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CCMC Saturday Blog Hop – All That Glitters

December 17, 2016 By Connie | 1 Comment

Woohoo, it’s time for the Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop! This week’s theme is All That Glitters! I went with a pretty CAS design on mine with “parts” that I had on my desk! Love when I can use those up! It gave me a challenge, too, because they were pieces that I normally wouldn’t have associated together.

Here are the details:

The base is 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 Thick Whisper White cardstock, scored at 5-1/2 and folded.
The bottom of the 4 x 5-1/4 Sweet Sugarplum cardstock layer is stamped with the greeting from Star of Light in Memento Black Ink.
The Large Layering Oval was cut from Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper and added to the front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
The Flower Medallion was punched from Silver Glimmer Paper.
The large star from Starlight Thinlet Dies was cut from Sweet Sugarplum cardstock, then layered on the outline Thinlet cut from Metallic Silver Cardstock. Those were glued to the Flower Medallion Punch with Tombow Multipurpose Glue. (Doesn’t that look COOL behind the star????)
In the center is the smallest star Thinlet cut from Silver Glimmer Paper and added with a Mini Glue Dot.

It is SO hard to see how much this glitters and the Silver Metallic reflects the light! Hope you enjoy it!

Make sure to check out the rest of the Design Team to see what they did with the All That Glitters Blog Hop Challenge this week!

Next up is the Create with Connie and Mary website so you can find out more about our December Mini Session that just opened! Our tutorials are featuring products from the Occasions and Sale-A-Brations catalogs!

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CCMC425 Star of Light

September 22, 2016 By Connie | 7 Comments

I loved the sketch this week for the Create with Connie and Mary Thursday Challenge! Wait until you see all the different looks our Challenge Team did this week with it! Wow!!! LOVED them all! I had originally thought to use my Cookie Cutter Halloween…good thing I changed my mind! It would have been VERY similar to Mary’s card this week! We do that SO often!

And here is my card. I love the Silver, White and Soft Sky combination! SOOOO pretty in real life!

Here are the details:

The base is 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 Soft Sky cardstock, folded in half.
On top is a 4 x 5-1/4 layer of Whisper White.
One panel of 3-1/4 x 4-1/2 Soft Sky and one panel of 3-1/4 x 4-1/2 Fabulous Foil Designer Acetate in the silver finish were added on top…love that one side is gold and one side is silver!
The background star from Starlight Thinlets was cut from Whisper White and the filigree star from Silver Metallic cardstock and were adhered together and placed on the front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
A large rhinestone jewel is in the center of the star.
Merry Christmas from Star of Light stamp set was stamped with Memento Black Ink on a 1/2″ scrap of Whisper White and cut with a flag end, then tucked under the star.
Three stars from the Metallic Shapes were added to the front for some extra bling!

OK…are you ready to check out what the rest of the Challenge Team did this week? See them over on Create with Connie and Mary! Then grab your stamps and play along! We’d love to see what you do!

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Star of Light quilt

August 10, 2016 By Connie | 3 Comments

Mary and I have been working on Star of Light Christmas Cards as a holiday special for our August Mini Session subscribers! But, while playing with the set, I noticed that this image looks like the pattern on a hand-made quilt that my husband’s grandmother made us for a wedding gift and wondered if it would work! I think it did! What do you think? Look like a quilt?

I went with Daffodil Delight and Smoky Slate for my quilt pattern. I love those colors for a bedroom…so fresh and clean looking! Here are the details:

The base is 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 Daffodil Delight, folded in half.
Across the front is a 1-1/2 x 5-1/2 strip of Neutrals Designer Paper Pack in the Smoky Slate color.
A 1/4 x 5-1/2 strip of Gold Glimmer paper adds a little shimmer…I thought the Silver Glimmer looked lost on it.
On the 3-1/2 x 3-3/4 rectangle of Whisper White, the star image was stamped with Daffodil Delight and Smoky Slate Inks. TIP: Measure and put a pencil mark at the half way point on each side, then line up the tips of the stars with them and each other.
Layer onto a 3-5/8 x 3-7/8 piece of Smoky Slate cardstock. Add to the front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Add the Shine greeting from Star of Light stamp set with Memento Black Ink.

Isn’t that fun? I love when I can use a stamp set for a purpose other than the intended use. Now I can use this set for any occasion throughout the year!

Are you ready? Have you subscribed yet? We’re getting ready to start TOMORROW, August 11th! The Create with Connie and Mary August 2016 MINI SESSION is only $8.95 US and we’re using products and stamp sets from the Annual Catalog…aren’t you loving the new stuff?

Plus…as a HOLIDAY SPECIAL, get a set of 4 Christmas card ideas using Star of Light from the new Holiday Catalog to get a start on your Christmas card ideas!

* 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!

Get the details and sign up over at Create with Connie and Mary!