CASE-ing the Catty Challenge #3

Good morning, Friends! Well yesterday was quite the day! I was introduced to the teachers, I got my keys and started on my room. Yikes! My room looked like a storage closet! So I started sorting and figuring out what I needed. Not anywhere near done but I will be going in this weekend to move some furniture around. I also found out that my four hour position has turned into a seven hour position! Monday the kiddos come! Nick says he's excited so that's a good thing! Thankfully he has soccer practice at the high school and won't miss me not being home right away. It will be nice to have the same school schedule and have the summers off! Today Nick has bike racing practice. So we are up early! 

Today's card was made for the challenge CASE-ing the Catalog. You are supposed to pick something from the Birthday section of the catalog (pages 42-59) to copy. My card come from page 59. I had been looking to copy this card anyway so this was perfect! Super, super easy!

• Card base is Whisper White
• Punch a strip of Island Indigo using the dotted ribbon scallop punch and adhere it to the back of a piece of All Abloom designer paper then adhere to card base
• Stamp the greeting from Just Sayin' onto Whisper White using Island Indigo ink and cut out using the Word Bubble framelits then adhere to card with dimensionals
• Punch a flower from Strawberry Slush using the itty bitty accents punch pack and adhere to card
• Add a rhinestone to flower center

Super easy! Check out the challenge at play along! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Just Sayin'; Paper- Whisper White, Island Indigo, Strawberry Slush, All Abloom designer paper; Ink- Island Indigo; Accessories- Word Bubble framelits, dotted ribbon scallop punch, itty bitty accents punch pack, rhinestone, dimensionals

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Good morning, Friends! Here is this week's challenge from the Create with Connie and Mary team!

It's a sketch! Love sketch challenges! And here's what I did!

I had fun putting this one together! I used the colors from the Moonlight designer paper stack.

• Card base is Whisper White
• Stamp the splatters from Gorgeous Grunge in Lost Lagoon and Hello Honey onto the card base
• Run a strip of Basic Grey through the Big Shot using the Arrows embossing folder
• Cut a two pieces of the Moonlight designer paper at angles and adhere to embossed strip then adhere panel to card
• Stamp the greeting from Just Sayin' in Basic Grey onto Whisper White and cut out with the Word Bubbles framelits
• Adhere word bubble to card with dimensionals
• Punch a flower from Hello Honey using the itty bitty accents punch pack and adhere to card
• Adhere a rhinestone to flower center

Be sure to check out what the rest of the design team did with this sketch at the Create with Connie and Mary site! I'm looking forward to seeing what you all do with this sketch! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Gorgeous Grunge, Just Sayin'; Paper- Whisper White, Basic Grey, Hello Honey, Moonlight designer paper; Ink- Basic Grey, Hello Honey, Lost Lagoon; Accessories- Word Bubbles framelits, Arrows embossing folder, itty bitty accents punch pack, rhinestone, dimensionals

Miss You

Good morning, Friends! I hope you are all having a fabulous weekend! I am looking forward to staying inside the cool house and watching the final of the World Cup! Go Argentina!! And I will hopefully find some time to stamp a card or two. I had a great day yesterday with my friends! We went to a quilt show and shopped a bit. Then we went out for birthday dinners and had presents and stitched a bit! A very full and fun day! Sherry goes back today so this card is for her! Miss you, Friend!

I actually got the layout idea from the current Stampin' Up! catalog.

• Card base is Early Espresso
• Adhere a piece of Daffodil Delight to the bottom of a piece of Early Espresso and run it through the Big Shot with the Large Polka Dots embossing folder
• Flag the ends of a strip of Pumpkin Pie and a strip of Whisper White and adhere to panel
• Wrap a piece of Early Espresso baker's twine around panel three times and tie a bow
• Adhere panel to card
• Stamp the fox image from Life in the Forest onto Whisper White using Tuxedo Black Momento ink and color with the Pumpkin Pie blendabilities then cut out
• Adhere the fox to a piece of Whisper White using dimensionals
• Stamp the sentiment from Just Sayin' on the white panel using Tuxedo Black Momento ink
• Adhere panel to card with dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Life in the Forest, Just Sayin'; Paper- Early Espresso, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie; Ink- Tuxedo Black Momento ink, Blendabilities: Pumpkin Pie; Accessories- Large Polka Dot embossing folder, Early Espresso baker's twine, dimensionals

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Good morning everyone! Today's card was inspired by the sketch at clean&simple.

