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Day 3 Create with Connie and Julie Sneak Peek

January 5, 2010 By Connie | 1 Comment

It is Julie Dinn's turn to give a quick peek at one of her fabulous projects! There are many other photos of this project on the Create with Connie & Julie Site today! Go over and take a peek!

This is our Preview Week on the site! From January 3rd- January 9th the site will be open for everyone to view. For this week only, you will get to see the sort of projects and challenges that we will feature on the site.

On Sunday January 10th you will only be able to view the new daily posts if you are a subscriber.

The Occasions Edition site will run from January 3 – March 6. Each week we will focus on a different collection of products that can be found in the Occasions Mini Catalog or Sale-A-Bration brochure. Our goal is to show you some new and unique ways to use Stampin' Up!'s fabulous products. Every day there will be a new project posted and each week there will be at least two tutorials available for you to download. Our exclusive projects will include cards, scrapbook pages and 3D items, the quick and easy ones and the more complex larger projects.

And this session we are proud to announce the addition of three Guest Designers! Mary Brown joins us as Senior Guest Designer, along with Kerin Sylvester and Monika Davis as Guest Designers! They will be sharing in the Challenges and creating some special projects for you, too!

To find out more about the site and to order a subscription, please visit us at Create with Connie & Julie.

Would you like to win a subscription to the Create with Connie and Julie site? Each of our team members will be giving away subscriptions on their blogs this week.To enter to win, all you have to do is leave a comment on our team members blog on the day that we are featuring them. To enter to win today please leave a comment on Kerin Sylvester's blog. All the winners will be announced on Friday January 8!

Day 2 Create with Connie and Julie Sneak Peek

January 4, 2010 By Connie | 102 Comments

Here is a sneak peek of one of MY projects to share with you today on the Create with Connie and Julie Site. I thought the compartments of this heart shaped candy holder would be perfect for a Love Note "Card Candy" Kit! Go check out pictures of the surprises inside! (Scroll past the intro post for the new Preview posts and pictures!)

This is our Preview Week on the site! From January 3rd – January 9th the site will be open for everyone to view. For this week only, you will get to see the sort of projects and challenges that we will feature on the site.

On Sunday, January 10th, you will only be able to view the new daily posts if you are a subscriber.

To find out more about the site and to order a subscription, please visit us at Create with Connie & Julie.

Would you like to win a subscription to the Create with Connie and Julie site? Each of our team members will be giving away subscriptions on their blogs this week.To enter to win, all you have to do is leave a comment on our team members blog on the day that we are featuring them. It's MY turn today to give away a free subscription, so leave a comment here on my blog (click on Comments under the title of this post!). All the winners will be announced on Friday January 8! If you've already joined, we will refund your subscription price!

CPS 148 – Happy Moments SAB

January 3, 2010 By Connie | 6 Comments

Here's a sneak peek of a Stampin' Up! Sale-A-Bration set, Happy Moments, coming out on TUESDAY, January 5! It has some FUN images in it…my favorite is the birdcage. However, the Birthday Cake filled my requirement today. I wanted to do the sketch from Card Positioning Systems.

I liked that the birthday cake had a couple rows of flowers that look just like the Sizzlet Strip Die, Flowers. I took my colors from the YUMMY Stampin' Up! Designer Paper, Sweet Pea, that is in the Occasions Mini, too! LOVE the patterns in that Designer Pack!

I started with a base card of Rose Red and layered on the Sweet Pea Designer Paper, layered onto Old Olive cardstock. I added the strip of Pretty in Pink cardstock across the front, and then used my Flowers Strip Die to cut Rose Red Flowers to layer on top. In the larger flowers, I added Latte Designer Buttons and in the small ones, I punched circles from the Crop-A-Dile from So Saffron, then used some Tombow Glue and Dazzling Diamonds to make them sparkle.

My focal element, I stamped the Birthday Cake from Happy Moments in Basic Brown, then watercolored with my Stampin' Write Markers in Rose Red, Sahara Sand, Chocolate Chip and So Saffron to match the paper. The flower center and candles I used a little Tombow Glue and Dazzling Diamonds. I layered the Whisper White on Old Olive, then Chocolate Chip cardstock and popped it up with Stampin' Dimensionals!

I think it is a FUN card and I loved the sketch! Will be playing with that one some more on another day!

Hope you have a wonderful week! I'll be BUSY packing for Leadership. WOOHOO!

Don't forget! Today is the LAST day for Early Bird Special signups on Create with Connie and Julie!

Create with Connie & Julie Sneak Peek!

January 3, 2010 By Connie | 3 Comments

Here's a quick peek at Mary Brown's project on the Create with Connie & Julie site today! Head on over to the site to see how she created this cute little project! She's got some great step by step directions for you.

On Sunday January 10th you will only be able to view the new daily posts if you are a subscriber.

To find out more about the site and to order a subscription, please visit us at Create with Connie & Julie.

Would you like to win a subscription to the Create with Connie and Julie site? Each of our team members will be giving away subscriptions on their blogs this week.To enter to win, all you have to do is leave a comment on our team members blog on the day that we are featuring them. To enter to win today please leave a comment on Mary Brown's Blog. All the winners will be announced on Friday January 8!

HINT: On Monday, it is MY turn to give away a FREE subscription, so make sure you come back tomorrow and leave a comment on my Monday's blog post to get a chance to win!

If you are a winner and have already subscribed, we will refund the price of your subscription!

Stamping 411 – Vintage Vogue

January 1, 2010 By Connie | 4 Comments

Today's Stamping 411 sketch challenge had me stumped for a little while…didn't quite know how I'd get 4 elements along the left side. But, I was happy with how my card turned out!

