Monthly Archives: January 2016

Sky is the Limit

Posted on January 30, 2016 | 2 comments

WI15SatHopWelcome

Welcome everyone! It is time again for another Create with Connie and Mary Design Team Saturday Hop! with Sale-a-bration in full swing the design team is showing off tags made with SAB products.

A couple weeks ago I made a card (it was the 1st hop in January – Time to Trim Down theme) using the Sky is the Limit set. I LOVED the way that card turned out and decided to work from that to design my tag. Since the tag isn’t limited in number of layers and embellishments…this was fun!

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So…you remember this card? This is a little fancier!

Here’s the details…

Real Red – cut out largest Lots of Labels framelit
Whisper White – cut out largest Lots of Labels framelit, trim off bottom and stamp greeting using Real Red
Black/White diagonal strip (Neutrals Paper Pack) – 1/2 x 2 7/8, add behind Whisper White piece then add to Real Rad tag slightly down from top to leave a red edge along top.
Smoky Slate – punch out 2 ‘clouds’ (tree builder punch), sponge around the edges in Smoky Slate and use white gel pen to add some details, add to tag.
Stamp large ‘cloud’ using Basic Grey on Whisper White, cut out, add two using dimensionals and one without
Stamp airplane using Basic Black Archival on Whisper White, color body with Real Red and some accents using Smoky Slate, cut out and add dimensionals
Silver Glimmer – 1/8 x 3 1/8, add to tag
Fold piece of Basic Black Stitched Satin Ribbon and Silver 1/8″ Taffeta Ribbon and staple to top of tag, add half of 1/2″ Real Red circle to cover staple.

Set(s):	Sky is the Limit (SAB)
Paper:	Whisper White, Real Red, Smoky Slate, Neutrals dsp Paper Pack, Silver Glimmer
Ink:	Basic Black Archival, Basic Grey Archiver, Real Red, Smoky Slate, Real Red
Other:	Lots of Labels Framelits, Tree Builder Punch, 1/2″ Circle Punch, Basic Black Stitched Satin Ribbon, 1/8″ Silver Taffeta Ribbon, White Gel Pen, Dimensionals

Remember to use the badges below to go backward (previous) to the Create with Connie and Mary site to sign up for our next mini session or forward (next) to the very talented Nicole Tugrul.

Until next time…HAPPY STAMPIN’!

Mary

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Stake Your Claim

Posted on January 28, 2016 | 6 comments

CCMC391 Do you ever make a card that when you are done making it, it just makes you smile? That is what happened with this card! Since it is Thursday it is time for another Create with Connie and Mary Thursday Challenge and this week it is a fun sketch challenge.

When I first sat down to work on this, I had decided it would be GREAT for the cake image in the Party Wishes set. The only problem was that my set wasn’t going to be here for a couple of days and I wanted to get it done. Then I had this idea about a number and a star and it just sort worked itself out from there. And all I can say…is that I am so happy I didn’t wait for the cake!

Here’s the details…

Melon Mambo – 4 1/4 x 11 folded
Melon Mambo/Crushed Curry dotted print (It’s My Party dsp) – 3 3/4 x 5
Crushed Curry – 3 7/8 x 5 1/8, add the dotted print panel and add to card front using dimensionals
Melon Mambo/white star print – 2 3/4 x 1, cut into flag, add to card front
Crushed Curry diagonal strip print – 3/4 x 2 1/2, cut into a flay, add to card on a slant
Basic Black – 1/4 x 3 7/8, add to card front
Silver Glimmer – cut out star frame using star framelits
Melon Mambo – cut out number of your choice
Stamp greeting using Basic Black Archival on Whisper White, cut out or use framelit, layer the star, number and greeting together and add to card front using dimensionals!

Cool huh? Don’t forget to check out what the rest of the design team!