• Card base is Lost Lagoon
• Stamp the dots from Dotty Angles on the card base using Lost Lagoon ink
• Cut the word bubble shapes from Rich Razzleberry, Soft Sky, Pool Party and Pink Pirouette card stocks using Word Bubbles framelits and adhere to card
• Stamp the greeting from Just Sayin' using Lost Lagoon ink and cut out using the Word Bubbles framelits and adhere to card with dimensionals
• Punch a flower from Rich Razzleberry using the itty bitty accents punch pack and adhere to card
• Adhere a rhinestone to flower center

Create with Connie and Mary Summer Collection kicks off today! Don't miss out on all the great projects that will be shared! I hope to see you there!

So what is Create with Connie and Mary Summer Collection 2014 all about? 

• 4 FABULOUS weeks filled with wonderful ideas featuring the products from the NEW 2014-15 catalog!
• 18 EXCLUSIVE 3D projects suitable for classes and stamp camps...most completed within 2 hours!
• PLUS 24 card ideas seen ONLY by our subscribers (6 stamp sets with 4 cards each)

As with ALL of our collections...

• Our projects are ONLY available to our subscribers...we never show the collection projects online (ONLY the Preview Projects are shown)
• EACH project has a full downloadable PICTURE tutorial that continues all the information you need to recreate the project!
• Less than $1 per project!

Summer Collection runs June 22-July 12!

Create with Connie and Mary
Summer Collection 2014

Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Dotty Angles, Just Sayin'; Paper- Lost Lagoon, Rich Razzleberry, Pink Pirouette, Soft Sky, Pool Party, Whisper White; Ink- Lost Lagoon; Accessories- Word Bubbles framelits, itty bitty accents punch pack, rhinestones, dimensionals

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Good morning, Friends! I think I could have slept another few hours! Bring on the coffee! I hope I can wake up this morning and get some things done around here! The last few days haven't been productive ones for me. Although, I did manage to finish my quilted Christmas stockings! Those turned out really cute! I love them!! I am looking forward to displaying them at Christmas! Right now I am in need of some creative mojo! Maybe today??

Today's card was inspired by the sketch at Retro Sketches. Such a fun layout! I decided to pair up my forest animals with the word bubbles again.

• Card base is Whisper White
• Adhere a strip of Early Espresso that has been flagged at the bottom
• On a piece of Whisper White, stamp the trees image from Life in the Forest in black StazOn and color them with Old Olive and Early Espresso markers
• Take a strip of Old Olive card stock and use the fringe scissors to cut the grass then adhere strip onto stamped panel
• Tie a piece of Early Espresso 1/8" taffeta ribbon around the bottom of the grass and adhere panel to card with dimensionals
• Stamp the fox image in black StazOn onto a piece of Whisper White and color with Tangerine Tango marker then cut out
• Adhere the fox to the card with dimensionals
• Stamp the greeting from Just Sayin' in black StazOn onto a piece of Whisper White and cut out using the Word Bubbles framelits then adhere to card with dimensionals

I was thinking of graduation when I made this one. Not your traditional graduation card but my niece who is graduating in a few weeks might appreciate this one! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Life in the forest, Just Sayin'; Paper- Whisper White, Early Espresso, Old Olive; Ink- black StazOn, Tangerine Tango, Old Olive, Early Espresso; Accessories- Word Bubbles framelits, Early Espresso 1/8" taffeta ribbon, fringe scissors, dimensionals

Gee, Thanks!

Good morning, Friends! I hope your week is off to a great start! Looks like it's going to be another warm day today! And it looks like the wind will be blowing hard again today. Oh joy! I really need to get some stamping done today as I have the rest of my week filled with other events. I hope the mojo is there and the creative juices are overflowing - lol!

Today's card was one I did with my stamp club this month. I thought this one turned out fun! And I think the ladies enjoyed it, too!

