Happy Halloween!!

Good morning, Friends and Happy Halloween! Nick is so excited for the evening! He will be going to a friend's house who lives in a big neighborhood to do some trick-or-treating. I wasn't sure if he would still be into it but they are really excited about it - lol! I remember doing that at that age, too. Anyway, then he gets to spend the night. On a school night. Even better!! Yes we rock as parents or maybe we don't but either way he is looking forward to it! Someone really should declare the day after Halloween a day off from school - just my opinion!

Today's card is in honor of Halloween. And I won't be playing with this set for quite a while. I took a piece of Basic Black card stock to the Big Shot and embossed it with the Web embossing folder. Then I punched a circle using the 2 1/2" circle punch. I popped this panel up onto a piece of Summer Starfruit. Then I took a strip of Lucky Limeade and used the Tasteful Trim die to cut the rick rack and adhered this to the back and the whole panel is adhered to a card base of Basic Black. Next I stamped 'Franke' from Googly Ghouls onto a piece of Whisper White with black StazOn and colored him with a Lucky Limeade marker. He's cut out and popped up onto the card. I stamped the greeting from Teeny Tiny Wishes onto a strip of Whisper White with black StazOn and flagged one end. This is adhered to the card. And you can't forget those googly eyes! 

Have a safe and fun Halloween! Watch out for those cute little trick-or-treaters! Don't want anyone to get hurt! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Googly Ghouls, Teeny Tiny Wishes; Paper- Basic Black, Summer Starfruit, Lucky Limeade, Whisper White; Ink- black StazOn, Lucky Limeade; Accessories- Web embossing folder, Tasteful Trim die, googlies, 2 1/2" circle punch, dimensionals

Fab Friday 05

Good morning, Friends! I can't believe that October is about to end! Yikes! Where did all the time go? My son has been making sure that we know his birthday is coming up - lol! He loves this time of the year! First comes Halloween, then his birthday, then Thanksgiving and then a few short weeks later it's Christmas!! Woohoo for him!! Yikes for me! I thought I would have so much more done than what I actually do. So I guess I had better find time to get busy!!

Today's card was inspired by the challenge at Fab Friday. Great designers and challenges! This sketch was pretty easy and I need to whip up a card pretty fast so I went with it! And since Halloween is tomorrow, I thought I had better use my cute Halloween set before it went by! I ran a piece of Basic Black through the Big Shot with the Web embossing folder and adhered it to a piece of Lucky Limeade. Then I popped up this panel onto a card base of Basic Black. On top of this I adhered a strip of Pumpkin Pie designer paper from the Polka Dot Parade pack. Both ends are flagged. I stamped the mummy from Googly Ghouls onto a piece of Whisper White using black StazOn and cut him out. He is popped up onto a tag from the Ghoulish Googlies designer kit and that is popped up onto the card. A googlie is added to finish it off. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Googly Ghouls; Paper- Basic Black, Lucky Limeade, Whisper White, Polka Dot Parade designer paper; Ink- black StazOn; Accessories- Ghoulish Googlies designer kit, Web embossing folder, gogglies, dimensionals 

A Sahara Christmas Tree

Good morning, Friends! Here we are at another week and only a few more days of October left! Wow! Where has the time gone? It would appear that I now need to get a little more serious about getting some things done for Christmas!! I thought I was on pace to getting things done but now I am starting to panic a bit as I think about all I need to do. Maybe I should make a list with all that I am going to make and cross off as I go. I do have some things done and that does help! 

Today's card was inspired by one that I did in Becky's card class this month. I used the same colors but changed the layout. This is a most simple card but I loved the tree stamped in Sahara Sand. And because it is so big, it is hard to know what to do with the greeting. I like the look of layering stamps, too. I stamped the tree from Christmas Lodge in Sahara Sand and the greeting on top in Always Artichoke onto Whisper White. This is layered onto Always Artichoke. Then I tied some Always Artichoke seam binding ribbon around the top and popped this panel up onto the card of Whisper White. Done!! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Christmas Lodge; Paper- Whisper White, Always Artichoke; Ink- Sahara Sand, Always Artichoke; Accessories- Always Artichoke seam binding ribbon, dimensionals

Thanksgiving Leaf

Good Sunday morning everyone! Once again it is cold this morning! And in about an hour, I am needed for a soccer fundraiser at the park. Brrr!!! Got my thick socks on and a nice coat. Now to find some gloves!! The people who worked it yesterday (cold yesterday morning, too) said that the coffee and hot chocolate were the most valued commodities! I believe it! And I think they will be again today! But it will warm up a little. Eventually. I hope! 

Today's card was inspired by a card I had pinned on my Pinterest board. So clean and simple! I do apologize for the photo. It seems that I took the picture after the sun had gone to the other side of the house. But here are the details. I used the circles #2 die to cut a circle from Early Espresso. On top of this is a Crumb Cake circle that was punched with the 1 3/4" circle punch and then run through the Big Shot with the Woodgrain embossing folder. Then they are popped up onto a card base of Very Vanilla. I took a strip of Very Vanilla and stamped the greeting from Teeny Tiny Wishes in Early Espresso, flagged both ends and adhered it to the card. Then I stamped the leaf from Wonderfall in Summer Startfruit and cut it out. This is popped up onto the card. I adhered an Early Espresso button with some Early Espresso baker's twine tied in it. I wanted to use linen thread but I couldn't find my brand new package that I just bought! Ugh!! Guess I will order more. 

