Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest catalog CASE challenge – This was a really fun one! I sort of went with a literal copy of this card only with stamps – My featured stamp set I used was Floral Essence. I chose it because it had… [Read More]
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See a Happy Birthday Silhouette
Welcome Wednesday! It’s been so hot here and perfect weather to craft and play with stuff! I ran across this challenge blog, Atlantic Hearts and loved their clean, simple challenges! I just had to try the newest one they offered – Nice. Fun. Simple. Clean. Perfect to pair with the See a Silhouette Designer Series… [Read More]
Merry Magnolia Christmas
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our newest two-week challenge – Optional Theme : Christmas in July Perfect! I combined a few stamps creating this beauty – Beautiful, right? I am soo excited how this turned out! I started by stamping the largest flower from the Good Morning Magnolia stamp in Shaded Spruce and… [Read More]
Flippin’ Watermelons
I have an adorable fun fold for you today! I followed two challenges to create it. One. Color. It comes from Color Throwdown – Two. Layout. This comes from Freshly Made Sketches – I took this challenge literally creating this – On the outside it looks pretty plain. But flip / open the first circle… [Read More]
Blogging Friends Blog Hop – Summer Lovin’
Happy Friday! Taking time out today to participate in a blog hop! Our theme this month is summer! I decided to play with the Daisy Lane bundle and the Stitched Lace Dies – Opened, you see that I created a gift card holder – This summer bag is just soo much fun! Even more fun… [Read More]
Congratulations, CASEing the Catalog
Happy 4th of July!! And, welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! For the next month, we are CASEing the new catalog! Here is our inspirational photo – And, here is what I did using the First Frost stamp set – I stamped the flowers in Merry Merlot on Whisper White. The… [Read More]
Band Together for a Birthday
Hello my stampin’ friends! I’m attempting to create a card everyday this month because it’s my birthday month! Perhaps I’ll be able to do that and play with my new stuff! Today I am inspired by a couple of challenges – Color. This comes from Hand Stamped Sentiments. Theme. This comes from Stampin’ Up! Only… [Read More]
Here’s a Birthday Card
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our newest challenge – Optional Theme : Melting Melting….that is a good one that required some thought for me. Then it came to me – candles! Candles melt! So here we go – Some fun colors for a fun birthday card! This pattern strip from Dinoroar Designer Series… [Read More]
We Create – Red, White, & Blue Hop
Happy July 1st!!! Another year is just flying by…… First of the month always means a hop with We Create!! The theme this month is : red, white, and blue! Fitting as the 4th is days away! Although, I went with a non-4th style card though – This uses the very versatile, Sweetly Swirled stamp… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Favorite New In-Color
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features our favorite new In Color. All of them are very pretty this year! However, the one that sticks out to is Pretty Peacock! It’s such a great neutral! Here, I paired it with Blushing Bride. And, this fabulous saying is… [Read More]
Cow’s It Going?
I’ve been soo itching to play with this Over The Moon cow stamp set set!! I ran across this sketch challenge over at The Paper Players and decided to give it a try! This stamp set and challenge together are just the cutest??? Don’t you agree?? Wouldn’t you be just excited to receive this in… [Read More]
Magnolia Thank You
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest color challenge – Fresh. Bright. Cheerful. I went a summer-ish, sweet, thank you card – I started with die cutting these beautiful flowers from the Magnolia Memory die set. I loved using both the inside pieces and the outer parts… [Read More]
Stitched Lace Birthday
Birthday are the best day! I made this beautiful card for my boss. It is a standard card base in Blueberry Bushel with a lovely Whisper White lace overlay! Isn’t this die beautiful??? Despite the intricate look of the die, it cut so smoothly! I added the birthday sentiment from the Beautiful Friendship stamp, stamped… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Favorite New Stamp
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features our favorite new stamp set! Ok. This catalog has sooo many wonderful stamp sets – it’s hard to pick one! I went with a card / stamp set that could qualify for simple stamping, #simplestamping! This is the Beautiful Friendship… [Read More]
Blessed Friendship Fold
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest layout challenge – When I saw this, I thought ‘fun fold’!! Here is the outside. Lift the panel that says ‘Blessed’ to the right to reveal the second sentiment. Then move that panel to the left, to reveal the last,… [Read More]
Pocketful of Happiness
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]
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]
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]