• Card base is Whisper White
• Adhere a piece of silver foil designer vellum to card base
• Use the Word Bubble framelits to cut the shape out of a piece of Soft Sky card stock
• Run the piece through the Big Shot with the Arrows embossing folder
• Stamp the greeting from Just Sayin' with black StazOn onto a piece of Whisper White and adhere to back of Soft Sky piece with dimensionals
• Use the scallop edge border punch to punch the edge of a strip of silver foil card stock then adhere to panel
• Tie a piece of silver ribbon around panel and adhere panel to card with dimensionals
• Punch a flower from Calypso Coral and adhere to bow with a glue dot then add a rhinestone to flower center

Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Just Sayin'; Paper- Whisper White, Soft Sky, Calypso Coral, Silver foil, Silver foil designer vellum; Ink- black StazOn; Accessories- silver ribbon, Arrows embossing folder, scallop edge border punch, itty bitty shapes punch pack, Word Bubbles framelite, rhinestones, dimensionals

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Good morning, Friends! Well, I am having the hardest time waking up this morning! I could really sleep another couple of hours!! Thank goodness it's Friday and tomorrow morning I will be sleeping at this time! I was on a roll yesterday with my stamping! I hope to get my groove back and get a lot done again today! 

Today's card is a fun CAS design! I was inspired to use these colors from the Colour Me challenge. 

• Card base is Whisper White
• On a piece of Whisper White, stamp the lines image from Gorgeous Grunge twice in Daffodil Delight and the splotches image in Bermuda Bay three times
• Round the top right hand corner of layer using the 1" circle punch
• Adhere layer to a strip of Basic Black card stock then adhere panel to card with dimensionals
• Stamp the greeting from Just Sayin' with black StazOn ink onto a piece of Whisper White and cut out with the Word Bubbles framelits then adhere to card with dimensionals
• Add three rhinestones to card

Super Simple! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Just Sayin', Gorgeous Grunge; Paper- Whisper White, Basic Black; Ink- black StazOn, Daffodil Delight, Bermuda Bay; Accessories- Word Bubble framelits, 1" circle punch, rhinestones, dimensionals

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Hey there, Friends! I hope your weekend is off to a great start! Looks like we will be having another super gorgeous day! Pat and Nick will do some mountain biking and then we will head over the mountains. Nick has a soccer game tomorrow on the Eastern Slope so we will spend the night over there tonight. And the soccer season begins…

Today's card was inspired by the sketch at Deconstructed Sketch. It was from a few weeks ago. I thought that it would be fun to incorporate some washi tape with the sketch!

• Card base is Very Vanilla
• Round the two bottom corners of a piece of Retro Fresh designer paper and adhere to card base
• Adhere a strip of Retro Fresh washi tape over the top of the designer paper and two small pieces on the top left of the card base
• Stamp the greeting from Just Sayin' in Coastal Cabana onto Very Vanilla and cut out using the Word Bubbles framelits then adhere to card with dimensionals
• Thread a thin piece of Coastal Cabana card stock through a Basic Metal button and adhere to card

Pretty simple! Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your day!!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Just Sayin'; Paper- Very Vanilla, Retro Fresh designer paper; Ink- Coastal Cabana; Accessories- Retro Fresh washi tape, Word Bubbles framelits, Basic Metal buttons, corner rounder, dimensionals

Retro Bubble

Good morning, Friends! Boy it was hard to get up this morning! I even thought it was later in the week than just Tuesday! I hope this doesn't mean that it is going to be a long week! Today we will register our son for his Freshman year. WOW! Last night we were looking at graduation requirements and electives to know what we should do. I'm still not completely sure but ready or not here it comes! He's even talking about driving? Where does the time go?

Today's card was one that I did with my stamp club earlier this month. It's a super simple card that is really fun!

