Tidings All Around

Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Walking in a Winter Wonderland

December 21, 2019 · Leave a Comment

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

Our theme this week features winter or cards with snow.

I took it literal this week –

I stamped the image from the Still Scenes stamp set in Smoky Slate, coloring it with a variety of Blends markers.

The roof and the snow are colored with Wink of Stella for that frosty look.

Once that was finished, I decided on the sentiment from Tidings All Around in Real Red for a pop of color.

I debated on a Whisper White base or Real Red card base. I think the Real Red was made the scene stand out more.

Go forward to check out Debbie Henderson, and back to Mary Brown. I know they’ll have some great projects to inspire us!

Stampin’ Up Supplies –

Stamp Set – Still Scenes, Tidings All Around
Card Stock – Real Red, Whisper White
Ink – Smoky Slate, Real Red
Other – Blends, Wink of Stella

Toile Tidings Christmas Cheer

December 19, 2019 · Leave a Comment

Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge!

Here is our newest layout challenge –

We will have this challenge up for two weeks because of Christmas.

I went with a simple, lovely Christmas card –

My base card is Very Vanilla, layered with an exact sized piece of the Toile Tidings Designer Series Paper on top.

I found a scene I liked in another one of the patterns of paper in the pack and used one of the Layering Squares Dies to cut it out.

It is framed or bordered in Garden Green using the same dies.

The sentiment is from the Tidings All Around stamp set.

Simply lovely!

Check out the Design Team creations on our Create with Connie and Mary blog.

Create a card using our challenge and you can post it on our Facebook page.

Stampin’ Up Supplies –

Stamp Set – Tidings All Around
Dies / Embossing – Layering Squares Dies
Card Stock – Very Vanilla, Garden Green, Real Red
Ink – Garden Green
DSP – Toile Tidings

Joy of Sets Anything Goes Blog Hop

November 23, 2019 · 5 Comments

Happy Saturday! What a busy day with two hops for me!!

This is the second one today! Here, I’m hopping with the Joy of Sets –

I decided to create a special card.

How about a square card –

Simple, but very elegant with all the layers on the card.

This is a 4 1/4 x 4 1/4 card. I started with a Whisper White card base. Then layered it with Sparkle Glimmer paper, Gold Foil, and Very Vanilla.

The focal point, the trees and the church are from the Snow Globe Scenes Dies, cut in Sparkle Glimmer paper. I put Gold Foil behind the church to highlight the windows. It is just very pretty!

And, I’ll be featuring this at my 7th annual Christmas Card Class! Please contact me if you are interested!

Check out the other wonderful cards on out hop –

Stampin’ Up Supplies –

Stamp Set – Tidings All-Around
Dies / Embossing – Snow Globe Scenes Dies
Card Stock – Whisper White, Sparkle Glimmer, Gold Foil, Very Vanilla
Ink – Black Memento

Bundled Up Christmas Cheer

November 7, 2019 · Leave a Comment

Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge!

Here is our newest layout challenge –

As always, a great way to get the creative thoughts going.

I went with a cutesy Christmas card –

I love this little bundled up snowman!

All the paper in this Let It Snow pack is adorable! A couple of the pages are just various snowman, he was one of them. He was fussy cut.

I chose a long, narrow greeting from the Tidings All Around stamp set to fit the challenge layout. It works great here.

What do you think, pretty cute?

Check out the Design Team creations on our Create with Connie and Mary blog.

Create a card using our challenge and you can post it on our Facebook page.

Stampin’ Up Supplies –

Stamp Set – Tidings All Around
Card Stock – Real Red, Shaded Spruce, Whisper White
Ink – Shaded Spruce
DSP – Let It Snow

We Create – Regals Collection

November 1, 2019 · 1 Comment

Happy November 1st!

This is the second of two hops for today showing off some great inspiration!

This one is for –

This months theme is the Regals collection of colors.

I decided to incorporate the Tidings All Around bundle creating a lovely Christmas card –

Nice mix of Regals colors I’d say!

I die cut four wreaths, 2 in Garden Green and 2 in Old Olive to create the wreath. I added the berries in Toile Tidings Glitter Enamel Dots to add some sparkle.

The sentiment is from the stamp set, Tidings All Around. Everything sits atop a piece of Wrapped in Plaid 6×6 Designer Series Paper.

What do you think? Pretty?

Check out everyone on the hop today! Some great ideas using the Regals collection of colors!

Stampin’ Up Supplies –

Stamp Set – Tidings All Around
Dies / Embossing – All-Around Wreath Dies
Bundles – Tidings All Around
Card Stock – Garden Green, Old Olive, Very Vanilla
Ink – Cherry Cobbler
DSP – Wrapped in Plaid 6×6
Other – Toile Tidings Glitter Enamel Dots

Mosaic Christmas Cheer

September 26, 2019 · 2 Comments

Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge!

Here is our newest challenge –

A wonderful challenge that I decided to turn on its side!

And I’m in love with it now!

I did use a hodgepodge of products, but sometimes you just have to!

I started with a Garden Green base. I added a strip of the Mosaic Mood Specialty Designer Series Paper. Look closely at it, it has red specks in it. Even more so when a red is nearby!

Soft Sea Foam compliments all the colors in the pattern paper very subtly. It looked great behind the Real Red mug.

The candy cane heart is from the Cup of Cheer Dies, one is just flipped.

The sentiment cam from the Tidings All Around stamp set. It was bold and thin and perfect here!

Do you think it’s a nice combination of products?

Check out the Design Team creations on our Create with Connie and Mary blog.

Create a card using our challenge and you can post it on our Facebook page.

Stampin’ Up Supplies –

Stamp Set – Tidings All Around
Dies / Embossing – Cup of Cheer Dies, Layering Circles Dies
Card Stock – Garden Green, Soft Sea Foam, Real Red, Very Vanilla
Ink – Real Red
DSP – Mosaic Mood