Create with Connie and Mary

CCMC-HOL3 - Saturday Special Card Challenge

This week our Holiday Edition subscribers got to see some fun ideas for the Card Keeper that did NOT include cards.  And today we are doing a special card challenge for our subscribers to play along and win prizes...but...you must be a subscriber to win!  The theme is...

MAKE A ONE OF KIND, SPECIAL CHRISTMAS CARD!!!

You know...that kind of a card that after you are done you look at it and go WOW and then say BUT I'm NOT making ANOTHER!!!  LOL!!!  It's that very special card you are going to give to someone special!

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 total - this is our third one!

Saturday 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, here are the special cards the design team came up with...

 

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

 

 
Sandra Farrell - Special Guest Designer - Stamper On the Shore

 

 
Carrie Sampsel - Special Guest Designer - Carrie's Scrapyard

 

Enjoy the inspiration this week from our talented designers!

 

 

 

 

CCMC170 - Sketch Challenge

HAPPY OCTOBER one and all!!!  Don't you just LOVE this time of year...the weather is starting to get a little cooler (at least here in Ohio), the leaves are changing color and ALL the stores are beginning to look like Christmas!  LOL!!!  Sad...huh?

BUT we are are starting to look a little like Christmas on Create with Connie and Mary Holiday Edition 2011!!  We have had 2 AMAZING weeks already and are in the middle of our 3rd one...the projects...INCREDIBLE!

So...sign up today and you get to see all we have shared so far and all that is still to come!

 

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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 CCMC170 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 12th at 12 noon EST.

CCMC169 - Top 3 Picks

Wasn't that just a FABULOUS color combo?  I know WE loved it and it looked like you did too!  All the submissions were just beautiful this week.  I know this will be a combo I (Mary) will revisit again! It's just soft and pretty!

So...who's the top 3 for this week?  Well...let us show you....

Jennie Maier

 

Holly E.

 

Diane Vander Galien

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!

 

         

CCMC-HOL2 - Saturday Color Challenge

WOW...the Holiday Edition subscribers were just treated to a FABULOUS week of AMAZING Fall ideas!  So many new and fresh ideas!

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 total - this is our second one!

Saturday 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!

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We LOVED the Fall collection in the Holiday Mini and had soooo much fun with our projects.  We especially LOVED the colors from the Spice Cake dsp and fabric and used those as a basis for a COLOR CHALLENGE this week.

To get your creative juices flowing, the design team has been busy creating too.  Here is what we came up with using these colors...

 

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

 

Sandra Farrell - Guest Designer - Stamper On the Shore

 
Carrie Sampsel - Guest Designer - Carrie's Scrapyard

We hope you have enjoyed our inspiration!