Set(s):	Stake Your Claim
Paper:	Whisper White, Basic Black, Melon Mambo, Crushed Curry, It’s My Party dsp, Silver Glimmer
Ink:	Basic Black Archival
Other:	Large Number Thinlets, Star Framelits, Dimensionals

Until next time…HAPPY STAMPIN’!

WinterSiggy

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Birthday Blooms

Posted on January 26, 2016 | 1 comment

BirthdayBlooms1 Yep…it is Birthday Blooms AGAIN!!! I just can’t seem to get enough of this FUN set…especially as a simple card in black and white and just a little bit of color!

This goes back to the New Year’s weekend marathon stamping time I had. And it went to casing (with quit a bit of changes) a card I say on Pinterest. It turned out SOOOO cool!

Here’s the details…

Whisper White – 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 folded
Everyday Chic print – 2 3/4 x 6 1/2, wrap a piece of the Watermelon Wonder 1″ Stitched Satin Ribbon around panel and add to card front
Stamp flower using Basic Black Archival ink on Whisper White, cut out and add using dimensionals
Whisper White – 3/4 x 3, stamp greeting using Watermelon Wonder, cut into a banner and add to card front

Yep…that is really all there is to this card but I think it turned out to be really striking!

Set(s):	Birthday Blooms
Paper:	Whisper White Every Day Chic dsp
Ink:	Basic Black Archival, Watermelon Wonder
Other:	Watermelon Wonder 1″ Stitched Satin Ribbon, Dimensionals

Until next time…HAPPY STAMPIN’!

WinterSiggy

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A Nice Cuppa

Posted on January 24, 2016 | Leave a comment

NiceCuppa3 Over the New Year’s weekend I had a GREAT time playing with my ‘new stuff’ and really enjoyed all the ‘stuff’ in the Nice Cuppa set!

I wasn’t quite sure what to do with this VERY LARGE stamp. No…if you don’t have it…it’s REALLY LARGE!

Well…I tried stamping it in Wisteria Wonder on Whisper White and well…it just didn’t work for me. So I started to play around and this is what I came up with. I stamped the image using Versamark on the Wisteria Wonder print from the Have a Cuppa dsp stack and clear emboss and then I used my White Gel pen to fill in the words. It worked MUCH better than I thought it would. Then I cut it out!

Okay…here’s the details…

Bermuda Bay – 4 1/4 x 11 folded
Bermuda Bay Scallop Print – 4 x 5 1/4, add to card front using dimensionals
Melon Mambo print – 2 3/4 x 4 3/4, add to card front on a diagonal using dimensionals
Tea Bag tag print – 2 3/4 x 4 add to card front
Silver Foil – 1/8 x 5 – cut out 2 strips and add to card front
Add the stack of teacups that you made using technique above using dimensioanl
Stamp little tag on Melon Mambo using Versamark and white emboss, cut out and add to card front
Tie a bow in White Bakers Twine and add to tag
Add some Basic Rhinestones to finish it.

Set(s):	A Nice Cuppa
Paper:	Bermuda Bay, Melon Mambo, Have a Cuppa dsp Paper Stack, Silver Foil
Ink:	Versamark
Other:	Clear Embossing Powder, White Embossing Powder, White Baker’s Twine, Basic Rhinestones, Dimensionals

Until next time…HAPPY STAMPIN’!

WinterSiggy

Honeycomb Happiness

Posted on January 23, 2016 | 2 comments

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Welcome to the Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Design Team Blog Hop! This week we have a fun theme for our designers…Lions and Tigers and Bears OH MY!!!…any animal on your card. Well, my is technically a bird but a bird is an animal…right?

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Isn’t that little chick just SOOOOO cute? I thought so and couldn’t wait to use it for today’s card!

