Apr 24, 2010 | Cards, Create with Connie & Mary, Summer Mini 2010 |
I have been playing with the new Elements of Style stamp set from Stampin’ Up! and decided to use it for a challenge that I found. The challenge was to create a One Layer Card – basically use only stamps on your card. You can see the challenge HERE on KWerner Design Blog.
It’s not always easy to make a one layer card because you always want to add more. For this card the base is Kraft card stock – soon to be known as Crumb Cake in our new catalog. I stamped the large floral image from Elements of Style set in Chocolate Chip craft ink and let it dry. The hummingbird is stamped in Ruby Red craft ink – once on the card and once on a scrap piece and cut out. I wanted it to have a bit of dimension so it looked like it was flying.
I sponged around the edges of the card with Chocolate Chip ink and also spritzed it with the Color Spritzer and a Chocolate Chip marker.
The flight trail under the bird was down with the paper piercer and as a guide I used one of the Classy Brass templates – Pick a Petal is the name and it has a large circle pattern on it.
I used an AquaPainter to add a little bit of color to the flowers – Sahara Sand, and the leaves – Mellow Moss.
I made another one layer card recently (well except for the ribbon) – click HERE to see it.
That’s it – my one layer card. Starting tomorrow it is preview week at Create with Connie & Mary – be sure to stop by. The Elements of Style stamp set is one of the items we are featuring so you will see more ideas with it. And every day during preview week one of the design team members will be giving away a free pass.
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Apr 23, 2010 | Awards, Create with Connie & Mary, Summer Mini 2010 |
This morning I made 3×3 tags that I needed for some thank yous on my customer orders and decided to use a color challenge that I found and the new Bouquet Bunch stamp set. This set will be available in the Stampin’ Up! Summer Mini Catalog beginning May 1st. Demonstrators get to pre-order items from the mini catalogs so we can start working on ideas and samples. This is also a 2-step stampin’ set which I’ve been using a lot of this month since there are some on special.
The color challenge is called Curtain Call Color Challenge – Act 26.
I have not seen this one before so it is new to me. I liked the colors for this challenge so I thought I would give it a try. The colors are Crushed Curry, Basic Grey, Going Grey and Whisper White.
The flowers are stamped once on the White square and once one another piece of white and cut out. I colored them in with the Crushed Curry marker and then sponged around them with Crushed Curry ink. I think really only some are flowers and some are leaves but I wanted the look of a full flower tree so I just colored them all.
The pot is stamped on Crushed Curry card stock and cut out. I tied a piece of white embroidery thread around it – I think I should have used linen thread though because it is finer than what I used. The image of the pot has a string tied around it so I was trying to include that as a real item.
The little thank you is from the Teeny Tiny wishes stamp set and then punched with the Curly Label punch and tucked under the gray square. This little stamp set is just the right size for 3×3 cards and you can mix and match the pieces for different variations.
I received another Sunshine Award today – 
this one came from Martha Lu – this is what she sent me –
Dear Monika, I hope you are doing well.
I only want to say thank you for be my inspiration and let you know
that you are one of my twelve winners of the Sunshine Award that I
received from Jean Fitch.
Congratulations and one more time thank you for sharing your wonderful ideas!
If you want more details about this award please feel free to visit my
blog http://stampartpapel.blogspot.com/2010/04/sunshine-awardfor-us.html
God Blessings,
Martha Lu
Thanks Martha for the award. Click Here to see my post passing the award on to twelve other demonstrators. It is another nice sunny day today but we are supposed to have rain all weekend. Be sure to come back next week to see my preview project for Create with Connie & Mary – preview week starts on Sunday and the early bird special will be ending.
Thanks for stopping by today!
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Apr 18, 2010 | 2-Step Stampin', Big Shot, Cards, Create with Connie & Mary, In Colors, Wildlife |
I created another Awash with Flowers card using the exact same colors and pieces of card stock as my first one. This is the second version.
I used this one for my class on Friday – I actually let everyone choose between making this one or my original design that you can see here.
The “Wonderful Mother” from the Well Scripted stamp set in the Stampin’ Up! Occasions Mini catalog was used so it could be a mother’s day card. Stamped on Whisper White and punch with the Scallop Oval punch. I added the little leaf petals at the bottom to dress it up a bit. Then layered it on a Wide Oval punched from Melon Mambo. The layer of Basic Black behind it is also the Wide Oval punch – either use two or cut one in half and add each half to the back of the other one so you can just see a hint of it.
