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CCMC Saturday Blog Hop – Crushed Cucumber

August 22, 2015 By Connie | 1 Comment

It’s time for another Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop! This week we are featuring the In Color, Cucumber Crush, on our cards!

But first, our new AUGUST MINI SESSION opened on August 19, but it’s not too late to join! The next stop at Create with Connie and Mary website will give you more details and a chance to sign up!

Have you ever started a card and it was going along great until you added one more element? Now…normally, I would scrap it and start over…but it really wasn’t a throw-away…so I’m showing it here! lol! My Among the Branches card was sort of spooky looking even with the bright Cucumber Crush…until I added the leaves in the tree branch, then it kind of got too tame for a Halloween card. And…I wanted some eyeballs in the background, but didn’t think they would work. Tell me what YOU think!

Here are the details:

The base is 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 Cucumber Crush cardstock, folded in half.
Across the bottom of the 4 x 5-1/4 layer of Whisper White is 1-1/2′ x 5-1/4″ strip of In Colors Patterns Collection.
A 1/8″ x 5-1/4 strip of Black Glimmer Paper hides the seam.
The tree branch from Among the Branches was stamped with Basic Black Archival Ink in the upper right corner, along with the black Crow…then those darn Cucumber Crush leaves were added. lol!
Spooky was stamped with Basic Black Archival Ink on Whisper White and punched with the 2″ Circle Punch, then layered on a Cucumber Crush Designer Label that was cut in half and adhered to each side.
Two Rhinestones were colored with a Black Sharpie Pen and added to the label sides.
The eyes in the Spooky image were colored with Cucumber Crush Marker.

So…spooky or tame??? OK…next up on the Blog Hop is the Create with Connie and Mary website where you can sign up for our NEW AUGUST 2015 mini session, then continue on over to Mary’s blog!

Stamps: Among the Branches

Inks: Cucumber Crush, Basic Black Archival Ink

Cardstock: Cucumber Crush, Whisper White

Accessories: In Color Patterns Collection Paper Stack, Black Glimmer Paper, Rhinestones, 2″ Circle Punch, Decorative Label Punch

Spooky Happy Scenes

August 10, 2015 By Connie | 3 Comments

I was so excited to see the Seasonal Frame Thinlet Dies contained the word “Spooky”! I immediately thought of a haunted tree with the word in front. I also LOVE the little corner spider web in Happy Scenes. So…here’s my interpretation!

Here are the details to recreate this card:

The base is 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 Basic Black cardstock.
On the 4 x 5-1/4 layer of Pumpkin Pie cardstock, a 1-1/2 x 5-1/4 layer of Happy Haunting DSP was placed across the bottom. A 1/8″ strip of Crushed Curry cardstock hides the seam.
The frame from Seasonal Frame Thinlets was used to cut the Whisper White.
The tree from Sheltering Tree was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink towards the left side.
The moon was created by punching a 1-3/8 circle from scrap paper to make a mask, then sponging Crushed Curry and Pumpkin Pie Inks inside the circle mask on the Whisper White.
The corner spider web from Happy Scenes was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black, then stamped again on scrap Whisper White. The spider and string was cut out and adhered onto the tree.
Finally, SPOOKY was cut with the Seasonal Frame Thinlet from Black Glimmer Paper! LOVE it!!! I used the new Fine Tip Glue Pen (LOVE IT, too!) to attach it to the front of the card!

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Stamps: Sheltering Tree, Happy Scenes

Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black

Cardstock: Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White, Basic Black, Crushed Curry

Accessories: Seasonal Frame Thinlets, Black Glimmer Paper, 1-3/8 Circle Punch, sponge daubers, Fine Tip Glue Pen

CCMC321 Freaky Friends

September 18, 2014 By Connie | 8 Comments

This week we have a fun and unusual sketch challenge for you to try over on Create with Connie and Mary! Go really simple…or add more if you want like I did!

Here’s my card:

I used Stampin’ Up!’s Freaky Friends stamp set for mine, along with the Skinny Mini Alphabet! Wow…lining up the word on one block and stamping all at once really made it easy. I had to leave a “space” for the second O in SPOOKY, I used the Q and took it off before stamping. Then filled in the second O separately. Here are the details:

The base is 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 Basic Black, folded in half.
On the 4 x 5 1/4 layer of Tangerine Tango, I used two 1/2″ strips from the Motley Monsters Designer Paper and crossed them according to the sketch.
I stamped the SPOOKY greeting with the Skinny Mini Alphabet and Memento Black Ink.
I used the eyeballs and Memento Black randomly in the background, too.
I punched the Note Tag Punch from Sahara Sand cardstock and added a 1/2″ strip of the same DSP along the bottom. I stamped the cat above it with Memento Black Ink and colored the eyes with Crushed Curry Marker.
I punched the moon from Crushed Curry with the 3/4″ Circle Punch and sponged around the edges with Tangerine Tango Ink, then placed it in the corner of the Note Tag Punch.
I stamped the bat with Memento Black Ink on scrap Whisper White and cut it out, then placed on the edge of the tag on the moon.
The tag was punched with the 1/8″ Circle and I added Hello Honey Ribbon tied with Basic Black Bakers Twine in a bow. I added the tag to the front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Make sure to go check out what the Challenge Team did this week over on Create with Connie and Mary! All the samples are so unique and different using this sketch…I’m amazed!

We are in the middle of Week 3 of our Create with Connie and Mary Holiday Card “Create”tions 2014! We have done one week of Halloween/Fall card sets and last week and this week we are doing Christmas card sets! It’s not too late to join and you won’t miss anything…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! So, stop by Create with Connie and Mary and sign up!