Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features a card with a tropical feel, as in Hawaiian Luau. Basically, a vacation in a card, which we can all use about now! I thought I’d combine that idea with a little humor – A goat in a grass… [Read More]
Challenges
Blogging Friends Blog Hop – Green with Envy
Happy Friday! Welcome to our monthly hop with – Our theme this month is GREEN! I love green!!! I played around with the Pattern Play stamp set in Mint Macaron and Just Jade to create my own background here – I did add a thin line of Light and Dark Blends in Pretty Peacock ti… [Read More]
Dog House Birthday
Happy Monday! I hope you had a safe and fun holiday weekend! I felt the need to play around with this challenge from The Paper Players today – Who doesn’t love a good fancy fold?? I repurposed a the kite fold and created a dog house – When you open it, you see the nifty… [Read More]
Joy of Sets Tic Tac Toe – July Challenge
Welcome to our monthly Joy of Sets Tic Tac Toe Challenge blog! Here is our latest monthly challenge grid – And here is my take on the sketch using Kraft Card, Jewel, Lace – I used Crumb Cake for the kraft. For the jewel, I stretched this idea with jewel-tone card stocks and rhinestones too…. [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Patriotic Cards
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features patriotic cards! Perfect way to celebrate in the USA, more importantly in Texas, with the current health crisis and advised self quarantining. I decided to make a nifty background using this lined stamp from the Pattern Play stamp set along… [Read More]
Time to Celebrate
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Since we have a new catalog out, we take a few weeks and CAS the samples in the catalog. Here is our latest CAS challenge – Being that we have the 4th of July this Saturday, I created a festive card using the layout… [Read More]
We Create – Look At These Labels
Happy July 1st! Wow, we’ve made it this far in the year but that’s about it! Lol! Creating just passes the time nicely! Today, a blog hop to start the month off! Our theme month is Look At These Labels. I combined one of the Tasteful Labels Dies with the Happiest of Birthdays stamp set… [Read More]
Hello Monday!
Happy Monday! If it’s not the Saharan dust that has got us gloomy in Texas, it’s the increased Covid cases that have gotten us down. So here is a little sunshine to brighten your today – I have been itching to use the June 2020 Paper Pumpkin, Box of Sunshine. It is such a cheery kit!… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Ombre Card
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features an ombre colored card. I am in love with the Whale Of A Time Designer Series Paper. I just had to use it again today – A couple of the patterns are a lovely ombre waved ocean. I paired this… [Read More]
Thursday Create with Connie and Mary – template
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest challenge – I thought to use this lovely Many Mates bundle – I love this intricate die shape. It is soo pretty! I used the new In Color, Just Jade, on a Soft Sea Foam base. The tiny dimensionals we… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Monochromatic Card
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features a card with just one color, plus a neutral. I decided shades of purple was my one color – I used this Hand-Drawn Blooms the other day and thought I still wanted to play around with it. I had… [Read More]
So Grateful
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest color challenge – Such bright and cheery colors! I thought they were perfect for this new bundle creation – This is the gorgeous, Hand-Drawn Blooms Bundle. I wanted to go with clean and simple using these colors. I die cute… [Read More]
Puurfectly Happy Birthday
Happy Wednesday! I played with the cutest new cat and dog lovers Designer Series Paper yesterday. I thought, why not play with it again today? This sketch from Hand Stamped Sentiments just looks like a cat tree anyways, lol! See what I mean – Can’t unsee the cat tree, now, right? First, I chose four… [Read More]
Real Treat
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our latest two-week challenge – Optional Theme : Patterns Patterns? Have a got some cute patterns for you – Especially if you are a pet lover! This is the cutest Designer Series Paper! I chose a couple of the patterns that coordinated for cats and went with those…. [Read More]
Kre8tors Blog Hop – Masculine
Hello! Happy Sunday! Welcome to our Sunday blog hop! Our theme this month is masculine – I decided to use the decanter from the Whisky Business stamp set and pair it with sentiment from Pattern Play. I added a few blue strips, including the new Misty Moonlight on top of an embossed piece of Whisper… [Read More]
Joy of Sets – Splish Splash Blog Hop
Happy Saturday – a day of creative sharing for me! This is blog hop #3 for the day! Our theme is a fun one to kick off warmer temperatures and summer fun! I thought about kites flying in the summer breeze – The kite is placed on a flat card base and opens – How… [Read More]
Ink. Stamp. Share. Blog Hop – Anything Goes
Happy Saturday – a day of creative sharing for me! This is blog hop #2 for the day! Our theme today is anything goes! I thought I’d give this Best Year Bundle another go this week – This time, I went with a little more feminine card by adding the gorgeous die cut poppy from… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Birthday Cards
Happy Saturday – a day of creative sharing for me! This is blog hop #1 for the day! We will start with Create with Connie and Mary and our Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features birthday cards!! What better new bundle to use than this one – This is the So Much Happy… [Read More]
