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Welcome to another Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Bog Hop!! All during May we are featuring different techniques and this week's is PUNCH ART! You should be arriving from Mary Brown's amazing blog Stamper Camper's Corner , wasn't her card wonderful??!!  If you are just starting out here, welcome and enjoy the ride!  Be sure to stop at all the blogs to check out the cool cards we have for you today. I love punch art but don't find myself using it much in my cards.  So when I sat down to work on today's card I had to ponder it a bit!  I hope you will enjoy what I came up with featuring my favorite Berry Basket die and a heart punch! Strawberries are a favorite of mine and I was so hungry by time I finished this card!  Aren't the heart strawberries sweet?!  I think adding embossing with the Decorative Dots folder really made them convincing! With the strawberries being so bold, I felt like a bold greeting was necessary to balance things out.  So,...

Hooray!!! It's the first blog hop for Card "Create" tions Celebrations 2015 and I am so excited you are here!!  You should be arriving from Melissa Davies' amazing blog Rubberfunatics , she is so inspiring!!   If you are getting your start here, welcome and make sure you hop all the way around so you don't miss a thing! Each week during the collection we are featuring a small favor with the stamp set we used for our card set.  My set for this week was From the Garden and I have to say that the more I use it the more I love it!!  In fact, it goes along nicely with another product that I love, the Berry Basket die!   So can you guess what I have for you today???  Yep, a berry basket featuring From the Garden! The story behind this basket is kind of funny, it was a duh... kinda moment.  I knew I was going to make a basket and knew I wanted to use All Abloom Designer paper.  What I didn't know was what to actually put in the basket.  As I ...

Hi Stampers!  Have I told you how much I love the Berry Basket Die???  Well, if you can't tell by now.....I DO!!!  When the Occasions Catalog first came out I looked at it briefly and though....mmmm.....maybe.  But now that I have it, I can't put it away!  Last week I shared with you a card that had lavender tucked into a basket during Preview Week for Card "Create"tions Celebrations 2015 .  Today my From the Garden card set goes live so I am sharing another fun berry basket card with you! Cindee Wilkinson, a fellow stamper in the fabulous Luv to Stamp group with Patty Bennett, shared this idea a couple of weeks ago and I just went crazy over it!  It's such a clever idea, I had to give it a try. I looked to Painted Blooms Designer Paper for inspiration.   A fun design with small flowers makes up the background.  I pulled Blackberry Bliss and Hello Honey from the design and carried them throughout the card.  The little extra touches are...

Woo Hoo!! Today is my turn to share a card and offer BLOG CANDY for the Create with Connie and Mary Card "Create"tions Celebrations 2015 .  It's always exciting to design for their collections, I love coming up with new ideas to share with all of you! Be sure to check out all the details about the collection, it's going to be spectacular!!  Now, onto the card I have for you today.  I am featuring one of the stamp sets that I will be using for Card "Create"tions Celebrations.  Drum roll please.........................it's From the Garden! Ok, this is a set that I will admit can be a bit of a challenge.  Any time a set has lots of small stamps it can be intimidating, at least to me!  That's why I took on the challenge to come up with cards to help you love this set as much as I do.  This card I have for today is one of my favorites that I've made so far.  I love combining the Berry Basket die with this set, they go together like two peas in a pod...

Hi Stampers!  Today I have a video to share with you for the Berry Basket Die from the Occasions Catalog. The Berry Basket is very easy to assemble and can be used in so many ways!  I wanted a strong, sturdy basket that was pretty as well, so I used Designer Series Paper and the white cardboard insert from the package to create what I wanted. Measurements: Basket Pieces (2) White cardboard from designer paper package  3 1/2" x 8 1/4" (2) Designer paper 3 1/2" x 8 1/4" I used Something Borrowed from the Occasions Catalog for my basket. Scallop Trim (2)  3/4" x 8 1/4" Blushing Bride Handle (1) 3/4" x 8 1/4" Blushing Bride I added the handle and flower after the video with hot glue.  I also added lots of goodies to the basket and packaged it in a gusseted bag with a ribbon and tag. Now that you've checked out my video, how about some information about BLOG CANDY?? Well, it still Preview Week for the Card "Create"tions Celebrations from...