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CS258 – Football Fan

August 11, 2026 By Connie | 2 Comments

It’s a new month and we have a new Creatively Simple theme for August! “The Mister” is for celebrating all the males in your life!

FOOTBALL FAN

I just know I’m going to get a LOT of mileage out of this set! Here’s another card for my OSU Buckeye fans!

Stampin’ Details:

The base is 4-1/4 x 11 Poppy Parade cardstock, scored at 5-1/2 and folded.
A 4 x 5-1/4 layer of A Wonderful Match DSP was added on top.
A 1-3/4 x 4 piece of Poppy Parade cardstock was added to the left side.
The Party Banner was cut from Smoky Slate cardstock and stamped with the greeting from Football Fans in Basic Black Ink. It was added to the center.
The football was stamped with Basic Black Ink on Pecan Pie cardstock and the helmet on Basic Gray cardstock. They were hand-cut. Some White Gel Pen were added for details.
The little Block O is a decal sticker I had, but I thought it added a little more detail and I couldn’t resist. Sorry, it isn’t Stampin’ Up!
A trio of silver Adhesive Backed Metallic Gems were added to the banner background.

Very happy with how this turned out! OK check out Debbie’s new Creatively Simple card over on Create with Stamping Friends!

Supplies:

Stamps: Football Fan
Inks: Basic Black Hybrid
Cardstock: Poppy Parade, Smoky Slate, Basic Gray, Pecan Pie
Designer Paper: A Wonderful Match 12×12
Accessories: Party Banner Dies, Adhesive Backed Metallic Gems, Adhesives

The PAINTED PUMPKINS BUNDLE will bring a seasonal look to your crafting with a variety of pumpkin shapes, vines and leaves, and a fun picket fence to cut for a background! It's like Pumpkin Spice lattes in stamp form! (Available for preorder now, customers on Sept. 1st.) The Painted Pumpkins Masks make coloring and shading quick and easy, plus the cute greetings can be added for the perfect message! We've combined the PAINTED PUMPKINS BUNDLE with the cheerful color palette in the PAINTED PATCH 12x12 DESIGNER PAPER! You'll get step-by-step tutorials for FOUR cards and TWO additional enhanced fun fold card projects (total of 6 tutorials), perfect for enhancing your class or craft time! See more details HERE!

Let the sunflowers shine as you create with the RADIANT SUNFLOWER BUNDLE! These cheerful sunflower images are sure to make someone smile! Color the line-art images, or stamp and cut images from colored cardstock...you have many options! Plus, the versatile greetings can be added for the perfect message! We've combined the RADIANT SUNFLOWER BUNDLE with the gorgeous bright sunflowers and neutral patterns in the SUNFLOWER FIELDS 12x12 DESIGNER PAPER! You'll get step-by-step tutorials for FOUR cards and TWO small Home Decor ideas, perfect for gifts or creating at a class! See more details HERE!

CSF930 – Football Fan

July 23, 2026 By Connie | 6 Comments

It’s Thursday and time for our Create with Stamping Friends challenge! The July month of challenges are some of my favorites! Each week we will be using a sample card from the current Stampin’ Up! catalog and recreating it using either the layout, the colors, or a combination of both!

FOOTBALL FAN

I don’t have any of my grandkids playing football, so I wasn’t really sure I “needed” this stamp set! It’s one of the stand-alone sets in the July Online Exclusive offerings! BUT…then I remembered that I DO have a TON of avid Ohio State football fans in the family! I knew I could use it for some birthday cards! It was perfect for this challenge! PLUS, the greetings could be used for any sport!

Stampin’ Details:

The base is 4-1/4 x 11 Poppy Parade cardstock, scored at 5-1/2 and folded.
A 4 x 5-1/4 layer of Smoky Slate cardstock was added on front.
A 3-1/4 x 4-1/4 piece of Basic White cardstock was added to the center.
The 3 x 4- piece of Smoky Slate was layered with alternating 1/2 x 3 strips of Poppy Parade cardstock to create the background.
The football player was stamped with Basic Black Hybrid Ink and colored with Smoky Slate, Poppy Parade, Pecan Pie and Ivory Stampin’ Blends. It was hand-cut and added to the front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
The greeting was stamped with Smoky Slate Ink on Basic White cardstock and cut with the Stylish Shapes Die. It was added to the front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
The pennant was stamped with Poppy Parade Ink on Basic White cardstock and hand-cut, then added to a 1/8″ strip of Basic Black, then tucked under the circle using a Stampin’ Dimensional.
A trio of black Wonderful Stars Puffy Stickers were added to the background.

