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Saturday Blog Hop – Loving Sale-A-Bration

January 8, 2022 By Connie | Leave a Comment

This week’s Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop theme is “Loving Sale-A-Bration”. Stampin’ Up! has started a new round of Sale-A-Bration freebies and our Design Team is featuring their favorite stamp set from the SAB collection!

FRIENDLY HELLO

Even though the Friendly Hello Level 2 Bundle consists of a stamp set and coordinating designer paper, I choose to feature the Friendly Hello Stamp Set alone, along with another SAB product, the Sunshine & Rainbows Designer Paper. Both are my favorites in the SAB brochure!

Stampin’ Details:

The base is 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 Pool Party cardstock, scored at 4-1/4 and folded.
On top is a 4 x 5-1/4 layer of Basic White cardstock that was stamped with the leafy image in Granny Apple Green Ink several times.
Two 1/4 x 5-1/4 strips of the striped Sunshine & Rainbows pattern were added at the top and the bottom.
A Layering Circle was cut with the die from the Sunshine & Rainbows heart pattern and added to the front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
The bird/flower image was stamped with Memento Black Ink and colored with the Light Gray Granite, Light Pool Party, Flirty Flamingo Combo, Light Granny Apple Green and Light Magenta Madness Stampin’ Blends. It was hand-cut and added to the circle with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
The greeting from Friendly Hello was stamped with Night of Navy Ink on a 1/2 x 3 piece of Basic White, the end cut at an angle, then added to the front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
A trio of Iridescent Rhinestones were added in the background.

OK, next up on our blog hop is our Create with Connie and Mary website, then on to creative Mary Brown, or head backwards to see Melissa Davies’ fabulous project and see what everyone did with this challenge!

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The star-shaped Santa, Mrs. Claus, and gingerbread man images from Stampin' Up!'s SWEETEST STAR PUNCH BUNDLE are adorable to use on your holiday cards, tags and paper projects. They are a wonderful take on some classic Christmas icons. Show your creativity with your favorite coloring technique, punch out the plump star, and add a holly jolly sentiment! We've paired the SWEETEST STAR BUNDLE with the TAKE A BOW 6x6 DESIGNER PAPER for a fun holiday look. Our SWEETEST STAR COLLECTION includes step-by-step tutorials for SIX projects...FOUR cards and TWO paper ornaments...perfect for teaching a class, giving as a gift, or for selling at craft shows! See more details HERE!

Aren't these just the CUTEST animal faces in Stampin' Up!'s CHRISTMAS FRIENDS STAMP SET? Pull out your coloring tools to bring these winter critters to life, or stamp them directly on colored cardstock, cut them out with the dies, and you're ready to go! There are gifts, ribbons, stars, a tree, word bubble, music notes and bowtie to further embellish them! We've paired the CHRISTMAS FRIENDS BUNDLE with the TAKE A BOW 6x6 DESIGNER PAPER that has fun, small Christmas prints. Our CHRISTMAS FRIENDS COLLECTION includes step-by-step tutorials for SIX projects...four cards and two fun favors...perfect for a little gift or for selling at craft shows! See more details here!

Create with Stamping Friends' next Collection features Stampin' Up!'s beautiful religious stamp set called SHEPHERD'S CARE that represents the story of the birth of Jesus. Build a scene by combining the watercolor inspired images with special coloring techniques for endless creative possibilities. We've paired the SHEPHERD'S CARE STAMP SET and the SEASON OF ELEGANCE SPECIALTY 12x12 DESIGNER PAPER with its rich gold foil accents. Our SHEPHERD'S CARE CARD COLLECTION includes step-by-step tutorials for SIX cards...four regular size and two larger 5x7 size to send to someone special for the holidays! See more details HERE!

IM1 – Heartfelt Blooms

January 1, 2018 By Connie | 2 Comments

Hi everyone!