So have you signed up for the Create with Connie and Mary Card "Create"tions yet? Today is day one!! I am so excited to be a part of this venture! You will only see my creations for this very special edition when you subscribe! And it's not too late! Here is what you will get for $19.95!

• These cards are EXCLUSIVE to our subscription and won't be shown anywhere else. 
• 3 week mini-edition that is only cards, October 28 - November 17
• Each designer will choose a holiday or winter set each week and make 3 different cards using that one set.
• Total of 45 unique card ideas from 15 different sets. 
• Each card set includes a printable supply list with card measurements and photos.
• Perfect for your classes and stamp camps or to make for your own holiday cards!

AND...as a bonus on Saturdays, each designer will be sharing a little 3D favor that matches the holiday or winter set they chose that week.  We will be sharing this favor on our personal blogs, too, but you can easily tie it into your class offering!

Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Teeny Tiny Wishes, Wonderfall; Paper- Very Vanilla, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake; Ink- Early Espresso, Summer Starfruit; Accessories- Early Espresso baker's twine, neutrals buttons, 1 3/4" circle punch, Woodgrain embossing folder, circles #2 die, dimensionals

A Scentsational Tag

Good morning, Friends! The morning is off to a cold start around here! Wow!! I am glad to have my SmartWool socks on right now - lol! It should warm up nicely but you can tell that the seasons are changing! I am getting ready to have a stitching day today and I am so excited! A friend opened a new wool store and she will be providing classes and product! I wanted to go last month but I got the shingles and couldn't make it. Next month I will be making a pair of slippers! I can't wait! Tonight Pat and I will double date with some friends that we haven't seen in a while and Nick is off to a friend's to spend the night. Great weekend!!

Today's card is one that I sort of copied from a recent PaperCrafts magazine. The part that I copied is the tag. I just switched the product line and turned it into a card. I thought it turned out pretty cute! I cut a banner shape from Early Espresso. For the top part of the tag, I used the Apothecary Accents framelits and cut the shape out from Very Vanilla. This is folded in half lengthwise and put over the top of the tag. Then I punched and 3/4" circle from Lucky Limeade and adhered that to the tag. I used my crop-a-dile to punch a hole for my Cherry Cobbler seam binding ribbon. Then the tag is popped up onto a card base of Crumb Cake. I adhered a 2 1/2" circle that was punched from Very Vanilla to a scallop circle of Lucky Limeade that was cut using the Perfect Pennants die. This is then popped up onto the card. Then I cut the tree using the Holiday framelits from Cherry Cobbler and a piece of designer paper from the Festival of Prints. Using various sizes of hole punches, I punched holes into the green tree. Then I used glue dots to adhere it to the Cherry Cobbler tree. The tree is then popped up onto the card. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Don't forget that the new Card "Create"tions goes live tomorrow! Have you signed up? Don't delay! You can sign up today!!

Here's what you will get for $19.95!

• These cards are EXCLUSIVE to our subscription and won't be shown anywhere else. 
• 3 week mini-edition that is only cards, October 28 - November 17
• Each designer will choose a holiday or winter set each week and make 3 different cards using that one set.
• Total of 45 unique card ideas from 15 different sets. 
• Each card set includes a printable supply list with card measurements and photos.
• Perfect for your classes and stamp camps or to make for your own holiday cards!

AND...as a bonus on Saturdays, each designer will be sharing a little 3D favor that matches the holiday or winter set they chose that week.  We will be sharing this favor on our personal blogs, too, but you can easily tie it into your class offering!

Hope to see you there!!

Card Recipe: Stamps- none; Paper- Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Lucky Limeade, Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla, Festival of Prints designer paper; Ink- none; Accessories- Holiday framelits, Apothecary Accents framelits, Perfect Pennants die, Cherry Cobbler seam binding ribbon, hole punches, 3/4 circle punch, crop-a-dile, dimensionals

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Good morning, Friends! I hope you are all ready to play along with our newest sketch challenge from the team at Sketch Frenzy Friday! This week's sketch was created by Tammy Fite. Take a look!

Such an interesting sketch that I was quite stumped at first. I thought that this would be a great sketch to show off some of the beautiful designer paper! So I started looking. And came up with this!

Not much to this particular piece of designer paper but I liked the design and thought it was quite festive - lol! I kept it very simple!! I used a piece of designer paper from the Festival of Prints and cut strips and flagged the ends. Love the chevron look!! I adhered these down to a piece of Very Vanilla and then adhered a strip of Cherry Cobbler to the bottom. This panel is popped up onto a card base of Very Vanilla. I stamped the sentiment from Greetings of the Season in Cherry Cobbler at the bottom of the card. And for a little embellishment, I punched an ornament from Cherry Cobbler using the Merry Minis punch pack. This is popped up onto the card with a pearl added.

