Warmest of Wishes

CCM – Trio of Treats Tote!

September 16, 2011 By Connie | 143 Comments

BLOG CANDY ALERT!!!

EARLY BIRD PRICE ENDS SATURDAY!!!

Yeah! It is FINALLY my turn to share my Preview Session FREE TUTORIAL Project for Create with Connie and Mary! We've had a fabulous two weeks of sample FREE TUTORIALS from each member of our Design Team. We've introduced all of our Special Guest Designers…except ONE…she will be announced tomorrow!

Speaking of tomorrow (Saturday), it is the LAST DAY to take advantage of EARLY BIRD SAVINGS…$5 off the regular $34.95 US price for 6 weeks of the subscription! You pay only $29.95 US for over 36 step-by-step Photo Tutorials! That's less than $1 per tutorial, featuring products from the Holiday Mini! But…most of the ideas could easily be adapted with other stamp sets and papers! These projects are EXCLUSIVE to Create with Connie and Mary! You will not see them previewed ANYWHERE before or after the subscription…they will only be viewed by our subscribers!

So…here is my fun project! I call it a Trio of Treats Tote! I dressed mine up for the Christmas holidays, but it would be fun for Halloween, Thanksgiving or even as a hostess gift with any of our designer papers! Isn't it cute? I love to give little treats to family and friends at the holidays.

The front I decorated with a pleated lolly cut in half to surround the Decorative Label Punch. A medallion from the Merry Medley On Board was traced onto Wild Wasabi cardstock, cut out and embossed with the Snow Burst Impressions Folder. A couple Designer Buttons tied with Linen Thread on the sides…and that GORGEOUS Quilted Early Espresso Ribbon has SO much shimmer to it. But…look what's inside! Unwrap the ribbon and the front folds down!

Can you tell what the containers are? Yes! I recycled three of the empty brad/button containers to hold candy treats! I made a little pocket inside to hold the three containers from sliding out…and decorated the tops of each one! Now, I wish they were actually Christmas candy…fun to do a trio of different kinds…but it is a little early for Christmas type candy to be out on the shelves! I used Starlight Mints! This really is a FUN and EASY project! Go check out my STEP BY STEP TUTORIAL over on Create with Connie and Mary…and sign up for the Holiday Edition of Create with Connie and Mary! You will be SO glad you did! Password information will be sent out on Saturday!

Oh! Don't forget! I have BLOG CANDY today…leave a comment for me on THIS BLOG POST and you will be entered into a drawing to win a FREE subscription to the Holiday Edition 2011 of Create with Connie and Mary. Don't worry, if you have already joined, we can refund your $ or apply it towards the next session of Create with Connie and Mary!

Hope you enjoyed my PREVIEW PROJECT!

Warmest of Wishes again!

September 9, 2011 By Connie | 8 Comments

Check out our PREVIEW SESSION over on Create with Connie and Mary! Another member of our Design Team, Artisan Award Winner Elizabeth Price, is showing off a FREE PROJECT AND TUTORIAL for you! We are giving you a TASTE of what our subscription service is all about! PLUS, we are offering BLOG CANDY…free subscriptions to Create with Connie and Mary Holiday Edition. Now…wouldn't you want to win one of those? But…you need to check in TODAY over on Create with Connie and Mary to see who is offering it! You never know WHAT may be announced! We have SIX Guest Designers on board…and will be showing them off, too! So, here is a little PIECE picture of Elizabeth's awesome project today! But…really…go check it out at Create with Connie and Mary and get her FREE TUTORIAL!

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I'm on a Warmest of Wishes kick, especially since we are featuring it during our Preview Session over on Create with Connie and Mary! So, when I was working on yesterday's Create with Connie and Mary Sketch Challenge a few days ago, I made up a second card to show off that it can be used for something OTHER than holidays! This is for the Birthday card challenge over on The Paper Players this week! I'm late getting my challenge card posted…had too many other things posting this week already! lol!

I thought doing just a wreath in various shades of green would be pretty! I used Lucky Limeade, Old Olive and Certainly Celery. I also used the awesome hostess only designer paper, Cheerful Treat! I love this stripe pattern!

The base of the card is Lucky Limeade and I ran it thru the Big Shot with the Perfect Polka Dots Impressions Folder. Then I used two of the Cheerful Treat patterns and layered them on Crushed Concord. I added the Elegant Eggplant Dotted Ribbon (turned on the solid side) across to hide the seam. I also added two loops of it against the side. The wreath was colored with the markers mentioned above and punched with the 2 3/8 Scallop Circle Punch. I added a 1 3/8" circle of Silver Glimmer Paper under the 1 1/4" circle of Melon Mambo. Inside I stamped "Happy Birthday Wishes" from Petite Pairs. I also added a couple Rhinestone Jewels for some extra bling.

