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CCMC757 – Lucky Clover

March 9, 2023 By Connie | Leave a Comment

It’s Thursday and you know that means it is time for a Create with Connie and Mary Thursday Challenge. This week is a fun sketch challenge!

LUCKY CLOVER

Such a fun sketch! This card came together really quickly! And it is the first of three cards I made this week using this set!

Stampin’ Details:

The base is 4-1/4 x 11 Parakeet Party cardstock, scored at 5-1/2 and folded.
A 4 x 5-1/4 layer of Green Garden cardstock was added on top.
The 3-7/8 x 5-1/8 layer of Basic White cardstock has four 1″ strips of In Color DSP added to the front, then added to the base card.
Good Luck was stamped with Parakeet Party Ink on scrap Basic White and cut with the Painted Labels Die, then added to the front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
The four leaf clover from Lucky Clover was stamped with Garden Green Ink and punched with the Lucky Clover Punch (or cut it out!) and added to the front by the label.
Some gold Simply Elegant Trim was tied in a bow and added to the center of the clover with a Mini Glue Dot.
Three gold Pastel Adhesive Backed Sequins were added to the background. (Don’t they almost look like gold coins being scattered in the background?)

These have been my go-to St. Patrick’s Day colors this year…I love the combo! Go check out what the rest of the Challenge Team did with this challenge over on Create with Connie and Mary

Supplies:
Stamps: Lucky Clover
Ink: Parakeet Party, Garden Green
Cardstock: Basic White, Parakeet Party, Garden Green, Parakeet Party In Color DSP
Accessories: Painted Labels Dies, Lucky Clover Punch, Pastel Adhesive Backed Sequins, Simply Elegant Trim, Adhesives

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Saturday Blog Hop – Luck of the Irish

March 14, 2020 By Connie | 1 Comment

Happy Saturday! It’s time for the Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop and our theme this week is Luck of the Irish…any color of green cards! Since we are so close to St. Patrick’s Day, I did my Gnome Leprechaun again!

LEPRECHAUN GNOME

Isn’t he cute? I love the “red” beard on this one. (Check out Thursday’s post if you want to see the other Gnome Leprechaun card I made.)

Stampin’ Details:

The base is 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 Garden Green cardstock, scored at 4-1/4 and folded.
The 4 x 5-1/4 layer of Soft Sea Foam cardstock is embossed with the Basket Weave Embossing Folder and added on top.
A 1 x 4-1/2 strip of Garden Lane Designer Paper was added across the front, then a 3/4 x 3 placed on top of that.
A 1/8 x 4-3/4 strip of Basic Black cardstock added on top.
The scallop rectangle was cut from Whisper White cardstock using the Stitched So Sweeting Dies and added on top.
The gnome hat was punched from Garden Green cardstock with the Tree Builder Punch, the nose is 1/2″ Circle Punch from Petal Pink cardstock, the beard is the leaf shape from Tropical Dies cut from Cajun Craze cardstock. The feet are punched from Basic Black cardstock with the Perennial Flower Punch.
The Basic Black band is a 1/8″ strip punched with the Tree Builder Punch, then added to the hat. The buckle is a 1/4 x 1/4 piece of Gold Glimmer Paper.
He is adhered together and added to the scallop rectangle with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
The greeting from Itty Bitty Greetings was stamped with Garden Green Ink on Whisper White cardstock, then cut with the small label in Stitched So Sweetly Dies, then added to the front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

I’ve had so much fun making these gnomes! Next up on our blog hop is our Create with Connie and Mary website, then on to creative Mary Brown, or head backwards to see Melissa’s fabulous Luck of the Irish card and see what everyone did with this challenge!

CCMC Saturday Blog Hop – Shades of Green

March 10, 2018 By Connie | Leave a Comment

It’s time for a new Saturday Blog Hop! Continuing with our celebrations…this week our Design Team will be featuring Shades of Green (or St. Patrick’s Day!) With no St. Patrick’s Day stamps in the catalogs, except for the greeting in Teeny Tiny Wishes, I had to get creative!

Stampin’ Details:

The base is 5 x 10 Thick Whisper White, scored at 5 and folded.
Four 2×2 panels of green stripe Tutti-Frutti Designer Paper were added on front.
Four Sweet & Sassy Hearts were cut with the Framelits from the Lemon Lime Twist check pattern in Tutti-Frutti DSP, and added to the squares.
Smaller hearts were cut with the framelits from Garden Green cardstock and added to the larger hearts.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day was stamped with Garden Green Ink on a strip of Whisper White and adhered to the panel.
A Gold Faceted Gem was placed in the center where the squares come together.

Don’t you love the shades of green and the easy four leaf clover it made? FUN!

OK…make sure to check out the rest of the Design Team’s creations by continuing on with the blog hop…they will have some wonderful ideas! Next up is our Create with Connie & Mary website and then Mary Brown and her creative design!

Saturday Blog Hop – Going Green

March 11, 2017 By Connie | 3 Comments

It’s Saturday and time for the Create with Connie and Mary Design Team Blog Hop! This week’s theme is Going Green…in honor of St. Patrick’s Day next week. But, the design team could use anything…as long as the predominant colors on the card were green. I don’t send out many St. Patrick’s Day cards, but thought I’d send out some to my grandkids. Of course, when I mailed my Valentine’s Day cards last month all at the SAME time from the SAME place in town, they got them on 3 different days! Crazy! I’d better get these out early!

Here are the details. I used two greens…Emerald Envy and Cucumber Crush for my Irish theme.

The base is 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 Emerald Envy cardstock, scored at 4-1/4 and folded.
A 4 x 5-1/4 layer of Crumb Cake is on top.
A 2 x 4 piece of Affectionately Yours Designer Paper is adhered at the bottom, then a 1/4 x 4 strip of Emerald Envy cardstock placed across the top to hide the seam.
The large bear from Bear Hugs stamp set was stamped with Memento Black Ink on 2-3/4 x 3-1/2 piece of Whisper White cardstock, then watercolored with the Crumb Cake Ink Pad and AquaPainter. The ground was watercolored with Emerald Envy Ink.
It was layered on a 3 x 3-3/4 layer of Crumb Cake cardstock and added to the front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
The hat and bow were stamped with Memento Black on Cucumber Crush, then cut with the Bear Hugs Framelits and added to the bear.
The greeting from Teeny Tiny Wishes was stamped with Memento Black Ink on Emerald Envy cardstock. The banner from Thoughtful Banners was stamped with Emerald Envy Ink around the greeting. It was punched with the Banner Punch. It was added over the bear with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Two stars from the Metallic Enamel Shapes was added to the sides of the banner.

Cute, isn’t it? OK, check out the rest of the Design Team ideas. Up next is the Create with Connie and Mary website to find out more about our March 2017 Mini Session…we just opened it TODAY! It’s not to late to join! Then continue on to Mary’s website, or go back to Melissa’s!

Our mini sessions include the instructions for 14 projects with full step-by-step tutorials:

Each mini session includes TWELVE unique cards featuring three stamp sets, and
Each mini session includes TWO 3D items perfect projects for your club, classes, stamp camps or gifts
All 14 project tutorials are available once the mini session opens so you immediately have all project tutorials right there at your fingertips
All designs and tutorials are EXCLUSIVELY for subscribers and will not be posted anywhere else online.

And, if you subscribe to BOTH March AND April, you will receive a Spring 3D Bonus Project that is also perfect for a your spring classes! So head over to Create with Connie and Mary and subscribe!

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