• Card base is Very Vanilla
• On a layer of Very Vanilla stamp the splatter images from Gorgeous Grunge in So Saffron and Baked Brown Sugar then sponge the edges with Baked Brown Sugar
• Adhere three pieces of the Retro Fresh washi tape to the layer and then adhere panel to the card base with dimensionals
• Punch a circle from Baked Brown Sugar with the 1 3/4" circle punch
• Stamp the lines image from Gorgeous Grunge onto the circle with Baked Brown Sugar and sponge the edges with Baked Brown Sugar then adhere to card with dimensionals
• Stamp the greeting from Just Sayin' in Coastal Cabana onto Very Vanilla and cut out with the Word Bubbles framelits
• Sponge the edges and add a mini brad then adhere to card with dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Just Sayin', Gorgeous Grunge; Paper- Very Vanilla, Baked Brown Sugar; Ink- Baked Brown Sugar, So Saffron, Coastal Cabana; Accessories- Word Bubbles framelits, Retro Fresh washi tape, 1 3/4" circle punch, mini brad, sponge, dimensionals

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Good morning, Friends! Well this week seems to be flying by! I guess I had better start thinking about our trip to Las Vegas this weekend and be getting ready for that! The car goes in to get serviced today. I also need to think about any grocery shopping. And then there is the never ending pile of laundry… Also got to make sure that Nick's uniform is all put together and ready to be packed! Looking forward to some sun and warmer weather!! Among all of this is the fact that I need to finish up a swap and get it mailed before I leave as well as get a project ready for tomorrow night's shoebox club. Lots to do!!

Today's card was inspired by the sketch at Hand Stamped Sentiments. I can't seem to load their blog at the moment so I don't have a link for you. Sorry. My internet has been so sporadic lately it's very frustrating!! Anyway, here are the card details:

• Card base is Whisper White
• On a layer of Whisper White, pierce a heart using the Essentials paper piercing pack then adhere layer to card base with dimensionals
• Stamp the greeting from Just Sayin' in black StazOn onto a piece of Whisper White and cut out using the Word Bubbles framelits and adhere to card with dimenisonals
• Cut a heart from Pink Pirouette card stock with the Hearts a Flutter framelits and adhere to card
• Cut the chevron pieces from Whisper White card stock using the die cut from the Circle Thinlits then adhere to card
• Add a Whisper White candy dot to heart

Pretty simple! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Just Sayin'; Paper- Whisper White, Pink Pirouette; Ink- black StazOn; Accessories- Essentials paper piercing pack, Circle Thinlits dies, Hearts a Flutter framelits, Word Bubbles framelits, Neutrals candy dots, dimensionals

Love Ya Bubble

Good morning, Friends! Well the Super Bowl definitely did NOT go the way I had expected! Yikes!! Sure wish it had been a lot closer and more of a game. But it's all over and the Manning jersey is packed away for next year. Love that guy!! This week is supposed to be colder and snowy. Hmmm… But this weekend my friend Sherry is coming for a visit and that will make everything better!! Guess I had get my stuff done before she gets here! 

Today's card started out from a sketch (I think). Anyway, it ended up completely different! I was trying to use my fringe scissors in different ways. Here are the details:

• Card base is Sahara Sand
• Layer of Sweet Sorbet designer paper that was fringed with the fringe scissors on both ends then adhere to card
• Use the banner punch to punch a banner from Crisp Cantaloupe and a banner from Pool Party then adhere to the back of a piece of Basic Black card stock then adhere panel to card
• Pierce a heart onto a piece of Sahara Sand using the Occasions paper piercing pack and adhere to card with dimensionals
• Stamp the greeting from Just Sayin' in black StazOn onto a piece of Whisper White and cut out using the Word Bubbles framelits
• Adhere to card with dimensionals
• Adhere a large rhinestone to card

Pretty simple! And I am having fun with those fringe scissors! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Just Sayin'; Paper- Sahara Sand, Basic Black, Whisper White, Crisp Cantaloupe, Pool Party, Sweet Sorbet designer paper; Ink- black StazOn; Accessories- Occasions paper piercing pack, banner punch, Word Bubble framelits, large rhinestone, fringe scissors, dimensionals

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Good morning Friends!! I hope you have had a fabulous weekend thus far! It's a BIG day around here!! We are all sporting our Bronco gear to cheer our team on to a victory in today's Super Bowl!! Woohoo!! I am drinking coffee from my Bronco mug and am wearing my brand new Manning jersey that my son and husband got me yesterday!! I LOVE it!!! And I am so excited!! Go Broncos!!