Here’s the details…

Melon Mambo – 4 1/4 x 11 folded
Dotted print (It’s My Party) – 3 3/4 x 5
Basic Black – 3 7/8 x 5 1/8, add dotted piece
Mint Macaron – 3 3/4 x 1 1/4, cut on an angle and use fringe scissors on the edge, add to card front.
Wrap piece of Mint/Black Twine along bottom of fringe and add panel to card front using dimensionals
Cut out two square frames by layering together 2nd and 3rd small square framelit – cut one from black/multicolor confetti paper and one from Melon Mambo, add to card front using dimensionals
Stamp chick on piece of Crush Curry print (It’s My Party dsp) color in beak and feet using Tangelo Twist marker, cut out and add to card front.
Sahara Sand – 1/2 x 1 7/8, stamp greeting using Basic Black Archival, cut into banner, add using dimensionals
Add some Basic Rhinestone where dots are on the back ground to finish off

Set(s):	Honeycomb Happiness
Paper:	Melon Mambo, Basic Black, Sahara Sand, Mint Macaron, It’s My Party dsp
Ink:	Basic Black Archival, Tangelo Twist
Other:	Square Framelits, Fringe Scissors, Black/Mint Thick Twine, Basic Rhinestones, Dimensionals

Remember to use the badges below to go backward (previous) to the Connie Babbert or forward (next) to the very talented Nicole Tugrul.

Until next time…HAPPY STAMPIN’!

WI15MarySiggy

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I Think You’re Great

Posted on January 21, 2016 | 5 comments

CCMC390 Guess what time it is? If you guessed it is time for another Create with Connie and Mary Thursday Challenge (well…because it is Thursday) then you are RIGHT!

This week we have a cool color challenge for you – Real Red, Hello Honey, Lost Lagoon!

Looking at the colors I decided it would be fun to use the new Sunburst Thinlit and I was to keep it nice and simple so this is what I came up with!

Here’s the details…

Real Red – 4 1/4 x 8 1/2 folded
Whisper White – 3 5/8 x 3 5/8
Hello Honey – 3 5/8, x 3 5/8, cut out using Sunburst Thinlit, layer on top of Whisper White piece and add to card front on a slant using dimensionals
Botanical Gardens dsp (Hello Honey Linen print) – punch out 1 1/2″ circle, add to Starburst using dimensionals
Stamp greeting using Lost Lagoon, cut out and add using double layer of dimensionals
Add some Basic Rhinestones to finish off

Don’t forget to check out what the rest of the design team!

Set(s):	I Think You’re Great
Paper:	Whisper White, Real Red, Hello Honey, Botanical Gardens dsp
Ink:	Lost Lagoon
Other:	Sunburst Thinlets, 1 1/2″ Circle Punch, Basic Rhinestones, Dimensionals

Until next time…HAPPY STAMPIN’!

WinterSiggy

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Tagged I Think You're Great

Birthday Blooms

Posted on January 20, 2016 | 5 comments

BirthdayBlooms4 You know…on this past Saturday the Create with Connie and Mary Design Team Saturday Hop featured Very Vellum – using Vellum on your card!

I had made two cards for the hop and couldn’t decide which on to use. Well although this one won the toss up for the post, I still REALLY liked this one and decided to post it today. It features LOTS of vellum and it looks really cool with the Birthday Blooms flower is really cool embossed in Silver on the Vellum.

Here’s the detail…

Blushing Bride – 4 1/4 x 11 folded
Whisper White – 3 3/4 x 5
Silver Heart Vellum – 3 3/4 x 5, layer onto the Whisper White piece on an angle and trim, add to the whisper White panel
Blushing Bride print – 2 1/2 x 4, cut into a banner and add to panel
Tie piece of Silver 1/8″ Taffeta Ribbon and add panel to card front using dimensionals
Stamp image on vellum using Versamark and silver emboss. Turn it over and sponge Blushing Bride on back of flower, cut it out and add to card front
Stamp banner using Blushing Bride on Whisper White, stamp greeting using Versamark and Silver Emboss. Cut out and add using dimensionals

Set(s):	Birthday Blooms, Bloomin’ Love
Paper:	Whisper White, Blushing Bride, Silver Foil Vellum, Subtles dsp Paper Pack, Vellum
Ink:	Blushing Bride, Versamark
Other:	Silver 1/8″ Taffeta Ribbon, Silver Embossing Powder, Dimensionals

Until next time…HAPPY STAMPIN’!

