Are you ready for a butterfly creation today? Well I have one all ready for this weeks Create with Connie & Mary Thursday challenge! This week is a color challenge – Island Indigo, Daffodil Delight and Lucky Limeade. Actually I could probably use those same colors and make something for this weeks Neon challenge on My Digital Studio.net – but I probably won’t have time to get it done before the deadline so forget that. Ok – here is this fun card —
It’s really bright and has more of a summer feel to it. I know that makes it out of season – but that’s ok. The idea/inspiration from this card came from a new blog that I started following – it is a demonstrator in Germany – her name is Jenni – and her blog is written in German. So I have to dig deep into my memory bank and try to remember some German so I can figure out what she is saying. Maybe I’ll get a few words here and there….. anyway she has some really pretty creations and one was similar to this card with the butterflies. So I used that idea along with this weeks colors for the challenge –
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
Stamps: French Foliage, Petite Pairs
Ink: Island Indigo, and Daffodil Delight and Lucky Limeade Markers
Card Stock: Island Indigo, Daffodil Delight, Vellum
Accessories: Big Shot die-cut machine, Finishing Touches Edgelits, White Bakers Twine, Elegant Butterfly punch, Corner Rounder punch, Basic Rhinestone jewels
Visit Create with Connie & Mary and submit your creation for this weeks challenge – each week 3 top creations are selected. I hope you will join us this week – every week I find some great ideas and I love to see all the different interpretations of each challenge.
And guess what Connie & Mary just started – a new online mini class that is all about cards – and looks like it is going to be great! There are already some sneak peeks on the main site but if you want to see everything you have to join the class! Here are some of the details for you –
JOIN US for a BRAND NEW venture with creative card ideas using holiday and winter stamp sets from the Main and Holiday Mini catalogs!
* Over 45 EXCLUSIVE cards with 15 stamp sets featured!
* 3 week mini edition
* October 28 thru November 17
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* Perfect for classes or personal cards!
* Designers Elizabeth Price, Debbie Henderson and Deb Currier are joining us!
Sorry for not posting in a few days. We have been having trouble with our internet connection and it was out most of Monday so I didn’t get this posted sooner. But on the bright side our landscape project is almost done.
Here is a cute card for you today. This card idea came from Sandy Hancock – it was one she had at her group meeting at convention. And I recreated a similar version for my Paper Piercing class last month. But you may be asking why was this part of that class since there is no piercing on it. Well I used the piercing template with the Stampin’ Write marker to add the red dots around the edge of the card.
I also used masking on here for the balloons. I thought it was a really cute card and would be fun in other colors too. The little hearts are from the 2-step owl punch. And I tied little baker’s twine bows to add at the base of the balloons. The stamp set is Up, Up, and Away. Colors are Daffodil delight, Pacific Point and Real Red.
Thanks Sandy for the cute idea.
I’m way behind on sending out birthday cards – yikes I need to get some out in the mail.
I created this card for my Paper Piercing class but decided that I wanted to also use it for my swap card at Hilton Head. To start off our Stampin’ Up! Hilton Head Getaway Trip a couple of the girls organized a swap for us on Thursday night. There were a bunch of groups – each had 21 swappers – so we brought 21 of the same card and came back with 20 different card swaps. I’ll have to take pictures of the ones I received but for now here is the one that I made.
The card base is Chocolate Chip. The underneath layer is Crumb Cake stamped with the Flowering Flourishes stamp set in Chocolate Chip. The top layer is Baja Breeze – I punched three circles – 1-3/4″, 1-1/4″, 1″ – then I lined up each circle with the matching piercing template from the Essentials Piercing Pack and pierced a circle around each of the punched out circles. The greeting is from Petite Pairs.
I used the Big Shot to cut Crumb Cake flowers using the Floral Fusion Sizzlit – cut two sets and then stack them together like this – 1 large, 1 medium – 1 large, 1 small – 1 medium, 1 small. All the flowers are crumpled and sponged – I used Crumb Cake ink but if you like it darker use the Chocolate Chip. Pierce a hole through the center of each stack and put a little button brad from the Vintage Trinkets through the flowers and then through the card front. Attach the card front to the layered card base with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
It’s back to reality now that I’m back from the Hilton Head trip. Thank you Stampin’ Up! for a wonderfully relaxing getaway! Now to work on next year!