Remember that you can see all the designer's creations on the Sketch Frenzy Friday blog! I hope that you are inspired to play along with us this week! We always love to see what you do! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Greetings of the Season; Paper- Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler, Festival of Prints designer paper; Ink- Cherry Cobbler; Accessories- Merry Minis punch pack, pearl, dimensionals

CCMC 224

Good morning! Welcome to another Thursday challenge from the Create with Connie and Mary team! This week we are being challenged with color. Take a look at these fun colors!

Island Indigo, Lucky Limeade and Daffodil Delight. So very pretty together! I decided to go with a Christmas card and this is what emerged!

I used the Evergreen stamp set for this card. I punched a strip of Daffodil Delight with the dotted ribbon scallop punch and adhered it to the back of a piece of designer paper from the Festival of Prints designer pack and then adhered that to a card base of Very Vanilla. On top of this I adhered a piece of Lucky Limeade. Then I stamped the tree base on Very Vanilla in Lucky Limeade (stamping off once) and then the words on top in Island Indigo. The star is stamped in Daffodil Delight. This is adhered to a piece of Island Indigo. I adhered a small piece of Daffodil Delight seam binding ribbon behind the panel and then an antique brad before popping it up onto the card.

For more inspiration, be sure to visit the Create with Connie and Mary website to see what all the other designers did with these fabulous colors. I hope that you do find time to play along this week and link up your project! We always love to see what you do!

Don't forget to subscribe to the Create with Connie and Mary Card "Create"tions! It goes live next week! I am so excited!! Here is what you will get for only $19.95!

• 3 week mini-edition that is only cards
• These cards are EXCLUSIVE to our subscription and won't be shown anywhere else. 
• Each designer will choose a holiday or winter set each week and make 3 different cards using that one set.
• Total of 45 unique card ideas from 15 different sets. 
• Each card set includes a printable supply list with card measurements and photos.
• Perfect for your classes and stamp camps or to make for your own holiday cards!

AND...as a bonus on Saturday, each designer will be sharing a little 3D favor that matches the holiday or winter set they chose that week.  We will be sharing this favor on our personal blogs, too, but you can easily tie it into your class offering!

AND...who are our designers?  Your favorites are on board!

• Elizabeth Price
• Debbie Henderson
• Deb Currier
• Connie Babbert
• Mary Brown

So...check out the preview below and sign up today!  The Create with Connie and Mary Card "Create"tions mini session runs October 28th thru November 16th!

Hope to see you there! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Evergreen; paper- Very Vanilla, Daffodil Delight, Lucky Limeade, Island Indigo, Festival of Prints designer paper; Ink- Daffodil Delight, Lucky Limeade, Island Indigo; Accessories- Daffodil Delight seam binding ribbon, antique brad, dotted ribbon scallop punch, dimensionals

Merry Monday #35

Good morning, Friends! I am so glad that today is Wednesday! Nick doesn't have school the rest of the week due to parent/teacher conferences. So we can sleep in the next few mornings!! Yea!!! And there are no schedules to keep so we will really have some "free" time!! His team did really great at their basketball game yesterday! They won and played really great! It really is so much fun to watch!

Today's card was the last of the cards that I did for my stamp club this month. I also did this card for a recent swap I was in. I do love how this one turned out! And it is really super easy! The layout comes from an older sketch at Always Playing with Paper. I ran a piece of Crumb Cake through the Big Shot with the Northern Flurry embossing folder. Then I stamped the image from Winter Memories in Midnight Muse and popped this up onto a card base of Crumb Cake. Then I stamped the sentiment onto a strip of Very Vanilla and flagged one end. This strip is layered onto a strip of Midnight Muse with the end flagged, too. These strips are then adhered to the card. Then I used the Snow Flurry die to cut two snowflakes from the champagne glimmer paper. These are layered together and popped up onto the card. I added a pearl to the center. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Winter Memories; Paper- Crumb Cake, Midnight Muse, Very Vanilla, champagne glimmer paper; Ink- Midnight Muse; Accessories- Northern Flurry embossing folder, Snow Flurry die, pearl, dimensionals

PCCCS 009

Good morning, Friends! I hope your week is off to a great start! We had a nice evening last night as Nick only had basketball practice. We came home and had a nice home cooked meal and then watched football! I'm glad it will be this way for a little while! He has a game after school today and that will be fun!! 

