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CS210 – Gathering Moments

September 9, 2025 By Connie | 1 Comment

Our Creatively Simple new theme this month is “Autumn Wishes”! Fall! One of my most favorite times of the year!

GATHERING MEMORIES

This card came together SO easily…I had a bunch of these pieces already stamped and cut on my desk! I just pulled them all together!

Stampin’ Details:

The base is 4-1/4 x 11 Cajun Craze cardstock, scored at 5-1/2 and folded.
The 4 x 5-1/4 layer of Basic Beige was stamped with the leaf in Basic Beige Ink randomly down the center.
Two 1 x 5-1/4 strips of Timeless Plaid DSP were added down each side.
The greeting was stamped with Early Espresso Ink on Basic White cardstock, then punched with the 2″ Circle Punch. The splatter image was stamped off with Basic Beige Ink in the background.
The 2-3/8″ Circle was punched from Cajun Craze cardstock and the white circle layered on top. It was added to the front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Two leaves were stamped on Basic Beige cardstock with Cajun Craze Ink and cut with the Dies. They were added to the bottom of the circle with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Some Early Espresso Linen Thread was tied in a bow and added to the stems with a Mini Glue Dot.

Really! That’s it! I love that check DSP! OK check out Debbie’s new Creatively Simple card over on Create with Stamping Friends!

Supplies:

Stamps: Gathering Memories
Inks: Early Espresso, Cajun Craze, Basic Beige
Cardstock: Basic White, Basic Beige, Cajun Craze
Designer Paper: Timeless Plaid 6×6
Accessories: Gathering Memories Dies, 2 & 2-3/8″ Circle Punches, Early Espresso/Old Olive Linen Thread Combo, Adhesives

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The SIMPLY LEAVES PUNCH BUNDLE can be used for ANY season! Follow our card journey through Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter using this versatile stamp set and punch! The patterned leaves will add natural detail and texture on your cards and projects, then add one of the simple greetings to finish. We've combined the SIMPLY LEAVES PUNCH BUNDLE and the garden neutral patterns in the VALLEY OF BLOOM 12x12 DESIGNER PAPER! You'll get step-by-step tutorials for EIGHT cards...two card ideas from each season...in our SIMPLY LEAVES CARD COLLECTION! See more details HERE!

Create wonderful dimensional poinsettias in a variety of sizes with the PRETTY POINSETTIA BUNDLE! The dies cut and emboss at the same time for lots of detail and texture. The coordinating stamp images add fun seasonal greetings, sprigs and other festive touches to your cards and projects. We've combined the PRETTY POINSETTIA BUNDLE and the A STITCHED SEASON 12x12 DESIGNER PAPER for a traditional holiday look you'll love! You'll get step-by-step tutorials for SIX projects...FOUR cards and TWO favors in our PRETTY POINSETTIA COLLECTION! See more details HERE!

CS209 – Gathering Moments

September 2, 2025 By Connie | Leave a Comment

Our Creatively Simple new theme this month is “Autumn Wishes”! It’s getting to be that time of year!

GATHERING MEMORIES

This Suite of products is SO pretty! I love the vibrant fall colors in the DSP especially!

Stampin’ Details:

The base is 4-1/4 x 11 Cajun Craze cardstock, scored at 5-1/2 and folded.
The 4 x 5-1/4 layer of Basic Beige cardstock is embossed with the Gathering Leaves Embossing Folder.
A 1-1/2 x 5-1/4 piece o Gathering Together DSP is added to the right side.
The Nested Essentials Die was cut from Basic White cardstock and stamped with the greeting in Old Olive Ink. It was added to the front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
The leaves were stamped with Crushed Curry, Cajun Craze and Old Olive Inks, the mushroom with Crumb Cake Ink on Basic Beige cardstock, then cut with the Dies. They were added to the front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Some Irregular Weave Trim was folded in half and tucked under the leaves with a Mini Glue Dot.
A trio of Cajun Craze & Gold Dots were added to the background and tag.

Love the fall colors! Check out Debbie’s new Creatively Simple card over on Create with Stamping Friends!

Supplies:

Stamps: Gathering Memories
Inks: Old Olive, Crushed Curry, Cajun Craze, Crumb Cake
Blends: Crumb Cake Combo, Lemon Lime Twist Combo
Cardstock: Basic White, Basic Beige, Cajun Craze
Designer Paper: Gathering Together 12×12
Accessories: Gathering Memories Dies, Nested Essentials Dies, Cajun Craze & Gold Dots, Irregular Weave Trim, Adhesives

IM91 – Rustic Retreat

September 30, 2019 By Connie | Leave a Comment

Happy Monday! It’s time for our Create with Connie and Mary Inspiration Monday challenge! Isn’t this a great color combination?

