Create with Connie and Mary

CCMC169 - Color Challenge

This week in the Create with Connie and Mary Holiday Edition 2011 we are celebrating all about Fall!  We just LOVE the fabulous Fall products in the mini and the design team is really out-doing themselves!  But you do have to be a subscriber to see them!  It's not too late...click the paypal button below...

6 week $34.95 - that is less than $1 a project with FULL TUTORIAL on each project!

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And now on to our challenge.  What do you think of this color combo?  We LOVE this color combo and the team seemed to have a BLAST creating with it!

Just a reminder...this is a SUO challenge.  This includes stamps, paper, designer series paper, ribbon etc.  Cards made with non-SU items will be removed...sorry!

The challenge team has some GREAT inspiration to get you going...

 

Connie Babbert - Inkspired Treasures

 

Mary Brown - StampCamper's Corner

 

Carrie Gaskin - Artistic Avenger

 

Deb Currier - ARTfelt Impressions

 

Debbie Henderson - Debbie's Designs

 

Nance Leedy - Canopy Crafts

 

Lisa Martz - Get Your Stamp On!

 

Renee Van Stralen - Stampin for Sanity

So get to those crafting areas and start creating!  Remember to use SU Only products, post to your blog or online gallery, label it CCMC169 and link back here if you can to Create with Connie and Mary.  Then come back and use the inlinkz tool below to share your creation with everyone!  We LOVE seeing what you do!  This challenge will close Wednesday, October 5th at 12 noon EST.

CCMC168 - Top 3 Picks

That was REALLY a fun sketch and we appreciate ALL of you who take the time to join us for our challenges.  We love seeing your creativity!  Such a nice variety of sets and color schemes this week!

So...do you want to know the top three?  We thought so!  Check these out...

Sherylee

 

Amy

 

Susan Joyce

Congratulations to everyone!

Winners:  Grab this code for your Blog and show off the fact that you were our Top Pick!

   

 

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Thank you ALL for playing along this week and don't forget to come back tomorrow......and get those inks outs...it's a COLOR challenge and you LOVE our color challenges!  Oh...and this one...FABULOUS!!!

         

CCMC-HOL1 Saturday Sketch Challenge

WOW...the Holiday Edition subscribers were just treated to a FABULOUS week of FANTASTIC Halloween ideas!  We are sure that the design team has sparked some of their creativity and that they are busy working up some of the projects! 

If you are new to Create with Connie and Mary, Saturday is a special day here as the we offer a challenge to SUBSCRIBERS ONLY!  Each week we have planned a challenge for our subscribers to participate in.  Each time they enter a challenge, their name is entered into our drawing at the end of the edition.  We are giving away two $75 Stampin' Up! Gift Certificates and two FREE subscriptions to Create with Connie and Mary Occasions 2012 Edition.  The only way to be entered into this drawing is to participate in the Saturday Challenges and you MUST be a subscriber.  There are 5 challenges starting today!

Saurday Challenges are the only time you will see anything shared on both the subscriber only pages and on our blogs.  The design team posts their challenge project to their blogs and public galleries but only the challenge project!  All other projects are exclusive to subscribers only! It's not too late to join....click the paypal button below and join the fun!

6 week $34.95 - that is less than $1 a project with FULL TUTORIAL on each project!

 

To get your creative juices flowing, the design team has been busy creating too.  Here is what we came up with for this sketch...

 

 
Connie Babbert - Inkspired Treasures

 

Mary Brown - StamperCamper's Corner

 

 
Elizabeth Price - Seeing Ink Spots

 

 
Debbie Henderson - Debbie's Designs

 

Robin Messenheimer - Robin's Craft Room

 

Carrie Sampsel - Guest Designer - Carrie's Scrapyard

 

If you are a NOT a subscriber (and why not?), you can still play along.  Just leave a comment on this post with a link to your challenge card and identify it as CCMC-HOL1.  You won't be eligible for the prizes, but you still can be inspired!  This challenge closes Friday, Sept 30th at 12 noon EST. 