So today's card was inspired by the sketch at The Sweetest Thing. Not sure how I feel about the end result but I do love putting the animals with the word bubbles! Too fun and too cute! Here are the details…

• Card base is Crumb Cake
• Adhere three strips of Fresh Prints designer paper to card base
• Flag one end of a strip of Crumb Cake
• Stamp the fox image from Life in the Forest onto the Crumb Cake strip using black StazOn then color him with a Crumb Cake marker
• Sponge edges of stamped strip with Crumb Cake ink
• Use the fringe scissors to fringe a strip of Coastal Cabana card stock and adhere to back of stamped strip then adhere to card with dimensionals
• Stamp the sentiment from Just Sayin' in black StazOn onto a piece of Whisper White and cut out using the Word Bubble framelits
• Stamp the little heart into the word bubble using Real Read ink then adhere word bubble to card with dimensionals

So I just realized that I had meant to add two Real Red candy dots to the lower left part of the card. Ugh! But there you have it! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Life in the Forest, Just Sayin'; Paper- Crumb Cake, Coastal Cabana, Whisper White, Fresh Prints designer paper; Ink- black StazOn, Crumb Cake, Real Red; Accessories- Word Bubbles framelits, fringe scissors, sponge, dimensionals

This Raccoon Loves Ya!!

Good morning, Friends! It just seems too early this morning! We went to the Freshman boys and girls' basketball games yesterday. That was fun! I can't believe that Nick will be there next year! I do need to get serious about finishing some projects up this week! So I think I will work on that today. It is supposed to start snowing today and into tomorrow but we will see if that actually happens… We do need the moisture but yesterday's warm temperatures were sure nice!

Today's card came together from inspiration while surfing my Pinterest board. Card details…

• Card base is Whisper White
• Adhere a piece of Gumball Green card stock to card base
• Take another piece of Gumball Green card stock and use the fringe scissors to make the grass and adhere to a piece of Whisper White
• Round the top corners of Whisper White layer
• Punch a heart from Calypso Coral with the Full Heart punch and adhere to Whisper White layer
• Adhere panel to card with dimensionals
• Stamp raccoon from Life in the Forest and words from Just Sayin' onto Whisper White with black StazOn.
• Use Word Bubbles framelits to cut out the words
• Color the raccoon with Smoky Slate and Calypso Coral marker then cut out
• Adhere raccoon and words to card with dimensionals
• Add a Calypso Coral candy dot

Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Life in the Forest, Just Sayin'; Paper- Whisper White, Gumball Green, Calypso Coral; Ink- black StazOn, Smoky Slate, Calypso Coral; Accessories- Full Heart punch, Word Bubbles framelits, Subtles candy dots, fringe scissors, corner rounder, dimensionals

Miss You...

Good morning, Friends! I hope I have finally caught up on some sleep! We went to bed early last night and slept in this morning. Felt so good! Nick's team won both their basketball games yesterday and played very well! It was fun to watch! And I know that Nick had a great time, too! Those benches were not kind to my backside, though! I am thinking we need to get some of those stadium seats!! Guess I'm getting too old - lol!! I am sad that there is no football on today but next week will be exciting!! So we will kick back and I hope to get my quilt done today!

Today's card was inspired by one that we did in Becky's card class this month. Very simple! Card details:

• Card base is Whisper White
• Adhere a piece of Real Red card stock to card base
• Layer a piece of Fresh Prints designer paper to a piece of Whisper White and round all four corners with the corner rounder
• Stamp the greeting from Just Sayin' in Coastal Cabana
• Tie a piece of Real Red 1/8" taffeta ribbon around this panel and adhere to card with dimensionals
• Color a rhinestone with a red sharpie and add to card

Week 2 of the Create with Connie and Mary Spring Collection has started! It's not too late to join and see all the projects and download the tutorials! My first project will be shown this week! I'm so excited! These projects are amazing! Thanks for stopping by have a super day!!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Just Sayin'; Paper- Whisper White, Real Red, Fresh Prints designer paper; Ink- Coastal Cabana; Accessories- Real Red 1/8" taffeta ribbon, corner rounder, red sharpie, rhinestone, dimensionals

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Good morning everyone! Thank goodness it's FRIDAY!! I am so looking forward to a fairly quiet weekend. Stitching tonight with Becky and then two basketball games tomorrow is all that is planned. Even thought there was no school on Monday this week sure has seemed long to me. 

