Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our latest 2 week challenge – You know what this means? Time to pull out a stamp set from the shelf! I went with Waterfront – I stamped the mountains, water, and trees all in tones of grays. I used Basic Gray, Smokey Slate and Black Memento to… [Read More]
Casual Stamper
Monochromatic Christmas Wishes
Happy Monday! It looks like the rest of the year is going to fly by. It always does. Creating and sharing slows things for me. How do you get through the holiday mayhem? To spark my creating, I always look to challenges for inspiration. Today, I ran across the Joy of Sets and their latest… [Read More]
Beautiful Friendship
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest color challenge – I decided to play with a die that I never have tried! It’s this gorgeous Butterfly Beauty Dies – These dies just spoke to me when I was trying to decide what to do with the colors…. [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Halloween Favor
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features a Halloween favor! Perfect as I needed to create treats for coworkers! I found a box of Halloween Oreos. So, I created a cute holder for them – Cute, right? Here is the whole bunch of them ready to go!… [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]
Merry Christmas, Magnolia
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our latest 2 week challenge – Optional Theme : Stripes How about a simple Christmas card? Doesn’t get any more simpler than this! Both pattern papers are from the Magnolia Lane Designer Series Paper pack. The smaller, flower patters was colored with a Real Red Blends marker. The… [Read More]
Coloring Christmastime is Here
How is your Monday so far? I needed a little color therapy today. Stampin’ Up! Only Challenges! felt the same way! Their challenge this week encourages us to pull out the coloring items and get to coloring! I pulled out this lovely stamp, Christmas Rose stamp set and some Blends – Beautiful, huh? This Christmas… [Read More]
Joy of Sets – Same Stamp Set 3 Ways
Welcome to our blog hop for Joy of Sets! Our theme this time around is one stamp set, created 3 different ways! Oh. . . . Did I have fun with this! My main stamp set / bundle that I started with was the Cup of Christmas bundle. I think this is extremely versatile for… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Spooky Halloween
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features a spooky Halloween card. I thought one of the patterns from the Monster Bash Designer Series Paper was pretty creepy! I fussy cut these three framed ghouls and die cut the ornate scroll decorative backgrounds from the Ornate Frames Dies…. [Read More]
Monster Bash Halloween
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our latest two week challenge – This is a throwback from our third challenge!!!! I made it modern with the Monster Bash Suite! Too, cute, right? I love using this new Rococo Rose color with this Monster Bash Designer Series Paper! It coordinates soo well! Check out out… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Cute Halloween
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features a cute Halloween card. You know what stamp set and punch is perfect for this? You know me too well! The Harvest Hellos bundle! I stamped the pumpkins on different patterns of Pumpkin Pie Regals 6 x 6 Designer Series… [Read More]
Deck the Halls
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest color challenge – In the middle of all the Halloween cards, I decided to go with a Christmas card! I know you’re thinking, ‘what’s up with that card’? Open it! Pretty nifty, huh? It’s a z-fold! I felt the ornaments needed… [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]
Halloween Snow Globe
Thank you for stopping by today! I thought you might like to see another way to use the Still Scenes bundle other than Christmas – This is done in a Halloween Theme! I used the Monster Bash Designer Series Paper for the strip and the ‘globe’! I love this house for a globe! I die… [Read More]
No Tricks Just Treats
Ok, so today I did not use the Cup of Cheer Dies! Tomorrow though! I used the Everything Festive stamp set instead! And, it’s a gift card holder because that is the treat! Please disregard the ill stamping on the back of the flap! This was my sample at class! I used the perfectly matched… [Read More]
Cup of Scary
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our latest sketch to get your creativity going! Optional Theme : Coffee, tea or another warm beverage I love both the inspirations!!! I decided to go with something quirky and for Halloween – Love it, right? I used this sweet Monster Bash Designer Series Paper! Look closely at… [Read More]
Gather Together and Enjoy Fall
Happy Fall!! Whew! Spending part of the recovering from two wonderful Card Buffets. But, I just gave to share this card – It’s fall. Grab your friends. Grab your favorite drink. Enjoy! I love this time of year. I just wish our temperatures would reflect fall! Outside of Houston, 90 degrees and 90% humidity is… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Fall Colors
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features all the colors of fall! I decided to go with what is on trend in fall colors – It seems lots of places are using these non-traditional colors! This is Mint Macaron, Gray Granite, and black and white plaid. I… [Read More]
