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Flower Shop Window Box FREE TUTORIAL

June 22, 2013 By Connie | 70 Comments

Woohoo!!!!! It's finally my turn to share my PREVIEW PROJECT for the Create with Connie and Mary Summer Collection 2013 Edition! On Create with Connie and Mary, I have a FREE TUTORIAL for everyone on how to make this fun Flower Shop Window Box! I'm also offering BLOG CANDY on MY blog today…a drawing for a free subscription to Create with Connie and Mary Summer Collection…just by leaving a comment here today. If you are a winner and have already subscribed, we'll apply your win to the Fall Collection. Winners will be announced tomorrow.

But, today is the LAST DAY for the Early Bird Price on our Summer Collection subscription! We start tomorrow. So make sure you sign up to see all the great projects at $19.95 US…a $5 savings off the regular $24.95 US price! For over 24 projects posted daily for 4 weeks, you can't go wrong…that is way less than $1 each!

I can't tell you how excited I was to see this project come to life, even better than I had pictured in my head! In fact, I liked it SO well that I decided to move it from one of the projects for subscribers only…to my Preview Project so EVERYONE can see it! But, I promise…the Summer Collection is FULL of projects that you will love, that are great for gifts or class projects! I can just see giving this as a get well token, a little birthday gift for someone special, or a welcome to the neighborhood gift! All kinds of uses!

Can you tell what I used under the Natural Composition DSP picket fence? If you said one of our Tag a Bag Gift Boxes, you guessed right!

So as a reminder…

leave a comment on my blog TODAY (Saturday, June 22 ) with your name to be entered into the drawing for a FREE subscription to Create with Connie and Mary Summer Collection
head over to Create with Connie and Mary and download the FREE step-by-step PHOTO tutorial on how to make this fun project
sign up to be a subscriber for the Create with Connie and Mary Summer Collection and from June 23 through July 20 you will see an EXCLUSIVE project each day (except Saturdays) each with a FULL DOWNLOADABLE tutorial! On Saturdays we offer a card challenge for everyone to play along!
TODAY is the LAST day for the Early Bird price of only $19.95…that’s $5 off the regular subscription price of $24.95 US…DON’T WAIT!

We are so excited to get started!

CCMC-HOL3 – Snowman Soup Favor

September 22, 2012 By Connie |

Today’ on Create with Connie and Mary Holiday Edition, we have a challenge for our subscribers to create a favor…any 3D type of project they would use at a party, or give to a friend…just a little something small!

I came up with a way to use the stash of test tubes that I have in my storage area! I filled one with Cocoa powder, one with crushed peppermints, and two with small marshmallows…because I like LOTS of marshmallows in my hot cocoa! Wouldn’t this be fun as a little treat for someone? Or to tuck in a stocking?

Of course, I had to jazz it up with some type of stamping on it!

I adhered the test tubes together with mini glue dots.
I wrapped a strip of Snow Festival Designer Paper around the tubes to hold in place.
I wrapped the Gumball Green Sweater Trim around and tied a tag on front.
For the tag, I cut two of the Window Frames Collection Framelits from Cherry Cobbler and Gumball Green.
I paper pierced around the smaller one with the Festive template.
I inked up the cocoa cup from Scentsational Seasons with Baja Breeze and Chocolate Chip for the liquid, then cut it and the steam with the Holiday Collection framelits.
Finally, I added little bling with a Rhinestone Jewel in the center of the snowflake design. It’s popped up on the front of the Frames with Stampin’ Dimensionals!

Here’s the back side:

Isn’t it fun???? I love how it turned out! Come on…you know you have a stash of those test tubes in your storage area…get them out and make one for yourself or a friend!

And, make sure to check what the rest of the Create with Connie and Mary Design Team did with the favor challenge! I know you’ll love them! We are just finishing up Week 3 where we featured all the Designer Kits in the Holiday Mini. Next week we are featuring several of the Christmas stamp sets in the Holiday Mini…you won’t want to miss it. For $29.95 US, you get over 30 step-by-step PHOTO tutorials…that’s less than $1 each! So…join us today!

Great Big Gobs…

October 7, 2008 By Connie | 2 Comments

Anyone remember that kid’s song that started Great Big Gobs…lol! That is what I think of when I see these eyeballs! This was another project that I sold at the recent craft fair. I forgot to take a picture of all the completed ones…they were quite a site! I only had two left, so I’m sure those will sell at the next craft fair.

I used the retired halloween designer paper from last year and Batty for You. The plastic tubes were leftover from the Bath Oil beads that I used in the apothecary jars. I’m glad I kept them! The wrapped eyeball candy I found at the dollar store, they are chocolate crisps candy. I knew I wanted to wrap a belly band around the center of the tube with Batty for You, but I was searching for a way to place something like an eyeball on top.

I originally found some white bath fizz balls at Michael’s and altered one with red eyeball veins and a paper iris, but was afraid that kids would try to eat it, thinking it was candy, too. Then, I found these Gummi Eyeballs at Walmart. Aren’t they a riot? They were already packaged in their individual containers. I just trimmed down the packaging a little and added a pop dot to secure it to the top of the plastic tube. (The plastic tube I closed and secured with a bit of Crystal Effects around the lid.)

I LOVED how these turned out! They were quick and easy to make. The kids that came by thought they were great!