Today's card was inspired by last week's sketch at Sketch Frenzy Friday. Card details…

• Card base is Whisper White
• Layer of Old Olive is adhered to card
• Layer of Tangerine Tango was run through the Big Shot using the Woodgrain embossing folder and then adhere to card
• Cut a layer of Whisper White and run it through the Big Shot with the Word Bubble framelit
• Stamp the bubble image from Just Sayin' in black StazOn (note: be sure to omit the bubbles part of the image) onto a piece of Whisper White and adhere it behind the cut out with dimensionals then adhere panel to card
• Stamp fox image from Life in the Forest in black StazOn onto a piece of Whisper White and color with Tangerine Tango marker then cut out and adhere to card with dimensional
• Cut a strip of Old Olive and use the fringe scissors to make the grass then adhere to card
• Add three rhinestones to make the thought bubbles

Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Life in the Forest, Just Sayin'; Paper- Whisper White, Old Olive, Tangerine Tango; Ink- black StazOn, Tangerine Tango; Accessories- Woodgrain embossing folder, Word Bubbles framelits, fringe scissors, rhinestones, dimensionals

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Preview Week at Create with Connie and Mary is winding down! Be sure that you get subscribed with the early bird pricing!! Two  more designers have been introduced and they both are offering blog candy! So be sure to visit the website and find out who they are! Here is more information about the Spring Collection:

• 4 FABULOUS weeks filled with wonderful ideas featuring the products from the Occasions Mini and Sale-a-bration brochure!
• One of these weeks...Card "Create"tions...24 cards seen ONLY by our subscribers
• One of these weeks...it's a SALE-A-BRATION - projects feature the items from the Sale-a-bration brochure.

As with ALL of our collections...

• Our projects are ONLY available to our subscribers...we never show the collection projects online (ONLY the Preview Projects are shown)
• EACH project has a full downloadable PICTURE tutorial that continues all the information you need to recreate the project!
• Less than $1 per project!

Spring Collection runs January 19th through February 15th!

Create with Connie and Mary
Spring Collection 2014
Only $24.95 US

I am so glad it's Friday! I am headed over the mountains to have a quilting weekend with my friend Sherry! I haven't sewn in quite a while so I am excited to have nothing else to do but sew! Woohoo! I am hoping to get a set of Christmas stockings done. Weird, I know, but if I get them done now they will be ready for Christmas next year - lol! And I am sure we will find a little time for some retail therapy!

Today's card was inspired by the sketch at Retro Sketches. A very simple card and I just love these little critters with the word bubbles!! Here are the details…

• Card base is Naturals White
• Layer of Naturals White with the top corners rounded with the 1" circle punch
• Layer a strip of Sweet Sorbet designer paper onto Naturals White then tie a piece of Basic Black 1/8" taffeta ribbon around it and adhere to card base with dimensionals
• Use the Apothecary Accents framelits to cut the shape from Naturals White and then trace around the same shape onto a piece of Basic Black and fussy cut that shape out for a mat
• Use the Essentials paper piercing pack to pierce inside the cut out shape and then stamp the image from Life in the Forest using black StazOn ink
• Color the image with Crumb Cake and Soft Suede markers
• Adhere Basic Black shape to card then adhere stamped shape to card with dimensionals
• Stamp greeting from Just Sayin' in black StazOn onto Naturals White and cut out with the Word Bubbles framelits and adhere to card with dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Life in the Forest, Just Sayin'; Paper- Naturals White, Basic Black, Sweet Sorbet designer paper; Ink- black StazOn, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede; Accessories- Basic Black 1/8" taffeta ribbon, Word Bubbles framelits, Apothecary Accents framelits, Essentials paper piercing pack, 1" circle punch, dimensionals

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Good morning, Friends! I hope your week is off to a great start! I have my coffee here so I am ready to start my day - lol! I got some stamping done yesterday but need to get it finished up as I leave on Friday for a quilting retreat! 

