Patterned Pumpkins Thinlits

Elegantly Giving Thanks

October 26, 2017 · Leave a Comment

Hello my Thursday friends! Stopping by to see the latest Create with Connie and Mary challenge? Well, here it is –

A great fall combination of colors! I had so much fun creating my card for today! I went with the same sketch as yesterday and Tuesday using these challenge colors.

This turned out to be such a beautiful card!

I started with the Painted Autumn Designer Series paper again (love this paper!!) and just started adding the layers of pumpkins and leaves until I got the look I wanted. I ended up with extra stamped pieces, but that’s ok, I’ll use them for something else! You just never know when you’re building a card.

For some reason, the Crushed Curry pad left and interesting solid image when I inked up the gourd – but, that was totally ok here – made it look so realistic! The taller pumpkins stamped in Cajun Craze, inked once and stamped twice. Try this technique – you’ll get a nice lighter shade the second time around.

So. Have I inspired you yet? I sure hope so! Check out the other Design Team creations at Create with Connie and Mary and post your takes on the sketch on our Facebook page.

Stampin’ Up Supplies –

Stamp Set – Pick a Pumpkin, Painted Harvest
Framelits – Patterned Pumpkins, Layering Circles
Bundles – Pick a Pumpkin
Card Stock – Very Vanilla, Tranquil Tide
Ink – Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry, Tranquil Tide
DSP – Painted Autumn

Happy Stampin’

Libby

Did you catch our October Create with Connie and Mary tutorial? The October Session can be purchased now!

Here is a sneak at the projects –

October features –

Seasonal Lantern Bundle
Tag & Trimmings Bundle
Smitten Mitten Bundle
Sugarplum Dreams Stamp Set
Christmas Happiness

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

Each mini session includes TWELVE unique cards featuring at least 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).

Demos…did you know this is a tax deduction for your Stampin’ Up! business? But…you don’t need to be a demo to enjoy our mini-subscriptions!

Check out CREATE WITH CONNIE AND MARY for more details!

You’ve been Boo’d – Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop

October 14, 2017 · 2 Comments

What, about ~~three~~ (OMG) two more weeks until Halloween? Well, we’ve got lots of great ideas for you here on the Create with Connie and Mary blog hop for the next three Saturdays.

Our theme this week is funny, ‘you’ve been boo’d’! We are using the word ‘boo’ on our cards.

Not a problem. I’ve been wanting to use the Creep it Real stamp set a few more times before the month is up.

I just started stamping the word ‘boo’ and set it aside. Found some black and white Designer Series Paper from Pick a Pattern (it’s on special until the end of the month!!!) and looked for something that resembled ghosts.

I don’t have the Paisley Framelits, which make awesome non-ghost ghosts, but, I do have the Patterned Pumpkins Thinlits. There is the Pick a Pumpkin bundle that has a gourd stamp and framelit. The framelit worked like a charm to create a little ghost! And, the eyes from the Spooky Cat worked soo good here!

I added the smallest Basic Rhinestone Jewels to the inside of the eyes for some added drama. It was indeed the right added touch!

So, for more added BOOness, go forward to Debbie Henderson, and back to Mary Brown. I know you’ll be inspired!

Supplies –

Stamp Set – Creep it Real, Spooky Cat
Framelits – Patterned Pumpkins
Card Stock – Elegant Eggplant, Pumpkin Pie (duh), Lemon Lime Twist, Whisper White
Ink – Black Memento
DSP – Pick a Pattern (on sale)
Punches – 1 1/4″ Circle
Other – Black Rhinestone Jewels

Happy Stampin’

Libby

And, for more inspiration, check out the new Create with Connie and Mary tutorial. The October Session is now open!!

Here is a sneak at the projects –

October features –

Seasonal Lantern Bundle
Tag & Trimmings Bundle
Smitten Mitten Bundle
Sugarplum Dreams Stamp Set
Christmas Happiness

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

Each mini session includes TWELVE unique cards featuring at least 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).

Demos…did you know this is a tax deduction for your Stampin’ Up! business? But…you don’t need to be a demo to enjoy our mini-subscriptions!

Check out CREATE WITH CONNIE AND MARY for more details!

Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Fun with Embossing Paste

August 26, 2017 · Leave a Comment

We’ve made it to Saturday! Whew! It’s Hurricane Harvey Hoopla here in the land of Pears (Texas Gulf coast area)!!! So, I’ll share a card created for Create with Connie and Mary. My mojo was hard to come by today. Worried about the storm.

Enough ~~wining~~ whining, Our theme this week is Fun with Embossing Paste!

What a great topic as I ordered these supplies a while back, and in the meantime I have ‘misplaced’ my decorative masks I found the Embossing Paste and Palette Knives though. Ugh…..I’ll find them as soon as this goes live in the morning, I just know it!

But, no worries. I created my own mask with acetate sheets and a die cut! Worked beautifully!

I went with new products here –

The sentiment is from the new set (available September 1) Creep it Real, and the pumpkins are from the Pick a Pumpkin set that is part of the Pick a Pumpkin Bundle that has coordinating framelits.

I placed the framelit I used to create the background in this picture. And, yes, I ran it through several times to create the pattern used on the card with the paste. Totally worth it! After it dried, I went over each little + with Wink of Stella for added sparkle. Hard to see of course.

I layered two different ribbon along the bottom, Fresh Fig and a retired Tangerine Tango.

Check out the other Design Team members Embossing paste cards. I know I’m looking forward to seeing them. This was my first attempt at using this stuff. It’s way easy too!

Supplies –

Stamp Set – Creep it Real, Pick a Pumpkin
Framelits – Patterned Pumpkins
Bundles – Pick a Pumpkin
Card Stock – Lemon Lime Twist, Fresh Fig, Whisper White
Ink – Lemon Lime Twist, Fresh Fig, Tangerine Tango
Punches – Pretty Label
Other – Embossing Paste, Palette Knives, Wink of Stella, Fresh Fig 1/2 Finely Woven Ribbon, Tangerine Tango Ribbon (retired)

Happy Stampin’

Libby

I’m also part of the Create with Connie and Mary Design Team! You can purchase the August Session now, and previous ones too!

Here is a sneak at the August projects –

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).

Demos…did you know this is a tax deduction for your Stampin’ Up! business? But…you don’t need to be a demo to enjoy our mini-subscriptions!

We will have a bonus Holiday project too –

Check out CREATE WITH CONNIE AND MARY for more details

Hello Fall in Creative Colors

August 17, 2017 · 2 Comments

Ah…..almost the weekend! But, time to share a card designed for Create with Connie and Mary and our new color challenge this week –

love, Love, LOVE these colors together. Sometimes you don’t see how well they work together until you pull them out and just look at them together!

I wasn’t sure what direction I wanted to go in. But, after I saw the new stamp sets I had – I knew.

Those who know me, know I LOVE pumpkins (and fall and the fall colors). So it was a natural to choose this set –

Isn’t this awesome? Not the typical fall colors, but it has pumpkins!

I used the new Pick a Pumpkin stamp set and the Patterned Pumpkins Thinlits (both will be available September 1st). I stamped the pumpkins and the background leaf images from the set.

The sentiment is also from a new set, Merry Cafe. It’s soooo cute and coordinates with the Coffee Cups Framelits. I did mask it off to get just the ‘Hello FALL’, which I punched twice (to shorten) with the Classic Label Punch.

I am looking forward to cooler temperatures and lowered humidity with fall. Texas can be brutal at least half the year!

Check out the other designers cards on our Create with Connie and Mary blog.

Then, pull out these colors and PLAY with them! You can join our challenge by linking up a card on our Facebook page.

Supplies –

Stamp Set – Pick a Pumpkin, Merry Cafe
Framelits – Patterned Pumpkins
Bundles – Pick a Pumpkin
Card Stock – Smokey Slate, Bermuda Bay, Lemon Lime Twist
Ink – Smokey Slate, Bermuda Bay, Lemon Lime Twist, Versamark
Punches – Classic Label Punch, Decorative Ribbon Border Punch

Happy Stampin’

Libby

Did you know that I am also part of the Create with Connie and Mary Design Team? I am! Our most recent August Session is now available for purchase. Here is a peek of the projects –

AUGUST, we are featuring –

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