WinterSiggy

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Tour de Freaks – January 2016

Posted on January 19, 2016 | 9 comments

freakwelcome2013 Welcome to the January Tour de Freaks! Do you feel the ‘love’ in the air? Yep…the Freaks are all about love this month. If you are going forward through the hop you arrived here from Dawn Olchefske’s DO Stamping with Dawn blog. LOVE her work!

There are soooo many options in the wonderful occasions mini!

I tend to be a clean and simple kind of gal and decided to go with clean and simple with my projects today!

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Do you ever have an idea for a card and you just HAVE to make it? Well…yep…that was THIS card! Ever since I saw the awesome little steam heart in the Cups and Kettle framelits, I just HAD to do this! And that heart print in the Have a Cuppa dsp is PERFECT…and I mean absolutely PERFECT for Valentine’s Day!

Here’s the detail…

Melon Mambo – 4 1/4 x 11 folded
Heart Print – 3/4 by 5 1/2, add to card front
Whisper White – 3 1/2 x 5 1/2, stamp greeting using Basic Grey Archival.
Cut out steam heart from Melon Mambo and Bermuda Bay, interlock them and add to card front.
Add panel to card front using dimensionals
Bermuda Bay print – 1/8 x 5 1/2, add to Whisper White panel
Add some Basic Rhinestones to finish off

Set(s):	Bloomin’ Love
Paper:	Whisper White, Melon Mambo, Bermuda Bay, Have a Cuppa dsp
Ink:	Basic Grey
Other:	Cups and Kettle Framelits, Basic Rhinestones, Dimensionals

Okay…so not for a cute little treat to go with the card…

JanHopFavor

And here’s the details for this…

Bermuda Bay – start with a piece 2 7/8 x 5 1/2, use the largest Lots of Labels framelet and cut out both end. Score at 2 3/4 then 3 then score again a little done from the end
Heart print – 1 x 2 7/8, add to front and trim end, fold down top flap.
Add Ghirardelli chocolate and tie piece of Silver 1/8″ Taffeta Ribbon around it to hold the chocolate in place
Punch out 1 1/4″ Silver Glimmer Scallop Circle and add 1″ Whisper White Circle, add Melon Mambo steam heart to the center and add to favor front using dimensionals
Fold piece of Silver Satin Ribbon and staple to favor top.
Stamp greeting using Basic Grey on Melon Mambo and cut using small Bitty Banner Framelit and add to top of favor

Set(s):	Bloomin’ Love
Paper:	Whisper White, Bermuda Bay, Have a Cuppa dsp, Silver glimmer
Ink:	Basic Grey
Other:	Cups and Kettle Framelits, Lots of Labels Framelit, Bitty Banner Framelit, Silver 1/8″ Taffetta Ribbon, Silver Sating Ribbon, 1 1/4″ Scallop Circle Punch, 1″ Circle Punch, Dimensionals

Here’s my two pieces together…

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Fun and super simple!

Now it’s time to head on over to the wonderful Wendy Weixler and her Wickedly Wonderful Creations. You are in for a TREAT as always!

Until next time…HAPPY STAMPIN’!

WinterSiggy

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Tagged Bloomin' Love

Bloomin’ Love

Posted on January 19, 2016 | 2 comments

SUO140 It’s time for another SUO Challenge and this time the theme is Valentine Cards or Gifts.

I had this idea that I wanted to use for a Valentine type card and so this was just the perfect challenge for me to use the idea for!

I LOVE the stem/leaves from the Number of Years set and instead of ‘flowers’ I wanted to add some hearts. My friend Jo gave me some of her Blushing Bride Glimmer paper and I decided that would be PERFECT for my hearts to give it that ‘little extra’. So…put everything together and this is what you got!

