PS I Love You

CCMC-OCC1 – PS I Love You

January 21, 2012 By Connie | 3 Comments

Here it is! Our first challenge from the Create with Connie and Mary Occasions Edition 2012! We are just finishing up Week 1 of our subscription…but it's not too late to join! We still have 5 more weeks of NEW projects to show you and you still have access to everything we've done before! Our subscribers who play along with the challenge are eligible to win one of two FREE subscriptions to the next edition of Create with Connie and Mary!

And my card, using the products we featured during Week 1…PS I Love You, Take it to Heart, and Candy Conversations. I decided to use my favorite…PS I Love You…in soft, non-traditional Valentine colors!

I started with a base of Lucky Limeade and added on Wisteria Wonder cardstock. I cut the rectangle of Whisper White at 2 3/8" wide, then used my 2 1/2 Circle Punch to curve the top. I stamped the greeting from PS I Love You in Basic Black along the bottom. I also stamped the cupid on scrap Whisper White in Basic Black, along with the two hearts…one in Wisteria Wonder and the other in Lucky Limeade. I punched with the Full Heart punch. I layered the two hearts on the Scallop Heart Embosslits from Pool Party cardstock. I also added a strip of Pinking Hearts Border Punch from Pool Party along the bottom.

I layered some Sweet Shop Designer Paper across the Wisteria Wonder cardstock, then wrapped the Pool Party Ruffled Ribbon around to the back and secured. I placed the Hearts on top of the Whisper White with Stampin' Dimensions, then added the Cupid with another Dimensional. Finally I added a white flower designer button tied with Wisteria Wonder Bakers Twine! I'm so happy they came out with more colors in the Bakers Twine!!!

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PS I Love You

January 15, 2012 By Connie | 4 Comments

Here is a card that my Technique Class did last week. I showed them Scored Edges…using the Simply Scored tool to dress up the edges of your card! Pretty simple idea, but it does add impact! They may notice it is a little different…I went back and added a black silhouette of the cupid over the Crumb Cake that I originally had there! He is popped up with Stampin' Dimensionals.

As you can see, I did double score lines around all the edges of the Crumb Cake layer. It is mounted on a 6×6 piece of Real Red cardstock, folded to 3×6. I like this size of card! I stamped the heart in PS I Love You in Real Red and punched with the Full Heart Punch. I also punched a heart from Real Red cardstock. In the center, I added the greeting from PS I Love You and held it in place with a Red Mini Brad. In each of the corners, I placed the smallest heart from the Heart to Heart punch for some added interest. Another pretty simple Valentine's Day card…

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CCMC184 – PS I Love You

January 12, 2012 By Connie | 9 Comments

It's time for the Create with Connie and Mary Thursday Challenge again! We have a fun sketch for you to try and invite you to play along! And…we have a SPECIAL Guest Designer Announcement over there, too! Make sure to stop and check her out!

Now, I'm sure that at times you struggle with a card. I had intentions of tearing this apart and starting over, but ran out of time. Don't know what it is that is "off" to me…but I'm just not wild about it! What do you think? Maybe the color combo?

I started with a base of Calypso Coral and added Wisteria Wonder that I ran thru the Big Shot with the Tulip Frame Impressions Folder. I added some Sweet Shop Designer Paper and layered it on Whisper White. I added the Calypso Coral Ruffled Ribbon and did a little gathering in one portion of it. I punched 5 of the Small Heart Punch from Calypso Coral and used the Square Lattice Impressions Folder on them. I also added some bling with the rhinestone jewels. For the sixth element of the sketch I stamped Sent with Love greeting from PS I Love You in Calypso Coral on Whisper White and punched with the 1" Circle Punch.

Well anyway, make sure to check out what the rest of the Challenge Team did with this sketch! And…upload your creation to InLinkz over on Create with Connie and Mary…we love to see your work. Make sure to sign up for the Occasions Edition 2012 while you are there! We have some FABULOUS projects for you this time…you won't want to miss it!

PS I Love You again!

January 11, 2012 By Connie | 3 Comments

OK…I'm totally hooked on this stamp set, Stampin' Up!'s PS I Love You. I love all the different elements in it! For my card today, I totally cased myself from a flower card that I did here: FLOWER CARD

This time I changed it up to use variegated shades of pink and red using the fun heart in PS I Love You. I love that I can use my Full Heart punch with it!

OK….here are the details! I started with the base of Poppy Parade and layered on Whisper White that I ran thru the Big Shot with the Perfect Polka Dots Folder only 3/4 of the way embossed. I stamped the greeting (again from PS I Love You) in Poppy Parade at the bottom. I added the Riding Hood Red Pleated Ribbon…LOVE it…and secured in the back. Then I added the Hearts stamped in Blushing Bride, Regal Rose, Poppy Parade and finally Cherry Cobbler. The bottom one and second from top are popped with Stampin' Dimensionals. For a little bling, I added a White Designer Button and Cherry Cobbler Bakers Twine tied in a bow! Fun, fun, fun…quick and easy to mass produce, too!

