Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest color challenge – These soft colors reminded me of something for a baby….. A baby blanket! To create my ‘blanket’, I started with the soon-to-retire, Best Plaid Builder Dies* – I wanted the card to look gender neutral, so I… [Read More]
Celebrate
You Mean The World . . . . .
Hello Monday! Time to share a new challenge from Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge – Simple sketch. Fabulous card – But, wait . . . . . . .And. . . . . . .How cool is this?? Pretty nifty, eh? My starting point was these fabulous, soon-to-retire, World Map Dies* – On sale for… [Read More]
Stamping INKspirations Blog Hop – April 2021
Happy Saturday afternoon! Time for another hop today! Grab a your favorite beverage and a snack and enjoys all the inspiration today! Our theme this month – BIRTHDAYS!! I made a sweet and simple card to show off the new 2021-2023 In Colors! And, look when opened – From the side – Easy mechanism to… [Read More]
Birthday Wishes
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our newest layout challenge to spark you creativity! Optional Theme : Birthday Oh, how I loved this design! Just look how I used it – So simple. So elegant. So perfect for a birthday! I used the soon-to-retire Flowers For Every Season Designer Series Paper* – (PS, this… [Read More]
We Create – The Animal Kingdom
Happy April 1st! No foolin’, time for an afternoon blog hop! Our theme this month is animal kingdom. Whoa! I had to think outside the box on these two….. Ok, I went with something WILD! I made a really cool background stamp from the Butterfly Brilliance stamp set. It was the leftover pieces from in… [Read More]
A+ Teacher
Last day of March already? Yikes! Spending some time with retiring products before they are no longer available! These three dies sets are retiring and are a must have. The Layering Squares, Layering Ovals, and the Stitched Shapes Dies – Layering Squares Layering Ovals Stitched Shapes Dies Now to my creation to show off what… [Read More]
Easter Joy
Happy Monday! Starting the week off the week with a Design Team challenge for Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge – I took this sketch in a different direction using the same elements – First off, I made a mini slim sized card. Then, instead of a window, I used stamped cute bunny images from the Springtime… [Read More]
Ink. Stamp. Share. March Male Blog Hop
Happy Saturday! And, happy second hop for the day! Our theme this month is masculine or cards for guys! Yay! We just don’t have enough of these anywhere! I decided to create a fun, pop up card! Look. At. This. Sweetness. As you open it – And, when fully opened – Just WOW! I am… [Read More]
For You – Happy – Birthday
Hello Monday! I had a chance to play with paper over the weekend and get caught up on some challenges! Today we have a new challenge at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge to share with you – So pretty for springtime!!! And how about this sweet card – Doesn’t is just make you happy? Lol! I… [Read More]
Fun Fold Fridays – Butterfly Closure Card
Happy FriYAY!!! Lol! Playing with this nifty Butterfly Bouquet stuff again! It. Is. So. Pretty. Here are two fancy-sh folds – Pretty, huh? And look at them opened – The butterfly keeps them closed! I started by cutting the butterflies from the sheet in the Butterfly Bijou Designer Series Paper. Sadly, as if publishing this… [Read More]
Fine Art Birthday
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our current layout challenge – I played around with a mini slim card for this challenge – It is just so bright, fun, and cheery! My card is 3 1/2″ x 12″, scored at 6″. The Fine Art Floral Designer Series Paper… [Read More]
Stamping INKspirations Blog Hop – March 2021
Happy day! Time for another, third, blog hop for today! We are featuring spring or Easter cards today! I went a bright, cheery, Easter card – Just as clean and simple as you can get! I started with the Flowers for Every Season 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper – I found two coordinating Easter-looking… [Read More]
Tie One On For A Happy Easter
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest color challenge – Such fun, spring-like colors! Perfect for an Easter card! I designed something fun, cute, and quirky – I started by stamping the bow (ties) from the Handsomely Suited stamped set in the challenge colors on Basic White… [Read More]
Happiest of Birthdays
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our latest 2 week challenge – How fun is this?!?! I used the stamp set Happiest of Birthdays to create this – With the help of the Stamparatus of course! This lovely Forever Greenery Designer Series Paper adds a nice touch for a March birthday! I added the… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Top ‘O The Morning
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features a St. Patrick’s Day card! I combined a few different product for this sweet number – I started with these ‘shamrocks’ from the Pierced Blooms Dies in Shaded Spruce. I trimmed them up a bit to make them look more… [Read More]
Last Day to Sale-a-brate
Happy last day of February! This has been a month and I am glad to see it go! It is the last day of Sale-a-bration as well! So many great things to have earned free this time around! You have until the end of today if there was anything else you needed!!! I decided to… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Masculine Card
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features a masculine card! These seem to give everyone trouble. Since we are in the last two days of Sale-a-bration, I used the Approaching Perfection stamp set for my masculine card. I also used my Stamparatus for this nice, manly card… [Read More]
Fun Fold Fridays – Tri-Fold Card
Friday again? I have another nifty share to help use up some of the Designer Series Paper or pattern paper you have around your craft room! This is a tri-fold card that uses about half a sheet of 12″ x 12″ to make a card showing off both sides of the paper. Here is the… [Read More]