Mary and I will be bring a new Inspiration Challenge to you every Monday! This week is a fun little Petite Cakes inspiration photo! Aren’t those gorgeous little cakes? I chose to use the color scheme as my inspiration for my card using the Sale-A-Bration set, Heartfelt Blooms.

Here’s my design:

Here are the details:

The base is 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 Soft Sky cardstock, scored at 4-1/4 and folded.
On the 4 x 5-1/4 layer of Whisper White cardstock, the 1 x 5-1/4 strip of Picture Perfect Party Designer Paper was placed along the right edge.
A piece of the Sale-A-Bration 1/8″ Bermuda Bay Ribbon hides the seam and was adhered in the back, then a bow tied around the front and secured with a Mini Glue dot.
The Heartfelt Blooms flower was stamped with Bermuda Bay Ink in the lower right corner. I’m amazed at the detail in this stamp and how it looks so great stamped in one color or colored with many!
Thinking of You from the same stamp set was stamped with Memento Black Ink on scrap Whisper White, then cut with the Oval Stitched Shapes Framelit. It was popped up on the front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

So simple, but I love how it turned out! Make sure to check out Mary’s Inspiration Monday design over on Create with Connie and Mary. We have a brand new look to our blog and new graphics! AND…we have a details about our brand new “Sure Do Love You Collection” Class Kit to go!

CCMC398 What I Love

March 17, 2016 By Connie | 8 Comments

Hello all! Happy St. Patrick’s Day! First…can I get you to say a little prayer for my son…he’s having surgery today due to a sports injury…and will be laid up for about 4-5 weeks! With a 17 month old and a new baby on the way, things will be crazy, I’m sure! I’ll be helping out as much as I can.

But, it’s time for the Create with Connie and Mary Thursday Challenge! It’s a pretty color combination and, of course, perfect for flowers, so that’s the direction I went! Some really awesome cards this week from our Challenge Team, so make sure to check them out over on Create with Connie and Mary!

Here’s my card. I don’t know why, but I feel like my Watermelon Wonder Ink is more red than dark pink! Oh well!

Here are the details:

The base is 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 Thick Whisper White, folded in half.
On the 3-3/4 x 5 layer of Whisper White, I started by stamping the flourish in Timeless Textures twice with Soft Suede Ink. Then I added leaves from What I Love (a FREE SAB set) with Mossy Meadow Ink, and some splatters in Timeless Textures with Watermelon Wonder Ink. This layer is added to the base with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
The full inside image of the flower is stamped twice with Watermelon Wonder Ink on scrap Whisper White, then Soft Suede added with the outline image, they were hand-cut out and placed over the background images with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Several small pearls were added in a cluster for each flower.
Thank You from What I Love was stamped with Tuxedo Black Ink close to the images.

That’s it! A CAS design! I love it!

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It’s not too late to join us! We just opened the March 2016 MINI SESSION and it is only $8.95 US with a projects using stamp sets from the Occasions Catalog!

* Each session includes FIVE step-by-step tutorials for projects…THREE card sets, each with 4 cards and TWO 3D items…perfect for your club or stamp camp!

Sign up for both March and April and we have a FUN Bonus project for you designed by Mary Brown! Head over to Create with Connie and Mary to sign up now!

CCMC389 Sky Is the Limit

January 14, 2016 By Connie | 10 Comments

Have you signed up yet? We just opened our Create with Connie and Mary January Mini Session this week! 5 great project and card set ideas for only $8.95 US. OR…sign up for January & February Mini Sessions and get a FREE Bonus Valentine 3D Project using Balloon Builder Punch and Bloomin’ Love Stamp Set! Check out below for more details!

And, it’s Thursday and time for the Create with Connie and Mary weekly challenge! It’s a sketch challenge this week. Grab your stamps and play along!

I went for a CAS masculine card for mine this week! For some reason I never have enough masculine cards!

