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Good morning everyone! It's time for the Thursday challenge at Create with Connie and Mary! This week's challenge is a color challenge! Take a look!

Tangerine Tango, Always Artichoke and Sahara Sand are the fabulous colors that we have to play with! These colors made me think of fall and here's what I decided to make!

Very simple fall card! Details:

• Card base is Sahara Sand
• On the card base stamp the splotches from Gorgeous Grunge in Sahara Sand
• Flag the bottom of a piece of Always Artichoke and run through the Big Shot using the Woodgrain embossing folder then adhere to card
• Stamp leaves from Wonderfall in Tangerine Tango and Always Artichoke onto Whisper White, cut out and adhere to card with dimensionals
• Stamp greeting from Teeny Tiny Wishes in Always Artichoke
• Tie a bow with a piece of linen thread and adhere to leaves
• Adhere a Tangerine Tango candy dot to bow center

I hope you enjoyed my fall card today! Be sure to see what the other designers did with these colors at the Create with Connie and Mary site! I hope you will play along with us this week! Thanks for stopping by and have a fabulous day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Wonderfall, Teeny Tiny Wishes, Gorgeous Grunge; Paper- Sahara Sand, Always Artichoke, Whisper White; Ink- Sahara Sand, Always Artichoke, Tangerine Tango; Accessories- Woodgrain embossing folder, linen thread, Brights candy dots, dimensionals

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Good morning, Friends! The Create with Connie and Mary Winter Collection has come to an end :( What super wonderful and awesome projects were shared by the designers! Since this is the last week, the challenge is for the designers only. So the designers are sharing their last creation with you all using this beautiful color challenge! Check it out!

Coastal Cabana, Pool Party, and Smoky Slate. So very pretty! Here is what I created!

I used a couple of carry-over stamp sets to create my card: Evergreen and Greetings of the Season. Here are the card details:

• Card base is Smoky Slate
• Layer of Coastal Cabana that was embossed with the Northern Flurry embossing folder
• A piece of Smoky Slate 3/4" chevron ribbon is tied around the layer
• Cut a circle of Whisper White using the 3 1/2" circle die
• Stamp the tree from Evergreen in Pool Party three times - once full strength and twice having stamped off
• Stamp greeting from Greetings of the Season in Smoky Slate 
• Adhere circle to Coastal Cabana layer using dimensionals and trim off end
• Adhere layer to card with dimensionals
• Add two rhinestones

I hope you like my creation! It's been a blast being a part of the Winter Collection! Find the other designers' creations by visiting the Create with Connie and Mary website! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Evergreen, Greetings of the Season; Paper- Smoky Slate, Coastal Cabana, Whisper White; Ink- Pool Party, Smoky Slate; Accessories- Smoky Slate 3/4" chevron ribbon, Northern Flurry embossing folder, 3 1/2" circle die, rhinestones, dimensionals

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Good Friday morning! Boy am I ready for the weekend! Sketch Frenzy Friday has a new sketch for you all this week and it was created by Patrice Herrera! Take a look!

And my card...

I kept it very simple! And I believe it could be very mailable as well! Here are the details:

• Card base is Crumb Cake
• Layer of Crumb Cake that was stamped with the Santa image from Santa's List in Cherry Cobbler and then sponged with Whisper White craft ink
• Adhere layer to card with dimensionals
• Punch an oval from Cherry Cobbler using the large oval punch and adhere to card
• Stamp sentiment from Santa's List in Cherry Cobbler onto a strip of Crumb Cake and flag both ends
• Adhere to card using dimensionals
• Add two rhinestones to card

And there you have it! Super simple! Find more inspiration at the Sketch Frenzy Friday blog! I hope you will play along and link up your creation! We always love to see what you do! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Santa's List; Paper- Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler; Ink- Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White craft; Accessories- large oval punch, rhinestones, sponge, dimensionals

CCMC 277

Good morning, Friends! Once again I am lacking in my daily postings. I am still sewing away on Christmas gifts! My parents arrived yesterday to watch Nick play some basketball games this weekend! His birthday is on Tuesday (OMG - 14 years old) so there is a lot going on right now! But it's all good and I am happy to have at least my challenge cards posted for you all!!

Today's Thursday challenge from the Create with Connie and Mary team is a sketch challenge! Take a look!

And my card...