I knew I wanted to create a background of leaves, but didn’t want to use Gather Together AGAIN…lol! I found a die that I liked in the In The Woods Die set that was perfect! I also wanted the greeting to be the focus, so grabbed Rustic Retreat for this quote!

Stampin’ Details:

- The base is 4-1/4 x 11 Mossy Meadow cardstock, scored at 5-1/2 and folded.
- On top is a 4 x 5-1/4 layer of Soft Sea Foam cardstock.
- On the 3-3/4 x 5 layer of Very Vanilla, the leaf die from In the Woods was cut several times from Gold Metallic, Soft Seafoam, Mossy Meadow and Gray Granite cardstocks, then adhered randomly for the background with Monoadhesive Glue.
- The greeting was stamped with Memento Black Ink on Gray Granite cardstock and cut with the oval from Stitched Shapes. It was added to the front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
- A trio of gold Metallic Pearls were added to the oval.

Funny that this card gave me fits putting together…it was torn apart SEVERAL times until I was satisfied with the balance! I slept on it and then worked on it again in the morning and it pulled together easily! OK, make sure to check out what Mary did with this challenge over on Create with Connie and Mary!

CCMC475 Labels to Love

September 14, 2017 By Connie | 2 Comments

Oh! What a fun color combination we have for you today on Create with Connie and Mary Thursday Challenge! Perfect for these little cooler and rainy days! Reminds me that fall will soon be here!

The Painted Autumn Designer Paper had this check pattern that I thought worked great with the colors…seems like a few of the other Challenge Team members thought the same thing! lol!

Here are the details:

The base is 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 Thick Very Vanilla, scored at 4-1/4 and folded to form the base card.
A 4 x 5-1/4 layer of Soft Sky cardstock is added on top.
The Painted Autumn DSP is 2-1/2 x 5-1/4 and adhered towards the right side.
A 1/2 x 5 piece of Tangerine Tango cardstock is added on top.
The largest circle in the Stitched Shapes was cut from Thick Very Vanilla cardstock, then stamped with the Labels to Love greeting in Early Espresso Ink, then added on top with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
The trio of pumpkins were cut out of the Painted Autumn DSP and adhered with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Tangerine Tango and Peekaboo Peach cardstocks were punched with the Leaf Punch and tucked around the circle and pumpkins.
A piece of Soft Sky Woven Ribbon was tied in a knot and added to the circle with a Mini Glue Dot.

LOVE this color combination! OK…make sure to check out the rest of the Challenge Team designs to see what they did with it. AND…check out the September 2017 Create with Connie and Mary Mini Session that just opened!

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SUOC134 Thankful

October 27, 2015 By Connie | 1 Comment

This time of year we seem to especially think of our blessings and are thankful for them! Our theme this week over on SUO Challenges are projects or cards that say Thank You!

I must admit, Wonderland wasn’t a stamp set that I thought I needed and wasn’t on my list. However, I’ve seen some great cards done with it for Christmas! But, I think it is so versatile…so I pulled it out for my Thank You card and used regular, non-Christmasy colors!

Here are the details:

The base is 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 Mossy Meadow, folded in half.
On the 3-1/4 x 5-1/2 piece of Whisper White, the tree in Wonderland was stamped several times across with Mossy Meadow Ink. The trunks were colored in with Chocolate Chip Marker.
It is layered on a 3-1/2 x 5-1/2 piece of Delightful Dijon carsdtock.
The leaf is cut with the Leaflet Framelits from Delightful Dijon cardstock and sponged around the edges with Delightful Dijon Ink.
The Thanks greeting from Watercolor Wishes was stamped with Early Espresso on Whisper White, then punched with the Extra Large Oval, then adhered to the center of the Maple Leaf with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The leaf is placed on the front with more Stampin’ Dimensionals.
A bow was made with some Gold Cording and adhered to the leaf stem with a Mini Glue Dot.

Very simple and easy to mass produce! Now, check out the rest of the Design Team over on SUO Challenges to see what they’ve done as a thank you project!

Indian Corn Favor Tutorial

September 21, 2015 By Connie | 9 Comments

Thanks for all the nice comments on my Indian Corn Favor and centerpiece! It was so fun to create! As promised, I put together a short and simple tutorial on how to make the favors!

So…here is the tutorial on how to make the Indian Corn Favor…just click on the tutorial photo below.

Enjoy!

