Sending Love

IM319 – Sending Love

February 12, 2024 By Connie | Leave a Comment

Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Inspiration Monday challenges. This week’s inspiration challenge is a mailbox full of love Valentine cookies!

SENDING LOVE

Another inspiration that was easy to figure out which set to use! Sending Love was perfect, don’t you think? Mary is being TOO easy on me!

Stampin’ Details:

- The base is 4-1/4 x 11 Petal Pink cardstock, scored at 5-1/2 and folded.
- A 4 x 5-1/4 layer of Crumb Cake cardstock was added oon top.
- A 2-1/2 x 5 piece of Bee Mine Designer Paper was added towards the right side.
- A coordinating 3/4 x 3-3/4 strip of Bee Mine DSP was added across the front.
- The Deckle Rectangle was cut from Very Vanilla cardstock and stamped with the greeting from Heartfelt Hellos (SAB) in Real Red Ink. It was added to the front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
- The full mailbox was stamped on Very Vanilla cardstock with Memento Black Ink and colored with Crumb Cake and Old Olive Blends. It was cut with the Dies and added to the rectangle with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
- Then just the top of the mailbox was stamped on Real Red cardstock with Memento Black Ink. It was also cut with the Dies, then the trimmed to fit over the Very Vanilla one. I cut a slit in along the mailbox line so one of the envelopes would slide in. It was added to the full mailbox with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
- Two envelopes were stamped with Memento Black Ink and cut with the Dies, then added to the lid of the mailbox as mentioned above with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
- The flag was stamped with Memento Black Ink on a scrap piece of Gray Granite cardstock and hand-cut, then added to the mailbox.
- Some Adhesive Backed Hearts & Flowers were added to the mailbox, envelopes and grassy area.

So sweet…this will be my hubby’s Valentine this year! OK…check out what Mary did with the Inspiration Monday Challenge over on Create with Connie and Mary!

SUPPLIES:

Stamps: Sending Love
Inks: Memento Black, Real Red

Blends: Crumb Cake, Old Olive

Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Petal Pink, Bee Mine Designer Paper
Accessories: Sending Love Dies, Adhesive Backed Hearts & Flowers, Adhesives

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CS123 – Sending Love

January 9, 2024 By Connie | Leave a Comment

Welcome to Create with Connie and Mary’s Creatively Simple Challenge! Each month Mary and I will pick a theme for our simple cards. This month the theme is “NEW” cards…let’s use some of the new products in the Jan-Apr Mini Catalog and SAB Catalog on our cards!

SENDING LOVE

This is one of the bundles from the new mini that I just HAD to have! I love the mailbox and love letters! Here’s a simple card made using that bundle!

Stampin’ Details:

The base is 4-1/4 x 11 Poppy Parade cardstock, scored at 5-1/2 and folded.
The 4 x 5-1/4 layer of Basic Black was added on top.
The 3-7/8 x 5-1/8 layer of Basic White cardstock was stamped with the envelope randomly across the top half with Memento Black Ink. The greeting was stamped along the bottom.
A 1-1/4 strip of Bee Mine Designer Paper was added across the front.
The Modern Oval was punched from Poppy Parade cardstock and added with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
The envelope was cut with the Sending Love Dies from Petal Pink cardstock, folded and glued, then added to the oval with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
A heart with cut from Poppy Parade cardstock with the Sending Love Die and added as a seal to the envelope.
The Petal Pink epoxy Adhesive Backed small red Hearts & Flowers was added to the cardstock heart. It added just the finishing touch!

Such a fun card! Check out Mary’s Creatively Simple card over on Create with Connie and Mary!

Supplies:
Stamps: Sending Love
Inks: Memento Black
Cardstock: Basic White, Basic Black, Petal Pink, Bee Mine DSP
Accessories: Sending Love Dies, Adhesive Backed Hearts & Flowers, Adhesives

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CCMC440 Sealed with Love

January 12, 2017 By Connie | 5 Comments

It’s time for another Create with Connie and Mary Thursday Challenge! Great colors this week…especially for Valentine’s Day coming up, but who knows what the Challenge Team did this week, right? This is one of my favorite color combinations ANY time of year!

Here’s my card:

Details:

The base is 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 Thick Whisper White, scored at 4-1/4 and folded.
On top is a 3-1/2 x 4-1/2 piece of Sending Love Designer Paper.
Next is a 2-1/2 x 3-1/2 piece of Basic Black cardstock.
Across diagonally is a 1/4 x 4-3/4 piece of Real Red, cut off on both edges.
A 2 x 3-1/2 piece of Crumb Cake cardstock was punched with the Scallop Tag Topper Punch. A 1-1/4 x 2 piece of Whisper White was stamped with the greeting from Sealed with Love in Memento Black and added to the tag. The 1/8″ Real Red Ribbon is tied in a bow at the top of the tag.
The floral heart was stamped with Memento Black Ink on Real Red, then cut with the Love Notes Framelits and added to the tag with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The arrow was cut with the Framelits from Basic Black and slid thru the 3D heart.
Some Rhinestones were scattered in the background.
A Sending Love wood heart embellishment was added next to the tag.