Today's card was done quite a while ago. I almost forgot about it! And I do like the way it turned out. It was inspired by the sketch at Paper Craft Crew Challenges. It's a simple card and would be a great one for mass production and even mailable! I took a piece of Very Vanilla and ran it through the Big Shot with the Argyle embossing folder. I adhered a strip of Cherry Cobbler to the back and then adhered it to a card base of Very Vanilla. Then I took some Very Vanilla card stock and punched each shape from the Merry Minis punch pack. After punching the shape, I then used the Postage Stamp punch and punched it out. The fourth square is just the Postage Stamp punch. I popped up each square onto a piece of card stock - Gumball Green for the tree, Cherry Cobbler for the ornament and champagne glimmer for the star. These are then adhered to the card. Then I stamped the sentiment from Sweet Essentials in Cherry Cobbler onto a strip of Very Vanilla and flagged one end. This is adhered to the fourth square. I added a rhinestone for some bling! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Sweet Essentials; Paper- Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler, Gumball Green, champagne glimmer paper; Ink- Cherry Cobbler; Accessories- Argyle embossing folder, Merry Minis punch pack, Postage Stamp punch, rhinestones, dimensionals

Flower For You

Good morning everyone! Here we are beginning another week! Wow! And it's nearing the end of October! Nick just ended his first quarter of school. Time just seems to be going by so quickly! The boys ended their soccer season on a super note! 6-1!! We needed a big win and it was nice that it came on the last game! Now we are down to one sport in our family - lol! Nick has a basketball game on Tuesday and then he has Thursday and Friday off this week. That will be a nice break! And it will be good for me to kind of catch up!

Today's card is one that I did with my stamp club earlier this month. I had wanted to use this set and coordinating framelits so I came up with this easy card. I adhered a piece of More Mustard that was cut with the Apothecary Accents framelits onto a piece of Very Vanilla. On top of this is a strip of Orchard Harvest designer paper. Then this whole panel is popped up onto a card base of Very Vanilla. I stamped the jar from Perfectly Preserved in Early Espresso onto Very Vanilla. Inside the jar I stamped the stem in Lucky Limeade and then this panel is adhered to a piece of Early Espresso and then popped up onto the card. I stamped the flower in More Mustard onto Very Vanilla and the cut it out with the Cannery framelits. I put a neutrals brad in the center before popping it up onto the jar. I also used the Cannery framelits to cut the jar top from the Orchard Harvest designer paper. I adhered the paper to a cut piece of Very Vanilla (for stability) and then wrapped some linen thread around it. This is also popped up onto the card. Finally, I stamped the greeting onto Very Vanilla in Early Espresso and cut it out by hand. This is adhered to the jar. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Perfectly Preserved; Paper- Very Vanilla, More Mustard, Early Espresso, Orchard Harvest designer paper; Ink- Early Espresso, More Mustard, Lucky Limeade; Accessories- Cannery framelits dies, Apothecary Accents framelits dies, neutrals brads, linen thread, dimensionals

FMS 55

Good morning, Friends! What a wonderful weekend we have been having!! I am so thankful that my parents could meet us this weekend and watch Nick play soccer! They did lose their game yesterday but they played very well! It was fun to watch!! We went to the aquarium yesterday and that was really fun! Got to see some very interesting fish! Nick really enjoyed it, too! And then we ate a very nice dinner and came back to the hotel for an evening of just visiting. Now we will watch the last game of Nick's soccer season and then part ways. That won't be fun but we will see them again in November for Thanksgiving!

Today's card comes from a sketch at Freshly Made. This was from a few weeks ago. I love the bright colored leaves on this one! I took a piece of Very Vanilla and wrapped a piece of Raspberry Ripple stitched satin ribbon around it. Then I adhered it to a card base of Very Vanilla. I flagged the bottom of a strip of Orchard Harvest designer paper and tucked it under the ribbon. I stamped the leaves from Wonderfall in Raspberry Ripple, Summer Starfruit, and Lucky Limeade onto Very Vanilla and cut them out. These are popped up onto the card. I stamped the greeting from Made for You in Raspberry Ripple and added a bronze button with some linen thread. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Wonderfall, Made for You; Paper- Very Vanilla, Orchard Harvest designer paper; Ink- Raspberry Ripple, Lucky Limeade, Summer Starfruit; Accessories- Raspberry Ripple stitched satin ribbon, bronze button, linen thread, dimensionals

CPS 285

Good morning, Friends! I hope your weekend is off to a great start! We are in Denver for the last of our soccer games for the season. And as a bonus, my parents decided to drive up and meet us to watch Nick! It has been so fun to be able to visit and catch up! And Nick is excited to be able to have someone else watch him play besides his parents - lol! Today we play the number one team in our division. I just hope all the boys play their very best! Good luck Fire FC!!

Today's card is one that I made quite a while ago. It comes from the CPS blog. They have decided to end their sketches and that makes me sad as I have gotten a lot of great ideas from them. But they are moving on to other things and for that I wish them luck! This sketch is actually from last month but I thought it looks fun! I adhered squares of Orchard Harvest designer paper to a piece of Early Espresso which is then adhered to a card base of Crumb Cake. I used the Autumn Accents die to cut out two leaves from Very Vanilla and then inked up the coordinating leaf stamp from Wonderfall in Cajun Craze and then Lucky Limeade. I laid the leaf on top of the stamp and rubbed it to get the image onto the cut leaf. The leaves are popped up onto the card. I stamped the greeting from Made for You onto a strip of Very Vanilla and flagged one end before adhering it to the card. Finally, I added a bronze button with some linen thread tied though it. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Wonderfall, Made for You; Paper- Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, Orchard Harvest designer paper; Ink- Early Espresso, Cajun Craze, Lucky Limeade; Accessories- bronze button, linen thread, Autumn Accents die, dimensionals

SFF 101912

Good Friday morning! I get to sleep in this morning as yesterday was the last day of the first quarter of school. And today means that the teacher is getting all the grades together. Oh joy! Next week will be parent/teacher conferences. But I don't want to think about school. I want to show you the newest sketch from the Sketch Frenzy Friday team! This week's sketch was created by Sharon Wheet. Take a look!

