Layered Leaves EF

Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Favorite Subtle Color

April 13, 2019 · 1 Comment

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

Our theme this week features our favorite Subtles color.

Well…..I have several. First off, Soft Sea Foam –

It’s a wonderful neutral color to me, although it’s in the Subtles family. I use for card bases quite often.

And, I really like Highland Heather and So Saffron is always a classic!

I loved combining all these to create a simple, yet elegant Easter card using the Florentine Thinlits in an unexpected way, a cross!

The hardest part about this card was stamping the letters to create my sentiment. And then realizing that I would have to fussy cut the whole banner although there are coordinating framelits!

Directions –

Soft Sea Foam base, 4 1/4 x 11, scored at 5 1/2
Soft Sea Foam layer, 3 3/4 x 5
emboss layer with Layered Leaves, set aside
use Florentine Thinlits and cut 2 in Highland Heather (save outer frame) and the other on So Saffron (save interior pieces)

cut ‘cross’ according to diagram

flip over, add So Saffron pieces inside (upside down from cutting) cross & secure, I used tape

set cross aside
stamp sentiment banner in Soft Sea Foam
stamp letters using the Make a Difference alphabet in Gray Granite
framelit cut or hand cut depending on your phrase, here, I hand cut as my letters hung down a bit below the cutting line
adhere embossed Soft Sea Foam layer using Dimensionals
adhere cross in center using Dimensionals
adhere banner around cross
done!

If you have any questions, please ask! Comments are always appreciated too!

Go forward to check out Debbie Henderson, and back to Mary Brown. They’ll have some great projects using the Subtles colors!

Stampin’ Up Supplies –

Stamp Set – Banners For You, Make a Difference
Framelits – Florentine, Bunch of Banners
Card Stock – Soft Sea Foam, Highland Heather, So Saffron, Very Vanilla
Ink – Soft Sea Foam, Gray Granite
Other – Layered Leaves

Tropical Thank You

November 13, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Happy Tuesday Try Stampin’ on Tuesday!

Here is our newest challenge –

Optional Theme : Thank You

This is a great go-to sketch for me! I’ve already played around with other designs!

For this challenge, I immediately went to creating this –

Sometimes you just know what to do with a sketch!

For this, I started with the Tropical Escape Designer Series Paper. I added the Layered Leaves Embossing Folder panel in Blushing Bride. It looks beautiful with this Designer Series Pattern paper!

Since the theme was thank you, it was perfect because the coordinating stamp set has a thank you sentiment in it!

This turned out to be a fun, bright, lovely card!

You just might have received one of these cards from me at OnStage last week! I also used it as one of my swaps! Please comment if you did. I’d love to hear from you!

Additionally, I’ll have this card on my November Card Buffet this weekend! Come out and join us!

The other Design team members created wonderful cards on our Try Stampin’ on Tuesday blog. You can join our challenge too on our blog or on Facebook page! We’d love to see you!

Stampin’ Up Supplies –

Stamp Set – Tropical Chic
Suite – Tropical Escape
Card Stock – Granny Apple Green, Blushing Bride
Ink – Shaded Spruce
DSP – Tropical Escape
Other – Layered Leaves

Freshly Made Sending Lots of Love

August 13, 2017 · 2 Comments

I have created a special card that is very near and dear to my heart today for Freshly Made Sketches. It’s their 300th challenge!

They are so special to me because it was one of the first challenges that I started following and playing along with. I was SO inspired by them. The clean and simple style really helped shape who I am as a designer. Now, I’m on three teams! (Of course FMS, is a dream design team to be a part of!!! Goals, right? Goals! )

I hadn’t really played with this Whole Lot of Lovely Suite and I felt it was a great time to pull it out!

So bright! So fun! So full of energy!

I used lots of dimension here as well. And, yes, pulled out the new paper snips to do ~~some~~ lots of cutting around the words!

I did struggle with this choice of paper. Normally, I do not have this struggle……

….and another contender –

It’s funny seeing the design in a blog how it looks different! But, I stand by my choice!

Congrats to Freshly Made Sketches on their 300th challenge! Simply put, here’s to many more clean and simple inspirational sketches to challenge and inspire us!

Supplies –

Stamp Set – Lots of Love
Framelits – Stitches Shapes
Suite – Whole Lot of Lovely
Card Stock – Tangerine Tango, Old Olive, Pool Party, Whisper White,
Ink – Black Memento, Pool Party
DSP – Whole Lot of Lovely
Other – Layered Leaves EF, Mini Dimensionals

Happy Stampin’

Libby

One of the fabulous Design Teams I am proud to say I’m a part of is, Create with Connie and Mary.

Our most recent August Session is now available for purchase. And, yes, I created one of the tutorials!

AUGUST, we are featuring –

Coffee Cafe Bundle
Ribbon of Courage
Feathery Friends
You Move Me Bundle
Pieces & Patterns (I designed this one!!!!)

Our mini sessions include the instructions for 14 projects with full step-by-step tutorials:

Each mini session includes TWELVE unique cards featuring three stamp sets

Additionally, each mini session includes TWO 3D items perfect projects for your club, classes, stamp camps or gifts

All 14 project tutorials are available once the mini session opens so you immediately have all project tutorials right there at your fingertips

All designs and tutorials are EXCLUSIVELY for subscribers and will not be posted anywhere else online

Our FABULOUS design team members are – Connie Babbert, Mary Brown, Melissa Davies, Libby Fens, and Debbie Henderson. They always have such GREAT ideas that are perfect and easy to recreate!

Mini sessions are available the 11th of each month (and you’ll have access for up to a year).

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We will have a bonus Holiday project too –

Check out CREATE WITH CONNIE AND MARY for more details