I love all the angles on here!

OK…check out what the rest of the Challenge Team did this week over on Create with Connie and Mary. And…don’t forget to sign up for our January session…we JUST opened yesterday and it’s not too late to join! We have a total of 14 step-by-step tutorials for only $8.95 US each month!

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CCMC439 Sealed with Love

January 5, 2017 By Connie | 6 Comments

Welcome back! This week’s challenge over on Create with Connie and Mary is a fun sketch challenge! I know I’ll be using this one again!

Here’s my card:

I knew I wanted to use the Sealed with a Kiss greeting and the lips (so fun!) The rest just came together pretty quickly!

The base is 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 Real Red, scored at 4-1/4 and folded.
On top is a 4 x 5-1/4 layer of Whisper White.
The first pattern in Sending Love DSP is 2-1/4 x 4-3/4. The second pattern on top is 2-1/2 x 3-3/4. Both are adhered to the Whisper White layer.
A piece of Real Red Stitched Satin Ribbon is placed across the front and adhered in back.
Sealed with a Kiss from Sending Love is stamped with Memento Black on Whisper White and cut with the Layering Circles Framelit, the background scallop circle is cut from Basic Black.
The lips were stamped with Real Red on Whisper White and punched with the 1″ circle punch, then adhered to the Layering Scallop Circle cut from Basic Black.
The envelope was cut from the Love Notes Framelits from Real Red, folded closed with Mini Glue Dots. The small Sending Love wood embellishment was added with a Mini Glue Dot.

That’s it! Check out the rest of the Design Team ideas over on Create with Connie and Mary this week!

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With All My Heart

April 21, 2010 By Connie | 5 Comments

I have TONS of this Sending Love Designer Paper left…I think two full packages! I know I won one package at Leadership and I've used up at least a couple more. It really is beautiful paper, and just not for Valentine's Day! Here I've used it for my MIL's Mother's Day card. lol!

The meets the Sketch Challenge over on SCS and also the Mother's Day card challenge over on LateNightStampers! A two-fer!

I stamped the flower image from Stampin' Up!'s With All My Heart in Pretty in Pink on Very Vanilla and punched it with the Fancy Flower punch, then sponged around the edges with Pretty in Pink Classic Ink. I stamped the small flower in that set in Real Red on Very Vanilla and punched with the 1/2 circle punch. I used an Antique Gold Build-A-Brad in the center. I haven't used those in quite a while! I added it to a layer of Very Vanilla that I stamped Wonderful Mother from Well Scripted in Chocolate Chip. I layered it on Chocolate Chip and did a piercing design in the upper right corner.

I added the Sending Love Designer Paper glittery flower pattern to a layer of Chocolate Chip cardstock and placed it on the Pretty in Pink base card. I used another strip of Sending Love small flowers pattern and wrapped the Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon around and tied. The flower and the Mother panel are all popped up with Stampin' Dimensions. This card is very sparkly in real life! I think she'll like it!

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Heart Wall Hanging Tutorial

January 26, 2010 By Connie | 8 Comments

I'm making GREAT progress on my Studio! It feels good to get stuff out that I haven't used in years! I'll be taking a lot of the non-Stampin' Up! stuff to a scrapbooking retreat in a couple weeks. Hopefully I can sell most of it there. I can tell you it isn't coming back into my house! lol!

I promised you a mini tutorial on how to make the Heart Wall Hanging that I made for the Tour de Freaks last week. They really are easy and you could do many different things…a garland, form it into a heart, add additional hearts and make the wall hanging longer…or shorter! They are fun! For mine, I alternated two different patterns of the Sending Love Designer Paper.

Step 1

Fold 1-1/2" x 12" piece of Designer Paper in half. Add a piece of Sticky Strip to one of the open ends.

Step 2

(So I don't confuse you, in Step 2 I used a different pattern paper,) Peel off Sticky Strip and adhere the two open ends together, back to back to form a heart shape.

Step 3

Add more Sticky Strip to each side of the inside point of the Heart as shown.

Step 4

Remove Sticky Strip from both sides, then push the inside point of the heart down into the fold of the bottom heart point until it touches the bottom. Press to secure.

Step 5

Now add more Sticky Strip to both the outsides of the bottom point.

Step 6

Remove Sticky Strip and push bottom point of first heart into top indentation of second heart. Continue adding hearts until desired length is achieved.

That's it! Pretty easy, huh? To finish my original one, I used the Crop-A-Dile to punch holes in the top and added silver eyelets, then added the Pretty in Pink Taffeta Ribbon. For the bottom, I added a silver eyelet, then added the heart decoration I made.

To make the decoration, use the Scallop Heart of Hearts Embosslit Die and cut 6 hearts from Real Red. Score in half lengthwise and adhere back to back. Before adhering the last two together, place cord thru the center. Add beads if desired.

I hope you make one for your Valentine home decor this year! The Sending Love Designer Paper was perfect!