I wanted to show you the cardinal eggs that I found on Friday – the mom finally left her nest late in the afternoon – that seems to be the norm for most of the moms from what I can tell. 
She has two eggs but one is much smaller than the other. When I checked on Saturday – the smaller egg was gone and only one egg was in the nest. She seems to be gone today so maybe she decided her eggs weren’t viable this time or another predator came in and took the egg. I don’t really know. I’ll let you know if she lays another one.
As for the other nests – the other moms were all sitting this morning – I need to go back and count the days to see how long before we can expect babies to hatch.
Thanks for stopping by. Don’t forget to check out Create with Connie & Mary – I’m so excited to be a guest designer! It is sure to be fun with lots of great projects – a new one each day for 5 weeks – right now is an Early bird special for $19.95 – then the first week is a preview week for everyone and then the next four weeks will only be open to those that join – so do it now while we have the special. Each week we will feature an assortment of products from the Summer Mini Catalog – there will be at least two tutorials each week.
Early Bird pricing for Create with Connie & Mary: Summer Edition is going on now – $19.95 – don’t miss out!
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Apr 12, 2010 | Create with Connie & Mary |
Good Monday Morning everyone! I am back from a short relaxing Spring Break trip with my family and ready to get busy playing with my new preview items from the upcoming Summer Mini Catalog. And I have exciting news to share – I am once again going to be a guest designer – this time it is Create with Connie & Mary – Summer Edition. Read below for more details – I hope you’ll join the fun!
It’s here! We are launching our third edition of Create with Connie & Mary, where we will be featuring products from the amazing Summer Mini Catalog. Yes…there is a slight name change. Mary Brown, Sr. Design Team member has joined Connie on the Create Team. This Edition we will again have our wonderful guest designers Monika Davis and Kerin Sylvester returning.
Early Bird Savings…$19.95…save $5.00 off regular subscription price of $24.95 US!
From April 12 – 24, Create with Connie & Mary is featuring two early bird projects (just to give you a taste of what we do) followed by a week of FABULOUS Preview week projects. Once Preview Week is over though, you must be a subscriber to continue to enjoy the GREAT ideas!
The Summer Edition will run 4 weeks from May 2 – May 30.
Each week we will focus on a different collection of products that can be found in the Summer Mini Catalog. Our goal is to show you some new and unique ways to use Stampin’ Up!’s fabulous products. EVERY DAY there will be a new project posted and EACH WEEK there will be AT LEAST TWO TUTORIALS available for you to download. Our exclusive projects will include cards, scrapbook pages and 3D items – the quick and easy ones and the more complex larger projects.
In addition, our Preview Week begins April 25, we will be focusing on the Elements of Style stamp set, Presto Patterns Designer Paper, Mostly Vintage Stencil, and the Rough Type Alphabet Stamp Set. During this time period, the site will be open to everyone, but starting on Sunday, May 2nd, only those who have subscribed will have access to the site.
Each week we will also issue a Create with Connie & Mary Creative Challenge. This Edition we will be doing something a little different in our challenges. Each time you post an entry to the challenge for that week, you will receive an entry into our drawing at the end of this subscription. Two winners (at the end of the subscription) will receive $75 Stampin’ Up! merchandise gift certificates! An additional two people will be chosen to win FREE registration in the NEXT round of Create with Connie & Mary. Our Creative Challenges will be posted early Saturday morning. To participate, you need to enter the week of the challenge. The winners will be announced Saturday, May 30th! Although the Challenge posts will be shared on our Design Team’s personal blogs, only those subscribed to Create with Connie and Mary will be eligible to win the Creative Challenge.
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It’s not always easy to make a one layer card because you always want to add more. For this card the base is Kraft card stock – soon to be known as Crumb Cake in our new catalog. I stamped the large floral image from Elements of Style set in Chocolate Chip craft ink and let it dry. The hummingbird is stamped in Ruby Red craft ink – once on the card and once on a scrap piece and cut out. I wanted it to have a bit of dimension so it looked like it was flying.
