Monthly Archives: May 2016

Painter’s Palette

Posted on May 28, 2016 | Leave a comment

SP15SatHopWelcome

Welcome to the Create with Connie and Mary Design Team Saturday Blog Hop! Can you believe it? It’s the LAST Saturday in May! WOW!!! The theme this week is ‘Fly Away’…things that fly and of course I had to do a butterfly.

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I just LOVE the ‘swishy’ images in the new Painter’s Palette set and knew EXACTLY what I wanted to do for this challenge!

Here’s the details…

Flirty Flamingo – 4 1/4 x 11 folded
Very Vanilla – 3 3/8 x 5 1/2, stamp greeting using Basic Black and Emerald Envy, largest swish in Peekaboo Peach, medium swish in Flirty Flamigo and smallest swish in Sweet Sugarplum
Playful Palette dsp – 5/8 x 5 1/2, add to back of Vanilla panel and add to card front using dimensionals
Silver Glimmer – 1/8 x 5 1/2, add to left side of panel
Basic Black – cut out smallest Bold Butterfly, add to card front
Add some Basic Rhinestones to finish off

May 2016 Mini Session Collage It’s not too late to subscribe to the Create with Connie and Mary May Mini Session!

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 will be using for the May Mini Session:

Swirly Bird Bundle
Painter’s Palette
Confetti Celebration
Pop of Paradise
Gift of Love

So head on over to Create with Connie and Mary and subscribe today! The session is open and all projects are there! And while you are there check out the GREAT ideas from the design team!

Set(s):	Painter’s Palette
Paper:	Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Flirty Flamingo, Playful Palette dsp, Silver Glimmer
Ink:	Basic Black, Emerald Envy, Peekaboo Peach, Flirty Flamingo, Sweet Sugarplum
Other:	Bold Butterfly Thinlets, Basic Rhinestones, 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.

Until next time…HAPPY STAMPIN’!

SP15Siggy

Pop of Paradise

Posted on May 26, 2016 | 3 comments

CCMC408 Well can you believe it…it’s another Thursday and so it’s time for another Create with Connie and Mary Thursday Challenge. Last week I used my new set, Pop of Paradise, and had such fun with it, I thought I’d use it again for a totally different look! The color challenge is Blushing Bride, So Saffron, Mint Macaron. I like the soft colors on this…a TOTALLY different look from last week.

Here’s the details…

Mint Macaron – 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 folded
Whisper White – 5 x 3 3/4 layer onto Smoky Slate – 5 1/8 x 3 7/8 add to card front.
Blushing Bride – 1/4 x 5, add to card front
So Saffron – cut out using oval, then cut using Sunburst Thinlit, cut off a couple of the ‘rays’ then add to card front using dimensionals
Stamp leaves using Mint Macaron, cut out and add to card front.
Stamp flamingo using Blushing Bride, cut out add using dimensionals
Stamp banner using Basic Grey, cut out and add using dimensionals

This was one of those fun cards where really it is just about the stamping!

Are you looking for some other fun ideas for the demo pre-order items?

May 2016 Mini Session Collage Then the Create with Connie and Mary May Mini Session is just for you!

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 will be using for the May Mini Session:

Swirly Bird Bundle
Painter’s Palette
Confetti Celebration
Pop of Paradise
Gift of Love

So head on over to Create with Connie and Mary and subscribe today! The session is open and all projects are there! And while you are there check out the GREAT ideas from the design team!

Set(s):	Pop of Paradise
Paper:	Whisper White, Mint Macaron, So Saffron, Blushing Bride, Smoky Slate
Ink:	Basic Grey Archival, Blushing Bride, Mint Macaron
Other:	Oval Framelits, Sunburst Thinlet, , Dimensionals

Until next time…HAPPY STAMPIN’!

SP15Siggy

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Rose Wonder

Posted on May 24, 2016 | 1 comment

SUO149 Happy Tuesday! WOW…it’s our last SUO challenge for May and the LAST ONE for this catalog!

This time our theme is Weddings. I decided it would be fun to the use the Rose Garden thinlit and Rose Wonder set for this…pretty wedding sentiment in the set. My problem was the main thinlit was a little too big for what I want to do so what I did was did the rose (from the big thinlit in Blushing Bride then did two of the single leaves in Mint Macaron, cut them separate then layered behind the rose trimming it off. I do like the way it turned out.

