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IM411 – Festive Friends

November 17, 2025 By Connie | Leave a Comment

Welcome to our Create with Stamping Friends Inspiration Monday challenges. This week’s inspiration is a wonderful photo of Santa and his reindeer on a sleigh with gifts!

FESTIVE FRIENDS

I really wanted a more realistic looking Santa for this challenge but sadly I didn’t have any current ones. Festive Friends to the rescue!

Stampin’ Details:

The base is 4-1//4 x 11 Real Red cardstock, scored at 5-1/2 and folded.
The 4 x 5-1/4 layer of Basic White cardstock was embossed with the Dotted Circles Embossing Folder (the focal point in the upper left corner).
A 2 x 4 piece of Christmas Tags & More Designer Paper was added across the front with a 1/4 x 4 strip of Real Red cardstock on the top towards the bottom.
The large 2-7/8″ Circle was cut from Pool Party cardstock and added inside the Dotted Circles with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
The Santa was stamped with Memento Black Ink on Basic White cardstock and colored with Real Red, Basic Black, Ivory and Light Smoky Slate Stampin’ Blends. It was cut with the Festive Friends Die and added to the circle towards the left side.
Three of the die-cut packages from the Christmas Tags & More DSP were added next to Santa on the right with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
The greeting from Festive Friends Stamp Set was stamped with Memento Black Ink on Crumb Cake cardstock and added to the front with Stampin’ Dimensionals slightly under the larger circle.
A trio of red Traditional Sparkling Sequins were added in the background.

I really like how the embossing highlights the Santa image! OK, check out Debbie’s Inspiration Monday card over on Create with Stamping Friends!

SUPPLIES:
Stamps: Festive Friends
Inks: Memento Black
Blends: Real Red, Basic Black, Ivory, Light Smoky Slate
C/S: Basic White, Real Red, Pool Party, Crumb Cake
Designer Paper: 6×6 Christmas Tags & More
Accessories: Festive Friends Dies, Ornamental Christmas Dies (2-7/8″ Circle), Dotted Circles Embossing Folder, Traditional Sparkling Sequins, Adhesives

But first check out our current Collection…

How fun to create a traditional Christmas Village using Stampin' Up!'s WELCOME NOEL BUNDLE! Stamp the houses, trees and deer elements to build your holiday scene or cut them quickly with the detailed shapes and the WELCOME NOEL DIES. We used greetings from the Winter Adventures stamp set or use your own sentiments to finish it off. We've paired the WELCOME NOEL BUNDLE with the WINTER DREAMS 12x12 DESIGNER PAPER featuring white on deep blue designs for your winter-themed crafts. Our WELCOME NOEL COLLECTION gives you step-by-step tutorials for FOUR cards and TWO enhanced special fold card ideas for a total of SIX tutorials to use in your classes or personal use. See more details HERE!

Create the feel of a nature walk through the winter woods with Stampin' Up! FROSTED PINECONES BUNDLE! Stamp the pinecone and then add textured details using the FROSTED PINECONES DECORATIVE MASKS or cut the detailed shapes with the FROSTED PINECONES DIES. Add one of the heartfelt winter sentiments to finish it off. We've paired the FROSTED PINECONES BUNDLE with the WHISPERING WOODS 12x12 DESIGNER PAPER. Our FROSTED PINECONES COLLECTION gives you step-by-step tutorials for FOUR cards and TWO small decor ideas for a total of SIX tutorials, all full of seasonal charm. See more details HERE!

Boo! October brings Halloween and the playful images in Stampin' Up!'s WEB OF FUN BUNDLE will create a little spooky fun on your cards, paper crafts, and scrapbook pages! The large greetings and detailed spiders and webs will fill your project space with eerie delights! We've paired the WEB OF FUN BUNDLE with the FRIGHTENING FUN 12x12 DESIGNER PAPER containing even more Halloween patterns and designs! Our WEB OF FUN COLLECTION gives you step-by-step tutorials for FOUR cards and TWO favor ideas for a total of SIX tutorials, all full of festive Halloween charm. See more details HERE!

IM357 – Sweetest Star

November 4, 2024 By Connie | Leave a Comment

Welcome to our Create with Stamping Friends Inspiration Monday challenges. This is a cute hanging Santa trio, and I used Sweetest Star stamp set on my card, of course!

SWEETEST STAR

I just love all the small Christmas prints in the Take a Bow 6×6 Designer Paper Pack! I used several of them in 1″ strips for my background.