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Are you looking for some GREAT ideas using items in the Holiday Mini? Look no further than the Create with Connie and Mary September Mini Session!

To start, every month we have three wonderful card sets and two AWESOME 3D projects (and a bonus card set!) for the Create with Connie and Mary Mini Sessions.

In September, two of the card sets are Halloween as is one of the 3D projects. However, we know that not everyone is into Halloween, so Mary and I decided to remake two of the Halloween projects using Christmas stamp sets…JUST FOR OUR SUBSCRIBERS! I knew I was going to remake Debbie’s Tabletop Decor item anyway using Snow Place for a future class. So if you weren’t sure you want to subscribe this month (September) because of all the Halloween…you are getting two BONUS projects as Mary also remade two of Deb’s Haunt Ya Later cards using Jolly Christmas. AND…we did add-ons to the tutorials so you’d know how to do them, too!

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With our September mini session we are featuring sets from the Holiday mini…

Sweet Hauntings
Cheer All Year
Howl-o-ween Treats
Haunt Ya Later
Lighthearted Leaves
BONUS: Acorny Thank You
AND a bonus project from Connie remaking Debbie Henderson’s ADORABLE Halloween Tabletop Decor into an ADORABLE Snow Place Tabletop Decor
AND two Jolly Christmas Cards using the layouts from Deb’s Haunt Ya Later card set!

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Sept Tour de Freaks – All About Fall

September 19, 2015 By Connie | 13 Comments

You know what time it is? Time for the Tour de Freaks Blog Hop! Our theme this month is Fall Holidays! We have a fun lineup for you today! You’ve probably just come from Jan Tinklenberg’s blog…aren’t her ideas fantastic? Follow the next buttons until you complete the tour and come back here!

I’m always excited to decorate for fall. And, even though it is early, I start thinking about the favor I will put on my table settings at Thanksgiving! My project this month serves a dual purpose…I can enjoy the favors as a centerpiece in the Sunflower Berry Basket right now…then place the individual Indian Corn favors on the plates at Thanksgiving! I’ve got several photos and hope you can appreciate the FUN-NESS of this project from the photos! They look great in person!

The first photo shows the Berry Basket Die decorated with the sunflower punched with the Festive Flower Builder Punch. It also shows a couple of the Indian Corn favors with the A Little Something Greeting stamped on leaves cut with the Leaflet Framelits, plus a little Gold Glimmer Paper bling!

A closeup of the tags. I’ll also write the name of each person on the leaf at the table setting.

A closeup of the Sunflower on the Berry Basket holder made with the Festive Flower Punch in the Holiday Catalog and a 1-3/4″ Circle Punch!

Close-up of one of the ears of Indian Corn.

And the favors placed in the Berry Basket to use as a centerpiece!

Isn’t that fun? I love how it turned out and it will be a great addition to my fall home decor! If you are curious, I was able to get 5 favors from one bag of fall colored M&Ms…and I was very generous with my portion…you could make them a little smaller and get 7-8 out of one bag easily! I have a short and sweet tutorial on how to make these Indian Corn favors in my blog post dated 9/21/15…I’ll add a link here as soon as I’m able (need to follow the Tour guidelines!)

Next up on the Tour de Freaks lineup is Mindy Backes…she always has wonderful ideas, too!

CCMC372 Among the Branches

September 10, 2015 By Connie | 7 Comments

It’s Thursday and time for another Create with Connie and Mary challenge. We’re doing the following color combination this week, so grab your stamps and play along!

Here’s my card:

And here are the details to recreate it:

The base is 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 Delightful Dijon, folded in half.
The 4 x 5-1/4 layer of Night of Navy is embossed with the Woodlands Embossing Folder. A sponge dauber and White Craft Ink was added to the raised areas to make them stand out.
A 2-1/4 x 4 panel of So Saffron with a 2 x 4 piece of In Color Pattern DSP was placed along the left side.
Gold Cording was wrapped three times around the Night of Navy panel and secured in the back.
The Autumn Wishes medallion from Among the Branches was stamped with Night Of Navy Ink on Whisper White and punched with the 2″ Circle punch, then placed on the front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
LOTS of little leaves from Among the Branches were stamped with So Saffron and Delight Dijon Inks and hand cut, then placed among the tree trunks and medallion.

OK…make sure to check out the rest of the Thursday Challenge Team creations over on Create with Connie and Mary! While you are there, don’t forget that we are taking signups for the SEPTEMBER Mini Session!

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Sweet Hauntings
Cheer All Year
Howl-o-ween Treats
Haunt Ya Later
Lighthearted Leaves
BONUS: Acorny Thank You

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