Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest layout challenge – Clean. Simple. Great design, especially for this – I had soo much fun creating this card. I started with my Stamparatus to stamp the tree, then the fun began! I stamped the leaves in both Bumblebee and… [Read More]
2020-2021 Annual Catalog
Biggest Stamp Sale of the Year!
Happy Wednesday! There are lots and lots of great stamps on sale today and today only! Here are a few samples using the stamps on sale! Snowman Season Perfectly Plaid Bloom & Grow To a Wild Rose Country Home Hooray To You Dressed to Impress Beautiful Friendship Butterfly Gala Happiest of Birthdays (this is… [Read More]
24 Hour Stamp Sale is Coming!
What a happy day it will be! On Wednesday, September 23, 2020, Stampin’ Up! will be having a 24 hour sale!!! Yay! Wahoo! Now is the perfect time to get those stamp sets that have been on your list, on sale! Order online here to take advantage of the awesome sale! All orders $35 or… [Read More]
You Are So Special
Hello stampers! I decided to whip a quick stamped card using the Tasteful Touches Bundle – I stamped the flowers in Sahara Sand randomly on Whisper White. I added a thin Basic Black border, then placed that on a Pool Party base. I stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set, then die cut it…. [Read More]
Enjoy
Hello! I hope today finds you in a creative mood! Perhaps you need a little inspiration? I got mine today from Freshly Made Sketches – Simply a lovely sketch! How about creating with a persnickety cat? I managed to do just that! I initially fussy cut the cat and die cut the circle of… [Read More]
Joy of Sets – Weddings Blog Hop
Hello! Welcome to my third hop for today! This time with – I decided to have a little fall fun with this card – Cute and quirky, huh? I started with the white punched pumpkins from the Apple Builder Punch. I embossed each of them using the Ornate Floral and Greenery folders. I stamped, colored,… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Fall Flowers
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! This is the first of three hops for me. Come back later to the the other two! Our theme this week features fall flowers. I just love fall and everything associated with it. I decided to pull out the Celebrate Sunflowers Bundle for this… [Read More]
Faith
Hello Friday! What a week it has been. I created this card on Wednesday, but had trouble posting it. Simple. Serene. Mood invoking. Wednesday was the funeral for my brother. I planned his memorial. I spoke at his service. I needed the courage to speak. So I created a card for myself, yes, me. And,… [Read More]
Today’s Plan
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our latest two-week challenge – Optional Theme : Beverages, either warm or cold. It’s still pretty hot here in Texas, so I went with a nice, cold beverage – Pretty cool, huh? I started with choosing this Nothing’s Better Than Bundle. The lovely, refreshing drink in the set… [Read More]
Hi, Minnie
Friday fun card today! I do have some (ok, lots of) other stamps and dies from other companies besides Stampin’ Up!. Here, I just had to combine two companies – I used all Stampin’ Up! except for the Disney mouse, which can be recreated with circle dies we have. The bright pink is Magenta Madness,… [Read More]
Ornate Garden 6 x 6 One Sheet Wonder
Hello my friends! I’m delving into safe stamping with my stampin’ friends again, from a distance of course! And here is my latest project with them – Four cards from one 6 x 6 sheet of Designer Series Paper! Here is the way I cut the pieces for a visual –I cut four 3 x… [Read More]
Happy Birthday Balloon
Hello Friday! Working from home, isn’t everyday a Friday?? For me, yes! I’m itching to play with stamps today to avoid home chores. I ran across this challenge from CAS(E) this Sketch and ran with it! I used this adorable large balloon from the Hooray to You stamp set – With the help of the… [Read More]
Hope Changes Everything
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest challenge – Love these type sketches! I am feelin’ the fall feels, however, it is still 100° here!!!! I started with die cutting these adorable leaves. There are two dies for each leaf, one cuts the outside stitched edge, the… [Read More]
it’s your day!
Hello! I decided to play around with ‘hinge stamping’ and created this card – By the looks of the card, any idea what ‘hinge stamping’ is? Here you go – I placed the stamp from the Happiest of Birthdays on my Stamparatus near the top right, for me, hinge to the left, as straight as… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Hot Days of Summer
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features the Hot Days of Summer. You haven’t see hot until you’ve been in Houston during the summertime! Lol! Usually its 100°, with a feels like temperature of 110° and don’t forget to add the kicker of 90% humidity too! We… [Read More]
Ridiculously Amazing
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest color challenge – Such lovely colors for this – You can never go wrong with sunflowers! Both these patterns are from the Flowers For Every Season Designer Series Paper, easy! This wonderful sentiment is from Ridiculously Amazing, stamped in Just… [Read More]
Creative Stampers August Cozy Critters Blog Hop
Hello! Welcome to our debut of our newest blog hop group – We are a group of stampers who design projects, mostly cards, for a monthly tutorial bundle. We have been doing this for a while now, but we are adding a blog hop to get the word out! I created a simple cute card… [Read More]
We Create – Snacks & Beverages
Happy day! How about a cards about snacks and beverages? I think why not, lol?!?! I had this Nothing’s Better Than Bundle still out my desk. Perfect for the theme! This time, how about cookies??? I mean, who doesn’t love cookies????? Lol! I started by stampin the cookie outline first in Early Espresso, then the… [Read More]