Here’s the details…

Blushing Bride – 5 1/2 x 11 folded
Blushing Bride – 4 x 5 1/4, run through butterfly embossing folder
Mint/White dotted print – Birthday Bouquet dsp – 3/4 x 5 1/2, lay on panel at an angle, trim edges
Silver 1/8″ Taffeta Ribbon , add on strip securing end in back of panel, add panel to card front using dimensionals
Whisper White – cut out Lots of Labels framelit, stamp greeting using Blushing Bride and Mint Macaron, add label to card front using dimensionals
Add rose (how to make it above)

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

Set(s):	Rose Wonder
Paper:	Whisper White, Blushing Bride, Mint Macaron, Birthday Bouquet dsp
Ink:	Blushing Bride, Mint Macaron
Other:	Rose Gardent Thinlits, Lots of Labels Framelits, Silve 1/8″ Taffeta Ribbon, Butterfly Embossing Folder, Dimensionals

Until next time…HAPPY STAMPIN’!

SP15Siggy

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Tagged Rose Wonder

Summer Silhouettes

Posted on May 21, 2016 | Leave a comment

SP15SatHopWelcome

Welcome everyone to the Create with Connie and Mary Design Team Saturday Blog Hop! Can you believe it…the current catalog is almost finished! There are some really get sets that are retiring and the design team is going to feature retiring sets. I decided to pick one I really didn’t use enough – Serene Silhouettes!

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Here’s the details…

Flirty Flamingo – 4 1/4 x 11 folded
Watermelon Wonder – 3 7/8 x 5 1/8, round top left corner and add to card front using dimensionals
Whisper White – 4 7/8 x 3 3/4, round top left corner; stamp leaves using Mint Macaron, flower stem in Basic Black Archival, flowers in Watermelon Wonder. Cut panel from the top, 3/4″ panel, then a 1 1/4″ panel and leave the rest on for the bottom panel, add each panel to the card front using dimensionals
Punch out 5 Flirty Flamingo flower with the Itty Bitty Accents punch, add using glue dots
Mint Macaron – 1 5/8 x 1/2, stamp greeting using Basic Black Archival, cut into banner and add using dimensionals.
Add some Basic Rhinestones to flower centers and on panels to finish off.

I really like this set featuring incolors and I LOVE how the new Flirty Flamingo works with Watermelon Wonder (and Blushing Bride too!).

May 2016 Mini Session Collage So…have you subscribed to the Create with Connie and Mary May Mini Session? We are featuring ideas made with the demo pre-0rder items!

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 will be using for the May Mini Session:

Swirly Bird Bundle
Painter’s Palette
Confetti Celebration
Pop of Paradise
Gift of Love

So head on over to Create with Connie and Mary and subscribe today! The session is open and all projects are there!

Set(s):	Summer Silhouettes, Perfect Pairs
Paper:	Whisper White, Watermelon Wonder, Flirty Flamingo, Mint Macaron
Ink:	Basic Black Archival, Flirty Flamingo, Watermelon Wonder, Mint Macaron
Other:	Itty Bitty Accents Punch, Corner Rounder, Basic Rhinestones, 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.

Until next time…HAPPY STAMPIN’!

SP15Siggy

Tour de Freaks May

Posted on May 19, 2016 | 3 comments

freakwelcome2013 Welcome everyone to the May Tour de Freaks Blog Hop! We are a small but mighty group this month (many of our members are Grand Vacation Achievers and are on their way!)

If you are going forward through the hop you arrived here from Melissa Davies – Rubberfunatics. She always has such delightful ideas!

This month our theme is Something Old and/or Something New. Well…I just HAD to go with the Something New part of the theme. I’m having so much fun playing with my NEW STUFF (okay that and I’ve already cleared off my desk of retiring stuff so I would have ad to dig to get to those Something Old things!)

I decided I wanted to share with you thing made with Swirly Bird/Swirly Scribble bundle (with a little Thoughtful Banners thrown in!). First up I wanted to use the cur little bird…

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Here’s the details…

Tempting Turquoise – 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 folded
Tempting Turquoise – 5 1/2 x 4 1/4, run through the butterfly embossing folder, add to card front
Whisper White – 3 x 4 1/4, stamp ‘sun’ using Daffodil Delight and greeting using Basic Black Archival. The ‘branch’ is from the long ‘wave’ thinlit cut out of Chocolate Chip, add to card front
Real Red – 3 1/8 x 4 3/8, layer white panel on the add to card front using dimensionals
Stamp both the large and small leave on Whisper White using Gumball Green, cut out (by hand or thinlit) add to ‘branch’.
Stamp ‘nest’ in Crumb Cake and bird in Daffodil Delight, Tempting Turquoise, and Real Red, cut out (all by hand…any option) and add to branch.