Stampin’ Details:

The base is 4-1/4 x 11 Thick Basic White cardstock, scored at 5-1/2 and folded.
Five Take a Bow patterns were cut into 1 x 4 strips and adhered in the background with a small spacing between them.
The Spotlight on Nature circle was cut from Lemon Lime Twist cardstock and the first part of the Sweetest Star greeting inked with a Black Stampin’ Write Marker. The dots were added to show the greeting continued on the inside.
Some Iridescent Ribbon was looped a couple times and attached to the front with a Stampin’ Dimensional, then the circle added on top with more Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Santa star was stamped with Memento Black Ink on Basic White cardstock and colored with Real Red, Light Basic Black, Dark Daffodil Delight, Light Gray Granite, and Ivory Stampin’ Blends. He was punched out with the Sweetest Star Punch and added to the circle with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
A trio of white Drusy Embellishments were added to the background (they REALLY sparkle!)

SO much fun! Love it! OK, check out Debbie’s Inspiration Monday card over on Create with Stamping Friends!

Supplies:
Stamps: Sweetest Star
Inks: Memento Black
Blends: Real Red, Light Basic Black, Dark Daffodil Delight, Light Gray Granite, Ivory
Marker: Basic Black
Cardstock: Thick Basic White, Basic White, Lemon Lime Twist, Basic White, Take a Bow 6×6 Designer Paper
Accessories: Sweetest Star Punch, Iridescent Ribbo, Drusy Embellishments, Adhesives

But first check out our current Collection…

Delicate Baubles Dies – Santa and Mrs Claus

November 3, 2021 By Connie | 3 Comments

Here’s the cutest couple around! Santa and Mrs. Claus! I’ve had these done for a couple weeks and have been anxious to share them! Aren’t they SWEET? This makes 15 & 16 different looks using the arabesque shape in the Delicate Baubles Dies!

You can see my GNOME, SANTA, GINGERBREAD, ELF, PENGUIN, SNOWMAN, WITCH, MICKEY MOUSE, DRACULA, RUDOLPH, GRINCH & MAX, NUTCRACKER, and SCARECROW by clicking on their name.

Stampin’ Details for cards:

The base is 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 Real Red cardstock, scored at 4-1/4 and folded.
A 4 x 5-1/4 layer of Basic White was added on top.
A 2-3/4 x 5 piece of Heartwarming Hugs Designer Paper was added to the background with a 1/2 x 5-1/4 coordinating stripe added towards the bottom of the DSP.
Santa has the Ho Ho Ho greeting from Perfectly Plaid Stamp set, stamped in Real Red Ink on Basic White cardstock and cut with the Frightful Tags label. It was added to the front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Mrs. Claus has the Be Merry greeting from Banner Year Stamp Set, stamped in Real Red Ink on Basic White cardstock and cut the Frightful Tags label. It was added to the front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Two Red Rhinestones were added to the upper part of the DSP.

SANTA CLAUS

The solid arabesque Delicate Bauble Die is cut from Petal Pink, Basic White and Real Red cardstocks.
The top of the Real Red bauble was cut for his hat.
The bottom of the Basic White bauble was cut for his beard and a slice for his hat trim.
The mustache is two ghosts from the Halloween Punch punched from Basic White cardstock and added with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
His nose is a 1″ Circle from Petal Pink cardstock and added with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
His eyes are 3/8″ Circles from Basic Black with White Chalk Pen highlights.
His cheeks are 1/2″ Circles from Flirty Flamingo cardstock.
His hat pom pom is a 1/2″ circle from Basic White cardstock.
Some White Chalk Pen was also added to his nose.
Santa was popped up on the front of the base card with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

MRS. CLAUS

The solid arabesque Delicate Bauble Die is cut from Petal Pink, Basic White and Real Red cardstocks. (NOTE: if making both, you can use the opposite sides of the Real Red and Basic White baubles you cut for Santa).
The bottom of the Real Red bauble was cut for her blouse. A small slice was cut for the bun holder in her hair.
The top of the Basic White bauble was cut for her hair and embossed with the Parisian Flourish Embossing Folder. A slice was cut for the collar on her blouse.
Her nose is a 3/8″ Circle from Petal Pink cardstock and popped up with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Her eyes are 3/8″ Circles from Basic Black with White Chalk Pen highlights.
Her cheeks are 1/2″ Circles from Flirty Flamingo cardstock.
Her mouth is a slice of Real Red cut with the 1/2″ circle from Real Red cardstock.
Some White Chalk Pen was also added to her nose.
The holly and berries from Banner Year were stamped with Garden Green and Real Red Inks on Basic White cardstock and hand-cut, then added to her hair bun.
Two small Basic Pearls were added to her blouse for “buttons”
Mrs. Claus was popped up on the front of the base card with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

I think Mrs. Claus is one of my FAVORITES! I’m having a blast with these characters! Still more to come…

But first check out our current Collection…

CCMC373 Cup of Cheer

September 17, 2015 By Connie | 9 Comments

It’s Thursday and time for another Create with Connie and Mary Challenge! We have a really fun sketch for you to try this week! I love the different looks the designers came up with!