Here are the details:

The base is 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 Basic Gray cardstock, folded in half.
On top is a 3-3/4 x 5 piece of Bermuda Bay cardstock, stamped with You Send Me Soaring in the upper right corner.
A 2-1/4 x 5-1/2 strip of Going Places Designer Paper is placed across the front.
A 1/4 x 5-1/2 strip of Silver Glimmer Paper was added at the bottom of the DSP.
The plane from Sky is the Limit is stamped with Tuxedo Black Ink on Whisper White cardstock and hand-cut. It is placed on a 2-1/2 punched circle of Basic Black, and added to the front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

See…very clean and simple design! OK…make sure to check out the rest of the Challenge Team to see what they have done with the sketch challenge this week over on Create with Connie and Mary!

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Do you want even MORE details on using Occasions and Sale-A-Bration stamps and supplies?

Our JANUARY 2016 MINI SESSION just opened with projects using stamp sets from the new Occasions Catalog and Sale-A-Bration brochures! Get some great ideas for your January, February and Spring classes! You are going to LOVE these! PLUS check out the VALENTINE SPECIAL BONUS below!

Sets we are using for the January session, opening January 11th:

Flowering Fields
Botanical Blooms
Apple of My Eye
First Sight
Beautiful Ride

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Sets we will be using for the February Mini Session, opening February 11th:

What I Love
Easter Lamb
Balloon Celebration
Party Wishes
Pyramid Pals

JANUARY & FEBRUARY 2016 MINI SESSIONS,
plus BONUS VALENTINE project

$17.90 US

CCMC388 Flowering Fields

January 7, 2016 By Connie | 9 Comments

It’s time for another Create with Connie and Mary Thursday Challenge! It’s a beautiful color challenge that we are sure you will like! Come play along!

I used the Sale-A-Bration set, Flowering Fields, for my card:

Here are the details to create it:

The base is 4-1/4 x 11 Thick Whisper White, folded in half.
On top is a 4 x 5-1/4 layer of Bermuda Bay cardstock.
A 2-3/4 x 4 piece of Wildflower Fields Designer Paper (another SAB selection) was layered onto a 3 x 4 piece of Blackberry Bliss cardstock and placed on the front.
A 1/8 X 4 strip of Pear Pizzazz cardstock was adhered across the top portion of the DSP.
The same size Lots of Label Framelits was cut from Whisper White and Blackberry Bliss. The Blackberry Bliss one was adhered to the front as shown.
On the Whisper White, the Flowering Fields flower image and butterfly were stamped with Tuxedo Black Ink, then watercolored with Blackberry Bliss, Pear Pizzazz and Bermuda Bay Markers and AquaPainter. Before adding it to the front, two 3/4″ Circles were punched from Pear Pizzazz cardstock and adhered behind the Whisper White label, along with Silver thread wrapped in a circle several times and adhered. The label was popped up on the front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Finally, Celebrate You from Suite Sayings stamp set was stamped in the lower right corner with Tuxedo Black Ink.

OK….make sure to check out what the rest of the challenge team did this week with the color challenge over on Create with Connie and Mary! And make sure to check out our January Mini Session that will be starting soon! Here’s a sneak peek of what we will be doing this month. AND, we have a special VALENTINE BONUS PROJECT offer, too! See details over there!

You Brighten My Day again

March 16, 2015 By Connie | Leave a Comment

We did the Create with Connie and Mary Design Team Blog Hop on Saturday. While I had this set out, I made another card using the cute little light bulb and the sunburst from Kinda Eclectic.

Here are the details:

The base is 4-1/4 x 11 Whisper White, folded in half.
Next is a 4 x 5-1/4 layer of Crushed Curry cardstock.
On top is a 3-3/4 x 5 layer of Back to Black Designer Paper.
The 2 x 3-1/2 layer of Smoky Slate was punched with the Heart Border Punch across the top, then a 1/2 x 2 strip of Crushed Curry put behind the hearts to show thru the openings. It was placed diagonally on the front of the card.
The sunburst was stamped partially on the 2-1/4 x 2-1/4 Whisper White panel with Crushed Curry ink and adhered over the Smoky Slate layer.
The light bulb from You Brighten My Day was stamped on scrap Whisper White, colored with Crushed Curry Marker and punched with the 1-1/4″ Circle Punch, then layered on a 1-3/8″ Circle of Basic Black. It was placed on the front with a Stampin’ Dimensional.
You Brighten My Day was stamped with Tuxedo Black above the sunburst.

