Connie's blog

Time to go home!

Hi Stampers,

Today is the day I will be traveling home from convention and this is the last of the swaps that I will be sharing!   I did one swap for the Holiday Mini catalog items, and this is the card I made.  I was so excited to try the new Festive Flurry Framelits and even more excited to try out the Expressions Thinlits Dies.  As you can imagine - it was a bit of a challenge getting those words out of the dies.  I was having stamp class one night and a few of my stampers were in the room while I was playing with this - and I am sure they will be proud of me for sticking with it because I considered scrapping the idea.  The first few times I tried to cut the words out, things were just not working but luckily I figured out some things to make it work better and I managed to cut out 30 words!   Here are my tips I want to share, 

1. Dust your die with the embossing buddy

2. Lay the die the long way on the multipurpose platform, not across it.  I didn't use the magnetic pad for this since I was just cutting it out of cardstock, nothing to line up!

3. I had to use 2 cardstock shims

4. There are little holes on the back of the die that you can use to poke it thru with your piercing tool, that help in getting it out.   

5. I used 2 way glue to put the words down on the card, that seemed the least messy option!

 

Polka Dot Pieces

Hi Stampers! 

Here are a couple of cards I made with another new stamp set!   I actually made 3 different swaps with the Polka Dot Pieces set, but I guess I only took pictures of two of them.   These cards use the Birthday Basics DSP and the Eastern Elegance DSP.  On the green card I used the  new Deco Labels Collection of Framelits, which work great with our new magnetic pad.  

Best Day Ever - July 19th!

Hi Stampers, 

Today I want to share a project that I made for a 3D swap I am doing with the fabulous Godivaswappers!  I love working with mixed media so I was excited to try doing a little canvas with the Epic Day This and That DSP.   To give some dimension to the cupcake - I punched 2 layers out of crumb cake, glued them together, and then a layer of DSP.   After I put all of the parts and pieces together I sponged the edges.   You can't see it real well, but I used the new Baked Brown Sugar ruffle stretch ribbon on the sides of the canvas. 

I have been having a lot of fun with the new Remember This and That Rotary Stamp.  You can see that I stamped "best day ever - July 19, 2013"   If you are wondering why I chose that date - it is because today is my birthday!!   I can't tell you how fun it is to celebrate my birthday when I am at convention.  I am hoping Stampin'Up! will have some great presents for me and all of my friends today!

These samples are original designs by Connie Tumm. They are shared for personal non-commercial use and inspiration only.   If you are a Stampin'Up! demonstrator and you use my desgins for inspiration - please link back to the original design if you are posting on the internet

More swaps to share!

Hi Stampers! 

Today I am going to share a cute little birthday card I designed!  I love the new birthday candle wheel.  I took the rubber off of the wheel, and it fits great on Block I.  I had to cut about 3 of the candles off, but those will be great to use for other things.  This card was a bit fussy - with coloring all of the candles with markers, but I do think it comes out really cute.  I used two of my favorite embossing folders to make the design on the bottom of the card, the Delicate Designs and Needlepoint Borders!   

 

 

Off to Convention!!

Hi Stampers, 

Well - the day is finally here - we are off to convention.  I have a little time before I have to go, so I am going to try to post a few pictures to appear over the next few days and I will share some of my swaps with you!  I hope you enjoy them!   

The first two cards that I want to share are for two different swaps I am in.  My absolute favorite thing in the new Stampin'Up! Catalog is the Flower Shop stamp set and Pansy Punch. I have used these two items on so many cards.   For these two cards I used the new Soho Subway DSP which is really fun.  The pinkish color in the DSP is Crisp Cantaloupe, but I used Blushing Bride on these cards because it was a little softer!  

Be sure and check back tomorrow for some more new cards!