What a beautiful clean and simple sketch! I needed that! Here's what I came up with!

I just got the set Greetings of the Season. Such a nice selection of greetings and I thought this sketch would be perfect for one of them. Since I wanted to use snowflakes, I picked the word stamp "Peace on Earth". I took a piece of Whisper White to the Big Shot and used the Northern Flurry embossing folder to emboss it. This is popped up onto a card base of Whisper White. Then I took another piece of Whisper White and used the Labels framelits dies to cut the label shape. I stamped the greeting in Elegant Eggplant and popped this up onto the card. Finally I added two snowflakes that were cut from silver glimmer paper using the Snow Flurry die. A super simple but elegant card. 

Be sure to visit the Sketch Frenzy Friday blog to see all the designer's cards! I hope that you are inspired to play along with us this week! We just love to see what you do and I even get inspired by you! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Greetings of the Season; Paper- Whisper White, silver glimmer paper; Ink- Elegant Eggplant; Accessories- Northern Flurry embossing folder, Snow Flurry die, Labels framelits dies, dimensionals

CCMC 223

Greetings Friends!! It's Thursday once again and time for another great challenge from the Create with Connie and Mary team! This week we are being challenged with a sketch! Check out this fun sketch!

Something a little different for me but I like that! I like that these challenges get me out of my box! And I like how my card turned out! 

I kept my card pretty simple. I took a piece of Crumb Cake card stock and layered a piece of Orchard Harvest designer paper at an angle and then wrapped a piece of Raspberry Ripple stitched satin ribbon around it before adhering the panel to a card base of Crumb Cake. Then I layered a piece of Crumb Cake to a piece of Early Espresso and popped it up onto the card. Then I stamped the images from Perfectly Preserved onto Very Vanilla - the jar in Early Espresso, the lid in Island Indigo, the flower in More Mustard, the apple in Raspberry Ripple and the stem in Lucky Limeade. All these were cut out using the Cannery framelits dies. The lid is adhered to the jar and then popped up onto the card. I popped up the apple and tucked the stem behind it. I put a neutrals brad through the flower center and popped it up onto the jar lid. Finally, I stamped the greeting from Made for You in Early Espresso. A fun fall card! 

Don't forget to check out the rest of the creations from the Create with Connie and Mary design team. I hope that you are inspired to play along with us this week! We always love to see what you do with the challenges! 

While you are there make sure to check out the new Create with Connie and Mary Card "Create"tions Holiday 2012 Edition! I have been working on my projects but the only way you get to see them is to subscribe! We will be going live next week! I am so excited to be a part of this new venture! Here is what your $19.95 will get you:

• 3 week mini-edition that is only cards
• These cards are EXCLUSIVE to our subscription and won't be shown anywhere else. 
• Each designer will choose a holiday or winter set each week and make 3 different cards using that one set.
• Total of 45 unique card ideas from 15 different sets. 
• Each card set includes a printable supply list with card measurements and photos.
• Perfect for your classes and stamp camps or to make for your own holiday cards!

AND...as a bonus on Saturday, each designer will be sharing a little 3D favor that matches the holiday or winter set they chose that week.  We will be sharing this favor on our personal blogs, too, but you can easily tie it into your class offering!

AND...who are our designers?  Your favorites are on board!

• Elizabeth Price
• Debbie Henderson
• Deb Currier
• Connie Babbert
• Mary Brown

Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Perfectly Preserved, Made for You; Paper- Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Early Espresso, Orchard Harvest designer paper; Ink- Early Espresso, Island Indigo, More Mustard, Raspberry Ripple, Lucky Limeade; Accessories- Raspberry Ripple stitched satin ribbon, Cannery framelits dies, neutrals brad, dimensionals

Retro 31

Good morning, Friends! Another week seems to be flying by! Yesterday's basketball game was SO much fun! My husband and I are going to have a lot of fun watching Nick play his school sports! He was so nervous yesterday that he texted me before school was out to say his stomach hurt. I told him it was nerves but he wasn't sure. I did know that there was a bug going around so I wasn't so sure either. But the day ended, he told me he was fine, and he played great!! Actually, the team played great! The other team they faced had four boys that were taller than their teacher/coach!!! They were giants!! But that didn't freak out our boys! They shut those tall kids out and won their game 39-13! We all are so proud! Now he is exhausted but up and ready to go. Their next game is on Thursday. I can't wait!!