This Saturday I’ll be heading to Chattanooga for a fun girls trip to the Stampin’ Up! Regional. I wanted to make a little something for all my friends that I will see. And here is what I came up with – this is my instagram photo –
To make the flower – I used the Big Shot die-cut machine and the Floral Frames Framelits – I used the center flower in the set. Cut one flower and then score in between every two petals. Then cut away ONE petal (not two) and the one that is left is glued behind the pair on the other side. Then I curled the end of a piece of floral wire and poked it through the center. If needed nip a tiny hole with your paper snips at the base of the flower. To hold it in place I put a mini glue dot at the base and tied a piece of gumball green ribbon around the wire and slid it right up to the base of the flower – you can just see it peeking out in this picture. Trim the wire to the length you want.
I used a small cello bag and filled it partially with some beans – then tied it shut with white Baker’s Twine. I trimmed off extra of the bag that was sticking out the top. Stick the flower into the center of the bag. I cut a piece of muslin – I used an 8″ square – pull it up around the bag of beans and the base of the flower and tie shut with some of the ribbon. I used the ribbon that matched my flower – this one is Primrose Petals.
To finish I stamped a tag from the Mixed Medley Hostess set – punched with the small scallop circle punch (both in the Holiday Catalog). And tied that on with some Linen Thread. I’ll try to get a picture of the whole lot so you can see all the colors – I used Summer Starfruit, Midnight Muse, Raspberry Ripple, Primrose Petals, and also Baja Breeze.
I’m excited about the trip to Chattanooga and nervous too! I’ll be doing a demo on stage – so wish me luck – I hope I don’t shake too much and that everyone will be able to hear me. And that I remember what I’m planning to say – I’m going to write out some index cards to help me.
Are you ready? I made another video! This was a fun technique that I taught at my Hands-On class last month. The class was all about Baker’s Twine and different ways to use it. In this video I’m going to show you how I used Baker’s Twine to make a cool stamp! I’m still learning how to create videos so sorry for the shadow puppets at the beginning, and for moving off the screen a couple of times. Hopefully you can hear me better – I tried to talk louder – that was the most common comment from my first video. I learn something new every time!
Here is the card that I’ll be showing you. You can see the original post for this card HERE.
I hope you enjoy the video and this fun technique!
Let me know what you think. Could you hear me better?
Hi stamping friends! I have some fun news to share today. I was asked last week to be a guest designer for the Create with Connie & Mary Holiday 2012 Edition online class. This week is the Sneak Peek and Early Bird pricing. You can get free projects this week during the Sneak Peek and if you would like to join the class this week there is Early Bird pricing for $24.95. Plus the opportunity to win a free class pass. So make sure to check every day this week for more details at Create with Connie & Mary. Preview week started on Sunday with a super cute Fall Broom center piece – it would match my card for today just perfectly. And on Monday was a fun (and tasty) Halloween Tower of Treats. I may just have to adapt that idea for Tyler’s birthday tomorrow. He’ll be 19! If you want free tutorials for either of those projects or the others that are posted this week be sure to visit the Create with Connie & Mary site. And if you want more projects (they won’t be posted anywhere else) be sure to join the Holiday Class.
How do you like this fun card? The idea with the paper triangles was shared with me out in Utah by Sandy Rule. For this card I used the new Orchard Harvest Designer Paper from the Holiday Catalog. Cut a piece of each pattern – start with a rectangle – I think mine were 4″ x 1-1/2″. Then cut each one into two triangles. Then glue the triangles into the sunray pattern on a piece of card stock and trim around anything that is outside the rectangle. I sponged everything with Early Espresso card stock (and believe it or not I ran out of Early Espresso card stock – Chocolate Chip to the rescue for my party on Sunday). Linen thread for an accent around the layer. I used Teeny Tiny Wishes for the “Happy Birthday”. I stamped the Owl from Owl Occasions in Early Espresso and punched it out with a circle punch. And added one of the little gift boxes in Cajun Craze. Then punched and layered two of the blossom punched flowers from Cajun Craze card stock. And the belly of the owl is paper pieced – I stamped him on a piece of the designer paper and cut it out and layered it on the stamped owl for the card.
I also decorated the inside of the card – here it is –
This was one of the projects the girls at my Getaway Celebration party got to make on Sunday. Have a great day!
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