Jul 26, 2012 | Big Shot, Cards, Create with Connie & Mary, SU Buttons, Thank You |
We are all back from convention – and it’s time for a new challenge at Create with Connie & Mary. This weeks challenge CCMC211 is a sketch challenge. I was prepping for a class on Monday and decided to use this sketch for that and get two things done with one card. And then I added to my Card Maker’s club last night and it was very popular there too – now I’m almost out of So Saffron card stock – I better put that on my next order. Here is the card for you –
Here is the sketch so you can see what I started with to get to that –
As you can see I turned the sketch on its side. And really love how my card turned out. I used the Lacy & Lovely stamp set which I got at convention in my I am Creative bonus class on Wednesday night. It’s funny that I never really noticed this set in the catalog but I really like it and the fonts on the words are just lovely – I guess that is why they called it that.
All the supplies are listed below – come play along with us this week and try your hand at this sketch. I can’t wait to see what you create. Visit Create with Connie & Mary and submit your creation for this weeks challenge – each week 3 top creations are selected. Each challenge is open for a week. And then a new challenge will be issued.
Here are a few more details about my card.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: So Saffron, Soft Suede, Very Vanilla
- Ink: Soft Suede
- Stamp sets: Lacy & Lovely
- Accessories: Scallop Edge Border Punch, 1-3/4″ Circle Punch, Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Delicate Designs Embossing Folders, Perfect Pennants Bigz L die, Soft Suede 3/8″ Taffeta ribbon, Linen Thread, Naturals Designer Buttons, Mini Glue Dots, Stampin’ Dimensionals.
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
I hope you likey likey this lovely card!
Monika Davis
Jul 5, 2012 | Big Shot, Cards, Create with Connie & Mary |
Guess what? I have some exciting news to share today. A month or so ago I submitted some cards to be considered for the Thursday Challenge Design Team at Create with Connie & Mary. They had a design team call and I was selected – yeah! So every Thursday I’ll be participating in the Thursday challenge and I hope you will too. Just visit their site to add your creation with the linky tool. You’ll be able to see the design team creations and then creations that other crafters just like you are creating using the challenge criteria. I hope you’ll play along.
This weeks challenge is a sketch –
And my creation for you using this weeks sketch –
I really like this stamp set – For the Birds. The little mailbox is perfect for paper piecing. I cut pieces from the Comfort Cafe designer series paper to cover the mail box. Isn’t it cute?
I’d love to see what you create with this sketch. Make something and then visit Create with Connie & Mary and submit your entry. Each challenge is open for a week. And then a new challenge will be issued.
Here are a few more details about my card.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Cajun Craze, Very Vanilla
- Ink: JetBlack StazOn, Crumb Cake, Cajun Craze, and Soft Suede Stampin’ Write Markers, Crumb Cake ink
- Stamp sets: For the Birds, En Francias
- Accessories: Big Shot Die-cut Machine, Fancy Fan Embossing Folder, Comfort Cafe Designer Series paper, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch, Linen Thread, Stampin’ Sponge
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
Jun 20, 2012 | Big Shot, Cards, Create with Connie & Mary, Designer Series Paper, In Colors |
I do like to use sketches to create a card or scrapbook page. Recently I made a card using one of the sketches from Create with Connie & Mary – it is an older one from a few weeks ago. The card I ended up with looks like this
I used the new In-Color Primrose Petals for the base, then a layer of Chocolate Chip – I cut it with the Scallop Edgelit and embosses it with the matching Accent Folder – actually I did the embossing part first and then cut – that is easier for me to get it lined up. You can’t see it real well in the photo but I used the set Creative Elements to stamp in the background behind the flower.
The flower is cut from the Floral District Designer paper – I used the Fun Flowers Bigz Die and the Big Shot for the largest petals, the smaller petals are the blossom punch – 3 layers and then I snipped in between the little scallops on the petals. In the center is one of the new Naturals Designer Buttons – they look like wood – I threaded some Linen Thread through the holes. And tied some around the card layer – I love my Linen thread.
Finally I added a tag – stamp set Four Frames and Teeny Tiny Wishes – punches with the Decorative Label punch.
here is what the sketch looked like –
A sketch is a good place to start when you are creating – it maps out where to place your elements. Then you play around with your design, your stamp sets, your papers and punches until you get something in the end that you are happy with.
I have more people to thank for placing orders – Debbie, Sherrie, Alicia, Candis, and Pam. Every order helps me get closer no matter what size it is. Thank you guys! I speeding along to 55 orders – Read more here.
Today was an animal kind of day – I came home from exercising and found a turtle in the road right near the house. I didn’t want him to get run over so I went out to get him and move him on across the street. Well he was not happy about that – did you know turtles make a hissing sound? I moved him anyway so a car wouldn’t run him over. Then I keep hearing banging on the window – and Aspen hears it to and goes and barks – its a bluebird – I’m wondering if he is trying to get bugs from the spider webs that are in the corner of the windows – there are lots of them – I guess I need to do something about that but spraying them with a hose doesn’t really get them to come off. Then I began to wonder if the bluebirds built another nest in the bird house – so I decided to check. Sure enough they built a nest while we were gone on vacation and when I checked this morning – guess what – there are 3 eggs inside! I don’t think I have had a nest this late before – spring is over and summer is here now. Oh and one more thing – there were a bunch of robins in the yard today – and I noticed a little moth flitting about – the moth landed on the fern near one of the robins – the robins popped up and snatched it and had a yummy breakfast. Poor moth. Anyway those are my animal stories for today.
