It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas………..and time for a Create with Connie and Mary blog hop! ……and also a sale at Create with Connie and Mary!! Yes…you read that right…Connie and Mary are having an ‘end of year’ sale! We are having a sale on all our monthly Mini Editions for the past year AND… [Read More]
2017 Mini Catalog
Non-Traditional Christmas Colors – Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop
Happy winter Saturday! Time to share a design for Create with Connie and Mary. It’s out Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week is a fun one, Non-Traditional Christmas Colors. Before I forget, did you know we have a Christmas Card tutorial? Check out our Create with Connie and Mary November Session. Tutorials make planning holiday cards a snap!… [Read More]
Comforting Cozy Quilt
Happy Thursday my friends! I’d like to share Create with Connie and Mary newest challenge – Wonderful colors! I’ve made lots Christmas cards lately, so I changed it today – The holiday season can be rough for some people. This is a perfect card for someone who’s having a bit of trouble during the holidays – don’t… [Read More]
Warm Coffee Christmas Cheer
This month just started and I’m pretty busy – how about yourself? These times I create for my Design Teams I cherish! We have a new challenge over at Try Stampin’ on Tuesday – Challenge #351 : Theme Winter Time This is simply a fun sketch! This is one of my favorite stamp sets from… [Read More]
Watercooler Wednesday 144 – Penny’s All About Birthday’s Challenge
Hello my Watercooler Wednesday fans! We have a great all around challenge this week from Penny – …because we always need birthday cards! I went with a fall colored card with these rich greens and yellows. It’s just simply fun! And, it’s minimally stamped – just the sentiment! The beautiful flowers are from the Designer Series… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Fun Edge Cards
Happy last day of September! I know, I’m thinking the same thing, where did this month go?? Let’s play it up with a card for Create with Connie and Mary and a blog hop too! Our theme this month is Fun Edge Cards. You’re going to love this! It’s time to get creative with our edges! I… [Read More]
Anniversaries are Charming
Today is a special day for me in the Stampin’ Up world – it’s my 10th Anniversary! Yep. That’s right. 10 years ago I signed up as a demonstrator and got the free box of ink pads – my choice of color family! And, back then it was like a $55 value. The rest, history,… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Hello Summer
Holiday Wishes this Saturday! Taking a little time out to be creative this weekend with Create with Connie and Mary and a blog hop! Our theme this week is Hello Summer! Perfect for this Memorial Day holiday, which seems to be the kick off for summer! …..and perfect for this card! You could create this for Memorial… [Read More]
What’s in Your Pocket?
Every other Tuesday is Try Stampin’ on Tuesday day for me! Our layout this week – Challenge #323. Optional Theme : Pretty as a Picture I love the layout but got hung up on the ‘Pretty as a Picture’ theme. I created this without the picture theme – A brightly designed card using some soon-to-retire Designer Series… [Read More]
Watercooler Wednesday #119 – Judy’s Masculine ‘Anything Goes’ Challenge
It’s been a few days since I posted last. Nice to spend some time designing for Watercooler Wednesday today! Our theme today comes from a new team member – Welcome, Judy!! I went with a fun, traditional color scheme – …..and, some retiring Designer Series Paper, stamp set and some items carrying over!!! The Designer Series Paper… [Read More]
Watercooler Wednesday #118 – Penny’s ‘Mom’ Theme Challenge
Middle of the week inspiration coming from Watercooler Wednesday today! Our theme today, you guessed it – I have created lots of different cards for Mother’s Day. I was thinking…..another one?? Well, after reading of some of my team members situations of loosing their own moms, I let that be my inspiration – ‘Mother in my heart’… [Read More]
Blogging Friends Blog Hop – May – Retiring Favorites
May first and before we know it, the new catalog will be here. This is the first of two blog hops for the day! In honor of the current catalog ending, we will say farewell to some of out favorite Retiring Products. This post is all about retiring products. A few that I really liked… [Read More]
Stamp’n Chat Fun!
I wanted to share briefly about my class on Friday night. A group of ladies created this – I did already show you, but I wanted to refresh your mind again. This, It’s a Sara Thing Paper Pumpkin was a HIT!!! The ladies really enjoyed themselves! As a thank you to the host, I gave… [Read More]
It’s a Sara Thing for a Stampn’n Chat
I am hosting a home workshop today. How fun will this be! I decided to use the April 2017 Paper Pumpkin kit, It’s a Sara Thing for the event. I did a little re-constructing of the kit to have everyone create 3 cards and a box to put them in – all from the kit!… [Read More]
HB to You
Got you thinking ’bout it, didn’t I? We have a new sketch at Create with Connie and Mary challenges today! Isn’t this a great layout for a card? I love it! I’ll put it in my go-to sketches on Pinterest! That way I can easily find it later. Yes, I lose ideas like this….. Back… [Read More]
Watercooler Wednesday #116 – Kath’s Masculine Challenge
Happy Watercooler Wednesday my stampin’ friends! We have a new challenge starting today. Love the ‘masculine’ theme. Love the ‘anything goes’ theme! I decided to play around with this bundle a little more before they are totally retired from Stampin’ Up’s catalog. I think they are already sold out as well. It’s a classic red tool… [Read More]
It’s a Round for Mother’s Day
This week over at Try Stampin’ on Tuesday, we have a really cool sketch to work with! Just see for yourself – Challenge #319. Optional Theme : Circle or Oval card How cool is this?!?! We don’t create shaped cards too often these days, so this is refreshing! I went with a lovely floral-ish card –… [Read More]
You are Amazing
Happy start of another week! April almost over! Yikes! At my April Card Buffet, I designed a simple dragonfly card with Detailed Dragonfly Thinlits. I admit. I hadn’t gotten these until recently – yes, I know they have been all the rage. This turned out to be a popular card too. It’s simple. It’s clean…. [Read More]