Monthly Archives: March 2015

Painted Petals

Posted on March 31, 2015 | 5 comments

It’s Day 3 of Preview Week for Create with Connie and Mary Card “Create”tions Celebrations. So another of our FABULOUS designers has a card to share with you and is offering BLOG CANDY! Who is it? Head on over to Create with Connie and Mary to find out! Oh…and while you are there…don’t miss out…subscribe today!

Do you LOVE this set? I know I do! I got it in photopolymer and just LOVE how easy it i to line things up when up stamp. But I do have to tell you, I was a tad bit perplexed when I saw ALL THE INDIVIDUAL PIECES that you get when you get the photopolymer version of the this set. But I figured out an easy way to get things perfect. Here’s what I do…

Start by leaving the pieces positioned on the sheet.

Put your block on top and the pieces are positioned just they way the are supposed to be.

Stamp this first step on your paper

Now lay the flower stamps where they belong (stamping side down)

Finally….add the blog to the back of the flowers and you are good to go.

I’ve shown this at a couple workshops and everyone can see just how easy it is to get everything lined up just the way it need to be.

And now for my card…here’s the details –

Blushing Bride – 4 1/4 x 11 folded
Best Year Ever dsp print – 4 1/4 4 1/4, add to card front
Pistachio Pudding – 4 1/4 x 1 1/2, run though Spring Flowers Embossing Folder and add to card front.
Smoky Slate – 5/8 x 4 1/4, add to card front.
Whisper White – 3 7/8 x 2 5/8, stamp leaves in Pistachio Pudding, Flowers in Blushing Bride and greeting Smoky Slate.
Use Silver Glimmer pen to centers of flowers.
Smoky Slate – 3 7/8 x 1/2 – add behind top of panel and add panel to card front using dimensionals.
Add Basic Silver Button.
Tie piece of Pistachio Pudding Twine into bow, add to button to finish off.

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Set(s):	Painted Petals
Paper:	Whisper White, Blushing Bride, Pistachio Pudding, Smoky Slate, Best Year Ever dsp
Ink:	Pistachio Pudding, Blushing Bride, Smoky Slate
Other:	Basic Silver Button, Pistachio Pudding Twine, Spring Flower Embossing Folder, Silver Glimmer Pen, Dimensionals

Until next time…HAPPY STAMPIN’!

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Tagged Painted Petals

Preview Week & Blog Candy

Posted on March 30, 2015 | 54 comments

WOOO HOOO!!!! Preview week has begun for Create with Connie and Mary Card “Create”tions Celebrations! Three week of card sets from our fabulous design team! But before we get started, we have a preview week to let you see what we are all about.

So I’m kicking things off with a card set using Tap, Tap, Tap!

When the new catalog came out last year, I just HAD to have this set! Guess what? This is the FIRST time I’ve used it! EEK!!! I bet NONE of you do that!

My all time favorite dsp is the Flashback dsp. I just LOVE it! The colors are so cool and so are the designs. So I decided it would be PERFECT paired up with the Tap, Tap, Tap set.

Here’s an individual picture of one of the cards…

Well…since this is preview week that means two things…you can get a FREE tutorial on how to make these cards by visiting the Create with Connie and Mary site and then leave me a comment to be entered into my Blog Candy – FREE subscription to Create with Connie and Mary Card “Create”tions Celebrations!

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Until next time…HAPPY STAMPING!

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Thinking of You

Posted on March 29, 2015 | 1 comment

WOO HOO!!! Preview week has begun for Create with Connie and Mary Card “Create”tion Celebrations! And one of our AMAZING designers has a card to share and is giving away BLOG CANDY!! Who is it you ask? Well…head over to the Create with Connie and Mary site to see who it is! Then head over to her blog and leave a comment to be entered into her blog candy give away!

Here’s the details –

Whisper White – 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 folded, round bottom right corner
Irresistibly Yours dsp (flower print) – 2 x 4 1/2. Sponge Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Real Red. Wipe access off flowers. Round bottom right corner.
Whisper White – 5 x 3 3/4, round bottom right corner. Add sponged panel. Stamp greeting using Memento Black under sponged panel. Add to card front using dimensionals.
Punch out 5 Basic Black flowers using the Itty Bitty Accent punch. Add to card front. Add Basic Rhinestones to the center of each flower.