And here is my card. I love cutting out those Santa images in the Home for Christmas Designer Paper!

Here are the details on how to recreate this card:

The base is 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 Pool Party, folded in half.
On top is a 4 x 5-1/4 layer of Very Vanilla.
Across the center is a 2 x 5-1/4 strip of Home for Christmas DSP, along the bottom of it is a 1/4 x 5-1/4 strip of Gold Metallic Cardstock.
The greeting was stamped first with Tuxedo Black Ink on Very Vanilla, then stamped again in Real Red and the “On his way” cut out and placed over the Tuxedo Black one with Stampin’ Dimensions. It was cut with the 3rd from smallest Oval Framelit.
The Pool Party snow pattern DSP was cut with the Lots of Labels Framelit and popped up on the front with Stampin’ Dimensionals and the Oval greeting on top.
The Santa was hand-cut from the DSP…love that his ice skates make it look like he spelled out the greeting!
Finally added Home for Christmas Enamel Dots to the front for some bling!

OK…go check out the rest of the Thursday Challenge Team over on Create with Connie and Mary and see what they created this week!

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Are you looking for some GREAT ideas using items in the Holiday Mini? Look no further than the Create with Connie and Mary September Mini Session! BREAKING NEWS! We added another BONUS this month because we know that some of you don’t do Halloween!

To start we have three wonderful card sets and two AWESOME 3D projects (and a bonus card set still to come) for the Create with Connie and Mary September Mini Session.

Two of the card sets are Halloween as is one of the 3D projects. However, we know that not everyone is into Halloween, so Mary and I decided to remake two of the Halloween projects using Christmas stamp sets…JUST FOR OUR SUBSCRIBERS! I knew I was going to remake Debbie’s Tabletop Decor item anyway using Snow Place for a future class. So if you weren’t sure you want to subscribe this month (September) because of all the Halloween…you are getting two BONUS projects as Mary also remade two of Deb’s Haunt Ya Later cards using Jolly Christmas. AND…we did add-ons to the tutorials so you’d know how to do them, too!

So normally you get 6 GREAT ideas for ONLY $8.95…this month it is 8 ideas! You really can’t beat that!

With our September mini session we are featuring sets from the Holiday mini…

Sweet Hauntings
Cheer All Year
Howl-o-ween Treats
Haunt Ya Later
Lighthearted Leaves
BONUS: Acorny Thank You
AND a bonus project from Connie remaking Debbie Henderson’s ADORABLE Halloween Tabletop Decor into an ADORABLE Snow Place Tabletop Decor
AND two Jolly Christmas Cards using the layouts from Deb’s Haunt Ya Later card set!

The session is NOW OPEN! Sign up today over on Create with Connie and Mary!

Color Me Christmas Santa

November 11, 2013 By Connie | 1 Comment

I love this set, Color Me Christmas, the more and more I work with it. At first I thought it was almost too childish…but with a new grandbaby, I'd figure I would still use it. But, it really has turned more whimsical than childish in my mind! Here's a card I did using the Santa for the first time. I'm thinking I'll make my Santa tags with him this year…was quick and easy to color! I also used the new photopolymer stamp set, Christmas Tagables for the greetings.

Here are the details.

The base of the card is 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 of Cherry Cobbler cardstock, folded in half.
I added a 4 x 5 1/4 layer of Whisper White on top.
Next is a 2 1/4 x 5" strip of Season of Style Designer Paper, cut with a flag end.
I stamped the Santa from Color Me Christmas with Black Stazon on Whisper White, then watercolored with Real Red, Cherry Cobbler, Blush Blossom, and Basic Black Stampin' Write Markers. I cut with the Circle Framelits.
I also cut Basic Black, Cherry Cobbler and Silver Glimmer Circles with the Circle Frameits.
The Merry Christmas banner and 25 come from the Christmas Tagables set and I stamped them with Basic Black or Cherry Cobbler. The 25 is punched with the 3/4" Circle and adhered to the Silver Glimmer Paper with Monoadhesive.

Isn't he fun? Pretty quick and easy card to make, too!

We are just starting Week 4 over on Create with Connie and Mary Winter Collection 2013! This week we are showing off some FABULOUS Last Minute Gift Ideas for the holidays! These will be perfect for your holiday classes or gift giving! AND, it's not too late to join! Sign up today and you'll be one of the first to see our Week 4 projects and you can refer back to the projects we've already done for up to a year after the edition ends! Really…these projects are just TOO CUTE to miss!