Welcome to our monthly Joy of Sets Tic Tac Toe Challenge blog! Here is our latest monthly challenge grid – Lots of great options, huh? I went with flowers, ribbon and texture – Flowers are in this gorgeous Ornate Garden Specialty Designer Series Paper. Ribbon is from a Christmas suite, but matches the So Saffron… [Read More]
Beginning Stamping
Here For You Botanical Prints
Happy 1st, no foolin’! Things could not be any more crazy right now! Lets take some crafty time out for a blog hop – Our theme this time around is Showers of Greetings. I figured I’d pull out a kit, the Botanical Prints Medley and play with it for today. Kits are pretty good thing… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Last Chance for Sale-a-bration
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features last minute choices for Sale-a-bration. It ends March 31, 2020. And, soo many choice there are! I combined two of the Sale-a-bration* options to create these notecards – Sale-a-bration* items : Tags in Blooms* and Flowering Foils* Designer Series Paper…. [Read More]
Happy Easter Chick
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest color challenge – I thought about Easter when I looked at these colors! So, I went with a simple Easter card – A light, fun, fresh card! I started with the Designer Series Paper, Birthday Bonanza. I had this little… [Read More]
Paper Pumpkin Flat Fold Pop-Up Card
Have you ever gotten a Paper Pumpkin kit from Stampin’ Up? It is a surprise box that comes once a month. What you get is all the supplies to create (usually) cards. All the supplies includes a block for the stamps in your first kit, stamps, ink spots, adhesive dots, dimensionals, card bases, ribbon/twine, sequins… [Read More]
Happy Birthday Toucan!
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our latest two-week challenge – Optional Theme : Jungle Fever I stretched the theme with my card – Toucans are in the jungle, right? Lol! This was such a fun sketch that I just had to take it in a fun way! I used the Birthday Bonanza Designer… [Read More]
We’re (Still) in This Together
Short and sweet today! I’ve designed another alternative for the March 2020 Paper Pumpkin, No Matter The Weather. Again. Adorable, right?? The only thing I added here was a card base and some retired twine! I did cut up the smaller card and the envelope for the card in the kit. Other than that, thats… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Let’s Get Away
Happy Saturday! Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! How are you these days? Thanks for joining us! Our theme this week features travel. Travel. travel. Really? Clearly this was set a while ago given our current pandemic! And, yes it was! So, my card is about travel of course. Virtual… [Read More]
Friends Like You
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest layout challenge to keep you busy – I wanted to use the new Sale-a-bration* paper, So Very Vellum. I came up with this – Another simply elegant card created in no time! Lol, #cardquickie This Peaceful Poppies Designer Series Paper… [Read More]
Lucky Gnome
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! I have another darlin’ little gnome today! He has been sitting on my desk for several weeks now just waiting to placed on a card! He’s a little different than the other versions I’ve created. Right?? Super cute little guy! The base piece is Flowering Foils colored with Light & Dark… [Read More]
Lucky Friend
Feeling the green feels again today! This time I used this beautiful Positive Thoughts stamp set for this – I rarely just take stamps to paper. Here, I did. And, I love the results!!! Soo pretty! I inked once, stamped twice on these leaves. The result is two different shades! I added a stamped and… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Luck of the Irish
Happy Saturday and the first of two hops!! This is for Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features an all green card! I had a lot of fun creating this card for you today – It is soo festive! I started with these beautiful die cuts from Birthday Jubilee Dies… [Read More]
Stamparatus Fun
Happy Friday! I have a trio of products to share with you today! I am having a couple of Stamparatus classes. I use them in my Card Buffets a lot, but the setting up an be tricky. I figured I’d show three different common techniques how to use the wonderful tool! The card on the… [Read More]
Memorable Birthday
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest challenge – Nice, earthy colors! Great for a anyone, but makes for a real nice masculine card – Wouldn’t you agree? I am excited that I finally got the Timeless Tropical bundle in along with the Tropical Oasis Designer Series… [Read More]
Welcome New Grandbaby
Ohhhh, I am soo excited!! My friends daughter, which is also my daughters childhood friend, just had a baby girl yesterday! Of course I just had to celebrate card style – Isn’t this the sweetest!?!?!?! I started with a sketch from CAS Colours & Sketches – I was soo excited I just didn’t know where… [Read More]
Welcome Easter
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our latest two-week challenge – Optional Theme : This is an adorable challenge for the next two weeks!!! I used the layout and from the picture I used the colors. I went an adorable Easter card – Right?? See what I mean? I started with a base that… [Read More]
Happy Birthday Lovely
Happy Spring break for many! I’m getting geared up for my March Card Buffet soon! And, challenges always get my creativity flowing! Today I was inspired to create this birthday gem – I used the Umbrella Builder punch to create adorable flowers!! I just love to use this punch for flowers!!! The leaves are die… [Read More]
Blogging Friends Blog Hop – Spring Wedding
Happy Friday! Time to share some great designs with my Blogging Friends –Our theme this month is Spring Wedding! I was inspired by this gorgeous new Designer Series Paper, Flowering Foils for this beauty – This new paper is a new *Sale-a-bration option! Wahoo! I used a generous piece on a Silver Foil-Edged Card. I… [Read More]