You really can't appreciate how much that little touch of Silver Glimmer Paper makes the whole thing POP! Well, lots of things to do today! Finishing up a REALLY cool project for Create Holiday Edition…and need to work on a few more challenges! Have a great weekend!

CCMC166 – Warmest of Wishes

September 8, 2011 By Connie | 7 Comments

Wow, we have started the Preview Session of Create with Connie and Mary Holiday Edition 2011 where we are sharing FREE tutorials from all of our Design Team members over the next two weeks! And…we are also announcing who our six Special Guest Designers will be! Today we have another FABULOUS Guest Designer joining us! But…again…you'll have to go to Create with Connie and Mary to see who it is! We KNOW you will love her!

And, it is time for Create with Connie and Mary's Thursday Challenge! We have a fun sketch for you to try…pretty easy, so no excuses for not getting your supplies out and playing along! We love to see your work! Make sure to check out the rest of the Challenge Team's creations, too, over on Create with Connie and Mary!

I actually liked this sketch so much that I made TWO cards…but I'm only showing one today. You'll have to check back tomorrow to see the next one! Hey…need to give you a reason to come back, right? Anyway…here is today's card!

Anyone that knows me, knows that I LOVE Halloween sets! I buy more every year! I think it is the bright and fun colors that I enjoy! Speaking of that…what do you think of my NEW BLOG LOOK? I love my new fall color scheme…Michelle Laycock is a wonder! Anyway…back to my card. The Halloween Frights Paper is SO much fun, I love the bold colors of Cajun Craze, Lucky Limeade, Cherry Cobbler and Basic Gray!

I started by stamping the owl from Stampin' Up!'s Warmest of Wishes with Basic Black on Cajun Craze and then punched it out with the Owl Punch. I added White eyeballs with black pupils peaking thru the mask. I also used Pumpkin Pie for his beak. I adhered it to Whisper White cardstock with Stampin' Dimensionals and stamped Happy Halloween from Stampin' Up!'s Delightful Dozen stamp set in Basic Black above it, then stamped it again on scrap Whisper White with Pumpkin Pie Ink and cut out the pumpkin to layer over the black one. That is then layered on Cajun Craze.

The base of the card is Lucky Limeade and I layered on the Cajun Craze polka dot pattern from Halloween Frights DSP. On top of that I added two more of the patterns from the same DSP, layered it on Lucky Limeade, and hid the seam with the Dotted Ribbon Punch and Cajun Craze. You'll notice that I flipped the sketch…that was because the cute little spider is actually printed ON the DSP and I wanted to showcase him with a Black Brad for his body!

Finally, I added a tab of Basic Black 1 1/4 Striped Ribbon to the right side as the sketch required. Again, make sure to check out the rest of the Challenge Team's ideas over on Create with Connie and Mary! Great variety!

CCMC 164 – Warmest of Wishes

August 28, 2011 By Connie | Leave a Comment

I wanted to use Stampin' Up!'s hostess only stamp set, Warmest of Wishes. That little Halloween Owl is just TOO cute! When we received this set for FREE at Convention, I was just TOO excited! So, I'm a LITTLE early using it…it is in the Holiday Mini that you'll be able to get next week with your hostess dollars! I was looking for a sketch and the latest Create with Connie and Mary CCMC 164 was sitting on top of my desk. Why not use it again? No rules that I can only use it one time, right? I adapted it just a little for my set. So, here is my SECOND card using the sketch!

I also had this strip of Pick Your Poison Designer Paper (Holiday Mini) sitting out from another project, so I took my colors from it. I started with a base of Pumpkin Pie. I layered on Basic Gray cardstock. I stamped the Halloween Owl in Basic Black in the bottom right corner of the Sahara Sand. I stamped him again on Pumpkin Pie, cut out the bag and his mask and placed it over the Basic Black. The beak I colored with Daffodil Delight Marker. I also "grounded" him by using a little Sahara Sand marker under his feet. Don't like to have my critters "floating" in the air! lol!

I decided to dress up the left side with ribbon and the Basic Black Taffeta was just muted enough to go with the Basic Grays in the Designer Paper. I added two Black Glimmer Brads by piercing thru the cardstock and then placed the brad around the ribbon to sort of gather it.

I stamped the words Happy Halloween from Stampin' Up!'s Delightful Dozen stamp set in Basic Black on Pumpkin Pie, then punched with the Modern Label punch and placed it above the owl. I like how this card turned out! Enjoy!

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