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.
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Apr 16, 2010 | Cards, class, Flight of the Butterfly, Pocket Silhouettes, Thank You |
Flight of the Butterfly meets Pocket Silhouettes (and lets hope I spelled that right). These two stamp sets came together nicely in this card that was based on one that my friend Cindy created for a swap at our Starz Meeting last month. Here is the link to my post on her original card. I would have never put these colors together but I really like them and when I was looking at samples that one always stands out for me so I decided to use it for my class today. I changed the butterfly to use the Flight of the Butterfly stamp set which is a 2-step stampin’ set and what I featured in my class.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Soft Suede card stock and ink
- Regal Rose card stock and ink
- Barely Banana card stock and ink (this one is retiring)
- Pocket Silhouettes stamp set
- Flight of the Butterfly stamp set
- Butterfly Punch
- Trio Flower Punch
- Soft Subtles brads
- Eyelet Border Punch
- Crimper
- Paper Piercer
I really liked how Cindy added the lace border at the bottom. Punch a strip with the Eyelet border and then run it through the crimper. I also add a white panel on the inside that was stamped to match the front.
I didn’t have this in the picture but I decide it would be cute on the inside to stamp one of the curving sayings from the Flight of the Butterfly stamp set on the inside and then the little butterfly to the left so it looks like the butterfly trail. That was an after thought so I did it after I took the picture. You’ll just have to imagine it.
I’m going to go play with a few of my new stamps while it is quiet here. Greg is out playing golf, Ryan is off at a tennis match. Kyle and Tyler are here but entertaining themselves or each other so it is actually quiet.
Have a great weekend! Thanks for stopping by.
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Apr 15, 2010 | Cards, class, Thank You, Wildlife |
Cheep Talk is the stamp set I used to make this card:
The base of the card is Taken with Teal and will be one of the colors that will retire at the end of June – it is one of the colors I’ll miss the most. I love to use the Teal with Old Olive. We will be making this card in my card class tomorrow. I also decorated the inside – take a peek:
I hope you like it.
The more eggs – are more bird eggs that I found this morning. The chickadee has 4 eggs in her nest – they must have been a little hidden where I couldn’t see them – I actually thought there were only two but when I put the camera in to take the picture (she was away) the picture shows 4 eggs! They normally lay 5 – 7 eggs so maybe there will be another one tomorrow.
I’m so excited to have so many nests/eggs again this year!
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Apr 14, 2010 | class, Flight of the Butterfly, Stampin' Up! Events |
I don’t think I shared this project from my class last month – it is a box of tags – this project was demonstrated for us at the Chattanooga Half-Day Regional. I used a different color combination and added the flowers to the butterflies. It is a cute little project.
First we made a box using Old Olive card stock with the insert inside to create the different sections. The box is a 6″ x 6″ piece of card stock – scored at 1″ on all four sides. Snip two opposite sides to create tabs and glue to make the box.
The insert is made from two pieces of 4″ x 6″ of Old Olive card stock. Score both pieces at 2″, 3″ and 4″. Then on one you cut down the center from the outside edge to each score line and on the other you cut down the center between the two outside score lines and nudge over and cut again to create a narrow slit. Fold both pieces so they have a mountain in the middle.
Fold up the first piece and slide it into the slit in the second piece then fold down the flaps to create the sectioned insert. Slide this inside your box.
We made butterfly tags – there are four tags of each color – Old Olive, Regal Rose and Rose Red with butterflies that were made by stamping the details from Flight of the Butterfly stamp set and punching with the Butterfly Punch.
For eac
h butterfly we added a flower punched from the Trio Flower punch and a silver brad. The butterflies are attached to the tag with pieces of Stampin’ Dimensionals.
The words come from the Fundamental Phrases stamp set – I used “For You”, “Hello”, “Thanks”, and “Friend”.
The tags were put in the box and then we added ribbon. Slide the whole thing inside a large cello bag. Tie with a piece of ribbon. Then add a tag which was made from a metal edge tag as the base.
This would make a cute hostess gift or just for a friend. It reminds me of spring! If you would like to come to my next class – it is this week on Friday – please let me know today.
Have a nice spring day!
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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.
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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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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.
