Summer Collection - Week #2 - Vintage Style

Good Morning, Stampers!

It's Vintage Week at the Create with Connie and Mary Summer Collection and I'M UP! Today is my day to share my Week #2 project. Of course, only subscribers get to see the exclusive projects, but I thought I would give you a little taste of what you are missing! Yes, I can be such a "tease" - lol!

My project features the Tea Party stamp set and coordinating Afternoon Picnic designer Paper. I created this card using some of the supplies from my project. A little **BONUS** for everyone!

Visit Create with Connie and Mary to subscribe to the Summer Collection. We are well into Week #2, but you won't miss a project. You will still get all of the fabulous projects complete with full-color, step-by-step instructions!

SU!pplies:
Stamps: Tea Party
Ink: Soft Suede, Wysteria Wonder, Coastal Cabana
Paper: Coastal Cabana, Wysteria Wonder, Very Vanilla
Accessories: Afternoon Picnic, Victorian Trim, Linen Thread, blender pen

Happy Stampin'!
~Melissa

I'm A Guest Blogger!

Good Morning, Stampers!

I am so thrilled to have been asked to be the Guest Blogger on Pink Paper Bakery today! ! I want to share with you, a card I designed featuring the Affection Collection stamp set from the Holiday Mini Catalog. I just fell in love when I first saw this stamp set – it is just my kind of style!

To create this card, I started with a Very Vanilla cardstock base. I embossed a piece of 4” x 5 ¼” Cherry Cobbler Core’dinations cardstock with the Lacy Brocade embossing folder. Next, I sanded it using a sanding block to give it a bit of a distressed look. I then adhered the piece to the card front. With the Hearts Collection framelit, I cut a heart on the right side of the panel and adhered it to the card front. With Pink Pirouette ink, I stamped the oval image thru the panel and onto the card front. On top of that, I stamped the Love sentiment in Early Espresso ink. For the left side of the card, I stamped the friend sentiment in Early Espresso ink and the flag image in Pink Pirouette onto Very Vanilla cardstock. Carefully, I cut them out and adhered them to the card along with a piece of lace trim and glue dots. To finish off the card, I tied a bow in the Very Vanilla seam binding ribbon and adhere it to the card with a glue dot.

SU!pplies:

Stamps: Affection Collection

Ink: Early Espresso, Pink Pirouette

Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler Core’dinations

Accessories: Cherry Cobbler Core’dinations, Lacy Brocade embossing folder, Hearts Collection Framelits, sanding block, Lace Trim

Happy Stampin’!

~Melissa

An exciting announcement!!!

Good Morning, Stampers!!

I am so excited to announce that once again, I will be a Guest Designer for the Create with Connie & Mary Occasions 2012 Edition! I really enjoyed designing for their 2011 Holiday Edition that when they asked me to do it again, there was no need to twist my arm! This edition will feature products from BOTH the 2012 Occasions Mini Catalog & the 2012 Sale-A-Bration brochure!

My card today is a little sneek peek of some of the products I will be using in my exclusive project that you can only see by subscribing to the Create with Connie & Mary Occasions 2012 Edition. My project will run during the 2nd week - January 22 thru January 28. Join now and take advantage of the early bird pricing of just $29.95 - a $5 savings - for 6 weeks of amazing projects by some very talented artists! (early bird offer ends January 14th)

Stamps: Fresh Vintage (2012 Sale-A-Bration)
Ink: Peach Parfait, Pear Pizzazz, Pool Party
Paper: Pool Party, Peach Parfait, Crumb Cake, Everyday Enchantment DSP
Accessories: Adorning Accents Edgelits, Paper Doily, hat pin, Pear Pizzazz Pleated Ribbon, Chantilly Lace Trim

I look forward to sharing my project with you!

Happy Stampin'!
~Melissa