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]
Birthday
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]
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]
Joy of Sets Tic Tac Toe – March Challenge
Welcome to our March month long challenge for the Joy of Sets! Here is our latest monthly challenge grid – Some great options to choose from! I went with Birthday, Punch, Food – I love this tropical style card! Great for anyone! I started with a pineapple that I had die cut from the In… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – One Layer Cards
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features one layer card! This can be a challenge! But, grab your Stamparatus and it will make it a lot easier for this card – Isn’t this cool using the Sale-a-bration* stamp set, Happy Birthday to You? Looks pretty easy, but… [Read More]
Golden Painted Poppies Birthday
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our latest two-week challenge – Optional Theme : Letters / Numbers So I missed the optional theme and the flagged banner. Ooooppps. It is still a lovely card within the sketch guidelines! It happens sometimes. I started with a base of Pool Party. I added a couple of… [Read More]
Happy Birthday, Poppy
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our latest two-week challenge – Optional Theme : Flower Power I decided to make these adorable punched flowers – I used Poppy Parade ink and card stock for the flowers and sentiment. The flowers are created using the Under My Umbrella bundle. They are actually a folded up… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Special Folds
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features special card folds. Who doesn’t LOVE a special fold???? I love, Love, LOVE them. I ran across one on Facebook the other day that used a quarter of a sheet, 5 1/2″ x 4 1/4″, of card stock as its… [Read More]
Blogging Friends Blog Hop Sale-a-Bration
Happy Friday! I have two wonderful Sale-a-Bration themed cards I designed for our monthly blog hop! I had a hard time deciding just what to get for my Sale-a-Bration choices recently. I’m sharing two of my favorites – One, is the Golden Honey Designer Series Paper. This particular pattern is white with diagonal gold foil… [Read More]
Celebrating YOU
Quick share today! I made this lovely card, well, actually 10 of them for a birthday swap I have joined! Isn’t it soo pretty?? And, SO easy!! I used a generous size of the Peaceful Poppies Designer Series Paper (STOP hoarding it, USE it, lol), along with the Painted Labels Dies for the focal point…. [Read More]
Bonanza Banner Birthday
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our latest color challenge – I went with a cutesy birthday card – This would be suitable for anyone! It is just fun! I started with the Bonanza Buddies Dies to cut out the banners in the three challenge colors. I placed… [Read More]
Best Dressed Floral Birthday
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest layout challenge – I flipped through the Best Dressed 6×6 Designer Series and I was drawn to this lovely, bold floral Blackberry Bliss flower pattern. That was my starting point… Then I chose a coordinating pattern from the same pack…. [Read More]
Something for Everything
I decided to sit and just play with the December Paper Pumpkin, Something for Everyone. Here is what the kit looks like – The kit came with lots of goodies to make a variety of cards and also several versatile sentiments – Instead of creating the cards as shown above, I created 2 alternative cards… [Read More]
Blogging Friends Blog Hop – Can You Feel the Love
Happy Friday! Welcome to our first blog hop of the year for – Our theme this month is anything new! Stampin’ Up just released the 2020 Occasions catalog and the Sale-a-Bration catalogs! Yay!!!! New stuff. New inspiration. Here is a link to the new Occasions Mini and the 2020 Sale-a-Bration catalogs. Now for my adorable… [Read More]
Bunch of Roses Happy Birthday
Hello Monday! I had a wonderful Card Buffet this weekend and I was inspired to add just one more card to the choices – My inspiration came from Freshly Made Sketches and this sketch – This wonderful Christmastime is Here Designer Series Paper is the perfect fit for this card! I paired the Designer Series… [Read More]
Make a Wish
Happy day to you! I’ve been rather caught up in creating seasonal cards and have forgotten to make what we always need – a birthday card! I have soo much pretty seasonal paper from the Stampin’ Up! Holiday mini that I challenged myself to use some of it for non-holiday cards, like a birthday. Here… [Read More]
Let’s Celebrate You!
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest layout challenge – I have been really wanting to use this small rose pattern from the Christmastime is Here Specialty Designer Series Paper. It doesn’t look ‘Christmasy’. This will be available November 1st. I finally did used it for a… [Read More]
Have a Wicked Celebration
My last post for Stamp-tember! I think I only missed two days this month! Not bad! I decided to share another wickedly great card for the Card Buffet last week – Pretty cool, right? I wanted to add a birthday card to the mix combining the season, so this was perfect! I love how the… [Read More]
