Happy Labor Day! I decided to spend part of my day crafting! That’s unusual! I was inspired by this sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches this week – I say inspired because I made a simple one layer card – What I was actually playing around with was extending the banner die length in this… [Read More]
Casual Stamper
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Favorite Holiday Stamp Set
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features our favorite holiday catalog stamp set. Now this is hard! Have you seen the holiday catalog? I mean, it’s awesome! Just about everything is worthy of this hop today!! I went with my favorite time of year. Fall. This is… [Read More]
It’s Your Special Day
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest challenge – I knew the minute I saw this sketch I wanted to play with the Wish for It All bundle! Really sweet card, right? And, perfect for a birthday or wedding or any day someone should just feel special!… [Read More]
Wishing You Well
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! We have another great sketch to inspire you for the next two weeks – Optional Theme : Plaid / Checks I’m feeling the fall feels for this challenge! And, playing with new stuff! I started with a Cajun Craze card base. When is the last time you pulled out Cajun… [Read More]
You Are Amazing
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest color challenge – Lovely colors! Perfect chance to play with the wonderful Scallop Note Cards & Envelopes – What do you think? Pretty sweet? I used the 6×6 In Color Designer Series Paper for the checked background. The beautiful band… [Read More]
Delightful Mosaic Mood Birthday
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday. You know what that means, another two week challenge to inspire you! I love that we have an inspiration photo to go with our layout this time! I sort of went with the colors creating this – This gorgeous Designer Series Paper is Mosaic Mood. It’s a nice heavy weight… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Featuring the 3 D’s
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features the 3 D’s : Dies, DSP, and Dazzle! What a great theme! I combined two gorgeous products here – The candle and sentiment dies are from the Wish for It All bundle. See a Silhouette is the Designer Series Paper… [Read More]
Celebrate Wreath
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest challenge – What a wonderful sketch to play with a new stamp set and coordinating dies! This will be available September 4 – This combines the Seasonal Wreaths stamp set and the All Around Wreath Dies. There is actually a… [Read More]
Hello L O V E
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday Tuesday! Here is our latest two-week challenge to inspire you – This is throw back to TSOT Challenge 17 when the blog started! I love these retro challenges! Here is my sweet thoughts using it – A combination of the Paper Pumpkin kit from May 2019, So Shelli, and the… [Read More]
Kre8tors Blog Hop – Color Challenge Farms
Happy Sunday! Time for a blog hop! I am so happy to be a special Guest Designer this month! This is our inspirational picture and colors to create with – The (new, upcoming) Gather Together bundle was a perfect pair for these colors – Right? This is a wonderful fall set! I stamped the leaves… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Flower Power
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features our favorite flower set. I’m not sure which is my favorite stamp set, there are just too many to enjoy! I haven’t played with this Bloom & Grow bundle yet – But, it sure is pretty! The flowers were stamped… [Read More]
Days are Beautiful
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest challenge – What great colors! They look perfect on this card – This just turned out perfectly! I started with a Sahara Sand panel stamped with the Birch Wood stamp in Sahara Sand. The Perennial Flowers are stamped on Very… [Read More]
To an A+ Teacher
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our newest 2 week challenge to get your creativity going – Optional Theme : 3 Colors, 2 Shapes, 1 Designer Series Paper I’ve been itching to play with a new bundle that I just got. This Harvest Hellos, will be available September 4th. It is a coordinating stamp… [Read More]
Blogging Friends Blog Hop – Back to School Bash
Happy Friday! Welcome to our blog hop! Our theme this month is Back to School bash! Awesome, as most schools start this month! We will have lots of ideas for those sweet handmade items you will want to create! Of course, I was literal with the theme, creating a card of encouragement – I used… [Read More]
Dream Big
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest challenge – And here is my take on it – It’s mooooving, isn’t it?? Lol! Well, it actually is an interactive card! Sort of like a z-fold style, 4 1/4 x 4 1/4 square card! I just love these cows!… [Read More]
Thinking of You
Happy Tuesday Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our latest two week challenge to inspire you – Optional Theme : Embossing I have the perfect idea! The July Paper Pumpkin, On My Mind – I used one of the cards in the kits for the front embossed panel because it’s just pretty cute! I added a… [Read More]
Wish For It All
I have a triple sweet share for today. Actually, one card for three shared special occasions! First, it’s my birthday!! Second, I have a birthday twin, Happy Birthday Gladys! Third. Another friend, MarthaJoe is celebrating 30 years of marriage, also today! To inspire a card to encompass all this, I looked to the Paper Players for my… [Read More]
Mr. & Mrs.
Hello my friends! Still making one card a day for the month of July!! I needed to create a wedding card. I needed some inspiration. I really liked this sketch at CAS Colours & Sketches this time around! Wonderful inspiration for this – I stamped the two cakes in Early Espresso on Very Vanilla. I… [Read More]
