CCM Saturday Hop - Great Outdoors

Today's Create With Connie & Mary Saturday Blog Hop theme is the great outdoors. We aren't supposed to use flowers, but that's okay, we still have everything else outside to choose from! Boy, that covers a lot of territory, haha.  Since the bluebirds have been busy raising their babies in our nest boxes (so much fun to watch!) I took that inspiration and ran with it.

I started by creating a background using sponge daubers to dab colors randomly on white cardstock. I was trying to give the illusion of trees and some blooming trees peeking through the die cut tree trunks. Granny Apple Green spatters were stamped over and it was adhered to the Coastal Cabana card base. The die cut tree trunks got popped up on mini dimensionals over it.

That Perched in a Tree stamp set features this chonky little fellow, who looks like he hasn't missed a meal at our feeders. 😂 He was stamped and colored with Stampin' Blends then die cut and popped up on more dimensionals after I adhered the branch and greeting.

That's all for today - see you next Saturday! Up next is Libby Fens at Libby Stamps. Or click the "back" button to go back to Lori at Loritamarie Crafts.

Stampin' Up! products used:

• Stamps: Perched in a Tree
  
• Paper: Basic White, Coastal Cabana
  
• Ink: Memento, Early Espresso, Granny Apple Green, Coastal Cabana, and Fresh Freesia PLUS Stampin' Blends Combos - Azure Afternoon, Calypso Coral, Petal Pink, Pecan Pie, and a Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker
  
• Accessories: Aspen Tree Dies, Timeless Arrangements Dies, Sponge Daubers
  

CCM Saturday Blog Hop - Go Green

Today's Create With Connie & Mary Saturday Blog Hop theme is Go Green, and I suppose Connie and Mary were thinking of St. Patrick's Day (or maybe recycling?). Unfortunately, I waited too long to order the Lucky Clover bundle and the punch sold out very quickly. There's a lesson in there - don't wait if you want something! So instead of St. Paddy's Day, today I'm going green with green apples. 😊

The Apple Harvest stamp set carried over from the July-Dec mini and is available online. The Apple Blossoms Dies did not and are on clearance for $14.00! These die cut apples are popped up on a Basic White Stylish Shapes circle, which is adhered to a Granny Apple Green stamped Rays of Light (also die cut) circle.

I find that a vellum layer darkens the color under it, so I put Parakeet Party behind the embossed vellum to closely match the Granny Apple Green mat behind it. They both measure 3 3/4" x 5", and the G.A.G. mat measures 3 15/16" x 5 3/16".

That's all for today - see you next Saturday! Up next is Libby Fens at Libby Stamps. Or click the "back" button to go back to Lori at Loritamarie Crafts. Now, if you don't mind, I'm off to find a nice crisp Granny Smith apple to munch!

Stampin' Up! products used:

• Stamps: Apple Harvest, Rays of Light 
  
• Paper: Basic White, Garden Green, Granny Apple Green, Parakeet Party, Vellum Cardstock
  
• Ink: Memento, Basic Gray, Granny Apple Green, plus Stampin Blends Combos Granny Apple Green, Soft Sea Foam, Natural Tones (MD2 & D2), Daffodil Delight, Polished Pink, Petal Pink 
  
• Accessories: Apple Blossoms Dies, Stylish Shapes Dies, Basics 3D Folders (Online Exclusive), 2022-2024 In Color Matte Decorative Dots

Stamp Review Crew - North Pole Mischief

Welcome to the Stamp Review Crew's North Pole Mischief BONUS edition! The "Crew" is a group of Stampin' Up! demonstrators from around the world who pick a stamp set or bundle to highlight on the first and third Mondays of each month, with a bonus hop if there is a fifth Monday. If you landed here from Lou's blog, welcome! There are four of us today, but if you get lost just click the banner at the top of each blog for the blog roll.

North Pole Mischief is a cute six piece cling stamp set with three images and three greetings. I chose to use just a part of one of the images for my card. I think that little dog is adorable, and it wanted to help with wrapping the gifts, so I stamped the image, then colored and fussy-cut just the pooch and ribbon. Here is the fun fold card I created, and I can't for the life of me remember what this simple fold is called. *sigh*

There are all kinds of different elements from the Jul-Dec Mini on this card, and even something from the upcoming Jan-Apr Mini that you can order now! The framed oval is from the Framed Florets Dies now available for customer purchase that will be in the new mini. I cut it twice from Basic White Thick cardstock and taped the bottom layer oval and frame together for support, then glued the top layer on. It's extra sturdy and I'm not worried about the inner oval popping out of the frame.

