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]
Care & Concern
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]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features shades of yellow. I decided to play with some new Designer Series Paper, Mosaic MoodSpecialty, that will be available June 4th. It’s soooo pretty. It was just too pretty to cover up! And, the mosaic pattern reminded me of a… [Read More]
with Sympathy
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary challenge! Here is our newest color challenge – When I saw these colors, I thought they were very serene, which sparked a sympathy card – I was amazed at the fact I placed the sentiment on the Stamparatus exactly next to the ‘flourish’! So, I have… [Read More]
Hello, Magnolia
Happy Tuesday Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our latest two-week challenge – Optional Theme : Texture Well…..I forgot to add texture other than what is in the pattern of the Magnolia Lane Designer Series Paper – Beautiful, right? This is a new suite of products called, Magnolia Lane. I stamped the magnolia bud from the… [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]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Purple Rain
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features shades of purple. Great colors to show off this new To a Wild Rose stamp set – This Purple Posy flower is sooo gorgeous!!! I made it simple here, but it also has two additional stamps to create depth and… [Read More]
Bird Ballard Thank You
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday Tuesday! Here is our newest two week challenge – I pulled out new Stampin’ Up! products for this lovely challenge! Yes! This is the beautiful Bird Ballard Suite! I stamped the birds and the thank you sentiment, then framelit cut them. I cut a slightly larger scalloped circle to coordinate… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Red Red Wine
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features shades of reds. I almost made a card with the wine stamps we have, but I decided I felt more like coloring – This is a new stamp set available in the upcoming 2019-2020 Stampin’ Up! catalog called Free as… [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]
We Create In Color 2018-2020 Blog Hop
Hello, May! Boy, this year is flying by….. The first of the month is always a blog hop for – The theme this month is 2018 -2020 In Colors. Wow, what great colors : Lovely Lipstick, Grapefruit Grove, Pineapple Punch, Call Me Clover and Blueberry Bushel. I paired them with a new stamp set I… [Read More]
Best Catch Ever
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! We have another inspirational two week challenge! Such a great way to get you to play with your stuff and be creative! Optional Theme : Watercolor What a great simple layout to work with. Especially, if you flip it as I did! I chose a masculine card! It’s simply great… [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]
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 Bright Color
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features our favorite brights color. Can I say all of them?? I really like our colors, especially the brights! I started off trying to create a simply stamped card – Well, it turned into a little more! I started by stamping… [Read More]
To the Woman Who Does it All
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! We have a new two-week challenge for you – This is a wonderful simple sketch! It can be used for soo many card styles. I went with a card appropriate for a friendly Mother’s Day card. I attended OnStage this year and learned a really nifty tip that I used… [Read More]
Lovely Wedding Wishes
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Need some motivation to play with your stuff today? How about this new challenge – Optional Theme : Embossing Perfect inspiration to create this wedding wishes card – First off, I haven’t played with this gorgeous Merry Merlot color much. and, why? It’s gorgeous!!!! I created the embossed background by… [Read More]
