Happy Sunday! How about some Christmas inspiration? Our theme this month is Christmas! I went with a lovely gift card holder – This Brightly Gleaming Designer Series Paper just makes this stunning!!! Bonus as this uses a little over 1/2 sheet of card stock! Meaning you can make 2 from a single sheet of card… [Read More]
Casual Stamper
Joy of Sets Tic Tac Toe Challenge – December Fun
I am pleased to be joining another Design Team! The Joy of Sets Tic Tac Toe Challenge blog! Wahoo! The sketches have some freedom, but can be tricky! Here is our December monthly challenge grid – And here is my take on the sketch using three across the top : Snow, Tree(s), Reindeer – It… [Read More]
Blogging Friends Blog Hop – New Year New You
Happy Friday! Welcome to another blog hop! Our theme this month is New Year New You I went with New Year – I used the beautiful Champagne Foil sheets as my starting point. These lovely, festive, Sip & Celebrate Dies are wonderful!!! I cut the bubbles out of black, backing them in the Champagne Foil… [Read More]
Friends Make the Season Shine
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest challenge – I love this type of sketch! I decided to ‘play’ and have some fun with the Blends markers to create this – Nice, isn’t it? The focal image is from Young at Heart. The wonderful, meant to match… [Read More]
Sweet Christmas Wishes
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our latest two-week challenge – Optional Theme : Winter Wonder Ok, how about using some more of this Let it Snow Designer Series Paper. I love this paper, but I really love it more when I have used it all up! Lol! It is a pretty sweet card,… [Read More]
We Create Neutral Collection Blog Hop
Happy December 1st! How about starting off the day with a couple of inspirational blog hops? This one is for – The theme this month is Neutrals. I combined the Stampin’ Up neutral color family and the theme of Christmas for this – I stamped the house and tree image in Smokey Slate. It is… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Santa Claus is Coming to Town
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features Santa, Gingerbread, Elves, Penguin cards. I went with this adorable gingerbread house – It features coloring with Blends – my favorite! It was nice to take a break from the hustle and bustle of this busy season to just sit… [Read More]
Merry & Bright
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest challenge – Some wonderful colors today! Even though it is Thanksgiving! And, yes, I went with a Christmas card too! Feeling very festive with this card! You agree? I started with die cutting the Frosted Frames shape in the beautiful… [Read More]
Gather for Together for Friendsgiving
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our latest two-week challenge – Optional Theme : Cozy Patterns I think the Come to Gather Designer Series Paper from Stampin’ Up! is pretty cozy and makes for a sweet card – Yes, I rotated the sketch. It worked better for my design. Sometimes when you see a… [Read More]
Joy of Sets Anything Goes Blog Hop
Happy Saturday! What a busy day with two hops for me!! This is the second one today! Here, I’m hopping with the Joy of Sets – I decided to create a special card. How about a square card – Simple, but very elegant with all the layers on the card. This is a 4 1/4… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Non-traditional Christmas Colors
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features non-traditional Christmas colors. Purple isn’t a typical Christmas color for me, however, this is really pretty! I started by stamping 4 ornaments from the Christmas Gleaming stamp set. Memento Black on Whisper White and Highland Heather on Purple Posey. I… [Read More]
You’re So Cool
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest challenge – I haven’t used this adorable Playful Penguins stamp in a while. I thought this was a cute play on the sketch! The penguin, sentiment and scarf are from one stamp set! I accented the Layering Circles with a… [Read More]
Bunch of Roses Happy Birthday
Hello Monday! I had a wonderful Card Buffet this weekend and I was inspired to add just one more card to the choices – My inspiration came from Freshly Made Sketches and this sketch – This wonderful Christmastime is Here Designer Series Paper is the perfect fit for this card! I paired the Designer Series… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Christmas Treat or Favor
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features a Christmas Treat or Favor. I have an adorable sliding treat – When you slid the ribbon up, it contains one of those brownies / cake mix you put in a mug and microwave! And, you can see the added… [Read More]
Grateful for Your Kindness
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest color challenge – What wonderful colors to create a lovely Thanksgiving card – Right???? I used the Come to Gather Designer Series Paper for the plaid background and one of the wreath layers. I wanted that beautiful wreath to be… [Read More]
Make a Wish
Happy day to you! I’ve been rather caught up in creating seasonal cards and have forgotten to make what we always need – a birthday card! I have soo much pretty seasonal paper from the Stampin’ Up! Holiday mini that I challenged myself to use some of it for non-holiday cards, like a birthday. Here… [Read More]
Christmas Cheer Tree
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our latest two-week challenge – Optional Theme : Put Some Bling on It I hadn’t shown much attention to the Perfectly Plaid bundle so I thought I’d go with that – Nice and elegant and easy too! Crumb Cake base. Cherry Cobbler Layer. Wrapped in Plaid DSP layer…. [Read More]
Bundled Up Christmas Cheer
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest layout challenge – As always, a great way to get the creative thoughts going. I went with a cutesy Christmas card – I love this little bundled up snowman! All the paper in this Let It Snow pack is adorable!… [Read More]