 

 

 

 

CCMC168 - Sketch Challenge

We are now in full swing with the Create with Connie and Mary Holiday Edition 2011!  WOOOO HOOO!!!  This week we are celebrating Halloween with alot of FANTASTIC ideas but you have to be a subscriber in order to see them.  It's not too late to join....click the paypal button below and join the fun!

6 week $34.95 - that is less than $1 a project with FULL TUTORIAL on each project!

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Well, we have a fun, easy sketch for you today!  We love fun, easy sketches because we LOVE to see what you do with it them!

The challenge team has some GREAT inspiration to get you going...

 

 
Connie Babbert - Inkspired Treasures

 

Mary Brown - StampCamper's Corner

 

 
Carrie Gaskin - Artistic Avenger

 

Deb Currier - ARTfelt Impressions

 

Debbie Henderson - Debbie's Designs

 
 
Nance Leedy - Canopy Crafts

 

Lisa Martz - Get Your Stamp On!

 

Renee Van Stralen - Stampin for Sanity

So get to those crafting areas and start creating!  Remember to use SU Only products, post to your blog or online gallery, label it CCMC168 and link back here if you can to Create with Connie and Mary.  Then come back and use the inlinkz tool below to share your creation with everyone!  We LOVE seeing what you do!  This challenge will close Wednesday, September 28th at 12 noon EST.

CCMC167 - Top 3 Picks

That was some color combo and you all rocked it!  Such a wide variety of ideas!  I know many people thought fall when they saw it but there were so many other ways to go!  So...without further delay here are our top three picks...

Mary Ann Reiner

 

Narelle Farrugia

 

Sandy Mathis

Congratulations to everyone!

Winners:  Grab this code for your Blog and show off the fact that you were our Top Pick!

   

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Thank you ALL for playing along this week and don't forget to come back tomorrow......and get ready for our sketch challenge and the announcement of our next guest designer!

 

         

And the WINNERS are....

Create with Connie and Mary Holiday Edition 2011 has OFFICIALLY BEGUN!!!!  As a reminder, the only way to see our fantastic exclusive projects for the next 6 weeks is to become a subscriber!  It's not too late, subscribe today....

6 week $34.95 - that is less than $1 a project with FULL TUTORIAL on each project!

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And did you know that 5 lucky people have won subscriptions?  Yes...here are our winners from the Preview Session BLOG CANDY

From Mary Brown (StamperCamper's Corner) -Jamie Hintzen

From Robin Messenheimer (Robin's Craft Room) - Jackie Langdon

From Elizabeth Price (Seeing Ink Spots) - Rita (email begins kyan....)

From Debbie Henderson (Debbie's Designs) - Lori Mueller

From Connie Babbert (Inkspired Treasures) - Judi Carpenter

CONGRATULATIONS to our winners!  We are sooooo excited that you will be joining us for the Create with Connie and Mary Holiday Edition 2011!  To redeem your prize, you need to email us no later than Sunday, September 25th and we will give you the information you need to be part of the Holiday Edition!

         

And FINALLY...#6!!!

 

OH NO....say it isn't so!!!!  We HAVE COME TO THE END of our two FREE Preview Weeks for the Holiday Edition 2011!  We hope you've enjoyed all the projects you've seen so far and gotten a taste of what our Tutorials are like in our Holiday Edition subscription!  A big THANK YOU to EACH of the five members of the Design Team for showing off one of their projects:

- Elizabeth Price
- Debbie Henderson
- Robin Messenheimer
- Mary Brown
- Connie Babbert

We said we have SIX Special Guest Designers joining us this session!  Each of them showed off a special card creation during Preview Session...giving you a HINT of what stamp set from the Holiday Mini they will be using during their Project Week of the subscription and we hope you are ready as we reveal our LAST ONE!  So far we have:

Wendy Weixler
Deb Currier
Melissa Davies
Sandra Farrell
Carrie Gaskin

and our SIXTH (and final) GUEST DESIGNER is.....Carrie Sampsel!!!

