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Stamping 411 – Paisley Prints

September 3, 2010 By Connie | 7 Comments

Paisley Prints was one of the sets I received for free for attending Convention. At first I wondered about it, but since I've starting using it, I find I really do like it a lot! I have some ideas for using it, not as it is really intended! Isn't that what is great about stamping? Today Selene has a fun sketch for us! I did take some liberties with the sketch to change it up a little. My card came together pretty quickly! Make sure to check out the rest of the Stamping 411 Operators to see what they did this week!

And here is my submission:

I started with the large panel and stamped the Paisley Prints leaves with Cajun Craze, Early Espresso, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive and Poppy Parade inks…then I stamped off using Sahara Sand to fill in the empty spaces. I used my Color Spritzer and Old Olive and Sahara Sand markers to add the speckles. I cut up the panel into thirds and layered it on Early Espresso cardstock. I added a panel of Old Olive behind it and wrapped the Old Olive Grosgrain Ribbon around to the back. I did a little treatment with the ribbon by gathering it in only the one area and adhering with adhesive. I layered everything on the base card of Cajun Craze.

I stamped the Paisley Prints pumpkin with Cajun Craze on Pumpkin Pie cardstock and cut it out. I colored the stem Early Espresso, then used a tiny sliver of Old Olive to make the curly vine. I layered the pumpkin on a 1 3/4 punched circle of Early Espresso. Finally, I added a Very Vanilla flower designer button that I tied with the 1/8" Taffeta Early Espresso ribbon (LOVE that 1/8 taffeta!) and tucked in a little punched jewelry tag behind the button. The Thanks so much is from Tiny Tags stamp set.

I hope you play along with the sketch this week and upload your creation over on Stamping 411! We love to see what you do!

Happy Moments

March 10, 2010 By Connie | 1 Comment

Pam Downs made a square card for the Control Freaks swap that I loved. I wanted to recreate it into a regular sized card. I used many of the same elements, but reduced them in size. I also added the Tiny Tags embellishment.

The base of the card is made from Melon Mambo cardstock. I layered on Old Olive and pierced around the top edges. I added the stripe and hearts from Welcome Home Designer Paper to the bottom. I wrapped the Melon Mambo Polka Dot Ribbon around the top of the Designer Paper to hide the seam there.

For the focal piece, I used my Scallop Trim Border Punch on a piece of Melon Mambo cardstock. In the center I added a piece of Pretty in Pink cardstock. I stamped on one of the Kisses Love Notes with Basic Brown ink and the floral image from Stampin' Up!'s Happy Thoughts stamp set. Then I stamped again on a scrap piece of Whisper White, cut out the buds and adhered them to the top of the flowers with Stampin' Dimensionals. I watercolored them with my Old Olive, Melon Mambo and Pretty in Pink Stampin' Write Markers and the AquaPainter.

Finally, I stamped 4 You from Tiny Tags stamp set in Chocolate Chip on Whisper White, punched it with my Jewelry Tag punch and overstamped with the floral pattern in Tiny Tags with Pretty in Pink. I pierced a hole and thread thru the Linen Thread and tied it to one of the scallops from the Border Trim.

I made up several of these for birthday cards over the next few weeks! Enjoy!

Create with Connie and Julie Challenge

February 13, 2010 By Connie | 4 Comments

Every Saturday on the Create with Connie & Julie site we issue a challenge. Our subscribers are encouraged to enter the challenge to win fabulous prizes! Last week's challenge winners were Lisa Martz and Robin Gregor with Cynthia Stevenson having an honorable mention! Congratulations, ladies!

For this week's challenge, I created another sketch for all of us to use. This week's Occasions Mini theme included Happy Thoughts, Tote-ally Tess and Tiny Tags as our focus. For my card, I flipped the sketch to be horizontal.

I decided to make one of the rosette flowers out of Designer Paper. They are very easy to do! First, I cut a circle from Sticky Pages about 1 1/4 inch in diameter. You really don't want to use your punches because the tape will gum up your punch. I took a 1" X 12" strip of Sending Love Designer Paper, punched with the Eyelet Border Punch along the edge and ran it thru the Crimper three times to soften it. I took off one side of the Sticky Page liner and started gathering the strip into a circle around the edge of the tape, then moving towards the center until my paper was at the end. Pretty easy!

The center I added one of the felt buttons from Sweet Pea Stitched Felt with a Pop-up Glue Dot. For the card, I started with a base card of Pretty in Pink, then layered on the chocolate dotted mini flower print from Sending Love Designer Paper. I wrapped the Chocolate Chip Striped Ribbon around to the back and secured. I added two strips of Very Vanilla cardstock as required by the sketch, then removed the back of the Sticky Page and placed the paper flower. I added the felt leaves from Sweet Pea Stitched Felt. I used my Stampin' Write Markers in Chocolate Chip and Rose Red to ink up the Hello from Tiny Tags Stamp Set, stamped it on Very Vanilla and then punched with the Medium Jewelry Tag punch.

Supplies:

Stamps: Tiny Tags (w118091, c118592)

Inks: Stampin' Write Chocolate Chip (,100071) Stampin' Write Rose Red (100063)

Cardstock: Pretty in Pink (100459), Very Vanilla (101650)

Accessories: Sending Love Designer Paper (117153), Medium Jewelry Tag punch (117190), Eyelet Border Punch (113692), Sweet Pea Stitched Felt (117266), 1 1/4 Chocolate Chip Striped Ribbon (115617), Pop-up Glue Dots (104183), Sticky Pages (114300), Crimper (101618)

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