Bloggers Challenge – Diecuts or Punch Art

January 22, 2010 By Connie | 14 Comments

Oh…I couldn't wait to play this week in the Friday Bloggers' Challenge. I've been missing the past few weeks due to a crazy busy schedule. But, this theme is near and dear to my heart! I debated to show one of my new Punch Art critters…but that would ruin the surprise for my classes, so I decided to wait.

I spent the day yesterday at a good friend's house…Mindy! I took some much needed time to work on some personal stamping projects. One project was my 2010 Calendar! Each year I buy the cheap vinyl covered ones and take off the vinyl. Underneath is a light weight cardboard that I cover with our pretty designer paper! I knew the minute I saw Stampin' Up's new Sending Love Designer Paper, that I would use it for my calendar. However, I just got around to doing it!

The top half is covered with the Pink Glittery Floral pattern from Sending Love Designer Paper and the bottom is Whisper White. I covered the seam with the lucious Pretty in Pink 5/8 Satin Ribbon (have you used this stuff yet! oh my!) I used the new Extra Large Fancy Flower to make my Pretty in Pink and Chocolate Chip flower. I spritz it with water, then crumpled it a little so it has a shabby chic look and it won't matter when it gets crushed by other things on my desk!. I used two Pretty in Pink layers and two Chocolate Chip layers, the center is a Pretty in Pink Corduroy Button. I added some Gable Green leaves punched from the 5 petal punch. Along the left side, I cut a strip of Pretty in Pink cardstock to wrap around the seam. I ran it thru the Big Shot with the Perfect Polka Dots Impressions Folder (twice). The numbers are cut with the Simple Numbers Alphabet Dies in Chocolate Chip. The back is just covered with Chocolate Chip cardstock.

Pretty simple this year, but I like it. You really can't appreciate the sparkle it has until you see it in person. And decorating it makes it easy to find my calendar when my desk gets messy! lol!

I can't believe it is the weekend already! Wow…this week went by FAST! Hope you have a great one!

January Tour de Freaks!

January 19, 2010 By Connie | 29 Comments

I'm so glad you decided to drop by and see the January Tour de Freaks brought to you by the fabulous Control Freaks! You've probably just arrived from Melanie Schulenberg's blog! We have 16 blogs for you to visit this time. I'm sure you will love all the awesome projects you see as you tour. This month's theme is Valentine's and LOVE. I know I can't wait to see what these fabulous designers have come up with! To continue the tour, click on Mary Brown's link at the bottom of this post.

First up is a 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 card using the beautiful Sending Love Designer Paper…did you know that EACH sheet glitters? It is so sparkly in person! I started with a base of Pretty in Pink cardstock and added the small floral pattern from Sending Love. I added a band of Pretty in Pink, punched on both sides with the Pinking Hearts Border Punch. Layered inside is a strip of Real Red cardstock. I stamped Happy Valentine's Day from Teeny Tiny Wishes in Chocolate Chip under the 6/8 Pretty in Pink Satin Ribbon. I used the Scallop Heart of Hearts Embosslit with Very Vanilla and Pretty in Pink cardstock and placed them on the right, then added a Real Red heart punched from Heart to Heart Punch and a Real Red Epoxy Brad. But wait…what's INSIDE is all the FUN!

INSIDE I used the Simple Birthday Thanks cupcake and stamped the bottom in Basic Brown on the small floral pattern from Sending Love and cut it out. I scored it every 1/4 inch and pleated it to form the cupcake liner. I stamped the top on Pretty in Pink and cut it out. I adhered the base to the top. Then I punched LOTS of the medium sized hearts from Heart to Heart punch with the glittery pink floral pattern in Sending Love and placed them randomly on the Pretty in Pink base for the frosting. I punched the small heart from the same punch in Real Red and placed them as "sprinkles" on the frosting. I punched the long heart from the Red Pattern Designer paper for the "cherry" and added a Chocolate Chip cardstock stem.

I cut the pop-up piece in the Pretty in Pink along the bottom and adhered the LOVE cupcake to the front of it. I added the red heart flower pattern Sending Love Designer Paper in the background of the top and a strip along the bottom. I added more stamped hearts from I {Heart} Hearts, the Scallop Heart of Hearts and punched Heart to Heart pieces. Finally, I stamped Love You Much from Well Scripted stamp set in the Occasions Mini in Real Red Classic Ink. I LOVE how this turned out!

OK…my next project was VERY fun to make! I'll put up a tutorial on how to make it in the next few days! Here I made hearts from the Sending Love Designer Paper patterns and adhered them together. At the bottom, I used the Crop A Dile and set a Silver Eyelet. I added a little ornament made with six Scallop Hearts, scored in half, and adhered together. I did use the Silver Cord (from the Holiday Edition) to form a loop and added some crystal beads from the Pretties Kit at the top and bottom. At the very top of the wall hanging, I added two more silver eyelets, then added a loop of Pretty in Pink Taffeta Ribbon so it is easy to hang. Again, I was SO happy with how this turned out! Even my husband said, "That's really cute!"

Well, I hope you've enjoyed my contribution to the Tour de Freaks this month! Now it's time to move on to Mary Brown! Enjoy the rest of the tour!