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Set(s):	Sheltering Tree
Paper:	Whisper White, Basic Black, Irresistibly Yours dsp
Ink:	Memento Black, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Real Red
Other:	Project Life Corner Rounder, Basic Rhinestones, Dimensionals

Until next time…HAPPY STAMPIN’!

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Tagged Sheltering Tree

For Being You

Posted on March 28, 2015 | 1 comment

Welcome everyone to the Create with Connie and Mary Design Team Blog Hop! As a reminder for the month of March, we are focusing on Sale-a-bration and the great products offered. This week each team member had the choice of one of these 3 ‘sale-a-bration’ sets –

Big Day, For Being you or Nature’s Perfection

If you are going forward in the hop you arrived here from our Create with Connie and Mary blog…we wanted to make sure you know that registration is open for the Create with Connie and Mary Card “Create”tions Celebrations.

For my card this time I decided to use the fun SAB set “For Being You”. I had this idea to put the one words on top of the other instead of coloring in the work THANKS. I do have to say…this is also card I used as a make and take for a recent workshop.

Here’s the detail –

Bermuda Bay – 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 folded
Gold Foil – 1/2 x 5 1/2 – dd to bottom front of card (it’s a little difficult to see in the picture but it’s there)
Bermuda Bay diagonal striped paper (Birthday Bash Specialty dsp) – add to card front
Calypso Coral SAB ribbon – add along top of dsp
Whisper White – 5 1/4 x 1 1/2. Stamp THANKS using Calypso Coral, then stamp for all you do using Night of Navy.
Use Note Tag punch to punch top and bottom of piece.
Add piece of folded Gold Satin Ribbon to top using handheld punch. Tie piece of White Baker’s Twine in the Calypso Coral button and add to tag using glue dots. Add to card front using dimensionals.
Add some gold sequins using glue.

Set(s):	For All Your Do (SAB)
Paper:	Whisper White, Bermuda Bay, Gold Foil, Birthday Bash Specialty dsp
Ink:	Calypso Coral, Night of Navy
Other:	Note Tag Punch, Gold Satin Ribbon, Best Year Ever Accessory Pack, White Baker’s Twine, Gold Sequin Trim, Handheld Stapler, Dimensionals

Now it’s time to head over to Melissa Davis Rubberfunatics Blog. She has such GREAT ideas!

Until next time…HAPPY STAMPIN’!

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And Many More

Posted on March 26, 2015 | 6 comments

Wow…can you believe it? It’s already the last Thursday in March! Hopefully sprint is really on it’s way now. I know that I am soooo sick of all the the cold, snow and ice (okay…I’ll admit it, winter is NOT my favorite season!)

Well…since it is Thursday it is time for another challenge over at Create with Connie and Mary. We have a unique color challenge for you…Sahara Sand, Soft Sky and Rose Red. I will admit…this one was a CHALLENGE!!! But I do like the card I ended up with.

Here’s the details –

Sahara Sand – 4 1/4 x 8 1/2 folded
Something Borrowed dsp – 3 3/8 x 3 3/8, layer onto Whisper White 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 and add to card front.
Soft Sky and Soft Sky dsp banners – 1 1/4 x 3 1/2. Stamp plain one with greeting using Rose Red. Sponge around edges using Soft Sky. Layer, add to card front, trim edge.
Bottom flower – Rose Red using Bouquet Die, Rose Red dotted (Painted Blossom dsp) Pansy punch – they layers soooo wonderfully! Add to card front.
Add large Silver Basic Metal Button to center of flower, tie bow using Painted Blooms Cotton Twine, add to center of button.
Punch Rose Red mini flowers using Itty Bitty Accents punch. Add to card front. Add Basic Rhinestone to center of each and on card front to finish it off.

And don’t forget to head over to Create with Connie and Mary to check out what the design team did with this delightful challenge!