Today's card was one that I did a few weeks ago (most of these were done while my computer was in the shop). I thought this was a unique layout so I gave it a try. It is from Retro Sketches - simple and different. I adhered a piece of Orchard Harvest designer paper to a piece of Early Espresso and rounded the one corner with a 1" circle punch. Then I tied a piece of Raspberry Ripple stitched satin ribbon around it. To the back and bottom of this panel I adhered a strip of Raspberry Ripple scallops that was cut with the Tasteful Trim die. I stamped the greeting from Made for You in Raspberry Ripple on a piece of Very Vanilla and adhered it to the back and top of the panel and then the panel is popped up onto a card base of Crumb Cake. Finally, I added a leaf which was cut with the Autumn Accents die from champagne glimmer paper. This is then popped up onto the card.

Card Recipe: Stamps- Made for You; Paper- Crumb Cake, Raspberry Ripple, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, Orchard Harvest designer paper, champagne glimmer paper; Ink- Raspberry Ripple; Accessories- Raspberry Ripple stitched satin ribbon, Tasteful Trim die, Autumn Accents die, 1" circle punch, dimensionals

Fab Friday 03

Good morning, Friends! I hope your week has started off good for you! It's an exciting day around here as Nick has his first Middle School basketball game today! He says he is really nervous but I bet all the boys are! I told him this is the start of his school sports! He is really proud to be representing his school and I think that is really neat! Anyway, I am excited for him and this is going to be a really fun adventure for us all! 

Today's card is one that I did a few week's ago. It was for the Fab Friday challenge. I super simple sketch! I have really been into using this new champagne glimmer paper! It is just so fun and sparkly! I adhered three strips of the glimmer paper to a card base of Cherry Cobbler. Then I stamped the image from Word Play in black StazOn onto Whisper White and punched it out with the 2 3/8" scallop circle punch. I colored the ornament with a Cherry Cobbler marker and pierced holes in each scallop. This is popped up onto a 2 1/2" circle that was punched from Gumball Green. Then this is popped up onto the card. And that's all there is to it!

Have you signed up for the new Create with Connie and Mary Cards "Create"tions 2012 Edition yet? For $19.95 here is what you will get to enjoy!

• 3 week mini-edition that is only cards
• These cards are EXCLUSIVE to our subscription and won't be shown anywhere else. 
• Each designer will choose a holiday or winter set each week and make 3 different cards using that one set.
• Total of 45 unique card ideas from 15 different sets. 
• Each card set includes a printable supply list with card measurements and photos.
• Perfect for your classes and stamp camps or to make for your own holiday cards!

AND...as a bonus on Saturday, each designer will be sharing a little 3D favor that matches the holiday or winter set they chose that week.  We will be sharing this favor on our personal blogs, too, but you can easily tie it into your class offering!

AND...who are our designers?  Your favorites are on board!

• Elizabeth Price
• Debbie Henderson
• Deb Currier
• Connie Babbert
• Mary Brown

I have been working on my projects but the only way you all will get to see them is if you subscribe! I hope to see you there! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Word Play; Paper- Cherry Cobbler, Gumball Green, Whisper White, champagne glimmer paper; Ink- black StazOn, Cherry Cobbler; Accessories- 2 1/2" circle punch, 2 3/8" scallop circle punch, piercer, dimensionals

Announcing Card "Create"tions!!

Good morning, Friends! Another week to begin! It seems we are just flying through these fall days! This past weekend we went over the mountains because Nick had soccer games. We left here on Friday and it was raining pretty good! We made it over no problem but the mountains did get a good amount of snow and when we came back over on Sunday we got to see it! Thankfully the roads were clear and dry but you can definitely see that winter will be coming! I do hope that the mountains get a lot more snow than last year!! 

Today's card was one that I made a few weeks ago. I was trying something a little different and wasn't sure that I like it. I don't hate it but it just didn't wow me - lol! I stamped the jar from Perfectly Preserved in Early Espresso onto a piece of Very Vanilla. This is adhered to a piece of Island Indigo that has the bottom scalloped with the scallop edge border punch. Then I wrapped a piece of Crumb Cake seam binding ribbon around this and tied a bow. I popped this up onto a card base of More Mustard. Then I stamped the jar lid in Island Indigo, the pear in More Mustard and the stem in Early Espresso onto Very Vanilla. I used the Cannery framelits dies to cut them out. I adhered the jar lid and the stem to the card and popped up the pear. Then I stamped the greeting in Island Indigo onto Very Vanilla and punched it out with the small oval punch. I punched a small hole and used the vintage trinkets to attach it to the bow. 

Now for a special announcement!! I am a designer for the new Create with Connie and Mary Card "Create"tions Holiday Edition!! I am SO excited to be a part of this! Here are the details of this new venture!

* Over 45 EXCLUSIVE cards with 15 stamp sets featured!
* October 28 thru November 17
* Printable supply lists & measurements
* 24/7 access
* Perfect for classes or personal cards!
* Designers Elizabeth Price, Debbie Henderson and Deb Currier are joining us!

All this for only $19.95! And this week, Connie and Mary are doing a preview week to give you a peek of what you will find from us! And remember that you will only get to see these fabulous cards by being a subscriber to this edition! I do hope to see you there!

