Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest challenge – I love this type of sketch! I decided to ‘play’ and have some fun with the Blends markers to create this – Nice, isn’t it? The focal image is from Young at Heart. The wonderful, meant to match… [Read More]
2019 Occasions
Merry & Bright
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest challenge – Some wonderful colors today! Even though it is Thanksgiving! And, yes, I went with a Christmas card too! Feeling very festive with this card! You agree? I started with die cutting the Frosted Frames shape in the beautiful… [Read More]
Gather for Together for Friendsgiving
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our latest two-week challenge – Optional Theme : Cozy Patterns I think the Come to Gather Designer Series Paper from Stampin’ Up! is pretty cozy and makes for a sweet card – Yes, I rotated the sketch. It worked better for my design. Sometimes when you see a… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Christmas Treat or Favor
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features a Christmas Treat or Favor. I have an adorable sliding treat – When you slid the ribbon up, it contains one of those brownies / cake mix you put in a mug and microwave! And, you can see the added… [Read More]
Christmas Cheer Tree
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our latest two-week challenge – Optional Theme : Put Some Bling on It I hadn’t shown much attention to the Perfectly Plaid bundle so I thought I’d go with that – Nice and elegant and easy too! Crumb Cake base. Cherry Cobbler Layer. Wrapped in Plaid DSP layer…. [Read More]
Blogging Friends Blog Hop – Celebrate with Some Christmas Cheer
Happy November 1st!! Time to kick the month off with a couple of blog hops! I’ll start with – The new Christmastime is Here Suite Bundle is now available for you to order! I am soo happy because the possibilities are endless with this suite! Here are a couple of cards I created – The… [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]
Best Catch Ever
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! We have another inspirational two week challenge! Such a great way to get you to play with your stuff and be creative! Optional Theme : Watercolor What a great simple layout to work with. Especially, if you flip it as I did! I chose a masculine card! It’s simply great… [Read More]
We Create In Color 2017 – 2019 Blog Hop
Happy April 1st! No foolin’! Starting the month off with a blog hop of course! Theme this month is : 2107 – 2019 In Colors You know these are retiring soon, don’t you? That’s right. We will say goodbye to Berry Burst, Fresh Fig, Lemon Lime Twist, Powder Pink and Tranquil Tide. Which one is… [Read More]
Goodbye to Sale-a-bration 2019
I have a farewell post for a few of the lovely Sale-a-bration items offered this year. Today is the last day to take advantage of the Sale-a-bration items and sign-up offers. I created some quick and easy cards using a few different products. This was the first I card created. Simple. Beautiful. And, that sentiment!!!… [Read More]
Easter Egg Easter Wishes
Hello Thursday! Welcome to our newest challenge from Create with Connie and Mary – Doesn’t this look like a fun one to try – I enjoyed the challenge creating an Easter card – I really had a lot of fun with this card. Can you guess what I used to create my eggs? Think about… [Read More]
Grapefruit Grove Piece of Cake
Hello Wednesday! Hello followers! How about some freshly made fun today!? I was inspired by Freshly Made Sketches with their newest challenge – A simply done sketch that has soo many possibilities. I am so drawn to the fresh Grapefruit Grove In-Color these days! Glad it is not retiring soon! Whew! And, glad that I… [Read More]
Make a Grand Wish
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary challenge! Here is our newest challenge – This is a favorite layout for me! I created a lovely birthday card – This bold statement from the Life is Grand stamp set, along with the Happiness Blooms Designer Series Paper work soo well together! This is bold, bright,… [Read More]
Birthday Expedition
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary challenge! Here is our newest challenge – I couldn’t resist playing with this Piece of Cake Bundle – The Cake Builder Punch is currently unavailable, but…..as soon as it is, it’s a must have! I combined it with the Animal Expedition Designer Series Paper and an oval… [Read More]
Well Written Country Floral Birthday
Happy Tuesday Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Got a great new sketch for you today! Optional Theme : Use Ribbon or Twine Great opportunity to use a new Sale-a-Bration folder that will be available Friday, February 15th! It’s called Country Floral. Isn’t this folder just gorgeous???? And, I’m only showing a portion of it!! It’s a really… [Read More]
Simply Awesome
Happy Thursday! Time for a new Create with Connie and Mary challenge! This is our new color challenge for the week – I thought I’d try simple stamping, (#simplestamping, Stampin’ Up! is promoting) using these colors and this new Flowering Desert stamp set. Simply done, right? The card pretty much explains itself. I can not wait to… [Read More]
Two Card Share
Happy Wednesday! This past Monday night we had our Team Christmas party! We ate, we socialized, we laughed, we exchanged gifts, we played an adorable left / right game and we made a couple of cards using new products! Both cards are cute and might end up on my Card Buffet! This one uses the… [Read More]
Happy Birthday
Happy Tuesday! It is a new year and what better time to get back into the grove of design team regular posts!?!? I’ll start with with a card designed for Try Stampin’ on Tuesday and our latest two week challenge – Optional Theme : Bold & Bright Great time to use the How Sweet It Is Designer… [Read More]