Set(s):	And Many More
Paper:	Soft Sky, Rose Red, Sahara Sand, Something Borrowed dsp, Painted Blooms dsp, Subtles dsp Paper Pack
Ink:	Rose Red, Soft Sky
Other:	Basic Metal Buttons, Bouquet Bigz L Die, Pansy Punch, Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack, Painted Blooms Cotton Twine,, Basic Rhinestones

Until next time…HAPPY STAMPIN’!

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Balloon Bash

Posted on March 24, 2015 | 1 comment

It’s time for another SUO challenge and our theme this time is Fun Folds. Hmmm…what to do what to do? I was a little stumped by this one but then had some fun playing around with multiple folds within the card with cutouts through the top so you can see through all the layers. Yep…that worked for me! I thought you’d like to see how this opens up so here’s some extra photos…

Here’s the first (left side) flap opened.

Here’s the second (right side) flap opened.

And finally – here it is with the inside flap opened.

Here’s some details –

Night of Navy – 4 1/8 x 8 1/2 folded (yes…that is 4 1/8 NOT 4 1/4).
Calypso Dotted and special confetti dsp 4 1/4 x 8 1/2 folded then cut the ends using Oval framelit.
Layer the confetti print to the INSIDE back of the Night of Navy piece
Layer the Calypso Coral dotted printed to the BACK of the Night of Navy piece.
Fold Night of Navy piece down then the right flap then the left one.
Punch out a 1 3/4″ Scallop Circle punch and add it to the left (dotted) flap – positioning it where you want – punch out.
Use Circle Framelit for side INSIDE the 1 3/4″ Scallop circle and cut out one for a pattern. With the left flap folded down, place the circle cut out piece, then add framelit on top (FLAP OPEN!!!) and run through Big Shot to cut out.
Now decorate however yous want. I did Balloon Bash and just had a lot of fun layer things for how they shown through the openings.

Don’t forget to check out what the rest of the design team to see which one they picked!

Set(s):	Balloon Bash
Paper:	Whisper White, Night of Navy, Birthday Bash dsp
Ink:	Night of Navy, Bermuda Bay, Calypso Coral, Versamark
Other:	1 3/4″ Scallop Circle Punch, Circle Framelits, Oval Framelits, Gold Embossing Powder, Basic Hodgepodge Clips, Dimensionals

Until next time…HAPPY STAMPIN’!

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Simply Wonderful

Posted on March 23, 2015 | 1 comment

One of my very favorite things from the new catalog was the Moonlight dsp paper stack. I love the colors and the designs of the paper. When I was looking at the sketch Mary Jo gave us for the Technostamper Monday Lunchtime Sketch challenge this week, I decided it was time to pull out that paper and use that for my inspiration!

Yes…it’s the butterfly again. I do love these butterflies…they are just sooo pretty and REALLY pretty in Blackberry Bliss.

Here’s the details –

Sahara Sand – 4 1/4 x 11 folded
Dotted print (Moonlight dsp paper stack) – 4 1/4 x 5 1/2, add to card front.
Whisper White – 5/8 x 3. Stamp greeting using Sahara Sand, cut into a panel, add to card front.
Hello Honey grid print (Moonlight dsp paper stack) – 1 1/4 x 5 1/2 add Sahara Sand Scallop Edge (sponge edges with Sahara Sand) added to right side, Blackberry bliss – 3/4 x 5 1/2 added to the left side.
Cut medium butterfly out of Blackberry Bliss, add to card front.
Tie Whisper White Baker’s Twine into smallest silver Basic Metal Button and add to butterfly using dimensionals.

Okay…I took a little ‘artistic license’ with this one too! I hope you can join the fun! Don’t forget to check out the other members of the team and remember go to the Technostamper blog to play along!

Mary Jo Price-Williams – Technostamper
Sue Root – Stampin’ with Sue
Nicole Tegrul – Be Creative with Nicole
Robbie Rubula – Inked X2
Eileen LeFevre – Eileen’s “Stampin’ Fever” Blog
Tanya Bell – Stamping T!
Carolyn Bennett – Carolyn’s Paper Fantasies
Jonia Smith – Stampin For Me

Set(s):	Simply Wonderful (SAB)
Paper:	Whisper White, Sahara Sand, Blackberry Bliss, Moonlight dsp Paper Stack
Ink:	Sahara Sand
Other:	Scallop Edge Punch, Butterfly Framelits, Silver Basic Metal Buttons, Whisper White Baker’s Twine, Dimensionals

Until next time…HAPPY STAMPIN’!