Here’s the details…

Rose Red – 4 1/4 x 8 1/2 folded
Heart/flower print (Love Blossoms dsp), 3 1/4 x 4 1/4
Whisper White – 3 1/2 x 4 1/4, add printed piece on it and add to card front using dimensionals
Wild Wasabi – 1/8 x 3 1/4, cut two and add to card front
Whisper White – 2 x 3 3/4, punch top using scallop tag topper punch, corner round bottom corners, stamp greeting using Real Red and stem/leaves using Wild Wasabi, punch out hearts using Itty Bitty Accents punch from Blushing Bride Glimmer paper and add to tag.
Add piece of Wild Wasabi Seam Binding to the top, tie using Whisper White Baker’s Twine, add tag to card front using dimensionals

Don’t forget to check out what the rest of the design team to see their wonderful creations!

Set(s):	Bloomin Love, Number of Years
Paper:	Whisper White, Rose Red, Wild Wasabi, Love Blossoms dsp, Blushing Bride Glimmer paper
Ink:	Rose Red, Wild Wasabi
Other:	Scallop Tag Topper Punch, Corner Rounder, Itty Bitty Accents Punch, Wild Wasabi Seam Binding, Whisper White Baker’s Twine, Dimensionals

Until next time…HAPPY STAMPIN’!

WinterSiggy

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Birthday Blooms

Posted on January 16, 2016 | 7 comments

WI15SatHopWelcome

Oh…it’s time for another Create with Connie and Mary Design Team Saturday Blog Hop and this week we have asked our designers use some vellum on their card! Sooooo many options!

BirthdayBlooms5

I actually made two different cards and couldn’t decide which one to use for today. I finally decided on this one and I’ll show the other one later this week!

Here’s the details…

Whisper White THICK – 4 1/4 x 11 folded
Whisper White – 3 1/2 x 4 3/4, stamp greeting using Basic Black Archival and then run the top portion through the Elegant Dots Embossing Folder
Basic Black – 3 5/8 x 4 7/8, add whisper white piece and add to card front using dimensionals
Using Botanical Builder framelits cut out leaves from Basic Black, Basic Grey, Silver Glimmer and Vellum add to card front.
Silver Foil – 1/8 x 3 1/2, add using dimensionals
Cut out larger flower in Basic Black and smaller flower from Vellum, layer and add using dimensionals
Add Botanical Garden Jewel to enter using a glue dot

We just opened our JANUARY MINI SESSION with projects using stamp sets from the new Occasions Catalog and Sale-A-Bration brochures! Get some great ideas for your January, February and Spring classes! You are going to LOVE these! And check out the VALENTINE SPECIAL BONUS below! Here are the details:

Jan16 * Each session includes FIVE step-by-step tutorials for projects…THREE card sets, each with 4 cards and TWO 3D items…perfect for your club or stamp camp!
* All FIVE projects are available once the monthly mini collection opens so you immediately have all projects (and tutorials)
*Mini Sessions open on the 11th of each month

Sets we are using for the January session:

Flowering Fields
Botanical Blooms
Apple of My Eye
First Sight
Beautiful Ride

But there’s more…

VALENTINE BONUS PROJECT: Purchase BOTH the January and February Mini Sessions together and get this BONUS VALENTINE project immediately using the Balloon Builder Punch and Bloomin’ Love Stamp Set, perfect gift for your hostesses or friends! You and your customers will LOVE making it!

Set(s):	Birthday Blooms
Paper:	Whisper White THICK, Whisper White, Basic Black, Basic Grey, Silver Glimmer, Silver Foil, Vellum
Ink:	Basic Black Archival
Other:	Botanical Builder Framelits, Elegant Dots Embossing Folder, Botanical Garden Jewels, Dimensionals

Remember to use the badges below to go backward (previous) to the Create with Connie and Mary site or forward (next) to the very talented Nicole Tugrul.