Happy Saturday everyone!  Today is the first day of the Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Challenges for our subscribers!  Each week we present a challenge, the design team starts the ball rolling and then the subscribers can join in to enter their name to win prizes at the end of the subscription!  Not a subscriber…go to Create to Connie and Mary to find out more!

Our first challenge for our subscribers is a sketch challenge!  Since one of the sets we featured this week was Dark and Dreary, I decided to use that, along with the Nite Owl dsp for my card.  Mine ended up being a 5 1/4 x 5 1/4 card because I used the Raven from one piece of dsp on my card and it was SOOO LARGE that I needed to make a bigger card!

The base of the card is Tangerine Tango.  I took a piece of basic black and ran it through the Spider Web embossing folder.  Because of the size of the piece I had to do the top section and the bottom section to get it all done.  The ‘messed up’ part is covered by the dsp panel.  I took some Whisper White CRAFT ink and rubbed it over the raised parts.  I added a panel of dsp and then put a Pumpkin Pie 1/4” grosgrain ribbon along the top and bottom.  Next I added a piece of Old Olive 1/8” Taffeta Ribbon above and below the panel.  This is all layered onto the card front using dimensionals.  Next I stamped the Happy Halloween panel using Basic Black on Whisper White and cut it out and layered it onto a piece of Tangerine Tango.  The 31 is stamped on Tangerine Tango, punched out with the 1/2” circle punch and added with a dimensional.  This is layered onto the card front.  The spider is stamped in Basic Black on Old Olive, punched with the 1” circle punch and added onto a 1 1/4” Basic Black circle (a little off center just for the heck of it!).  Finally the large crow was cut from a piece of the dsp and added to the card front using dimensionals.  Last, but not least, a few rhinestones here and there for that extra bling!

Want to learn more about Create with Connie and Mary Holiday Edition?  Visit our site to learn more!  Although we have already started, once you become a subscriber you will have access to all the projects already shared.  Why wait?  We have so many wonderful projects for you!  This first week has been AMAZING!!!!!

Now go check out the FABULOUSLY TALENTED Design team…

Connie Babbert - Inkspired Treasures

Cristena Bagne – Gettin’ Crafty

Rochelle Gould – I stamp, I create, I have fun!

Jenn Picard – A New Ink on Life

Until next time…HAPPY STAMPIN’!