I think that's it for today! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Perfectly Preserved; Paper- More Mustard, Island Indigo, Very Vanilla; Ink- Early Espresso, More Mustard, Island Indigo; Accessories- Crumb Cake seam binding ribbon, small oval punch, vintage trinkets, Cannery framelits dies, dimensionals

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Good morning, Friends! A quick post today. We need to eat a little breakfast and then pack the car and head to the soccer field. An early game and then a long drive back home. The boys played outstanding yesterday! They beat the #2 team 3-2!!! Here's hoping they play that great today!!

Today's card is one that I made a few weeks ago using the sketch from the Clean&Simple blog. A super quick layout and so versatile! I took a piece of Cherry Cobbler and adhered a piece of Gumball Green, Crumb Cake designer paper and a strip of champagne glimmer paper to it. This is then adhered to a card base of Crumb Cake. I stamped my greeting from Sweet Essentials onto a strip of Very Vanilla and flagged one end. This is adhered to the card. Finally, I added some champagne glimmer snowflakes that were cut with the Snow Flurry die. I popped these up onto the card and put a neutral brad in the center but I wished I had put a pearl. I like the look of the pearls better. Oh well. Now you know!! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Sweet Essentials; Paper- Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Gumball Green, Neutrals designer paper, champagne glimmer paper; Ink- Cherry Cobbler; Accessories- Snow Flurry die, neutrals brads, dimensionals

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Good morning, Friends! I hope your weekend is off to a great start! We are in the Denver area for soccer games this weekend. I hope the boys play their best! That always make the trip seem much more worthwhile if they play their best!! We will be back in the area next weekend and that will wrap up their soccer season. Wow! That really went by fast! But then we can concentrate on one sport and that is basketball. He is now playing Middle School sports and that means games about every week. I can't wait!

Today's card is one that I did with my club this month. I got the layout from the sketch at Techno Stamper. It is actually from last week but I wasn't able to post it till now. And I thought you might like to see it - lol! Anyway, it is very simple but I thought the glittery leaf really packed a wow! I ran a piece of Crumb Cake through the Big Shot with the Wood grain embossing folder and then popped it up onto a card base of Crumb Cake. Then I added two strips of designer paper from the Orchard Harvest pack. I punched a scallop circle from Early Espresso and a 1 3/4" circle from Very Vanilla. These two are adhered together and then popped up onto the card. I cut a leaf from the champagne glimmer paper using the Autumn Accents die and popped this up onto the circles. Then I stamped the greeting from Teeny Tiny Wishes in Early Espresso onto a strip of Very Vanilla and flagged one end. The other end is tucked under the leaf. Thanks for stopping by and have fabulous day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Teen Tiny Wishes; Paper- Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, champagne glimmer paper, Orchard Harvest designer paper; Ink- Early Espresso; Accessories- Autumn Accents die, Woodgrain embossing folder, scallop circle punch, 1 3/4" circle punch, dimensionals

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Good Friday morning, Friends! Thank goodness it's Friday! I am so excited to bring you another sketch challenge from the talented ladies at Sketch Frenzy Friday! This week's sketch was created by Robbie Rubala. Take a look!

A very clean and simple sketch. But I tried to make it too hard and it ended up taking me longer than needed to come up with a card. So I collected myself and went simple - like the sketch and here's what transformed!

When I got done I realized that I was making it way harder than I needed to. But I like my end result! I am also really happy that I got this leaf set! I love it!! I adhered a piece of Early Espresso card stock to the front of a More Mustard card. Then I adhered a piece of Orchard Harvest designer paper with the bottom flagged. I stamped the greeting from Perfectly Penned in Early Espresso onto a piece of Very Vanilla. This is popped up onto the card over the Early Espresso piece. Then I stamped the leaf from Wonderfall in More Mustard and fussy cut it out. The bottom part of the leaf is adhered to the greeting panel and popped up on the top part. Finally, I added a bronze button that has some Very Vanilla 1/8" taffeta ribbon tied in it. That's it!! I told you it was easy!!

Be sure to visit the Sketch Frenzy Friday blog to see what the other fabulous designers did with this sketch! I hope that you are inspired to play along, too! We love to see what you do with our sketches so be sure to upload your creation to to site! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Wonderfall, Perfectly Penned; Paper- More Mustard, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, Orchard Harvest designer paper; Ink- More Mustard, Early Espresso; Accessories- Very Vanilla 1/8" taffeta ribbon, bronze button, dimensionals

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Good morning, Friends! It's time for another fun Thursday challenge from the ladies at Create with Connie and Mary! This week they have pulled up some really fun colors to use for this week's challenge! Take a look!

Summer Starfruit, Gumball Green and Chocolate Chip! And here is how I used them!