And here is her wonderful card to give you a HINT of what's to come in HER week!

 

 

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And now a little about her...

Carrie Sampsel

Blog:  Carrie's Scrapyard

 I remember making my very first card ever at a Stampin’ Up workshop…I was instantly hooked!! A year later I became a Stampin’ Up Demonstrator and have been for the past four years. I love cardmaking, scrapbooking, and making 3D projects. I believe the possibilities are endless for what you can create with a sheet of cardstock and some snail!

I’m also married to my wonderful husband Mike and we have two very beautiful, smart and energetic little boys. Gavin is 10 and Chase is almost 2 now. We have two cute little dogs, Eris and Wicket that are part of our family as well. Although our lives are very busy, I still manage to make time to stamp every day because I am a stampin’ addict!

 

We are SOOOO excited about our Holiday Edition 2011 designers!!!  But to see their FABULOUS CREATIONS...you need to SIGN UP NOW for the Holiday Edition 2011! 

6 week subscription only $34.95 US!

 

 

Trio of Treats Tote

Welcome!  I'm Connie Babbert and the last of the members of the Design Team to share my Preview Project!  EARLY BIRD SAVINGS is getting ready to END tomorrow!  So, don't forget to subscribe NOW!

We are so excited that the subscriber-only Holiday 2011 Edition of Create with Connie and Mary is about to start!  Did you SEE all the Designers we have lined up for you?  WOW!  We have SENIOR GUEST DESIGNERS Elizabeth Price, Debbie Henderson and Robin Messenheimer who will share their projects each week along with Mary and me.  AND...we have SPECIAL GUEST DESIGNERS Carrie Gaskin, Wendy Weixler, Melissa Davies, Sandra Farrell, Deb Currier, and OOPS!!! one more announcement yet to come tomorrow!  I almost gave it away! lol!  Anyway, they are all doing one special project during the Holiday Edition! 

We hope you have enjoyed the past two weeks and all the FREE Preview projects!  They are formatted exactly the same way we do our subscriber tutorials, with supply lists and step-by-step photos.  So you get a real taste of what our subscription service is all about!  We'll be announcing the winners of our blog candy free subscriptions later tomorrow!  If you have already subscribed, we'll either refund your money or apply it towards the next edition of Create with Connie and Mary!  BLOG CANDY ALERT...see below!

What do you get for your Create subscription fee?  You get a new project EVERY DAY Sunday through Friday (with FULL downloadable photo Project Tutorials) for SIX weeks and a fun challenge on Saturday to join (and have the opportunity to win prizes at the end of the 6 weeks). 

 

And...now...time for MY Preview Project!

 

I always think it is fun to give neighbors and friends a little treat at the holidays, especially when I'm not giving them a major gift.  This little Trio of Treats Tote will certainly brighten someone's day!  And...you get to RECYCLE some of those containers I bet you have sitting around empty!  If not...you need to start saving them now!

 

 
Can you tell what they are tucked in the little pocket?  If you guessed empty brad/button containers...you are RIGHT!  I have a TON of these sitting around in my storage area!  I was very excited to put them to good use!

 

 

Now...I wish I could say I found some really CUTE candies to put in them...but Christmas is too far away yet for the stores to have them out on display.  I even begged to see if they had some in the back...no go.  They are still putting out Halloween candy!  I used regular red/white Starmints inside mine...which are cute, too!

So...download my FREE TUTORIAL...there are step-by-step directions on how to make this fun Trio of Treats Tote!  I can't wait to see what YOU do!

 

Download Trio of Treats Tote

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BLOG CANDY ALERT!!!!

Make sure you stop over on my BLOG:  INKSPIRED TREASURES and leave a comment to have the opportunity to win BLOG CANDY...a free subscription to the Holiday Edition!

