Happy Monday! Who doesn’t like to get a nice surprise in the mail? You would if you got this – I followed this sketch from Freshly Made Sketches – I just saw this card when I saw this sketch! This is an adorable stamp set and I’ve been itching to play with it. It was… [Read More]
Happy Father’s Day, Gearhead
That’s right! I made a Father’s Day card for my hubs who is a gearhead – Pretty cool, right? I chose the colors for this from Color My Heart Color Dare challenge that’s why its all in blues! Or else it’d been all orange! And, the simple layout is from an all time favorite challenge… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Kid Cards
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features cards for kids! Perfect time to pull out the dinosaurs! Again! This is a great kid card, but, I think an adult would like it too! I used one of the patterns in the Dinoroar Designer Series Paper that has… [Read More]
Daisy Lane Friend
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary challenge! Here is our newest color challenge – Such bright cheery colors! Perfect for using the new Daisy Lane bundle! These are just free and fun! The flowers were simply done. I punched the flowers out of solid card stock. I stamped the top petals in… [Read More]
In Color Birthday Fun
I have a simple share today from my Open House samples. I’ve gotten to where I use the Stamparatus more than my blocks when I stamp. Awhile back, I made this card and loved how perfectly the stamps lined up using the Stamparatus, so I left the stamps there. I was playing around with the… [Read More]
Open House / Catalog Launch Party
Wow! What a wonderful way to spend a Sunday afternoon – with several of your stampin’ friends! I hosted an Open House / catalog launch party or huge garage sale with benefits Sunday and it was amazing!!! You have to have make’n takes and a cute bag to carry them in! I love how this… [Read More]
Kre8tors Blog Hop – June Dads & Grads
Happy Open House day! Lol! And, happy blog hop day! Our theme this month is dads and grads! Since I’ve made a few graduation cards, I’ll go with one for dad. Father’s Day is just a week away! I started by die cutting the Happy Father’s Day from Word Wishes Dies in Mossy Meadow. I… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Masculine Card
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features a masculine style card! Since Father’s Day is about a week away, I went with a card for dad using some new products! I am loving this Woven Heirlooms Bundle along with the Woven Threads Designer Paper. It is neat… [Read More]
Blogging Friends Blog Hop – Favorite New Catalog Product
Happy Friday! Having so much fun playing with new Stampin’ Up! stuff since the catalog went live on the 4th! Have you seen it??? We all decided to share our favorites so far for a blog hop! I went with something fun using the Dino Days bundle – Aren’t these the cutest??? This little guy,… [Read More]
Essence of Difficulty
Happy Thursday! Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Thursday Challenge! Here is our newest challenge – I am excited to be playing with new, gorgeous Designer Series Paper for this – Initially, when I designed this card, my sentiment was larger. It covered up this beautiful flower on this Perennial Essence Designer Series… [Read More]
We Create – Basics Blog Hop
Welcome to my second blog hop for the day! Theme this month is neutral colors. I’ve been seeing several cards made using Press’n Seal, I think they are called floating cards. I decide to try it using new products and my own version of the technique – I created my version by stamping, coloring with… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Congratulations
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features any card celebrating graduation, weddings, or anything BIG! I needed a few grad cards, so I went with Graduation – The Silver Foil letters are the retiring, Large Letters Framelits. And, guess what? They are on sale!!! The Broadway Bound… [Read More]
Tropical Style Love & Thanks
Happy Thursday! Welcome to our newest Create with Connie and Mary challenge – How about some colors to inspire you? These colors have a tropical feel to them! Perfect for the Tropical Chic bundle! I used the Stamparatus to make the repetitive lines on the Pumpkin Pie. I stamped the image in one direction. There… [Read More]
Birthday Shares
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our newest two week challenge – Optional Theme : Pastels I got this! I paired this soon to retire Share What You Love Designer Series Paper with the Cake Builder punch to create this quick and easy elegant birthday card – I was running wayyy late last week… [Read More]
Compassion for Cranston
Happy Sunday! I whipped up this card for our vet and their office staff. Our newest cat, Cranston, Mr C, has been really sick since we got him. And, we are saddened to hear he probably won’t get better. They are soo caring towards him and us at our vets office. I just couldn’t help… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Blue Morning / Blue Day
Happy Saturday! Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features shades of blue. I pulled out the Stamparatus again to play with a repetitive stamp design – Actually, two! I have started pulling the Stamparatus out a lot lately! It saves on wasting nice card stock, most of… [Read More]
Best Route Birthday
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Thursday challenge! Here is our newest challenge – I had so much fun with this sketch! The base is Mango Melody, such a fun, bright color! The pattern paper, or Designer Series paper is the soon to retire, Best Route. Such nice, masculine colors in this paper…. [Read More]
Broadway Bound with Birthday Blooms
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is out latest two week challenge – Optional Theme : Brown Paper Bag Fail. I didn’t use any brown paper bag. I did however turn the sketch on the side and use bold and bright colors, totally opposite of a brown bag!!! This is a wonderfully cheery, fun, perfect… [Read More]
