Merry & Bright

CS108 – Sending Cheer

September 26, 2023 By Connie | Leave a Comment

Welcome to Create with Connie and Mary’s Creatively Simple Challenge! Each month Mary and I will pick a theme. This month the theme is Monochromatic cards!

SENDING CHEER

Another card that I pulled together with pieces sitting on my desk! I love this Santa Hat Die in Sending Cheer!

Stampin’ Details:

The base is 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 Poppy Parade cardstock, scored at 4-1/4 and folded.
The 4 x 5-1/4 layer of Basic White cardstock was added on top.
A 2 x 4 strip of Merry Bold & Bright DSP was added towards the left side.
The tag from Sending Cheer Dies was cut from Basic Black cardstock and tied with Sweet Sorbet In Color Baker’s Twine in a bow.
Santa was Here from Merry & Bright stamp set was stamped with Poppy Parade Ink on 1 x 1-3/4 piece of Basic White cardstock. I hand snipped the corners to angle them and adhered to the Basic Black tag. The tag was added to the front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Santa’s hat was cut from Poppy Parade cardstock and the trim and pom-pom from Basic White. Wink of Stella was used on the trim and pom-pom. It was added to the front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
A trio of white Adhesive Backed Glitter Sequins were added to the background.

I’m thinking I may make this into something similar for my Santa gift tags this year! Make sure to check out Mary’s Creatively Simple card over on Create with Connie and Mary!

Supplies:
Stamps: Merry & Bright
Inks: Poppy Parade
Cardstock: Basic White, Basic Black, Poppy Parade, Merry Bold & Bright Designer Paper
Accessories: Sending Cheers Dies, Adhesive Backed Glitter Sequins, In Color Baker’s Twine, Adhesives

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CCMC785 – Merry & Bright

September 21, 2023 By Connie | Leave a Comment

It’s Thursday and you know that means it is time for a Create with Connie and Mary Thursday Challenge. This week we have a fun sketch for you to try!

MERRY & BRIGHT

I thought of this set immediately when I saw the sketch! I was hoping I could use the light string as one of the elements.

Stampin’ Details:

The base is 4-1/4 x 11 Shaded Spruce cardstock, scored at 5-1/2 and folded.
The 4 x 5-1/4 layer of Lemon Lime Twist is embossed with the crosshatch Basics Embossing Folder (Online Exclusive).
A 1 x 5-1/2 strip of Merry Bold & Bright DSP is added down the right side.
A 3 x 3-1/2 piece of Basic White cardstock was added on the front.
The light string is cut with the Merry & Bright Die from Shaded Spruce cardstock.
The lights were stamped with Lemon Lime Twist, Berry Burst and Crushed Curry Inks, the filaments with Smoky Slate Ink on Basic White and cut with the Dies.
The light ends were cut from Silver Foil with the Dies and adhered to the lights, then threaded on the light strand and added to the front of the Basic White c/s with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Some Wink of Stella was added to each of the light bulbs.
Merry & Bright greeting was stamped with Shaded Spruce Ink on Basic White cardstock, then hand-cut and added to the front.
A trio of varied colored Iridescent Adhesive Backed Disks were added to the background.

Definitely Merry & Bright, don’t you think? Go check out what the rest of the Challenge Team did with this challenge over on Create with Connie and Mary

Supplies:
Stamps: Merry & Bright
Ink: Shaded Spruce, Crushed Curry, Berry Burst, Lemon Lime Twist
Cardstock: Basic White, Shaded Spruce, Lemon Lime Twist, Merry Bold & Bright DSP
Accessories: Merry & Bright Dies, Basics Embossing Folder (Online Exclusive), Iridescent Adhesive Backed Discs, Adhesives

Diva Coffee Break Designers 105

December 10, 2008 By Connie | 6 Comments

Last week I had to miss playing the DCBD challenge because of stamp classes, but this week’s sketch was too fun to miss! Selene Kempton did the sketch design for this week.

So, since I’m still in shock over seeing my beloved Merry & Bright stamp set on the retired list, I thought it would be appropriate to pull him out and and use him for this week’s challenge. I also have a bunch of this small snowflake pattern paper from Ski Slope Designer paper left. I used a lot of the other designs…just not this one. For me, the colors of Chocolate Chip and Old Olive are a little non-traditional…at least with snowmen! But I do like how this turned out!

