Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features an image to color, because it’s National Coloring Day! I love to color! When my girls were young, this was a favorite past time for us. We we went out to eat, we always had coloring books along with the… [Read More]
It’s Almost FALL Y’all
Fall. My favorite time of year! I like to create a banner each occasion and fall is one I do not miss! Especially when I have great resources to create a sweet project such as this – This is The Gift of Fall August Paper Pumpkin. It is one of my favorite Paper Pumpkin kits… [Read More]
Wishing You Well
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest challenge – I love this sketch! I’ve used it to create a few cards already! Today I’ll share this fall inspired one – Isn’t this simply gorgeous? I used the colors in the Come to Gather Designer Series Paper starting… [Read More]
Snow Globe Fun
Have you seen the new holiday mini from Stampin’ Up!? It. Is. Awesome. Take a moment to view it here. I am slowly getting into playing around with new products too! Take a look at this sweet little creation – Adorable, right?!?! I just was playing, but I liked the way it turned out! I… [Read More]
Comfort & Joy and Soup
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our latest two-week challenge – Oh, perfect sketch to revamp this age old classic style card / treat holder – The old pocket card for soup or hot chocolate! I added soup to mine. (Lol, Dutch soup at that!)I thought it went well for the sentiment – My… [Read More]
Happy Retirement
Happy Monday! I was very honored last week. I was asked to create a card for the retiring son of the company founder for the other company I work for, James Avery Artisan Jewelry. Yes, I have another passion, jewelry! I went with something that related to our store (location) and the company. And, I… [Read More]
Kre8tors Blog Hop – Brides & Babies
Hello Sunday! And, hello to my blog friends at – This month our theme is Brides & Babies! Oh, decisions as I have both a wedding and several babies born around this time! I went with a card for a couple – I started by using the Stamparatus to stamp the top sentiment on Very… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Back to School
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features back to school. I created a card for encouragement – This is one of my favorite sentiments from the Strong & Beautiful stamp set! Yes, I use it quite a bit! I combined it with the Harvest Hellos bundle, also… [Read More]
Blogging Friends Blog Hop – Fall
Happy Friday! Today is the first Friday of the month and a blog hop! And, it’s still Stamp-tember for me too! Our theme this month is fall! Perfect as fall is my favorite time of the year! I just love this Apple Builder punch in the new holiday mini. It sure makes for a sweet… [Read More]
Hello Wild Rose
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest challenge – Playing with two new In Colors!!! Nice! I was drawn to the To A Wild Rose bundle – I hadn’t really played with the all the stamps to create the detailed flower until now. I stamped two of… [Read More]
Catalog & A Cup of Cheer
Oh. Oh. Oh. I am rather excited today!!! The new Holiday Mini Catalog is now viewable for ALL to see!!! So, grab a cup of your favorite – And, enjoy the new catalog! And, this lovely card created with new products! I started with a notecard base, adding a strip of Wrapped in Plaid Designer… [Read More]
Hello, Birdies
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! And, Happy Stamp-tember 3rd! Here is our newest two week challenge – Optional Theme : I tried to find something on the board, but I wasn’t successful. I managed with Pink and Die Cuts, not even close. I even turned the sketch for my design. It is an adorable card… [Read More]
Candle Congratulation
Happy Labor Day! I decided to spend part of my day crafting! That’s unusual! I was inspired by this sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches this week – I say inspired because I made a simple one layer card – What I was actually playing around with was extending the banner die length in this… [Read More]
We Create – Metallics Blog Hop
Happy Stamp-tember 1st!!! How about a blog hop to start the month of stamping off in the right direction? Our theme this month is metallics! Ohhhh, I’m thinking this new Mercury Glass acetate along with Halloween – I used a variety of products creating this card. Card base is Granny Apple Green, a wonderful, bright… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Favorite Holiday Stamp Set
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features our favorite holiday catalog stamp set. Now this is hard! Have you seen the holiday catalog? I mean, it’s awesome! Just about everything is worthy of this hop today!! I went with my favorite time of year. Fall. This is… [Read More]
It’s Your Special Day
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest challenge – I knew the minute I saw this sketch I wanted to play with the Wish for It All bundle! Really sweet card, right? And, perfect for a birthday or wedding or any day someone should just feel special!… [Read More]
Wishing You Well
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! We have another great sketch to inspire you for the next two weeks – Optional Theme : Plaid / Checks I’m feeling the fall feels for this challenge! And, playing with new stuff! I started with a Cajun Craze card base. When is the last time you pulled out Cajun… [Read More]
Ride with the Windows Down
Happy Sunday my stampin’ friends! I’m sharing another card from my August Card Buffet! I just loved Freshly Made Sketches newest challenge – Since it is a 400th sketch challenge for them, they are using previous sketches as the challenges! I actually made a card for the original posting of this challenge! You can see… [Read More]
