Daily Archives: January 19, 2017

Tour de Freaks – Jan 17

freakwelcome2013Happy January Control Freak Blog Hop everyone!

We are once again having fun with all of our new stuff in the Occasions Mini and the Sale-a-bration brochure.  If you are going forward through the hop you arrived here from Amy Koenders’s blog – weren’t her projects fun!

One of the things that first caught my eye in the Occasions Mini (well besides the dragonflies of course) was the Timeless Tags Thinlits…how cool these are!  Today I’m going to share three cards I made.  I decided to pair it with the cool piece of specialty paper in the Affectionately Yours Specialty dsp.

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Here’s the details…

  • Crumb Cake – 4 1/4 x 11 folded
  • Very Vanilla – 3 3/4 x 5, layer onto Basic Black 3 7/8 x 5 1/8, stamp the image using Crumb Cake, add to card front using dimensionals
  • Crumb Cake/Copper dsp – 1 1/2 x 3 3/4 add to card front
  • Copper Foil and Crumb Cake – 1/2 x 3 3/4, cut into banners, add to card front
  • Basic Black – 3/8 x 3 3/4, cut into banner, add to card front
  • Basic Back – cut out the solid frame
  • Very Vanilla – cut out the solid frame and the butterfly at the same time
  • Copper Foil – cut out the butterflies and insert into the Vanilla tag, stamp greeting using Memento Black, add using dimensionals
  • Linen thread – fold over 3 times, tie into a bow and add to top of tag

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Here’s the details…

  • Crumb Cake – 4 1/4 x 11 folded
  • Very Vanilla – 3 1/2 x 4 3/4, add Crumb Cake/Copper dsp strip – 1 x 4 3/4 then Copper Foil -1/8 x 4 3/4, stamp greeting and copper emboss
  • Very Vanilla – solid over tag
  • Crumb Cake and Copper Foil – cut out flower overlay, add the the copper outline to the Very Vanilla tag and add the leaves, stem and center in Crumb Cake
  • Linen Thread – fold over three times, tie into a bow and add using glue dot

And the last one…

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Here’s the details…

  • Crumb Cake – 4 1/4 x 11 folded
  • Very Vanilla – 3 3/4 x 5, stamp the little 3 star image using Crumb Cake, later onto Basic Black 3 7/8 x 5 1/8, add to card front using dimensionls
  • Crumb Cake/Copper dsp – 1 1/2 x 3 1/2, cut into a banner add to card front using dimensionals,
  • Basic Black – cut out solid tag
  • Copper Foil, Basic Black, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla – cut out the tag from each, add the Crumb Cake outline to the Basic Black tag, then ad the copper and black pieces back in, stamp the Very Vanilla piece using Memento Black and the greeting with Versamark and copper emboss – don’t add this yet
  • Copper foil – 1/2 x 3 1/2 cut into banner and add
  • Basic Black – 1/4 x 3 1/4, cut end on slant and add to copper piece, add the stamped Very Vanilla piece to finish off

Here’s the three cards together…

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Time to head on in the hop.  You are in for a real treat as you head on over to Wendy Weixler’s blog.

clickhere2013Until next time…HAPPY STAMPIN’!

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Dragonfly Dreams

ccmc441Happy Thursday…oh we have such a GREAT for you this week for the Create with Connie and Mary Thursday Challenge!  I love sketches where you can use up scraps of dsp!

You all know how I LOVE the new Dragonfly stuff and it worked so nice for this week’s sketch.  I thought it would be fun to pair it up with the Playful Pallette dsp paper stack and thought it ended up being such a fun look!

Here’s the details…

  • Peek-a-boo Peach – 4 1/4 x 11 folded
  • Peek-a-boo Peach – 3 3/4 x 5, stamp the scattered dots using Peek-a-boo Peach and the greeting using Memento Black
  • Basic Black  – 1/4 x 3 3/4, add to panel then add panel to card front using dimensionals
  • Sweet Sugarplum and Emerald Envy prints  1 3/4 x 1 3/4, round the corners and add to card front
  • Multi-colored dotted and swish prints – 1 1/2 x 1 1/2, round the corners and add to card front using dimensionals
  • Basic Black – cut out the dragonfly and add using dimensionals

It’s not too last to subscribe to the Create with Connie and Mary January Mini Edition opened?  No…really it is and it is easy to subscribe…

jan2017-collageThe Create with Connie and Mary designers are getting ready to open the JANUARY 2017 MINI SESSION with projects using stamp sets from the OCCASIONS and Sale-a-Bration CATALOGS!     PLUS…sign up for both the January and February Mini Sessions together and get a free VALENTINE BONUS tutorial!  We know you’ll be excited about that!

  • Each session includes 14 EXCLUSIVE step-by-step tutorials…12 unique cards featuring three stamp sets and TWO 3D items…perfect for your club, class or stamp camp!
  • All designs and tutorials are EXCLUSIVELY for subscribers and will not be posted anywhere else online.
  • All 14 projects are available once the monthly mini collection opens so you have them immediately and will not be shown anywhere else online.
  • Mini Sessions open on the 11th of each month.

Now is a GREAT time to sign up so head over to Create with Connie and Mary website and subscribe now.  When you subscribe to both months, you will receive the bonus tutorial that is already available.  January edition opens on the 11th.

Set(s): Dragonfly Dreams
Paper: Basic black, Peek-a-boo Peach, Playful Pallette dsp
Ink: Memento Black, Peek-a-boo Peach
Other: Detailed Dragonfly Thinlits, Corner Rounder, Dimensionals

Until next time…HAPPY STAMPIN’!

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