Have a great day!
Aug 29, 2011 | Cards, Create with Connie & Mary, family, Holiday Mini catalog 2011, Masculine |
Today my Tyler is 18 years old! Happy Birthday Tyler! Everyone was home this weekend and we ate dinner at the Kani house Sunday night and then came home for cake (we didn’t eat much of it though because we were stuffed from dinner). Afterwards Greg took Kyle back to GT and Tyler went back to KSU.
Today I wanted to share the card I made for Tyler for his birthday. I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do exactly. I decided to look for some sketch ideas and ended up with the sketch at Create with Connie & Mary. I pulled some scraps that were sitting on my craft table from a card I made last week for my KSU class and created this:
And here is the CCMC164 sketch –
My card is turned. The base is Cajun Craze and then I have a Not Quite Navy panel. A strip of Designer Series Paper from the Well Worn collection (works great for boys), and a piece of River Rock card stock punched with the Scallop Ribbon Border punch. Then I wrapped Linen Thread around.
I used the Bring on the Cake stamp set for the happy birthday.Then did you notice the “eighteen” on the side. That comes from a new stamp set called 
25 and Counting – it is a Christmas set that will be out in the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Mini catalog on Sept. 1st. It is stamped in Cajun Craze ink on River Rock card stock and then cut out by hand.
Finally I added two Cajun Craze brads on the side.
I thought it made a nice teen boy card. I hope you like it. Thanks for stopping by today.
May 25, 2011 | Create with Connie & Mary, My Digital Studio, Scrapbook Pages |
In between getting ready for my Card Maker’s Class tonight and creating a project for the Create with Connie & Mary Summer Edition class I spent a little time making a My Digital Studio scrapbook page. I just love this picture that I took of Aspen. I find it hard to take pictures of the dogs – either they are moving too much or their eyes get weird – and the red eye fixer doesn’t work because the dogs eyes don’t get the red glow they get a blue/gray glow – and I haven’t figured out how to correct it. So when I got this picture and he was still and his eyes were black I was happy. I came across it yesterday and decided to make this page.
I started with a sketch idea from a scrapbook magazine. I added lots of stitching to this page – it comes from one of the new downloads from last week called – Simple Stitches & Corners. There are also two stitched rectangles – the one on the photo and the one on the label – those are actually from the Rock-a-Bye Designer Kit Elements – there are some stitched squares and I just stretched them to fit the shapes I needed. The stitching isn’t equal on all four sides because I did stretch it but I just wanted it to look like stitching and it worked. I really like the stitching added around the edge of the photo. The label that says “A loyal friend is PRICELESS” is a stamp that I enlarged – but I made sure to keep the proportions the same so it didn’t look awkward. I also played around with the EDIT OBJECT options for both my paper pieces and my stitching lines – you can adjust the size to be exactly what you want – the blue grid DSP in the center I wanted it to be a perfect square so I set the width and height to be 10.5 inches – remove the keep proportions option to do this and change the size (this is a square punch by the way) before filling it with paper. I did the same with the other two pieces of DSP making sure they were 12 inches long. I also edited the length of my stitching – I wanted the zigzag to be 10.5 inches like my paper so it wouldn’t hang over – so I used EDIT OBJECT to change it.
I’m really happy with how the whole page turned out. And have discovered that EDIT OBJECT is super helpful now that we can edit by inches instead of just pixels – if you don’t have the choice to look at your measurements by the inch that means you don’t have the most current updates – and you need to go get them – they have added and improved some of the wonderful features of My Digital Studio.
Have a great day!
May 11, 2011 | Big Shot, Cards, Create with Connie & Mary, Summer Mini 2011, Thumping |
This week Create with Connie and Mary Summer Edition is full of surprises and I am SOOOO excited to announce that I’m Surprise #3.
I am the SURPRISE GUEST DESIGNER for Week 3. If you are a subscriber to Create with Connie and Mary Summer Edition I will be sharing with you a FABULOUS 3D project and tutorial using one of that week’s featured sets. But WHICH set is a SURPRISE, too!
Now remember…the only way to see my SURPRISE GUEST DESIGNER project is to be a subscriber to Create with Connie and Mary Summer Edition and sign up now while you can save $5 off the subscription price. The early bird special of $24.95 ends Saturday, May 14th at 11:55 pm. Don’t delay!
I was so excited to get the email from Connie & Mary and can’t wait to create something to share with subscribers. For now here is a fabulous card using the Strength & Hope stamp set from the Stampin’ Up! Summer Mini catalog.
This is a fun window card. The circle in the front of the card is punched out and everything inside is actually on the inside of the card. The fun butterfly accent was created using the thumping technique. Here are some other views of the card.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: So Saffron Textured, Peach Parfait, Early Espresso, Whisper White
- Ink: So Saffron, Early Espresso, Peach Parfait, also Stampin’ Write Markers in the same colors
- Stamp sets: Strength & Hope
- Accessories: 2-1/2″ Circle Punch, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Big Shot Die Cut Machine, 3″ Circle Die, Scallop Circle #2 Die, Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder, Basic Pearls, Pumpkin Pie Taffeta ribbon, Color Spritzer, Stampin’ Sponge
