Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest challenge – I created this adorable, neutral colored Christmas card following the sketch – I started by stamping the snowman from the Snow Wonder stamp set in Soft Suede. I used the coordinating dies, Snow Times, to cut it out…. [Read More]
Creative Stampers Blog Hop Coming Home
Happy Wednesday! Time for a hop with some great ideas for the Coming Home Suite of products! Simply a no stamp card! I just used the Home Together Dies along with the Trimming The Town Designer Series Paper! I did add the Be Mine Stitched Dies as well! Such a sweet, sweet card! Here is… [Read More]
Have a Happy Halloween
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our latest two-week challenge – Optional Theme : Spooky Awesome sketch for the next two weeks, spooky or not! I decided to use the September 2020 Hello Pumpkin kit for this lovely – Right? Great transformation from treat holders to a card! All I added was the Pumpkin… [Read More]
Joy of Sets Tic Tac Toe – October Challenge
Welcome to our monthly Joy of Sets Tic Tac Toe Challenge blog! Here is our latest monthly challenge grid – Here is my take on the sketch, Black, Silhouette, Glitter – I started with a few elements for this card trying to decide which part of the board I wanted to use. I embossed a… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Fall Essentials
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features our favorite fall things! My favorite fall things? Pumpkins! I used the Harvest Hellos and the Apple Builder Punch to create these varied sized pumpkins. I stamped 4 pumpkins. I cut one pumpkin in half in the center adding it… [Read More]
Blogging Friends Blog Hop – It Was a Dark and Stormy Night
Happy Friday! I hope today finds you well and in good health! Time to start spreading some Halloween cheer with a blog hop – I decide to create a a nifty fun fold Halloween card – See it opened a bit? I used the Magic in This Night Designer Series Paper. I liked the look… [Read More]
We Create – You Go Ghoul
Happy October 1st! And, thanks for joining me for my second post today! This time I’m hopping – This is a fun month! We are all excited to get out, socially distance of course, and be with people! Perhaps you will have a get together with friends and need to whip a card to let… [Read More]
A Cup of Thanks
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest color challenge – These are my kind of colors! And this is my kind of theme – Coffee! Yes, again with this Press On stamp set! I stamped the line of coffee cups using the Stamparatus. I actually did not… [Read More]
Thanks
Happy last day of September! Wait, what? Last. Day. Of. September. Shaking my head as the time is just flying by! Tuesday, September 29 was National Coffee Day, yes, apparently that is a thing! So, this week I’m featuring coffee. Today, I liked the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches – I went with a bit… [Read More]
Press On
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our latest two-week challenge – Optional Theme : Coloring Well……I didn’t get the coloring part this week – But I did create a really cute card! I used the Press on stamp set along with the Heartwarming Hugs Designer Series Paper to create gift card holder. I stamped… [Read More]
For You
Happy Monday! I enjoyed a weekend of crafting, and a Zoom Bingo with my stampin’ friends. How about you? In the Goody Bags, I included some awesome items from the Mini Catalog and a handmade card I threw together at the last minute. The cards we created together in the Bingo used a variety of… [Read More]
Ink. Stamp. Share. Blog Hop. Color Challenge.
Hello Saturday! Second hop for the day! We have a nice, jewel tone color challenge – I tried real hard to use all the colors. I just couldn’t find the right cohesive look will all the colors. I did create this, and I loved it! I knew I wanted to use the gorgeous Plush Poinsettia… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Bountiful Blessings
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! And, my first blog hop for the day! Our theme this week features thank you or gratitude cards. Last week I held a Mystery Zoom Meeting where I gave dimensions for a card and we all created together. My friends are priceless and I am… [Read More]
Paper Pumpkin Trio
Happy Friday, happy Freshly Made Friday! I have a sweet Paper Pumpkin card inspired by Freshly Made Sketches today! The latest Paper Pumpkin kit is just filled with wonderful things to create with! Here is the kit contents – I don’t really need treat holders, but, I can create cards using them! Look at this… [Read More]
Hearts Come Home
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest challenge – And, here is what I created using it – Super cute! And, no stamping at all! I used the Trimming The Town Designer Series Paper for just about everything here! I started with a large people panel on… [Read More]
Biggest Stamp Sale of the Year!
Happy Wednesday! There are lots and lots of great stamps on sale today and today only! Here are a few samples using the stamps on sale! Snowman Season Perfectly Plaid Bloom & Grow To a Wild Rose Country Home Hooray To You Dressed to Impress Beautiful Friendship Butterfly Gala Happiest of Birthdays (this is… [Read More]
Hello Fall
Happy FIRST day of fall 2020! I got my September 2020 Paper Pumpkin kit, Hello Pumpkin and I just had to play with it! Although it is a treat holder kit, I decide I wanted to create a card! I simply added a Crumb Cake base. The white strip is from a previous kit, as… [Read More]
24 Hour Stamp Sale is Coming!
What a happy day it will be! On Wednesday, September 23, 2020, Stampin’ Up! will be having a 24 hour sale!!! Yay! Wahoo! Now is the perfect time to get those stamp sets that have been on your list, on sale! Order online here to take advantage of the awesome sale! All orders $35 or… [Read More]
















