Birthday Backgrounds

A Poppy Fusion Note

April 20, 2020 · 5 Comments

Hello to all!

I hope all are in good health and getting through this pandemic.

We will soon be getting ready for a new Stampin’ Up! catalog in June, but first we have to make room for new stuff. We will soon say goodbye to the 2018-2019 In Colors –

As a farewell, because I love these colors, I am creating lots of things with them!

Today, I was inspired by Fusion Card Challenge –

I decided to go with both the sketch and the poppy theme –

This card is in Lovely Lipstick.

I used the Poppy Moments Dies for the flowers and the intricate pieces.

The dotted pattern paper is from the 2018-2019 In Color 6 x 6 DSP stack.

The sentiment is from the Butterfly Gala and the little stamped dots are from the Birthday Backgrounds. When I created the cards, they needed a little something. The light colored dots helped!

I liked this design soo much, I created the cards in all the 2018-2020 In Colors –

Color here is Grapefruit Grove.

This bright one is Pineapple Punch.

Call Me Clover, my favorite green. I’m going to really miss this one…..

And, Blueberry Bushel.

I’d order any of these In Color items these sooner than later. I’m pretty sure they will sell out fast!

Thanks for stopping by today. Make it a creative day!

Stampin’ Up Supplies –

Stamp Set – Butterfly Gala, Birthday Backgrounds
Dies / Embossing – Poppy Moments Dies
Card Stock – Whisper White, Basic Black, Lovely Lipstick, Grapefruit Grove, Pineapple Punch, Call Me Clover, Blueberry Bushel
Ink – Black Memento, Lovely Lipstick, Grapefruit Grove, Pineapple Punch, Call Me Clover, Blueberry Bushel
DSP – 2018-2019 In Color 6 x 6 (the one I used is retired from last year)
Punches – 2 1/2″ Circle (retired)

Celebrate Around the Corner

September 27, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Welcome to the Create with Connie and Mary Thursday challenge!

I’m ready for a celebration!

Nice card, right? It uses the nifty, Around the Corner stamp set. It literally stamps in an ‘L’ formate!

Which is a perfect card for using our Stamparatus! (Stamp-a-what? Stamparatus a positioning tool to make perfect stamped images that are easily reproduced.)

I stamped the corners in one pass! Stamped the dots, then added the ‘celebrate’ sentiment. Quite easy!

I had this on this months Card Buffet a way to to show how to use the Stamparatus. People loved the idea and the ease of this tool! I’ll definitely will be using it again in my classes!

Our Create with Connie Design Team used these colors as our inspiration for this week –Come see all of our fabulous deigns! Feeling the inspiration? You can share your card our Facebook page. We’d love to see what you create!

Stampin’ Up Supplies –

Stamp Set – Around the Corner, Birthday Backgrounds (dots)
Framelits – Celebrate You Thinlits
Card Stock – Grey Granite, Blueberry Bushel, Highland Heather
Ink – Blueberry Bushel, Highland Heather
Other – Stamparatus

“Always Be My Baby” – Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop

August 25, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop!

Our theme this week still rocks the 90’s with the song, ‘Always Be My Baby’, where we are featuring cards for kids!

This one took a little thought for me. I have no young children around. And, I have no kid themed stamps.

But, I do have this adorable octopus! I mean, who doesn’t love and eight legged creature????

I designed this fun and whimsical card –

Isn’t this the perfect card for a kid?

I stamped the octopus in the classic, Real Red, then framelit cut him out.

I placed him atop a framelit cut circle from the Garden Impressions 6×6 Designer Series Paper (who would have thought????). The speckled strip is also from the same pack of Designer Series Paper.

I looked through all my sentiments for the perfect clear one, for ease of stamping. Cue the Confetti, from Picture Perfect Birthday won! Then, of course I had to add confetti! That came from Birthday Backgrounds!

This is simply an adorable card!!!

I can’t wait to be inspired by Debbie Henderson, and Mary Brown. I know they’ll have some great kid themed cards!

Stampin’ Up Supplies –

Stamp Set – Sea of Textures, Picture Perfect Birthday, Birthday Backgrounds
Framelits – Under the Sea
Bundles – Sea of Textures
Card Stock – Whisper White
Ink – Real Red, Daffodil Delight, Black Memento
DSP – Garden Impressions

Celebrate

July 5, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Happy post – 4th of July! Here in Houston, we survived another holiday flood!

Not too soaked and was able to create a card for Create with Connie and Mary and out newest Thursday challenge! We are back to color and sketch challenges –

Great happy colors!

I designed this fun card with new products –

I started with the Celebrate sentiment. It’s from a stamp set called, Calligraphy Essentials.

I used the Birthday Backgrounds for the candles and the streamer curls. Perfect addition for this card!

Tip : After I did the stamping, I decided the card needed a little something. I added the watercoloring with a blender pen and the Blueberry Bushel pads. Since the new pads are not as squishable as the old ones, I touched the edge of the pad to collect the ink to color with.

We have some wonderful cards at Create with Connie and Mary using these colors! If you’re feeling inspired, create something and post it to our Facebook page. We’d love to see you there!

Stampin’ Up Supplies –

Stamp Set – Calligraphy Essentials, Birthday Backgrounds
Card Stock – Whisper White, Blueberry Bushel, Mango Melody, Grey Granite
Ink – Blueberry Bushel, Mango Melody, Grey Granite
Other – Silver Baker’s Twine, Aqua Painters

Happy Stampin’

Libby