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SUPPLIES: 

Stamps:  Warmest of Wishes, Hand-Penned Holidays

Inks:   Early Espresso, Wild Wasabi

Cardstock:  Real Red, Wild Wasabi, Very Vanilla

DSP:  Holly Berry Bouquet Designer Paper

Accessories:  Simply Scored Tool, 2 3/8” Scallop Circle Punch, Circle Scissors for 2” Circle, 1 ¾” Circle Punch, 1 ¼” Circle Punch, Designer Label Punch, Champagne Glass Glitter, On Board Merry Medley for template, Snow Burst Impressions Folder, Early Espresso Quilted Ribbon, Holly Berry Bouquet Designer Buttons, Linen Thread, Sticky Strip, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Three empty brad containers for treats.

 

 

 

 

CCMC167 - Color Challenge

WOW!  Haven't the Preview Session projects been just AMAZING so far?  Are you getting excited about the Special Guest Designers we are going to be having this session?  We can hardly wait to get started!  Passcodes will be sent out on SATURDAY!

But, you know what?  We still have one more project to share and to announce our last two Special Guest Designers!  One of those we'll tell you about today.  It is none other than our very own...

 

CARRIE GASKIN!!!

 

Woo Hoo...we are soooo excited about the special project she has for you!

Her card featured here combines her CCMC167 Challenge card AND gives you a HINT of what stamp set she is using in her Holiday Project!  But, remember, only as a subscriber will you be able to see her fabulous project!  The best time to sign up is NOW...during our Early Bird Savings...save $5!  At $29.95 US for 36 FULL TUTORIALS with photos, it is a BARGAIN at less than $1 per tutorial! 

 

 

Here is a little more information about Carrie (and oh how we remember those fabulous hats from convention)!

Carrie Gaskin

Blog: Artistic Avenger

Hello there all, my name is Carrie Gaskin. I am lucky enough to live in on the amazingly beautiful coast of British Columbia, Canada and living here you can't help but be creatively inspired. I have been a SU Demonstrator now for almost six years and have loved every minute of both the creative and business aspects. I love making cards most of all as I am an "instant gratification" type of gal. Scrapbooking still intimidates me some but I'm trying, really! 3D projects are also something I love to do and share. I'm always making something for someone! Sharing in my love of papercrafting are my two kids (daughter aged 10 and son aged 8) - that is probably one of things that makes me feel the luckiest, I get to share my love of stamping with them and they feel such a part of what I do. Also thrown into my mix is my dear husband, Craig. Although certainly not a crafter (sorry hon) he is an extremely supportive partner who continues to help me look at things in different ways to expand my personal creativity.

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Well...let's get on with our challenge.  This one is a fun color combo and we can't wait to see what you are going to do with this!

The challenge team has some GREAT inspiration to get you going...

 
Connie Babbert - Inkspired Treasures

 

Mary Brown - StampCamper's Corner

 

Deb Currier - ARTfelt Impressions

 

Debbie Henderson - Debbie's Designs

 

Nance Leedy - Canopy Crafts - check out her blog for the inside shot!

 

Lisa Martz - Get Your Stamp On!

 

Renee Van Stralen - Stampin for Sanity

 

So get to those crafting areas and start creating!  Remember to use SU Only products, post to your blog or online gallery, label it CCMC167 and make a DIRECT link back here to Create with Connie and Mary.  Then come back and use the inlinkz tool below to share your creation with everyone!  We LOVE seeing what you do!  This challenge will close Wednesday, September 21st at 12 noon EST.

CCMC166 - Top 3 Picks

Again...you all AMAZED us with your fabulous submissions for this week's challenge and it was really tough selecting a top 3!  So much variety...many of you are truly into the upcoming holidays!  Well...we did manage to get to the top 3 and here you go...

Mary Ann Reiner

 

Margaret Raburn

 

LeAnne Pugliese

Congratulations to everyone!

Winners:  Grab this code for your Blog and show off the fact that you were our Top Pick!

   

 

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holiday11_graphics/conmarhol11winner.png"/></a>

Thank you ALL for playing along this week and don't forget to come back tomorrow......and get those inks outs...it's a COLOR challenge and you LOVE our color challenges!