Next up is a super simple card…

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Here’s the details…

Kraft – 4 1/4 x 11 folded
Real Red – 3/4 x 5 1/2, Daffodil Delight – 1/2 x 5 1/2, Tempting Turquoise 1/8 x 5 1/2, add to card base
Kraft – 3 1/2 x 4 3/4, cut out the small swirl scribble in Real Red, Daffodil Delight and Tempting Turquoise, add to panel, add panel to card front using dimensionals
Stamp banner using Basic Black Archival on Whisper White, stamp greeting using Real Red, punch out using Duet Banner punch, add using dimensionals

And finally a little picture. I got this cute little frame at Michael’s and thought it would be just right for adding little stamped creations to it!

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Here’s the details…

Daffodil Delight – 3 x 3 5/8
Whisper White – 2 7/8 x 3 1/2, cut out ‘wave’ from Tempting Turquoise and add to Whisper White Panel, stamp ‘sun’ using Daffodil Delight, add to Daffodil Delight panel.
Boats – base/Night of Navy, small sail/ Daffodil Delight, striped sail/ Real Red, little flag/Tempting Turquoise, do two boats, cut out and add, one is added using dimenionals.
Add panel to frame

Are these all just fun and easy! And here they are all together…

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Set(s):	Swirly Bird, Thoughtful Banners
Paper:	Whisper White, Kraft, Tempting Turquoise, Real Red, Daffodil Delight, Chocolate Chip
Ink:	Basic Black Archival, Night of Navy, Real Read, Daffodil Delight, Tempting Turquoise, Gumball Green, Crumb Cake
Other:	Butterfly Embossing Folder, Swirly Scribbles Thinlits, Duet Banners Punch, Dimensionals

Now it’s time to head on over to Cindy Elam – Heart’s Delight Cards…you are in for a TREAT!

Until next time…HAPPY STAMPIN’!

SP15Siggy

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Pop of Paradise

Posted on May 19, 2016 | 5 comments

CCMC407 Happy Thursday everyone! Oh…I have NEW STUFF!!! I LOVE NEW STUFF!!! And since it is time for a Create with Connie and Mary Thursday Challenge…this week a FUN sketch challenge…I decided to pull out my new stuff and have some FUN!

Now…I’m not a big ‘flamingo’ person, but when I say this set I just KNEW I’d have fun playing with it. And I have to say…it really is a fun set! I paired it with the new dsp Pop of Pink.

Here’s the details…

Melon Mambo – 4 1/4 x 8 1/2 folded
Whisper White – 3 1/2 x 4 1/4
Heart/black print – 3 1/4 x 2 1/4 then cut into 3 strips – 1″, 3/4″, 1/2″, add to card front using dimensionals
Stamp greeting using Melon Mambo and Basic Black.
Gold Foil – 1/2 x 4 1/4 – cut 2, add behind Whisper White paneld then add to card front
Stamp leaves using Versamark on Whisper White and Gold Emboss, cut out and add to card front
Stamp flamingo using Melon Mambo, cut out and add using dimensionals.

Are you looking for some good ideas for new stuff? Create with Connie and Mary May Mini Session is for you!

May 2016 Mini Session Collage

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 will be using for the May Mini Session:

Swirly Bird Bundle
Painter’s Palette
Confetti Celebration
Pop of Paradise
Gift of Love

So head on over to Create with Connie and Mary and subscribe today! The session is open and all projects are there! And while you are there check out the GREAT ideas from the design team!

Set(s):	Pop of Paradise
Paper:	Whisper White, Melon Mambo, Pop of Pink dsp, Gold Foil
Ink:	Basic Black, Melon Mambo, Versamark
Other:	Gold Embossing Powder, Dimensionals

Until next time…HAPPY STAMPIN’!

SP15Siggy

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Sunburst Sayings

Posted on May 16, 2016 | 1 comment

MnTSunflower Okay…time for a story. Back on Tuesday, I posted this card for the SUO challenge. I just LOVE my sunflower.

