Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features a Christmas card! Nice! Some like to work on these in July! I would if I had Christmas supplies. Not to worry. Create your own from what you have! I took the Magnolia Lane Designer Series Paper and the Real… [Read More]
Celebrate
See a Happy Birthday Silhouette
Welcome Wednesday! It’s been so hot here and perfect weather to craft and play with stuff! I ran across this challenge blog, Atlantic Hearts and loved their clean, simple challenges! I just had to try the newest one they offered – Nice. Fun. Simple. Clean. Perfect to pair with the See a Silhouette Designer Series… [Read More]
Merry Magnolia Christmas
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our newest two-week challenge – Optional Theme : Christmas in July Perfect! I combined a few stamps creating this beauty – Beautiful, right? I am soo excited how this turned out! I started by stamping the largest flower from the Good Morning Magnolia stamp in Shaded Spruce and… [Read More]
Flippin’ Watermelons
I have an adorable fun fold for you today! I followed two challenges to create it. One. Color. It comes from Color Throwdown – Two. Layout. This comes from Freshly Made Sketches – I took this challenge literally creating this – On the outside it looks pretty plain. But flip / open the first circle… [Read More]
Blogging Friends Blog Hop – Summer Lovin’
Happy Friday! Taking time out today to participate in a blog hop! Our theme this month is summer! I decided to play with the Daisy Lane bundle and the Stitched Lace Dies – Opened, you see that I created a gift card holder – This summer bag is just soo much fun! Even more fun… [Read More]
Congratulations, CASEing the Catalog
Happy 4th of July!! And, welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! For the next month, we are CASEing the new catalog! Here is our inspirational photo – And, here is what I did using the First Frost stamp set – I stamped the flowers in Merry Merlot on Whisper White. The… [Read More]
Band Together for a Birthday
Hello my stampin’ friends! I’m attempting to create a card everyday this month because it’s my birthday month! Perhaps I’ll be able to do that and play with my new stuff! Today I am inspired by a couple of challenges – Color. This comes from Hand Stamped Sentiments. Theme. This comes from Stampin’ Up! Only… [Read More]
Here’s a Birthday Card
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our newest challenge – Optional Theme : Melting Melting….that is a good one that required some thought for me. Then it came to me – candles! Candles melt! So here we go – Some fun colors for a fun birthday card! This pattern strip from Dinoroar Designer Series… [Read More]
We Create – Red, White, & Blue Hop
Happy July 1st!!! Another year is just flying by…… First of the month always means a hop with We Create!! The theme this month is : red, white, and blue! Fitting as the 4th is days away! Although, I went with a non-4th style card though – This uses the very versatile, Sweetly Swirled stamp… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Favorite New In-Color
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features our favorite new In Color. All of them are very pretty this year! However, the one that sticks out to is Pretty Peacock! It’s such a great neutral! Here, I paired it with Blushing Bride. And, this fabulous saying is… [Read More]
Card-Cation, My Friend
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our newest 2 week challenge – Optional Theme : Summer Fun I’ve got just the right idea for this challenge! The June Paper Pumpkin, A Little Smile! This kit makes small cards designed to give away, leaving a smile! I decided to make a full size, mailable card…. [Read More]
You are Like a Diamond
Hello! Happy Friday to you! I’ve been playing around with a new fold I ran across. I think it’s called, Triangle Gate Fold. I’ve been using some of my Paper Pumpkins kits to try out this fold. This one turned out very nice – It’s soo pretty! Slipping off the band, the two triangles flip… [Read More]
Happy Father’s Day, Gearhead
That’s right! I made a Father’s Day card for my hubs who is a gearhead – Pretty cool, right? I chose the colors for this from Color My Heart Color Dare challenge that’s why its all in blues! Or else it’d been all orange! And, the simple layout is from an all time favorite challenge… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Kid Cards
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features cards for kids! Perfect time to pull out the dinosaurs! Again! This is a great kid card, but, I think an adult would like it too! I used one of the patterns in the Dinoroar Designer Series Paper that has… [Read More]
Blogging Friends Blog Hop – Favorite New Catalog Product
Happy Friday! Having so much fun playing with new Stampin’ Up! stuff since the catalog went live on the 4th! Have you seen it??? We all decided to share our favorites so far for a blog hop! I went with something fun using the Dino Days bundle – Aren’t these the cutest??? This little guy,… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Congratulations
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features any card celebrating graduation, weddings, or anything BIG! I needed a few grad cards, so I went with Graduation – The Silver Foil letters are the retiring, Large Letters Framelits. And, guess what? They are on sale!!! The Broadway Bound… [Read More]
Birthday Shares
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our newest two week challenge – Optional Theme : Pastels I got this! I paired this soon to retire Share What You Love Designer Series Paper with the Cake Builder punch to create this quick and easy elegant birthday card – I was running wayyy late last week… [Read More]
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]