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Painted Petals

Posted on March 22, 2015 | 2 comments

Here’s a quick and easy CAS card for you this evening!

I noticed that the CAS challenge on SCS was to use ‘bulb’ flowers on your card. Well…I was looking through my Painted Petals set and noticed this sweet little ‘tulip’ image and thought how cute they would look sticking out of a pocket! Super sweet and simple!

Here’s the details –

Whisper White – 4 1/4 x 8 1/2 folded
Whisper White – 3 1/2 x 3 1/2. Stamp stem image twice (second stamped off) using Pistachio Pudding. Stamp tulips twice (second stamped off) using Crisp Cantaloupe.
Punch ‘pocket’ using the hexagon punch from the In-color DSP paper stack. Add using dimensionals.
Stamp greeting using Pistachio Pudding.
Add layer to card front using dimensionals.
Tie bow from Whisper White Baker’s Twine. Add to pocket.
Add Basic Rhinestone to finish off.

I just love CAS cards!!!

Set(s):	Painted Petals, And Many More
Paper:	Whisper White, In-color DSP Paper Stack
Ink:	Crisp Cantaloupe, Pistachio Pudding
Other:	Hexagon Punch, Whisper White Baker’s Twine, Basic Rhinestones, Dimensionals

Until next time…HAPPY STAMPIN’!

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Sheltering Tree

Posted on March 21, 2015 | Leave a comment

Okay….REALLY quick card for you! I saw this inspiration piece on the One KIngs Lane site and decided it would be PERFECT for a quick and easy card!

I just loved the colors of this pillow and thought that using the colors with the Bouquet Bigz Die would be quick and easy!

Here’s the details…

Sahara Sand – 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 folded
Sahara Sand – 3 1/4 x 4 1/2. Stamp greeting using Memento Black. Layer on Whisper White 3 3/8 x 4 5/8. Add to card front using dimensionals.
Flower is Strawberry Slush, center is Sahara Sand, leaves Whisper White, and circle 1/2″ Whisper White. Layer all and add to card front.
Add Basic Rhinestone to center to finish off.

Set(s):	Sheltering Tree
Paper:	Whisper White, Strawberry Slush, Sahara Sand
Ink:	Memento Black
Other:	Bouquet Bigz Die, Basic Rhinestones, Dimensionals

Until next time…HAPPY STAMPIN’!

Best Day Ever

Posted on March 21, 2015 | 6 comments

Best. Day. Ever.

If you are going forward in the hop you arrived here from my friend and partner Connie Babbert and her Inkspired Treasures blog. Her card is always delightful!

Oh what a GREAT set this is! Sooooo many different things you can do it and I decided to focus on the fun little flowers. I also wanted to use the great in-colors that will soon be retiring!

Here’s the details –

Whisper White – 4 1/4 x 8 1/2 folded. Run the front through the Spring Flowers Embossing Folder
Whisper White – 3 1/2 x 3 1/4. Stamp the greeting using Baked Brown Sugar.
Using Banner Punch – punch out Strawberry Slush, Crisp Cantaloupe, and Coastal Cabana. Add behind the panel and add to card front using dimensionals.
Stamp flowers in Strawberry Slush, Crisp Cantaloupe, Coastal Cabana. Do the same stamp in Pistachio Pudding, cut everything out, layer and add to card front. The Coastal Cabana one is added using a dimensional.
Add Basic Rhinestone to center of each flower to finish off.

Set(s):	Best. Day. Ever.
Paper:	Whisper White, Strawberry Slush, Crisp Cantaloupe, Coastal Cabana
Ink:	Strawberry Slush, Crisp Cantaloupe, Coastal Cabana, Pistachio Pudding, Baked Brown Sugar
Other:	Banner Punch, Spring Flowers Embossing Folder, Basic Rhinestones, Dimensionals