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Take it to Heart 2

January 9, 2012 By Connie | 2 Comments

Did you check out Create with Connie and Mary today? We announced our SIXTH Guest Designer for the Occasions 2012 Edition and she has an awesome Valentine card for you to see, full of products from the Occasions Mini! We have LOTS of surprises this week on Create with Connie and Mary, make sure to stop by often for one more Guest Designer Announcement, BLOG CANDY and FREE Preview Projects! This is the LAST WEEK to save $5 off the regular $34.95 US price for a six week subscription! With over 36 step-by-step tutorials featuring products in the Occasions and SAB Minis…that is less than $1 per day for some GREAT ideas! Click on my right sidebar to join TODAY or check us out on Create with Connie and Mary!

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My card today uses Take it to Heart set. I love that it is adaptable to Anniversary cards, just saying I love you cards…all types of occasions…not just Valentine's Day!

This card came together from pieces of paper that I had already on my table…love that! Stampin' Up!'s Take it to Heart image was already stamped with Basic Black on Whisper White, then cut with the Heart Framelit Die. The background heart Sweet Shop Designer Paper was already cut into this piece, I just added the Basic Black cardstock mat around it. I already had the sliver of Red Glimmer Paper…I like how the Calypso Coral color pulls out the lighter shades in the Red Glimmer Paper…I just notched the ends and placed it on the front. I even had the little flower already made from Calypso Coral and Whisper White cardstock, punched with the BoHo Flower Punch and a little pearl inside. The only thing I did "make" today was the Whisper White background that I ran thru the Big Shot with the Perfect Polka Dots folder. I also stamped the greeting from Stampin' Up!'s PS I Love You stamp set. Everything was placed on the base card of Calypso Coral…also left over from another project! Love it when I can use up my "starts" off the table! lol!

Have a great week…and don't forget to check out our NEW Guest Designer over on Create with Connie and Mary! We're so happy to have her on board this session!

PS I Love You

January 3, 2012 By Connie | 4 Comments

I hope everyone had a wonderful New Year's and enjoyed the entire holiday season. I know it is always hard to get back into a routine after them. We had a "nice" surprise on New Year's Day…our basement flooded because the sump pump stopped running. Yes…that is where my stamping studio is located and right now EVERYTHING is moved out while I'm dealing with insurance and cleaners. I managed to grab a few things and bring them upstairs so I hope I can work on a few things to post to my blog…and of course my projects that are due for Create with Connie and Mary!

I grabbed this card. It is one that I did as a Make & Take at our last demo meeting…simple, but I love the color combination and it shows off a couple new products in the Occasions Mini!

I started with a base of Wisteria Wonder. I layered on Pink Pirouette that I ran thru the Big Shot with the Vintage Wallpaper Impressions Folder. I cut a panel of Whisper White cardstock and layered it on Night of Navy. I added the polka dot pattern from Sweet Shop Designer Paper across the bottom, then added some 1/4" Night of Navy Grosgrain Ribbon to hide the seam. On top, I stamped the heart from Stampin' Up!'s PS I Love You in Pink Pirouette and punched with the Full Heart Punch. I added a new Large Pearl on it. Then I stamped the Sent with Love image from PS I Love You in Night of Navy and punched with the 1" Circle. Both the heart and circle are popped up with Stampin' Dimensionals! Very quick and easy card for your workshops!

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P.S. I Love You

December 30, 2011 By Connie | 14 Comments

Oh…I think I'm going to LOVE Stampin' Up!'s PS I Love You set in the Occasions Mini! I've been playing around with it for a couple Create with Connie and Mary Occasions projects and now did up this card real quick! Love that it has greetings in it, too! I followed the color scheme on Colour Q challenge #117 with Black, White and any other color! Obviously I chose Real Red!

And here is my card:

I decided to use the Real Red Patterns Designer Paper because Stampin' Up! currently has a special package called Love Patterns of 12 sheets of Real Red and Pretty in Pink Patterns for Valentine's on the CLEARANCE RACK for $1.99 (regularly $9.95)! What a BARGAIN! Head over to my ONLINE store to check out what else they just added, too!

The base of the card is Whisper White and I added a layer of Basic Black. I used another piece of Whisper White and ran it thru the Big Shot with the Houndstooth Impressions Folder. I cut four Scallop Heart Embosslits from Basic Black. Then I punched two of the Real Red Patterns with the Full Heart Punch. I stamped the hearts image from Stampin' Up!'s PS I Love You stamp set with Real Red and punched it with the Full Heart Punch. Next I punched a Real Red cardstock Full Heart and stamped Love You from the same stamp set inside with Basic Black. I added a flower White button from the Neutrals Button pack with White Bakers Twine tied inside. Oh, the Love You heart is popped up with Dimensionals. I really like how it turned out!

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