First, I stamped the snowman with Basic Brown on Whisper White and colored his hat and scarf with Old Olive and Chocolate Chip markers. I added a little Tombow Multipurpose Glue and Dazzling Diamonds around his body to make him sparkle! I layered the white on Old Olive and pierced the upper left corner with the piercing template. For the base card I used Old Olive and layered the Snowflake pattern onto Chocolate Chip cardstock. I used the Chocolate Diamond patterns from the same Ski Slope designer paper instead of ribbon. For the bottom greeting, I wanted to have the Merry & Bright words continue…so I used Christmas from Fundamental Phrases. I also pierced a row across the front of the card to the word Christmas. So my greeting to everyone is "Merry & Bright Christmas!" Thanks, Selene, this was a fun and quick card sketch to use!

Make sure to check out the rest of the Diva Design Team’s creations this week!

Selene Kempton
Heidi Michel
Chris Austin
Dannie Graves
Dee Tollaksen
Julie Semones
Kristin Moore
Lisa Freeman
Vivian Swain (off this week)

Merry & Bright Snowman Bucket

November 24, 2008 By Connie | 4 Comments

If you haven’t noticed, I added a HOLIDAY WISH LIST page to the top of my Blog! Feel free to let your spouses and family know that they can order your wish list items from me…fast and easy!

I made up several of these Snowman buckets for the craft fair this year. Sold out of all of them except this lonely one sitting at my house!

The color scheme started with the manicure sets that I picked up at the Target Dollar Spot last year, along with the white buckets. They have emery boards, nail brush, cuticue pusher, nail file in them and were a Purely Pomegranate pink color. When I was looking thru the Dollar Store this year, I found the lotion and fizz ball in the same Pomegranate color!

To unify the colors even more, I wrapped the lotion in the designer papers from last year’s Holiday Harmony, wrapped the Purely Pomegranate double-stitched ribbon around it and tied on a Snowman scallop circle medallion.

I stamped the snowman medallions from Merry & Bright in Basic Black and colored her with my Purely Pomegranate ink pad and Mauve Mist marker (hey…it matched perfectly!) I also had some old Mauve Mist cardstock laying around that I used for the punched Scallop Circles and Purely Pomegranate for the layered circles. I added a little bit of liquid glue and Dazzling Diamonds to the edge of the snowmen to make them sparkle!

The manicure sets I made a topper from the Holiday Harmony DSP and the Top Note Bigz Die, folded it over the cello bag and stapled shut. The Purely Pomegranate Double Stitched ribbon hides the staples and I added one of the snowman medallions over top with a dimensional.

The fizz ball I placed in a small cello bag and tied the Purely Pomegranate ribbon around it with the snowman medallion, too.

I ran some of the Holiday Harmony DSP thru the Big Shot with my snowflake dies and adhered them to the outside of the white buckets. I filled the bottom of the buckets with white crinkle shred, then tucked in the three packages. Don’t they look cute sitting in there? Finally, for the craft fair, I wrapped the entire bucket with a large, gusset cello bag and tied it closed with the ribbon and a tag.

I have so much fun making up little gift sets like this. It is a great way to use up the retired papers and ribbons I have stored away. Plus it makes a great gift for someone that seems more personal since it is hand-made.

And the Winner is…

October 20, 2008 By Connie | 3 Comments

I know…you were expecting to see a winner announced last night. However, we got the chance to go to dinner with some dear friends and the evening got away from me! But, here is the Winner….HEATHER…COME ON DOWN! Remember, you do need to be a US resident in order to win this prize.

# 24 Heather on 15 Oct 2008 at 11:03 am

Hi Connie, congrats on your publication!!! I love the apothecary jars that you did. What a great idea!!! Thanks for sharing all your creative ideas, I always love seeing what you put together.

Heather
t_bear514@yahoo.com

Send me an EMAIL with your information and I’ll get it out to you. I’ll send in the form to Paper Crafts Magazine with your information, too!

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This was a blank gift card holder from Stampin’ Up! that I made up for the craft sales. I had an entire package of last catalog colors (Old Olive, So Saffron and Sahara Sand) that I never used and some of last year’s designer paper. Now we carry the gift cards in Kiwi Kiss, Riding Hood Red and Kraft colors. I used a variety of different stamp sets, but I liked the snowman from Merry & Bright the best. After I took this picture, I did add a little bit of glitter to his body to make him sparkle! The greeting is from an old hostess set, Warmest Regards…still one of my favorite sets that I won’t part with! I sold out of these at the first sale, so I made up some more and only have a few of those left! People really seemed to like them!

Busy week for me…I have a Punch class and some Class Kits to finish. Plus a couple design team assignments. I also need to start preparing what I’m going to work on while I’m at a weekend stamping retreat coming up in a couple weeks! Woohoo! Happy Monday!