cardstock!

Check out what the rest of the Create with Connie and Mary Design Team has done this week with the sketch!

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

If you haven't checked out the Create with Connie and Mary site yet, It's not too late! 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!

Create with Connie and Mary – Jolly Old Saint Nick

October 21, 2010 By Connie | 4 Comments

Oh…I'm SO excited! ONE more sleep until it is time for our Fall Stamping Retreat! My girlfriends are HERE…and we will have a BLAST creating up a storm. During the Fall Retreat, I try to make up my Christmas cards…and get time to work on projects JUST FOR MYSELF or for gifts! I have a couple other friends going this time…it will be their first time! I can't wait to see what they think!

Well…enough of that….it is time for the Create with Connie and Mary Thursday Challenge! We had a YUMMY cake to get our inspiration from this time. You can see how each of the Challenge Team was inspired this week by checking out Create with Connie and Mary! I'll give you a hint…even without looking at each other's cards, a few of us picked up on a common theme!

I used Jolly Old Saint Nick for my card because the Whisper White, Marina Mist and Cherry Cobbler color scheme reminded me of snowmen!

I started with a base of Marina Mist cardstock. The ribbons on the cake reminded me of the Dotted Ribbon Border Punch, so I placed three strips of those along the bottom. I ran the Whisper White thru the Big Shot with the diamond Texture Plate and then placed a 1/8" circle in each of the intersections to mimic the diamonds on the cake. THAT took a while to put all of those on it!

I stamped the snowman from Stampin' Up!'s Jolly Old Saint Nick in Black Stazon on Whisper White, then colored with Basic Gray, Marina Mist and Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Write Markers. I add a Cherry Cobbler Mini Brad at the intersection of his scarf. I also used a little Dazzling Diamonds on the snow and top of his hat. It was punched with the 2 3/8 Scallop Circle and then the 2 1/2 Circle Punch. I wrapped Marina Mist Satin Ribbon around and tied a pretty bow! Pretty!

Make sure to check out what the rest of the Create with Connie and Mary Challenge Team did this week! Then play along by uploading your creation over on Create with Connie and Mary!

It's NOT too late! 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 this Edition is a Project Sheet to print out for every project not having a tutorial! 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! Sign up today!