Oh…I can’t wait to share this card with my Buckeye fans! OK, check out what the rest of the Challenge Team did with this challenge over on Create with Stamping Friends.

Supplies:
Stamps: Football Fan
Ink: Basic Black Hybrid, Poppy Parade
Blends: Ivory, Pecan Pie, Poppy Parade, Smoky Slate
Cardstock: Basic White, Poppy Parade, Smoky Slate, Basic Black
Accessories: Stylish Shapes Dies, Wonderful Stars Puffy Stickers, Adhesives

SUOC147 Sunburst Grad

April 26, 2016 By Connie | 4 Comments

It’s time for the SUO Challenge and we are celebrating “Congratulations”…could be any type of congratulations, including graduations! Since my son will be graduating with his Masters from The Ohio State University in a couple weeks, I decided to use this challenge to make his graduation card…we are SO proud of him! Holding down a FULL time job (with travel and extra hours), an almost 3-year old at home who is busy, busy…it was not easy over the past 18 months. His wife, Beth, has certainly picked up the slack!

Adam is a “simple” type of guy, so I didn’t go overboard with embellishments or extras on his card. Just used the OSU colors of Scarlet and Gray and the Sunburst Framelit…with a little bit of Silver Glimmer Paper bling.

The base is 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 Smoky Slate, folded in half.
The Sunburst Framelit was cut from Real Red cardstock and layered over a 4 x 5-1/4 piece of Smoky Slate, with the extra ends cut off. It was placed on the base card with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Congratulations, Grad from Stampin’ Up!’s B.Y.O.P. stamp set was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink on Whisper White and colored with the Real Red Stampin’ Write Marker, then punched with a 2″ Circle Punch.
It is layered on a 2-3/8″ Scallop Circle punched from Silver Glimmer Paper, then popped up on the Sunburst with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Yep…that’s it! But Adam definitely doesn’t like a lot of fru-fru, so it’s perfect for him and personalized with OSU colors. This card would also be perfect if you had to mass produce a bunch of them…wouldn’t take long at all!

Make sure to check out the rest of the SUO Challenge Design Team to see what they did with the Congratulations theme!

Build a Bear Name Frame

December 22, 2009 By Connie | 6 Comments

Every time a new baby arrives in the family, their first Christmas gift is a Name Frame from me. I've been making them for about 5 years now. I've included the ones I've made over the years just for fun! Fun to see how our craft has evolved over the years! My newest one doesn't even have stamping on it…just Big Shot dies!

Paxton is our newest baby and his mom said he really didn't have any theme for his room (probably because he is the 4th child!) His dad plays professional baseball, and the family loves Ohio State, we also have a cousin who plays baseball for Ohio State, so I made Paxton's Build A Bear into a baseball uniform!

I started with a $3 black frame from Walmart. You can still get them there! The inside measures 5 x 12. I used the Pawsitively Prints Designer Paper for the background. It is layered on Real Red, but you can't see it in the photo. The BAB is Creamy Caramel with Chocolate Chip behind his eyes, nose and mouth. The shirt, hat and stripes on his baseball pants are Real Red. The shirt cuffs, pants, O letter and #1 are cut from Going Gray cardstock. I added some black baseball shoes and belt, too. I cut the letters in Real Red and Going Gray with Stampin' Up!'s Alphabet Simple Letters (LOVE those dies!) and punched the small stars from Real Red cardstock.

I'm very happy with how this turned out! I think his mom will be thrilled! These name frames make a great gift from the heart for not a lot of money, once you've invested in the dies!

Some name frames from the past:

Hope you enjoyed that stroll thru the years! Merry Christmas!

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