Moving Forward

April 16, 2013 By Connie | 3 Comments

It is getting to that time of year. The retired list will be coming out soon and the NEW CATALOG will show up right after! Yeah! I'm always ready for a new catalog at this time of year! But, I start to think of all the sets that will retire, and wanting to use them before they go away! Here is a fun one…Moving Forward…and it is also the Ronald McDonald House Charities set this year! Stampin' Up! donates $3 to RMHC for every stamp set purchase. SO…you get cute stamp images AND help the RMHC!

I'm loving the Sent with Love Designer Paper (only available thru the end of April!). I used the same Pool Party and Real Red colors that I used on my Create with Connie and Mary Stippled Blossoms challenge card last week (see it here), but got a TOTALLY different look!

The base is 4 1/4 x 11 of Real Red folded in half.
I used a 4 x 5 1/4 piece of Whisper White for the next layer.
The striped paper was cut 3/4 x 4 and placed three on the front of the Whisper White.
I added a 1 1/2 x 5 piece of Sent with Love Designer Paper over top of the stripes and cut the bottom with a flag end. I wrapped some White Bakers Twine around and tied a bow.
The boat from Moving Forward was stamped with Real Red on Whisper White 2" Circle, then stamped it again on the Sent with Love Designer Paper and cut out the sail. I stamped a third time with Pool Party on scrap Whisper White, then cut out the top rail of the boat to layer over the Real Red one.
I layered the circle on a 2 1/4" Circle of Real Red and popped it up on the front with Stampin' Dimensionals.
Welcome Baby from Petite Pairs was stamped with Real Red on the front.
I added a little bling with a Rhinestone Jewel at the top of the mast.

OK…I think it is cute, what about you??? Better grab and set and paper before they go away! You KNOW you want it!!!

#126322 (Clear) $14.95
#126320 (Wood) $19.95

Moving Forward 2

July 9, 2012 By Connie | 3 Comments

This week on Create with Connie and Mary New Catalog 2012 Edition, we are featuring a "Growing Up!" series of projects! They include the new catalog sets of Baby Boutique, Bug Me, RMHC Moving Forward, Storybook Friends, Blast Off, Great Sport and Dress Up. All the fun kids sets in the new catalog! It's not too late to join! You'll have access to all the projects with step-by-step tutorials that we've done so far! We leave our site up over a year after the session ends, so you have plenty of time to refer back to projects as you need them! At $29.95 US for over 30 tutorials, that is less than $1 each! Join us today and use these ALL YEAR LONG!

My card today uses one of the sets, Stampin' Up!'s Moving Forward. This is the Ronald McDonald House Charities set included in the catalog. For every set purchased, Stampin' Up! donates $2 towards the Ronald McDonald House Charities. I volunteer at the one in Columbus. We've made cards for them, we've baked cookies. It is a great charity to support…the families are so grateful for any little thing you do.

This card is for my great nephew who turned ONE a couple weeks ago! We weren't able to attend the party, but I need to mail off his gift. Since I usually wait until the last minute and need a card QUICKLY…I kept this clean and simple! Very fast to put together! Is anyone else like me? Besides…he's ONE…he won't even look at the card! lol!

The base of the card is Pool Party. I layered on Whisper White. Then I cut a thin 3/8" strip of the striped paper in Storybook Friends Designer Paper and cut three pieces 4" long. Those are layered on the front. I cut a Label Framelit from the Riding Hood Red checked pattern in that same designer paper series. That is placed on the front with Stampin' Dimensionals. I used my markers to ink up the boat image with Wild Wasabi,, Pool Party and Riding Hood Red Stampin' Write Markers and stamped on Whisper White, then cut it out. The boat is popped up with Stampin' Dimensionals, too. Of course, I had to add a little bling…a Rhinestone Jewel at the top of the sail!

Have a great week…it is a little cooler here, thank goodness! I need to finish up the gifts and swaps I need for Convention this week. And, hopefully get to stamp some things to post on my blog while I'm gone!

Moving Forward

July 2, 2012 By Connie | 2 Comments

I like the name of the Ronald McDonald stamp set this year…moving forward. There's a message there. Something not just for kids, right? When life knocks us down, we pick ourselves up and keep Moving Forward. The fires in Colorado, the wicked storms in midwest, DC and the east coast…my thoughts and prayers go out to all of them. My brother is still without power (as of late last night), luckily he has a generator so isn't suffering too bad. Of course, he also has some place to go if his family needs to…we have plenty of room! So, my card today is in dedication to those struggling right now and in need of a lift..keep on Moving Forward.

We are featuring the new catalog's Simply Scrappin' Kits this week on Create with Connie and Mary! It is so fun to see what the designers come up with using these Kits. My project later this week features the Pinwheels on Parade Kit…I used way less than 1/2 of Kit for my project, so I used some of those extras for this card!

Isn't that paper in the Pinwheels kit cheerful? It uses two of the new In Colors…Summer Starfruit and Midnight Muse…love it paired with Real Red and Baja Breeze! The base of my card is Baja Breeze. I layered on Real Red with a piece of the Designer paper along the bottom. I wrapped some Midnight Muse Satin Stitched Ribbon around and tied a knot!

Don't forget…my RIBBON SHARES are going on now…this ribbon is FABULOUS…you'll want to get some! Click here for more details!) Next order will go in on WEDNESDAY this week!

I inked up the bicycle image from Stampin' Up!'s Moving Forward Stamp Set with my Stampin' Write Markers in Summer Starfruit, Midnight Muse and Real Red and stamped on Whisper White. I punched it with the 2 1/2" Circle punch, then layered it on more of the Kit's designer paper cut with the 3" Circle Die. That is popped up on the front of the card. I added a couple adhesive die cut pieces from the kit up in the corner and the greeting "Hello, dear friend" from the stamp set was inked with markers and stamped on Whisper White, then adhered between the two layers.

Thanks for checking in…I hope to get a lot of stamping done today. Then I'm off to the lake for some relaxation! Enjoy the 4th of July week!