Summer Starfruit is one of those colors that seems to have people either loving it or hating it. And I think I have hear of more 'hates' than 'loves'. So I thought it was great that Connie and Mary decided to have us show it some 'love'!! I definitely don't hate the color but I do have a hard time using it. It is not one of my 'go to' colors. So maybe we can say that Summer Starfruit is just misunderstood - lol!! Ok. On to the card! Another very simple one. I embossed a piece of Summer Starfruit card stock with the Woodgrain embossing folder and popped it up onto a card base of Summer Starfruit. Then I adhered a piece of Chocolate Chip that was punched with the scallop edge border punch. I stamped the leaf from Wonderfall in Gumball Green onto Very Vanilla and fussy cut it out. This is popped up onto the card. I stamped the greeting from Made for You in Chocolate Chip onto a strip of Very Vanilla and flagged one end. This is adhered to the leaf. The final touch was to add a bronze button that has some Very Vanilla 1/8" taffeta ribbon woven in it. 

Be sure that you visit the Create with Connie and Mary website to see what the other talented designers came up with! I hope you are inspired to play along this week! Upload your card to their website so that we can all take a look! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Wonderfall, Made for You; Paper- Summer Starfruit, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla; Ink- Gumball Green, Chocolate Chip; Accessories- Very Vanilla 1/8" taffeta ribbon, Woodgrain embossing folder, bronze button, scallop edge border punch, dimensionals

Woo Hoo!! I Am Back Up!!

Hello everyone!!!! I am SO super excited to have my computer back! Yes, I did lose everything - major bummer - but sometimes it's nice to wipe the slate clean and start over. So that is how I am choosing to look at it - a clean slate! Lol! I mean, what else is there to do? I have learned my lesson and will now be backing up everything! While my computer was away, I did stamp quite a bit. I used various challenges and sketches and of course they have all been closed. But I am still excited to show all the cards that I have been working on! Ahhh!! It is just nice to be back and blogging once again!

Today's card is one that I did with my stamp club this past Monday. This is a super simple card but I didn't think it needed too much more - lol! I stamped the candy cane image from Scentsational Season and the greeting from Sweet Essentials in Cherry Cobbler onto a panel of Whisper White. Then I used the Paper Piercing Essentials pack to pierce a line under the greeting. I used the 1 3/8" circe punch to round the corner. This panel is popped up onto the card base of Whisper White. Then I stamped the candy cane image again in Cherry Cobbler onto a piece of Whisper White. This time I cut it out with the Holiday Collection framelits dies. This is popped up onto the card. Finally, I added a clear button that has some Cherry Cobbler baker's twine tied in it. Cute and simple!! Thanks for not giving up on me! And thanks for stopping by! Have a fantastic day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Scentsational Season, Sweet Essentials; Paper- Whisper White; Ink- Cherry Cobbler; Accessories- Cherry Cobbler baker's twine, bitty button, 1 3/8" circle punch, Paper Piercing Essentials pack, dimensionals

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Good morning, Friends! I am back with today's Sketch Frenzy Friday's newest sketch! This week's sketch was created by Patrice Herrera. Take a look!

 

Very Clean and simple - I love it! Here's what I came up with using her sketch!

I pulled out the Googly Ghouls set. I haven't used it in a while - right? Lol!! Anyway, cut a strip of Lucky Limeade using the Tasteful Trim die and adhered it to a panel of Lucky Limeade and then adhered it to a card base of Basic Black. Then I popped up a square of Rich Razzleberry. I stamped the mummy in black StazOn onto Whisper White and cut him out. He is popped up onto the square. Then I stamped the 'boooo' in black StazOn onto Tangerine Tango and punched it out with the oval punch. This is tucked under the mummy. Finally, I added the googlies. Super simple!!

Remember that all of the designer's creations can be seen on the main Sketch Frenzy Friday blog. I hope you are inspired to play along this week! We always love to see what you do with our sketches! Be sure to upload your creation to the blog! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Googly Ghouls; Paper- Basic Black, Lucky Limeade, Tangerine Tango, Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White; Ink- black StazOn; Accessories- Tasteful Trim die, googlies, dimensionals

CCMC 221

 

Good morning everyone! Sorry about being MIA these last few days. My computer had a little "fever" so I had to run it to a certified Apple Care dealer which happens to be about 90 miles east of where I live. Nice, huh? So I am doing all my computer work from my husband's computer and it sure feels ancient! Ugh! He needs a new computer SO bad!! But you didn't come to hear about my computer issues. No! You are here for the Create with Connie and Mary challenge - yea!!! This week we are being challenged with a sketch. Take a look!

 

Isn't this awesome!!! I love this sketch! SO many possibilities with this! It was really hard to decided what to do! So here is what I finally came up with!

A super simple Christmas card! One that I think could be easily mass produced and mailed without all the bulk. I pulled out my Come to Bethlehem set and stamped the image with black StazOn onto Very Vanilla, I layered this onto a piece of Basic Black and then added the banners of Basic Black, silver glimmer paper and Newsprint designer paper. Then this panel is popped up onto a card base of Very Vanilla. I stamped the words in black StazOn and added a rhinestone to the star.

Be sure to visit the Create with Connie and Mary website to see what the other designer's created using this sketch! I hope that you are inspired to play along this week. Upload your creation so that we can all take a look! Thanks so much for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Come to Bethlehem; Paper- Very Vanilla, Basic Black, silver glimmer paper, Newsprint designer paper; Ink- black StazOn; Accessories- rhinestone, dimensionals