Love all the possibilities with this sketch! I decided to make a Thanksgiving card. Seems like we overlook that holiday. What a shame! Here are the card details:

• Card base is Sahara Sand
• Layer of Sahara Sand was run through the Big Shot using the Woodgrain embossing folder
• Adhere a strip of Sweater Weather to the right hand side of layer and then adhere to card base with dimensionals
• Stamp leaf image from Wonderfall in Tangerine Tango onto Whisper White and cut out then pop up onto card
• Stamp greeting from Teeny Tiny Wishes in Chocolate Chip onto a strip of Whisper White and flag the end then adhere to leaf
• Tie a piece of linen thread through a Natural designer button and adhere to card

Pretty simple card but I love the pop of that orange against the neutral card stock! It really pops! Reminds me of the fall colors here in Colorado!! I hope you are inspired to play along with us this week! For more wonderful inspiration, be sure to check out the other creations at Create with Connie and Mary!

Have you subscribed to the Create with Connie and Mary Winter Collection? We are on our last week of creations! But it's not too late to sign up and see ALL the wonderful projects and creations! You will get all the downloadable tutorials, too! Great ideas for the upcoming holidays! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Wonderfall, Teeny Tiny Wishes; Paper- Sahara Sand, Whisper White, Sweater Weather designer paper; Ink- Tangerine Tango, Chocolate Chip; Accessories- Woodgrain embossing folder, Naturals designer button, linen thread, dimensionals

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Good morning, Friends! I hope your weekend is off to a great start! Week 3 of the Create with Connie and Mary Winter Collection just finished up and that means another challenge! This week they are challenging us with a sketch! Take a look!

And my card...

Once again I used the Endless Wishes stamp set. I also used the colors from the Winter Frost designer paper. Love these colors! Here are the card details…

• Card base is Pool Party cut at 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" and folded in half
• Layer of Smoky Slate cut at 4 1/2 x 3 1/4" 
• On Smoky Slate layer stamp the snowflakes from Endless Wishes in Smoky Slate, Whisper White and Island Indigo then adhere to card
• Cut a strip of Island Indigo at 1 1/4" x 5 1/2" and then use the scallop edge border punch to punch the edge
• Adhere a strip of silver glimmer paper at 1/2" x 5 1/2"
• Wrap a piece of Pool Party seam binding ribbon around this and then adhere to card
• Use the 2 1/2" circle punch to punch a circle from Whisper White
• Stamp "Christmas" with VersaMark ink and emboss with silver emboss powder then stamp snowflake with Pool Party and other words with Island Indigo
• Adhere to card with dimensionals
• Add large rhinestone to snowflake and smaller rhinestones below

Be sure to see what the other designers did with this sketch at the Create with Connie and Mary website! Want to see what has been going on at the Create with Connie and Mary Winter collection? You have to be a subscriber to see all the fabulous projects! Don't worry if you haven't signed up! You still can!! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Endless Wishes; Paper- Pool Party, Island Indigo, Whisper White, Smoky Slate, silver glimmer paper; Ink- Pool Party, Island Indigo, Smoky Slate, Whisper White craft, VersaMark; Accessories- Pool Party seam binding ribbon, scallop edge border punch, 2 1/2" circle punch, silver emboss powder, rhinestones, dimensionals

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Good morning, Friends! Woohoo! It's Friday! And Sketch Frenzy Friday has a new sketch for you all to play along with! This week's sketch was created by Kim Innis. Take a look!

And my card...

I am trying to make more fall cards than Christmas cards between now and Thanksgiving. Stampin' Up! is kind of short of the Thanksgiving stamps so I am using the heck out my Wonderfall stamp set to make fall cards. I am pretty sure that I will run out ideas pretty soon! Thank goodness for sketch challenges like this one! Here are the card details…

• Card base is Soft Sky
• On a layer of Naturals White card stock, stamp the splatters from Gorgeous Grunge in Soft Sky
• To the back of this layer, adhere a piece of Chocolate Chip and five banners cut from Sweater Weather designer paper then pop this piece up onto the card
• Stamp leaf from Wonderfall in Tangerine Tango and cut out
• Adhere a basics glimmer brad and then pop up onto card
• Stamp sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes in Chocolate Chip onto a strip of Naturals White and flag the end then adhere to card