So…I needed to come up with some ideas for my stamping group and I just didn’t have a lot of time. Well, I decided to make that card (from the SUO challenge) with my ladies. Well…I was looking around for the dsp for that card and didn’t have enough for my little group, so I had to come up with a ‘plan b’. Anyway, I’m running out of time so to make this card I pulled the flower off the other card and just made up a new base – sometimes you just have to recycle to make it work!

Here’s the details…

Whisper White – 4 1/4 x 11 folded
Shine On Specialty paper (raindrop print) – 3 3/4 x 5 1/2, add strip of Silver Foil – 5/8 x 5 1/2, add behind raindrop paper, add panel to card front
Pick two different circle framelits – cut the So Saffron with the larger one and Crushed Curry with the smaller one, then cut out both using the Sunburst Thinlit. Bend up ‘petals’ and layer
Stamp greeting on Chocolate Chip using Versamark, white emboss and punch out with the 1 1/2″ circle punch, add to center of ‘flower’ using dimensionals
Punch out leaves from Mossy Meadow using the Festive Flower Builder Punch, add to back of ‘flower’ and add flower to card front.

Yep another QUICK and EASY card! Gotta love it! And since we are on quick and easy…it’s quick and easy to subscribe to the Create with Connie and Mary May Mini Session.

May 2016 Mini Session Collage

Are you looking for some GREAT ideas using items from the demo pre-order? If so, this is the place.

Sets we will be using for the May Mini Session:

Swirly Bird Bundle
Painter’s Palette
Confetti Celebration
Pop of Paradise
Gift of Love

So head on over to Create with Connie and Mary and subscribe today! The session is open and all projects are there!

Set(s):	Sunburst Sayings
Paper:	Whisper White, So Saffron, Crushed Curry, Mossy Meadow, Chocolate Chip, Shine On Specialty dsp, Silver Foil
Ink:	Versamark
Other:	Circle Framelits, Sunburst Thinlit, Festive Flower Punch, 1 1/2″ Circle Punch, White Embossing Powder, Dimensionals

Until next time…HAPPY STAMPIN’!

SP15Siggy

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Tagged Sunburst Sayings

Best Thoughts

Posted on May 14, 2016 | 1 comment

SP15SatHopWelcome

Welcome everyone to the Create with Connie and Mary Design Team Saturday Blog Hop! I just always like the Saturday Blog Hop…what great inspiration from the Design Team. The theme this week is “Color Me Happy” – images that need coloring. Okay…NOT my best thing to do!

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I do like this flower image that is in the Hostess set but still…not all that great with the coloring part! Here’s the details…

Blushing Bride – 4 1/4 x 11 folded
Blushing Bride – 3 3/4 x 5 1/2, run through the butterfly folder, layer strip of Birthday Bouquet dsp (5/8 x 5 1/2) under panel then add piece of Dazzling Glimmer paper (1/9 x 5 1/2) on the top. Add panel to card front using dimensionals.
Watermelon Wonder – 1/2 x 4 3/4, cut on diagonal and add to card front
Mint Macaron – 1/8 x 5 1/8, cut on diagonal and add to card front
Shimmery White – cut out using Lots of Label Framelit, stamp flower using Basic Black Archival, color using Aquapainter and Flirty Flamingo and Mint Macaron markers, add to card front using dimensionals
Mint Macaron – stamp banner and greeting using Basic Black Archival then punch out with the Duet Banner Punch, add using dimensionals

May 2016 Mini Session Collage Did you know that the Create with Connie and Mary May Mini Session is now open? No…really it is!

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 will be using for the May Mini Session:

Swirly Bird Bundle
Painter’s Palette
Confetti Celebration
Pop of Paradise
Gift of Love

So head on over to Create with Connie and Mary and subscribe today! The session is open and all projects are there!

Set(s):	Best Thoughts, Thoughtful Banners
Paper:	Shimmery White, Blushing Bride, Watermelon Wonder, Mint Macaron, Birthday Bouquet, Dazzling Glimmer
Ink:	Basic Black Archival, Flirty Flamingo, Mint Macaron
Other:	Butterfly Embossing Folder, Lots of Labels Framelits, Duet Banner Punch, AquaPainter, 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.

Until next time…HAPPY STAMPIN’!

SP15Siggy

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Thoughtful Banners

Posted on May 13, 2016 | 2 comments

MnTMay So I had my group of stampers meeting and we always make two cards. Well, school has been a bear lately and between that and a nasty cold, I really hadn’t had any time to stamp (GASP!!!)

