Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features anything having to do with SUMMER!!! Anything? I went with anything! There are a lot of summer birthdays in my family, including mine, and my moms, later this month! Summer reminds me of birthdays! Two stamps. Two inks. One Stamparatus…. [Read More]
Birthday
Bird Ballard Birthday
Bird Ballard Birthday? Yes, Bird Ballard is this name of this adorable Designer Series Paper I used for this card – Notice the colorful sentiment? I used the colors from the paper to create a match! I know, you’re wondering just how did I do that…. I placed the stamp on my Stamparatus. I colored… [Read More]
See a Happy Birthday Silhouette
Welcome Wednesday! It’s been so hot here and perfect weather to craft and play with stuff! I ran across this challenge blog, Atlantic Hearts and loved their clean, simple challenges! I just had to try the newest one they offered – Nice. Fun. Simple. Clean. Perfect to pair with the See a Silhouette Designer Series… [Read More]
Here’s a Birthday Card
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our newest challenge – Optional Theme : Melting Melting….that is a good one that required some thought for me. Then it came to me – candles! Candles melt! So here we go – Some fun colors for a fun birthday card! This pattern strip from Dinoroar Designer Series… [Read More]
Stitched Lace Birthday
Birthday are the best day! I made this beautiful card for my boss. It is a standard card base in Blueberry Bushel with a lovely Whisper White lace overlay! Isn’t this die beautiful??? Despite the intricate look of the die, it cut so smoothly! I added the birthday sentiment from the Beautiful Friendship stamp, stamped… [Read More]
In Color Birthday Fun
I have a simple share today from my Open House samples. I’ve gotten to where I use the Stamparatus more than my blocks when I stamp. Awhile back, I made this card and loved how perfectly the stamps lined up using the Stamparatus, so I left the stamps there. I was playing around with the… [Read More]
Birthday Shares
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our newest two week challenge – Optional Theme : Pastels I got this! I paired this soon to retire Share What You Love Designer Series Paper with the Cake Builder punch to create this quick and easy elegant birthday card – I was running wayyy late last week… [Read More]
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]
Broadway Bound with Birthday Blooms
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is out latest two week challenge – Optional Theme : Brown Paper Bag Fail. I didn’t use any brown paper bag. I did however turn the sketch on the side and use bold and bright colors, totally opposite of a brown bag!!! This is a wonderfully cheery, fun, perfect… [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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
Sweet Celebration
I am gearing up for a Card Buffet this weekend! Beforehand, I create cards for potential choices on the Buffet. I look for inspiration in sketches and challenges to help me do that. I found that from Fab Friday from this sketch – I love the simplicity of their sketches! I created this simple design… [Read More]
Painted Birthday Cheer
Happy middle of the week! Cruzin’ along with a sweet birthday card share today! I ran across Tuesday Morning Sketches and I loved this layout! Sketch #494 Isn’t it great? Perfect for another card from the Sale-a-bration item, Painted Seasons Designer Series Paper! Combined with the Birthday Cheer stamp set, it makes for a sweet… [Read More]
Freshly Made Banana Split
Wahoo! It’s Friday! I’ve been playing around with paper and framelits again! This time, I was inspired by Freshly made Sketches – When I saw this sketch, I immediately thought of a banana split – So, I created one out of framelits! It is just darling! I used the Call Me Cupcake icing shape for… [Read More]
Sweet Wishes
Hello my stampin’ friends! I am soo excited about the new Sale-a-bration coordinating products that just got released on March 1st! Here, I am using the new Call Me Cupcake framelits – Simply adorable! I used the Twinkle Twinkle Designer Series Paper for the cupcake parts! Any Designer Series Paper would work. Directions – card… [Read More]