Be sure to visit the Sketch Frenzy Friday blog to see what the other designers did with this sketch! I hope you will be inspired to play along with us this week! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Wonderfall, Gorgeous Grunge, Teeny Tiny Wishes; Paper- Soft Sky, Chocolate Chip, Naturals White, Sweater Weather designer paper; Ink- Tangerine Tango, Chocolate Chip, Soft Sky; Accessories- basics glimmer brad, dimensionals

CCMC 276

Good morning, Friends! I know it's been a while since I've shared anything. I am trying to get ahead on some of my design team commitments because I need to get going on my Christmas gifts! Yikes! I read somewhere that there are only 8 weeks till Christmas! Since I am making a lot of my gifts, I need to get sewing! So that is what I have been up to. But today is the Thursday challenge from the Create with Connie and Mary team. This week they are challenging us with color. Take a look at these beautiful colors!

Aren't they beautiful?! Love these and will be using these again! Smoky Slate, Coastal Cabana, and Real Red. Here's my card.

So I decided to go with a non-traditional Christmas card. While red is a traditional Christmas color, the others - not so much. But I love how the Smoky Slate resembles silver! I recently got this beautiful new photopolymer stamp set called Endless Wishes. I LOVE this set!! I love snowflakes anyway but the words are awesome! Here are the card details:

• Card base is Real Red cut at 4 1/4" x 11" and folded in half
• Layer of Smoky Slate cut at 4 1/4" x 2 1/2"
• Stamp the snowflakes from Endless Wishes in Smoky Slate onto the Smoky Slate layer in a random pattern
• Strip of Coastal Cabana cut at 4 1/4" x 1" and adhere to back of Smoky Slate layer then adhere to card base
• Use the Deco Label framelits to cut a label from Whisper White
• Stamp words from Endless wishes using Real Red and Coastal Cabana then use dimensionals to adhere to card
• Stamp snowflake from Endless Wishes in Coastal Cabana onto Whisper White and cut out then pop up onto card
• Add a rhinestone to snowflake center

Be sure to check out the rest of the designers' work at the Create with Connie and Mary website! I hope you will be inspired to play along with us this week!

Have you signed up for the Create with Connie and Mary Winter Collection? You can still sign up and see ALL the wonderful projects and tutorials from the very beginning! It is into week 3! So many great ideas for the holidays! 

Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Endless Wishes; Paper- Real Red, Smoky Slate, Coastal Cabana, Whisper White; Ink- Smoky Slate, Real Red, Coastal Cabana; Accessories- Deco Label framelits, rhinestone, dimensionals

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Good morning, Friends! Week 2 of the Create with Connie and Mary Winter Collection has come to an end. Wow! Time is really counting down! If you are not a subscriber, it's not too late! You can join now and still enjoy all the projects and their downloadable tutorials! You will love what the designers have done!! At the end of each week Connie and Mary have a challenge for you to try. This week they have a color challenge for us. Take a look!

And my card...

The colors are fun Christmas colors that coordinate perfectly with the Season of Style designer paper. I did something a little different for my card. It is super simple with not a lot of stamping!! Here are the details:

• Card base is Whisper White cut at 4 1/4" x 11" and folded in half
• Strip of Season of Style designer paper cut at 1 3/4" x 4 1/4" and then scalloped at the bottom using the scallop edge border punch then adhere to card
• Strip of silver glimmer paper cut at 3" x 1/2" and adhere to card
• Stamp greeting from Greetings of the Season in Cherry Cobbler
• Use the Perfect Pennants die to cut the tree shape from Old Olive paper and then run through the Big Shot again with the Square Lattice embossing folder for more texture
• Sponge edges of tree with Old Olive ink
• Cut the trunk of the tree from Crumb Cake and sponge edges with Crumb Cake ink then adhere to back of tree and pop up onto card
• Add a large rhinestone jewel to top of tree

Make sure to stop by the Create with Connie and Mary site to get more inspiration! And don't forget to sign up for the Winter Collection! Enjoy your day!!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Greetings of the Season; Paper- Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Old Olive, silver glimmer paper, Season of Style designer paper; Ink- Old Olive, Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler; Accessories- Perfect Pennants die, Square Lattice embossing folder, scallop edge border punch, large rhinestone, sponges, dimensionals

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Good morning everyone! Woohoo!! It's Friday and we don't have to go anywhere this weekend! I am so looking forward to sleeping in and enjoying the weekend at home! Tonight I will be enjoying some time with my friend Becky! I think she needs a little break from all the packing she has been doing! Today the Sketch Frenzy Friday team has a new sketch for you to try! This week's sketch was created by Jennifer Weide. Take a look!