When it happens that I’m just super busy and have to come up with an idea quick…I always turn to two things…clean and simple and find things already cut out on the top of my desk…there’s ALWAYS plenty of inspiration there. I had this cool leaf already cut out and in my discard pile so that was the start of my card.

Here’s the details…

Tip Top Taupe – 4 1/4 x 11 folded
Very Vanilla – 1/2 x 5 1/2, add to left side of card front
Tip Top Taupe – 3 3/4 x 5 1/2, stamp the splotch from Gorgeous Grunge using Tip Taupe Taupe
Lost Lagoon Marble print (Going Places) – 5/8 x 5 1/2, add behind panel and add to card front using dimensionals
Very Vanilla – cut out just the larger leaf from the large Rose Garden Thinlit, add using a glue dot
Lost Lagoon – stamp banner using Tip Top Taupe and greeting using Basic Black Archival, punch out using the Duet Banners punch and add using dimensionals.

Yep…it is as simple as that! And speaking of simple…it is SOOO simple to subscribe to the Create with Connie and Mary May Mini Session and get 5 Fabulous ideas for the demo pre-order items! Subscribe to BOTH May and June now and get a cool bonus project designed by Connie!

May 2016 Mini Session Collage

Sets we will be using for the May Mini Session:

Swirly Bird Bundle
Painter’s Palette
Confetti Celebration
Pop of Paradise
Gift of Love

So head on over to Create with Connie and Mary and subscribe today! The session is open and all projects are there!

Set(s):	Thoughtful Banners
Paper:	Very Vanilla, Tip Top Taupe, Lost Lagoon, Going Places dsp
Ink:	Basic Black Archival, Tip Top Taupe
Other:	Rose Garden Thinlet, Duet Banners Punch, Dimensionals

Until next time…HAPPY STAMPIN’!

SP15Siggy

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A Nice Cuppa

Posted on May 12, 2016 | 4 comments

AprilCardClass4 Happy Thursday everyone! It’s time for another Create with Connie and Mary Thursday Challenge and boy do we have a FUN color challenge for you! I had made this card for my April card class and loved the colors so much, we used them for the color challenge. My husband and I have been watching a lot of DIY home improvements and these color remind me of all the remodeled homes! LOL!!! Aren’t these GREAT colors…Basic Grey, Smoky Slate, Kraft (or Crumb Cake)?

Here’s the details…

Smoky Slate – 4 1/4 x 11 folded
Smokey Slate – 3 3/4 x 5, run through Elegant Dots Embossing Folder, wrap around a piece of the Smoky Chevron Ribbon, add panel to card using dimensionals
Kraft Corrugated paper – 2 x4. Add piece of the Love Blossoms dsp (1 x 2) to bottom, punch top using the Scallop Tag Topper and round bottom corners
Basic Grey – 1/8 x 2, add to tag
Crumb Cake slash print – two pieces 1/2 x 1 3/4, cut on diagonal, add to slot at top, add tag to card front using dimensionals
Whisper White – cut out teapot, add to tag
Basic Grey – cut out spoon, add to tab
Basic Grey – cut out steam ‘heart’, add to card front
Kraft – punch out 1 1/4 Scallop Circle, add to tea pot
Smoky Slate – stamp greeting using Basic Grey, punch with 1″ Circle Punch, add to card front.

How cool is that!

May 2016 Mini Session Collage And speaking of cool…did you know that the Create with Connie and Mary May Mini Session has just been released and features ALL NEW stuff that demos can get on pre-order? No…really it is true!

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 will be using for the May Mini Session:

Swirly Bird Bundle
Painter’s Palette
Confetti Celebration
Pop of Paradise
Gift of Love

So head on over to Create with Connie and Mary and subscribe today! The session is open and all projects are there! And while you are there check out the GREAT ideas from the design team!

Set(s):	A Nice Cuppa
Paper:	Whisper White, Basic Grey, Smoky Slate, Kraft, Love Blossoms dsp Paper Stack, Corrugated Paper
Ink:	Basic Grey Archival
Other:	Elegant Dots Embossing Folder, Scallop Tag Topper, Corner Rounder, 1 1/4″ Scallop Circle Punch, 1″ Circle Punch, Cups and Kettles Framelits, Dimensionals