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Decorated with Happiness

Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – All That Glistens

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Welcome stampers!

Thank for joining us for our weekly Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop!

Our theme today is : All That Glistens

I had soo much fun creating this –

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I created a wreath using the Decorated Pine Dies. Initially, I used two of the main branches to create the partial circle. After adding the ornaments, I felt it needed a few more. I die cut some of the smaller leaves and stuck them where they were needed.

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These ornaments are simply gorgeous wouldn’t you say? They are nice, bold, and shiny! Making them all silver made them pop!

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I stamped a simple greeting from the coordinating Decorated with Happiness stamp set.

Quite beautiful, don’t you think?

Go forward to check out Debbie Henderson, and back to Cindy Elam. I know they’ll have some great ideas for us!

We will see you next week!

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Decorated Season

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Hello my stampin’ friends!

Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary challenge!

Here is our current layout challenge –

Love sketches with diagonals – it is something different!

I was in a Christmas moos, so I designed this –

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This adorable ornament paper is from the Celebrate Everything Designer Series Paper. This is a wonderful hostess item.

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So much can be done with pattern alone, but I went with something fun as the sketch called for. I used a full 4″ x 5 1/4″ panel of the Designer Series Paper, adding the diagonal pieces on top. Wate easier than figuring out the angles.

libbystamps, Stampin' Up, Decorated with Happiness, Celebrate Everything DSP, CCMC, Create with Connie and Mary ChallengesThis sentiment is from the Decorated with Happiness stamp set. A perfect greeting for this simple adorable card! I used the Stamparatus to stamp the sentiment after the card was assembled. I got a perfectly placed, dark image!

Check out the other Design Team cards on our Create with Connie and Mary blog. You’ll see some fabulous ideas! Join us for the challenge too if you’d like!

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Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – CASEing Cindy Elam

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Welcome stampers!

Thank for joining us for our weekly Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop!

For the next several weeks, we have a real treat for you. We will be CASEing (copy and share everything) each designer on the blog hop!

This week, we are all CASEing Cindy Elam. We each get to choose a card we like, copy the layout and the colors, but add stamps and dies from the July – December Mini catalog.

This card was striking to me. I loved this layout and these bright, fun colors!

I created a very similar card –

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Soo cool how this turned out! These colors : Basic Black, Mango Melody, Parakeet Party, and Coastal Cabana – they make such a wonderful Christmas card!

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These ornaments are from the Decorated With Happiness bundle. Each ornament was cut out, keeping all the pieces together, then glued together. After, each piece was colored with Wink of Stella to highlight them. I love how this highlighted the detailed areas.

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Pretty nifty take on a Christmas card with fun colors. What doe you think?

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Go forward to check out Debbie Henderson, and back to Cindy Elam. I know they’ll have some great CASEd cards!

We will see you next week!

Shop any of the products for this fabulous card by clicking on any of the icons below. I appreciate your support of my small, home based business. Thank you in advance!


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