MSH (My Sweet Husband) and I celebrated our 10 month anniversary this week. Yes, we are newlyweds and enjoying celebrating it!! I made this card for him this month.
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When I was at OnStage recently, we got to see and play with some of the wonderful new products that will be available in the Mini Catalogue that goes live in January. That’s one of the fantastic perks of being a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator. One of the new sets is Timeless Tulips, and it is a beautiful DistINKive stamp set with lovely tulips and sentiments. There is also a coordinating punch that you can bundle with the stamp set and take advantage of a 10% discount on these 2 great products. For today though, I just used stamping for my card, no punch.
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One of the most popular suites in the Stampin’ Up! Annual catalogue is the Bird Ballad Suite. The stamp set Free As A Bird has wonderful sentiments along with lovely line images perfect for colouring. If it isn’t a colouring kind of day though, you could just use the line image for a card, or you could get some coloured birds from the pretty Bird Ballad Designer Series Paper, as I have done!
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The Brightly Gleaming Suite has some wonderful elements; stamps, punches, ribbon and more, and especially some gorgeous Specialty Designer Series Paper. I used this suite to make my card for today.
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My card today uses an interesting colour combination. One that quite frankly, I did not think would work well, . . . but it does!!! This card is for the FabFriday Challenge, so I wanted to ‘play by the rules’ and give it a shot.
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What wonderful words those are from Walt Disney. Walt had a vision of so many things, including his world famous theme park. He had a vision and a dream to make it a reality, and he did just that. Wise words for sure. Dreaming it is one thing, but believing you can do it, also helps us reach goals that it would be easy to say “I can’t do that” to. My card today reflects that belief.
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Do you ever hear a favourite tune on the radio and just start dancing to it in your living room? I think that is fairly common, I know I certainly do it. It is the perfect opportunity to hear great music, and dance like no one is watching. My card today reminds me of the fun and carefree moments created by that, not to mention it is good exercise!!!
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The Stampin’ Up! Only Challenge is to create a project with our favourite holiday product. Are the kidding? Just one?? There are so many beautiful products in the Holiday Catalogue , so many fun products, easy and creative kits, and so much more, you can’t pick just one favourite. I did pick one of my favourites for my cards today though, and it is, in my opinion, one of the most beautiful ones. My cards feature the Feels Like Frost Specialty 6 x 6 Designer Series Paper.
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How many things in life are made better by sharing them with someone, or doing things together? Lots and lots and lots!! Stamping is one of the first things that comes to mind. I love stamping, and spending time in my craft studio, but stamping with friends is the best. We did just that on Saturday at my Stamp-a-Stack. You can see pictures of some of the fun on my Facebook page, Great Stamping With Connie.
For today, I have a card that reflects that same sentiment.
If you are making a birthday card and you want the recipient to have a REALLY happy birthday, what do you do? Well, I used a lot of happy!
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I spent time in my craft studio playing with Seaside Spray card stock and making some Christmas cards. I love the new In Colour Seaside Spray, and it is perfect for Christmas. The frosty blue colour mixed with a regal colour like Night of Navy makes a striking card to share with friends or family.
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I love stamping and making beautiful hand made cards of all types, but one of my favourites is colouring on my cards. When I was little, I loved to colour, and the comfort of colouring remains with me today. I think many people feel the same way, as my colouring classes are very popular, and people look forward to all the creative ways Stampin’ Up! gives us to colour our cards.
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When we hear “happily ever after”, we tend to think about a wedding. Wishing the new couple a wonderful wedding day, and that they will live happily ever after. Wishes for a lifetime of love and happiness has the same meaning, but with different words. To me, the first is more fairy tale, while the latter feels like our hope for real life. Either way, they are both lovely, and send joyful wishes to the recipient.
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The Stampin’ Up! #simplestamping challenge this month is a Thank You card. How perfect is that? Since we just celebrated Thanksgiving in Canada, being thankful is on our minds, so making a card to share with someone seems like the right thing to do. Simple stamping is a great way to create a beautiful card quickly, and an opportuntiy to create some pretty Designer Paper for the background, as I did for this card.
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In Canada it is Thanksgiving weekend, and I am feeling thankful for the beautiful day yesterday, and the glorious world around me. At all times, but especailly this weekend, take time to celebrate the beauty of the season, and the glorious bounty nature provides.
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The Perennial Essence Designer Series Paper has hand painted flowers, giving it soft and delicate images. It is so pretty, it is easy to create beautiful cards when you make it the centre of attention, as is the case with my card today.
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It is certainly no secret that I love flowers, and the Pressed Petals Designer Series Paper gives us some lovely flower and greenery images. These are photographic images of pressed petals, and the other side has some great vintage designs.
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Have you seen the Nature’s Beauty stamp set on the back page of the Holiday catalogue? It is a stunning stamp set with line drawings that include a fox, a deer and a bunny, along with some trees, etc. The images are lovely, but the best thing about this set is a Difference Maker set. That means that $4.00 from each set sold will be donated to a Mental Health Organization. In Canada, money from sales of this set will be donated to the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.
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The Over The Moon stamp set is so much fun, and fantastic for making great cards. If you feel like making a fun card, and are in the mood for some colouring, this is a great Go To set.
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