Happy Sunday! I whipped up this card for our vet and their office staff. Our newest cat, Cranston, Mr C, has been really sick since we got him. And, we are saddened to hear he probably won’t get better. They are soo caring towards him and us at our vets office. I just couldn’t help… [Read More]
2019 Spring Mini
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Blue Morning / Blue Day
Happy Saturday! Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features shades of blue. I pulled out the Stamparatus again to play with a repetitive stamp design – Actually, two! I have started pulling the Stamparatus out a lot lately! It saves on wasting nice card stock, most of… [Read More]
May Techniques Kre8tors Blog Hop
Happy Mother’s Day! I am so excited to be part of this blog hop on such a wonderful today! Our theme this month is techniques. Quite a broad theme! I love it! I combined a few things today creating this purrrfect card – Ok, let’s see the card without paws! Let’s start with the sentiment…. [Read More]
All Geared Up
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Thursday challenge. Here is our newest sketch challenge to get your creativity going! I took a fun approach to this one creating a masculine card – It was extremely simple using the Classic Garage 6×6 Designer Series Paper and the Garage Gears Thinlits. One of the patterns… [Read More]
Blogging Friends Blog Hop – Mother’s Day
Yippee! It’s Friday! And, a blog hop! Our theme this month is Mother’s Day. I designed a card perfect to send out to all of our friends who do it all – …..with a little help from coffee! I really love the Strong & Beautiful stamp set. All the words are just what you really… [Read More]
Better Together
Welcome to the Thursday Create with Connie and Mary challenge. Every Thursday we have a new challenge to inspire you! Here is our newest color challenge – I had a lot of fun playing around with these colors! This card was just fun and full of love – Admittedly, I used a hodgepodge of products… [Read More]
Card Number 3, Hello Beautiful
This past weekend I hosted my monthly Card Buffet. I post the Buffet choices on my Facebook page and on Instagram. Here were the choices – I was quite funny that I was trying to figure out what card 3 was going to be. I knew I wanted to use the Butterly Gala Bundle so… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Cards that Move
Welcome to our inspirational Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features cards that move. I decided to try a Step Out Panel Card – Well, I made two! They were soo much fun to create! I just couldn’t decide on the focal point! Here is a side / back picture… [Read More]
People Make the World Better
Happy Thursday! Welcome to our weekly inspiration challenge from Create with Connie and Mary! This week, a new layout challenge – I have this lovely Needlepoint Nook Designer Series Paper that I just haven’t played with enough! It makes for a simply delightful card! I used the coordinating stamp set, Needle & Thread, for the… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Favorite Subtle Color
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features our favorite Subtles color. Well…..I have several. First off, Soft Sea Foam – It’s a wonderful neutral color to me, although it’s in the Subtles family. I use for card bases quite often. And, I really like Highland Heather and… [Read More]
Say Yes to Cake!
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary challenge! Here is our newest challenge – I thought this was perfect to pull out the Broadway Bound Designer Series Paper to create this – I just love this!! It’s so bright and cheery! I just so happen to have this scrap of the striped pattern… [Read More]
Spectacular Blooms
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary weekly challenge! Here is our newest color challenge – love, Love, LOVE these colors! I seriously could not decide how to use them – soo many great choice! I decided to go with a #simplestamping card – I pulled out the Bloom by Bloom stamp set… [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]
Welcome Baby
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our newest sketch challenge to inspire you – Optional Theme : Frames I decided to go with a baby themed card as I needed one for my Card Buffet – Adorable, right?? It uses the adorable mushroom pattern from the Painted Seasons Designer Series Paper. (You can get… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Sale-a-bration Last Chance
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features a farewell to Sale-a-bration. I am sad because I had some real favorites that I’d still like to play around with. One of which is the Botanical Butterfly Designer Series Paper. My favorite is the black and white side. It… [Read More]
Country Belated Birthday
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary challenge! Here is our newest color challenge – I decided to play around with the inking of an embossing folder again. Here, I used So Saffron card stock and So Saffron ink along with the Country Floral embossing folder. I inked up the inside of the… [Read More]
Part of My Story
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday Tuesday! We have another great 2 week challenge to inspire you – Optional Theme : Favorite Patterns Favorite pattern? Sort of difficult for me as several Designer Series Papers are my favorite patterns! I just picked one! The Happiness Blooms was the winner – This is such a fun card!… [Read More]