Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features cards with lots of glitz and glam! Glitz and glam is not my forte, but, I’ll try – Pretty gorgeous if I do say so myself! I started with die cutting this beautiful flower arrangement from the Artistic Dies which… [Read More]
Care & Concern
Well Suited Biggest Birthday
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest color / layout challenge – I decided to have each panel stamped instead of Designer Series Paper – My color inspiration was from the soon-to-retire now retired Well Suited Designer Series Paper. I like the boldness of the Biggest Wish… [Read More]
Dandy Hello
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! I hope you are able to craft a cool summer! Perhaps you can do that with challenge! Here is our newest two challenge from Try Stampin’ on Tuesday – I went both, sort of – I embossed the two panels using the Checks & Dots Embossing Folders. They are a… [Read More]
Ink. Stamp. Share. June Showcase
Happy Saturday! How about another hop and some great ideas? We are sharing anything we are working on. Well, I’m playing with the new Kits Collection Stampin’ Up has! The are awesome for beginning stampers or anyone wanting to make quick cards. Of course, you can always use your imagination and create whatever you’d like… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Textures & Ribbons
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features cards with textures and ribbons. Hmm. This was challenged me, lol! …but not for long, lol! I started with dies cutting a butterfly using the Ombre 12″ x 12″ Specialty Paper because this paper has a glittery texture. The Brilliant… [Read More]
Fun Fold Fridays – Double Dutch Door Fold
Happy Friday! Actually everyday is a happy day! Especially if you are making something! Last Friday, I showed a Dutch Fold, today, I’m showing another version of a Dutch Fold – Now as you start to open the card – See the nifty two folds? It is soo sweet! Here are the basic dimensions –… [Read More]
Blogging Friends Blog Hop – What’s New What’s Cool
Hello and happy Friday! The first Friday of the month means a blog hop with – Our theme is new stuff of course! I’d like to share these cards I made for my Zoom Open House attendees – I used my favorite stamp set, Biggest Wish – It is photopolymer so it makes to… [Read More]
Creative Stampers Blog Hop Favorite New Product or Suite
Hello stamping friends! Did you see the Last Chance Products – items going away and marked down? Check them out here – It is also time for a blog hop! So excited to share this sweet card – I combined my favorite new bundle from the catalog, Art in Bloom. Notice the included embossing folder… [Read More]
We Create – Relationship Celebrations
Happy June 1st! Today the Last Chance Products Sale is on! You can find all the details here – Then the first of every month, We Create gets together to share some creative ideas! Our theme this month is celebrating anything! I chose friendship! I used this adorable All Squared Away bundle as my focal… [Read More]
Well Suited
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday, and June 1st, already!! Here is our latest 2 week challenge – Optional Theme : Masculine I am a big fan of this Well Suited* Designer Series Paper that is retiring at the end of June. I used it along with the Handsomely Suited bundle* – Such an awesome, simple,… [Read More]
Life Can Get Kinda Prickly
Happy Monday! Time for a new sketch challenge over at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge – And time to pull out soon-to-retire stuff too! This is the Flowering Cactus Product Medley* that retires at the end of June. Here is how I used both – One of the patterns of paper in the kit are preprinted…. [Read More]
Ink. Stamp. Share. Something New.
Happy Saturday! How about another blog hop? This time for another talented group of stampers – We are playing with new stuff again! How about this great combination of products – I started with these adorable Puffins from the Party Puffins stamp set – And, yes, I cut them by hand! Lol! They are peeking… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Favorite New Stamp Set or Bundle
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features our favorite new stamp set or bundle! I am in love with this Art in Bloom Bundle – I made two cards to demonstrate the beauty of this set – The one on the left has simple stamped and die… [Read More]
Sunny Thoughts
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest layout challenge – I had many thought for this sketch, but decided to go with this – My focal point was the new sentiment stamp set, Sunny Sentiments – I used my Simply Scored to create ‘sun rays’ around the… [Read More]
Hey Friend
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our latest 2 week challenge – Optional Theme : Flowers I picked some fun papers to create this – Aren’t these fun!?!? I used the Sweet Symmetry Designer Series Paper – I also used the In Symmetry stamp set for the ‘hey friend’ sentiment – Together, along with… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Favorite Designer Series Paper
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features our favorite Designer Series Paper, DSP. Ohhhh, there a soo many great new ones to choose from! This is hard. I was drawn to this paper first, Sweet Symmetry – Since this is a show off, I went with two… [Read More]
Fun Fold Fridays – Open Panel Card
Happy Friday! Time to play with paper again in a fun way! How about an Open Panel Card? Or two – This is a clever card design because when you cut the pieces for it, you waste nothing! The card base is 4 1/4″ x 11, scored at 5 1/2″. From one side of the… [Read More]
Sweet Happy Birthday
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday Tuesday! Lol! Here is our latest tw0-week challenge – These are the sweet cards I made – I made two, yes, two. Because…..because I couldn’t find my acetate for the window part of the card! But, I did, then made this – ……with a window – So cool! I started… [Read More]