And my card...

I just got the new Deco Label framelits and thought I could use them for this sketch. I replaced the diamond shape for the Deco Label. Here are the details:

• Card base is Crumb Cake
• Layer of Cherry Cobbler adhered to card base
• Strip of Season of Style designer paper flagged at both ends and then adhere to card
• Use Deco Labels framelits to cut shape from Crumb Cake and sponge edges with Whisper White craft ink then adhere to card using dimensionals
• Stamp greeting from Wishing You in Chocolate Chip
• Stamp gifts image onto Whisper White using Baked Brown Sugar, Cherry Cobbler and Old Olive markers
• Cut image out and adhere to card with dimensionals
• Add a rhinestone to center gift

There you have it! Simple card!! Be sure to check out the Sketch Frenzy Friday blog for more inspiration! I do hope you will play along with us this week! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Wishing You; Paper- Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White, Season of Style designer paper; Ink- Chocolate Chip, Whisper White craft, Baked Brown Sugar, Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive; Accessories- Deco Labels framelits, rhinestone, sponge, dimensionals

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Good morning, Friends and HAPPY HALLOWEEN!! How fun that Halloween lands on Thursday! The same day as the Create with Connie and Mary weekly challenge! This week we have a sketch to play with! Take a look!

And my card...

I love the banners! It was a great way to use up some of those designer paper scraps that we all seem to have! Here are the details:

• Card base is Very Vanilla cut at 4 1/4" x 11" and folded in half
• Layer of Very Vanilla cut at 4" x 5 1/4"
• Strips of designer paper were cut and flagged at the bottom and then adhered to Very Vanilla layer
• Stamp greeting from Teeny Tiny Wishes in black StazOn and add two mini brads then adhere layer to card base using dimensionals
• Adhere a strip of Basic Black card stock along the top of banners
• Use the 1 3/8" circle punch to punch a circle from Summer Starfruit and sponge edges with Summer Starfruit ink then adhere to card with dimensionals
• Stamp bat image from Halloween Hello using black StazOn ink onto Very Vanilla, cut out and adhere him to card with dimensionals

A pretty simple card! I hope your Halloween is safe and FUN! 

Be sure to check out the Create with Connie and Mary site for more wonderful inspiration using the sketch! And don't forget about Create with Connie and Mary's Winter Collection! Have you subscribed? Don't worry if you haven't! You still can and enjoy all the wonderful projects that have been shared so far! Week 2 is underway with awesome projects for the upcoming holidays! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Halloween Hello, Teeny Tiny Wishes; Paper- Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Summer Starfruit, Witch's Brew designer paper; Ink- black StazOn, Summer Starfruit; Accessories- 1 3/8" circle punch, mini brads, sponge, dimensionals

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Good morning, Friends! I hope your week is off to a great start! I woke up this morning to hear the sound of rain! And the wind is blowing, too. So glad that I now have a garage! I won't have to walk outside in this to my car to take Nick to school! Would have been a great day to sleep in but no such luck this time. I do get my hair cut and colored today - yea!! And Nick has a basketball game this afternoon. Looking forward to that!

Today's card was inspired as I was surfing through Pinterest. I think the other card used stamps for the background but I thought that washi tape would be really cute! Here are the details:

• Card base is Very Vanilla
• Layer of Very Vanilla
• Adhere three strips of Witch's Brew washi tape to Very Vanilla layer and then pop up onto card base
• Layer of Basic Grey
• Sponge layer with Basic Grey ink
• Stamp greeting from Halloween Hello in black StazOn onto layer
• Tie a piece of Basic Black 1/8" taffeta around layer and pop up onto card
• Stamp bat image from Halloween Hello onto Very Vanilla in black StazOn, cut out and pop up onto card

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

Card Recipe: Stamps- Halloween Hello; Paper- Very Vanilla, Basic Grey; Ink- black StazOn; Accessories- Basic Black 1/8" taffeta ribbon, Witch's Brew washi tape, sponge, dimensionals

CCMC Winter Collection 2013

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Good morning everyone! I hope your weekend is off to a great start! My son and I will be leaving later this morning for Denver. Nick has his third tryout for the state soccer team tomorrow so we are headed up today to do some shopping and hang out! 