Have you signed up for the Create with Connie and Mary Spring Collection yet? It's Preview Week and two more designers have been revealed! They also have blog candy to give away! So be sure to stop by and find out how to win!! Here is more information about the Spring Collection…

• 4 FABULOUS weeks filled with wonderful ideas featuring the products from the Occasions Mini and Sale-a-bration brochure!
• One of these weeks...Card "Create"tions...24 cards seen ONLY by our subscribers
• One of these weeks...it's a SALE-A-BRATION - projects feature the items from the Sale-a-bration brochure.

As with ALL of our collections...

• Our projects are ONLY available to our subscribers...we never show the collection projects online (ONLY the Preview Projects are shown)
• EACH project has a full downloadable PICTURE tutorial that continues all the information you need to recreate the project!
• Less than $1 per project!

Spring Collection runs January 19th through February 15th!

Create with Connie and Mary
Spring Collection 2014
Only $24.95 US

Now on to my card for today!

Today's card was inspired by the sketch at Mojo Monday. Here are the details…

• Card base is Coastal Cabana
• Layer of Fresh Prints designer paper
• Layer of Crumb Cake that was run through the Big Shot using the Chevron embossing folder and then sponged with Crumb Cake ink before adhere to card
• Layer of Coastal Cabana that was sponged with Coastal Cabana and then adhered to card
• Stamp the word bubble from Just Sayin' in Crumb Cake onto Whisper White and then cut out using the Word Bubbles framelits and adhere to card with dimensionals
• Punch the chevrons from Real Red using the chevron punch and adhere to card
• Punch a flower from Real Red using the itty bitty shapes punch pack and adhere to card
• Add a rhinestone to flower center

Pretty simple! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Just Sayin'; Paper- Coastal Cabana, Crumb Cake, Real Red, Whisper White, Fresh Prints designer paper; Ink- Crumb Cake, Coastal Cabana; Accessories- Chevron embossing folder, Chevron punch, itty bitty shapes punch pack, Word Bubbles framelits, rhinestone, sponges, dimensionals

CCMC Spring Collection Guest Designer

Good morning, Friends! I am so excited to announce that I will be a guest designer with the Create with Connie and Mary team for their Spring Collection! Connie and Mary are announcing all the fabulous designers this week and each day there will be a chance to win blog candy! So be sure to stop by their site to see how you can win! Here are the details about the Spring Collection:

Create with Connie and Mary
Spring Collection 2014
is getting ready to begin! Join now at our Early Bird rate of $24.95 US and save $5 off the regular $29.95 US price. 
• Projects that can be completed in about 2 hours...perfect for classes and camps!• FREE Preview Projects 
January 12 - 18 
(see we are all about)!
• Spring Collection 2014 
January 19 through February 15
• Features Occasions and SAB Catalog Products
• 18 EXCLUSIVE 3D samples and 24 card ideas
• Step-by-step downloadable PHOTO tutorials
• Only available to subscribers!
• Demonstrators & Customers welcome!

Today's card uses a new stamp set from the Celebrate the Everyday catalog! I love this little hedgehog! And I thought how cute for a little guy to have such a big word bubble - lol! Here are the card details…

• Card base is Cajun Craze
• Layer of Cajun Craze that was run through the Big Shot using the Decorative Dots embossing folder then adhere to card stock
• Layer of Crumb Cake that was pierced with the Occasions paper piercing pack
• Stamp the hedgehog image with black StazOn ink and color with Crumb Cake and Soft Suede markers
• Sponge the edges of the panel with Crumb Cake ink and adhere to card with dimensionals
• Stamp words from Just Sayin' in Cajun Craze onto Crumb Cake and use the Word Bubbles framelits to cut out then adhere to card with dimensionals
• Add a rhinestone to the word bubble

Be sure to stop by the Create with Connie and Mary website to sign up for the Spring Collection 2014! You can also see a list of the other designers and a link to their blogs to get even more excited about what this collection will be like! I hope you will join us! Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Life in the Forest, Just Sayin'; Paper- Cajun Craze, Crumb Cake; Ink- black StazOn, Cajun Craze, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede; Accessories- Word Bubbles framelits, Decorative Dots embossing folder, Occasions paper piercing pack, rhinestone, sponge, dimensionals