Dontcha love those muddy footprints? 😉

The DSP is from Santa Express (pg. 17 of the current mini), the sequins are part of the Sweetest Christmas Collection (pg. 9), and the Shaded Spruce stamped snowflake/sparkles are from the Penguin Place stamp set (pg. 22). I like to use ALL. THE. THINGS. 😁

I also decorated an envelope to match, something I don't do often enough. Some of the matching DSP was adhered to the flap, and more snowflake/sparkles were stamped up the side of the front.

That's all I have to share for today, so click "Next" to see what Betty created (I'm sure she did something with the cat!), or "Previous" to visit Lou again!

Product List

North Pole Mischief Cling Stamp Set (English)

Penguin Place Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock

Shaded Spruce 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Santa Express 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

Vellum 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

Shaded Spruce Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

Poppy Parade Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin' Pad

Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad

Versamark Pad

Heat Tool (Us And Canada)

Basics Embossing Powders

Stitched Rectangles Dies

Framed Florets Dies

Adhesive Backed Seasonal Sequins

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CCM Saturday Blog Hop - Vintage Thanksgiving

Today's Create With Connie & Mary Saturday Blog Hop theme is Vintage Thanksgiving. I have to admit, I struggled a bit with this theme! I Googled vintage Thanksgiving greeting cards and found lots of Pilgrims and turkeys, neither of which I had available to use. So I figured Thanksgiving is all about being grateful, and I knew I could make some vintage, worn-looking elements and come up with a card expressing gratitude. 😊

After cutting the Crumb Cake DSP with the Deckled Rectangles (using the second and third largest dies), some Soft Suede ink was sponged on the edges to give it that aged paper look. I tucked a Distressed Gold Specialty Paper grid (die from the Chic Dies) between the DSP layers for some added visual appeal.

The leaf label also had its edges inked with Soft Suede, and the greeting was heat embossed in white. And I really distressed the 2 3/4" x 2 3/4" Distressed Gold behind the leaf by crumbling it up then smoothing it a bit and rolling the edges.

When the card was finished, I felt it still needed something, so I spattered some white poster paint on it (making a huge mess in the process) and added some Brushed Metallic Dots.

That's all for today - see you next Saturday! Up next is Libby Fens at Libby Stamps. Or click the "back" button to go back to visit Lori at Loritamarie Crafts.

 

Stampin' Up! products used:

• Stamps: Soft Seedlings
  
• Paper: Basic White, Neutrals 6" x 6" DSP, Distressed Gold Specialty Paper
  
• Ink: Soft Suede, VersaMark
  
• Accessories:  Chic Dies, Deckled Rectangles Dies, Heat Tool, Basics Embossing Powders, Leaf Label & Amber Gem Combo Pack, Gold Shimmer Ribbon, Baker's Twine Essentials Pack, Brushed Metallic Adhesive-Backed Dots, Sponge Daubers
  

Christmas Banner Candy Canes

The Sweet Candy Canes bundle needed to be used at least one more time, this time using Merry Merlot and Polished Pink, with a bit of Quatrefoil Tile embossed vellum over the pink to soften the color.

I used clear packing tape again on the candy canes to give them a shiny look. This is such a clever trick! No need to wait for Crystal Effects to dry, and run the risk of smearing it before it's completely set.

The greeting and banner are from the Christmas Banners bundle. There wasn't a greeting in Sweet Candy Canes to fit the banner, and I wanted to use that banner because it fit so nicely through the openings of the Designer Tags label. The gold and white evergreen sprigs were from a die in the Christmas Banners bundle as well.

The Festive Pearls are supposed to be Cherry Cobbler, but I think they coordinate with Polished Pink and Merry Merlot, too.

Product List

Sweet Candy Canes Bundle (English)

Christmas Banners Bundle (English)

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Vellum 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Gold & Rose Gold 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Metallic Specialty Paper

Polished Pink 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Merry Merlot 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Merry Merlot Classic Stampin' Pad

Stitched Rectangles Dies

Designer Tags Dies

Quatrefoil Tile Embossing Folder

Festive Pearls

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