So fun and whimsical, isn’t it?

Did you see our new look? We are getting ready to start our Create with Connie and Mary Card “Create”tions Celebrations later this month! We will be doing three weeks of NOTHING but CARDS! Every day (Sun-Fri) we will feature stamp sets in the Annual, Occasions and Online Catalogs and make four different cards using it! On Saturday, we’ll continue our weekly Blog Hop for everyone to enjoy! Join now so you don’t miss anything…plus you can refer back to the projects 24/7 for up to a year! For only $19.95 US, you’ll get over 72 EXCLUSIVE card ideas not shown ANYWHERE else! Stop by Create with Connie and Mary today and sign up!

You Brighten My Day Blog Hop

March 14, 2015 By Connie | 2 Comments

It’s Saturday! Time for the weekly Create with Connie and Mary Design Team Blog Hop! This week’s stamp selection is You Brighten My Day from the Sale-A-Bration catalog, one of the free sets you can get with a $50 purchase! It’s a cute set that matches several of Stampin’ Up!’s punches! You’ve probably just come from Deb Currier’s Blog…love her card, don’t you?

So here is my card for this week’s blog hop! I combined the “sunburst” from Kinda Eclectic behind the light bulb. I think this light bulb is a great image for so many different type cards!

Here are the details:

The base is 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 Crushed Curry folded in half.
On the 4 x 5-1/4 layer of Whisper White, the “sunburst” from Kinda Eclectic was stamped with Crushed Curry Ink towards the top left side, and You Brighten My Day greeting was stamped with Tuxedo Black Ink.
Two 1/2 x 5 strips of Stacked with Love Designer Paper were cut with staggered flag ends and placed towards the bottom.
A tiny 1/8″ x 5-1/4 strip of Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper was placed over the seam.
The light bulb was stamped on scrap Whisper White with Tuxedo Black Ink and colored with Crushed Curry Marker. It was punched with the 1-1/4″ Circle Punch and layered on 1-3/8″ Basic Black punched circle. It was popped up with Stampin’ Dimensionals on the front of the card inside the “sunburst”.
Finally, the Best Year Ever accessory button was tied with White Bakers Twine and placed on the front with Mini Glue Dots!

OK…next up is Mary Brown…you KNOW I love her work! Have fun taking the blog hop!

Feb 2015 Tour de Freaks Simply Wonderful

February 19, 2015 By Connie | Leave a Comment

It’s time for another Tour de Freaks, brought to you by the Control Freak Swappers. We have a fun lineup for you today, featuring the Sale-A-Bration catalog! I know I can’t wait to see what everyone has done. You’ve probably just come from Justin Krieger’s blog…weren’t his projects fun?

I have a couple projects using the Best Year Ever Designer Paper and Simply Wonderful Stamp Set. Both are available FREE with a $50 purchase during Sale-A-Bration!

Isn’t that row of tulips cut from the Best Year Ever Designer Paper fun? Here’s a closeup of the card. I used the Chevron Folder on the Chocolate Chip cardstock for the ground and the Designer Paper in the background. I fussy cut (cut by hand) the tulips from another pattern in the DSP (thanks Nicole Tugrul for the idea!) and popped them up with Stampin’ Dimensionals. To a great friend from Simply Wonderful was stamped with Chocolate Chip ink.

And I made a little treat that matches. The top was cut with the Labels Framelit. The base is 3 x 8 1/2, scored at 3 and the sides sealed to make a pocket. I colored the pearls at the top with Calypso Coral and Daffodil Delight Blendabilities.

OK…continue on around the Tour de Freaks by visiting Wendy Weixler’s blog…her ideas are fantastic as usual!