I love this new set, Vintage Vogue (available in the Occasions Mini coming January 5th!) Even though it is called vintage, I think it is beautiful for clean and simple cards, too! Very versatile!

I knew I wanted to use a shade of blue in my card, so I pulled out Brocade Blue cardstock, kind of vintage looking. Then I used my Stampin' Up! Color Wheel to decide what colors went with it. It showed me Pumpkin Pie and Old Olive. OK…Pumpkin Pie flowers work with a base of green for the "greenery" background! See how my mind works? That is an easy tip for getting started when you are in a creative block…a sketch…a color…the color wheel…you are good to go!

The base of my card is Old Olive. I used the Very Vintage Jumbo Wheel with Brocade Blue ink over the Brocade Blue cardstock…very subtle. I used the new Pinking Hearts Border Punch along the left edge of a strip of Old Olive cardstock, and tore the right side off. I added it to the Brocade Blue cardstock, then wrapped some White Striped Organdy Ribbon around to the back. I stamped four of the flowers in Pumpkin Pie on scrap Whisper White cardstock, cut them out, then placed them on top of the striped ribbon. I used my Piercing Tool to pierce a hole in the center of the flowers, then placed my four Chocolate Chip Jumbo Brads. Each of the edges were distressed with my Cutter Tool and inked up with Brocade Blue or Old Olive ink. Finally, I stamped the F/friends image in Brocade Blue on Whisper White, then punched with the 1 3/4 circle. I used my Old Olive Stampin' Write marker to highlight the word friends and lightly distressed the edges.

I realy enjoyed making this card and would do a bunch for swap cards if I didnt have to cut so many flowers! lol!

Have a wonderful day!

Bloggers Challenge – Celebration!

January 1, 2010 By Connie | 18 Comments

HAPPY NEW YEAR! I hope you had a safe New Year's Eve and are enjoying watching all those football games today. Well, maybe you are stamping? I'll be doing a little of both. I hope to have my swaps designed, so I can sit and put them together while watching Ohio State play in the Rose Bowl.

The Bloggers Challenge theme this week is Celebrations! And, New Year's is a wonderful time to celebrate! I wanted to use something that indicated a the new 2010 year, so I pulled out Stampin' Up's Alphabet Simple Numbers Bigz dies! I've used the letters before, but not the numbers…I love them! Can you see how sparkly the numbers are?

I started with a base of Taken with Teal cardstock. I added a layer of Night & Day Designer Paper (in the Holiday Mini that goes away on January 4th!). I added a Top Note diecut of So Saffron. Then I added some Certainly Celery punched large stars on the Top Note. I wrapped 5/8 Certainly Celery Grosgrain Ribbon around the entire piece and tied a knot. I stamped Happy New Year in Taken with Teal Classic Ink on Whisper White cardstock and punched with my Modern Label Punch. On each end, I added a small Ice Rhinestone Brad.

The numbers I cut with the Big Shot and Simple Numbers Alphabet Set from Taken with Teal cardstock. I applied Versamark ink over them and sprinkled on Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder, then heat set it. SO pretty in real life!

Even my husband commented that my card was really "cool"! Great praise from him! lol!

Again, I wish for you a Happy and Prosperous New Year!

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Elegant Bouquet

December 31, 2009 By Connie | 3 Comments

Here is a Clean and Simple Valentine's Day card for you to try! I think I'll be sending out a few of these myself!

I started with a base card of Melon Mambo Cardstock. I layered on Very Vanilla card stock that I ran thru the Big Shot with the Elegant Bouquet Impressions Folder. I highlighted the center of the flowers with the Melon Mambo Stampin' Write Marker.

I used the NEW Scalloped Heart of Hearts Embosslit Die and cut out the heart from Melon Mambo card stock. I LOVE how it embosses the dots along with cutting out the Scallop heart shape! I added a bow of Mellow Moss Taffeta Ribbon with a couple Mini Glue Dots. Finally, I stamped Happy Valentine's Day from Teeny Tiny Wishes in Melon Mambo Ink.

Like I said, clean and simple…and QUICk!

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I (Heart) Hearts

December 30, 2009 By Connie | Leave a Comment

Well, I normally don't like to give out too many hints about the new mini before it actually is available, but the Occasions Minis and Sale-A-Bration brochures are just now hitting mailboxes! I think they were delayed in the postal system because of the holidays. Hopefully my customers will start seeing their copies arrive in a couple days. I sent one to myself, too, so I'll know when they get them.

This set, I (Heart) Hearts, is one that was immediately on my list to purchase. It has many different sized hearts. Of course, a couple of them match up to the Full Heart and Heart to Heart punches! The little checked heart is one of my very favorites in the set…and the Love one is my second favorite…so I combined the two of them. I also used my third favorite one, the filigree heart at the top in the background…can you see it?

I'm sad that Valentine Greetings is in the set, Grateful Greetings, in the Holiday Edition Mini. So, if you didn't get that set, you only have a few more days to purchase it before it is gone! I love the font they used for this greeting!

OK…now for the details of the card! It is sized 3×6 so it fits in the Open End envelope and can be mailed. I used the base of Rose Red, and layered Pretty in Pink on top. I stamped the Filigree heart in Pretty in Pink on the top half. I added a 1" strip of Rose Red cardstock, then lined up five 1" squares of Whisper White, stamped with the Love heart (well, 4 were stamped). The middle one I stamped the checked heart, punched it with the Heart to Heart punch, then cut out the Love Heart and adhered it over it. Those two hearts are popped up with Stampin' Dimensionals. Finally, I stamped Valentine Greetings with Rose Red under the center hearts.

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