Have you subscribed to the Create with Connie and Mary Winter Collection yet? They just finished up week 1 with fabulous ideas! At the end of each week Connie and Mary will provide a challenge and this week they have come up with a fabulous sketch challenge! Check it out!

And my card!

Card details:

• Card base is Cherry Cobbler cut at 4 1/4" x 11" and folded in half
• Layer of Cherry Cobbler cut at 4" x 5 1/4" and run through the Big Shot using the Stylish Stripes embossing folder
• Layer of silver glimmer paper cut at 5" x 2" and flagged at the bottom then adhered to embossed layer
• Layer of Season of Style designer paper cut at 2 1/4" x 4 1/4" and flagged at the bottom then adhered to layer
• Tie a piece of Gumball Green stitched satin ribbon around layer and pop up onto card base
• Stamp Santa image from Santa's List in Cherry Cobbler onto a piece of Whisper White cut at 3" x 2 3/4" then adhere to a piece of Gumball Green cut at 3 1/8" x 2 7/8"
• Pop panel up onto card

Be sure to visit the Create with Connie and Mary website to see what the other designers did with this fun sketch! I hope you will all play along with us this week! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Santa's List; Paper- Cherry Cobbler, Gumball Green, Whisper White, silver glimmer paper, Season of Style designer paper; Ink- Cherry Cobbler; Accessories- Gumball Green stitched satin ribbon, Stylish Stripes designer paper, dimensionals

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Good Friday morning! Woohoo! Another day off for the kiddos around here. So we all got to sleep in a little! It will also be a nice day to do some sewing and then I will finally be able to get together with Becky for some stitching! It's been way too long! Today's Sketch Frenzy Friday sketch was created by me!! Take a look!

And my card:

Halloween is right around the corner so I thought I would use up some of my Halloween supplies. Here are the details:

• Card base is Basic Black
• A piece of Witch's Brew designer paper
• Two strips of Pumpkin Pie card stock that was cut with the Tasteful Trim die then adhere to the back of the designer paper and then adhere to the card
• Punch a scallop circle from silver glimmer paper using the 1 3/4" scallop circle punch and pop up onto card
• Stamp the bat image from Halloween Hello in black StazOn onto Very Vanilla and cut out then pop up onto scallop circle
• Use the Modern Label punch to punch from Pumpkin Pie and adhere to card
• Stamp greeting from Teeny Tiny wishes in black StazOn onto Summer Starfuit and punch out with the Word Window punch then pop up onto Pumpkin Pie piece
• Add two rhinestones

I hope you enjoy my super fun Halloween card! Be sure to check out the other creations from the design team at the Sketch Frenzy Friday blog! I hope you will play along with us this week!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Halloween Hello, Teeny Tiny Wishes; Paper- Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, Summer Starfruit, Very Vanilla, silver glimmer paper, Witch's Brew designer paper; Ink- black StazOn; Accessories- 1 3/4" scallop circle punch, Modern Label punch, Word Window punch, rhinestone, dimensionals

CCMC 274

Good morning, Friends! It's Thursday and the kiddos are out of school today and tomorrow! Woohoo! It's also time for another challenge from the Create with Connie and Mary team! This week we are being challenged with some fabulous colors. Take a look!

Raspberry Ripple, Soft Sky and Very Vanilla. So soft and beautiful! Here's what I came up with!

I chose to make a Christmas card to go along with the Create with Connie and Mary Winter Collection that is going on right now! Have you subscribed? Here are my card details:

• Card base is Very Vanilla
• A strip of Raspberry Ripple was run through the Big Shot with the Stylish Stripes embossing folder then adhered to the card base on the left hand side
• A panel of Soft Sky is cut and flagged at the bottom then adhered to a panel of Very Vanilla
• Pop panel up onto card base
• Stamp Santa from Santa's List in Raspberry Ripple onto a piece of Very Vanilla and pop up onto card
• Stamp greeting from Teeny Tiny Wishes in Raspberry Ripple onto Soft Sky panel
• Add several rhinestones

Super simple and another very mailable card! 

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Card Recipe: Stamps- Santa's List, Teeny Tiny Wishes; Paper- Very Vanilla, Raspberry Ripple, Soft Sky; Ink- Raspberry Ripple; Accessories- Stylish Stripes embossing folder, rhinestones, dimensionals