Welcome to the Create with Connie and Mary Thursday challenge! I’m playing around with wonderful fall stuff today – I really love this popular Country Home stamp set! At first, it didn’t catch my eye. But, the more I saw cards made with it, I decided I just had to purchase it! I stamped the… [Read More]
Challenges
Feathers & Frost & Friends
Welcome to the Create with Connie and Mary Thursday challenge! Liking my new look? Please SUBSCRIBE to receive updates! Here is our newest challenge – Fun, bright, cheery colors! I love them! I used a new stamp set from the Holiday Mini, Feathers & Frost for this lovely – When you see this stamp set… [Read More]
Coffee JOY
Happy Tuesday, my Try Stampin’ on Tuesday friends! Notice the new site???? Pretty nice, huh? Please take the time to subscribe to get future updates from me! We have a neat-o Tic Tac Toe challenge starting today – Wow! So many great choices! I wasn’t sure which direction I wanted to go in. I started with creating… [Read More]
First Frost Immeasurable Loss
Welcome to the Create with Connie and Mary Thursday challenge! Here is our newest challenge, colors – These are fun, new colors! And, I decided to use a new stamp to show them off! It’ll be available in the upcoming Holiday mini. It’s called First Frost. And, as you can see, it has framelits to… [Read More]
Tea Time for TSOT
Happy Tuesday! Time to share a card designed for Try Stampin’ on Tuesday, TSOT! Out theme this week is a color challenge – No optional theme this week. Since I’m also designing for my upcoming Card Buffet, I decided to use this sweet Tea Room Suite! I think this will be a hit! It’s simple done… [Read More]
Love & Thanks Tropical Style
Welcome to the Create with Connie and Mary Thursday challenge! Our newest challenge is a color challenge to get your creative juices going – All new colors to play with! I decided to go a little tropical here – I used the Tropical Chic bundle to create this. I stamped the flowers and the leaves first, then… [Read More]
Rhino Thanks You BIG TIME
Happy Tuesday my stampin’ friends! Time for a Try Stampin’ on Tuesday challenge. Optional Theme : Pop it Up I love these simple sketches! You can really do soo much with them! I decided I hadn’t played with this Animal Expedition Suite from Stampin’ Up. It’s simply adorable! I created a ‘window’ in my card – The sweet… [Read More]
Happy. . . . Christmas in August
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Thursday challenge! Here is our newest challenge – Neat. Simple. Clean. Just my style! I pulled out my pre-order items from Stampin’ Up to create this – I started with an exclusive Designer Series Paper, Dashing Along, available the month of September to hostesses. It’s lovely paper in… [Read More]
Heartfelt Gratitude
Welcome to the Create with Connie and Mary Thursday challenge! We have a nice challenge to get you creatin’ today – I was inspired to create a 4 1/4 x 4 1/4 card by this sketch. ……and, I wanted to play with the Tea Room Specialty Paper! It’s a bargain as you get 24 sheets… [Read More]
Grateful You Everyday
Happy Tuesday my stampin’ friends! Time for another great challenge from Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our newest challenge to get you inspired – Optional Theme : Field of Flowers Perfect time to play with the Garden Impressions Designer Series Paper! It’s on sale until the end of the month, buy 3 Designer Series Papers… [Read More]
SU Style Blog Hop July 2018
Hi Stampers! Do you ever wonder how you can use Stampin’ Up products in everyday life besides a card or scrapbook? Like in home decor? Well, perhaps our monthly hop can inspire you! I must admit, I was stumped for something to create as home decor that was different from a framed item. I quickly… [Read More]
Hello
Welcome to the Create with Connie and Mary Thursday challenge! Isn’t this a great layout this week?!?! I love it! In designing my card for this week, I realize that I can use more simple, everyday cards. So, I went with a ‘hello’ card today – This lovely ‘hello’ is from Calligraphy Essentials. When stamped,… [Read More]
Gold Wish
Happy Tuesday, my friends! We’ve got a new design challenge at Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Optional Theme : Foil What a great sketch and with foil – perfect! I pulled out one of my favorite papers, Broadway Bound because it has lots of foiled sheets in the package. I created this – It’s super fun! A… [Read More]
Celebrate
Happy post – 4th of July! Here in Houston, we survived another holiday flood! Not too soaked and was able to create a card for Create with Connie and Mary and out newest Thursday challenge! We are back to color and sketch challenges – Great happy colors! I designed this fun card with new products – I… [Read More]
Poppy Pool Party Friend
Welcome to the Create with Connie and Mary Thursday challenge! We’ve been ‘CASEing’ the new Stampin’ Up catalog for a few weeks now because there are soo many great ideas within its pages! Here is our last catalog image to be inspired by – Quite a pretty image! I really felt the urge to use… [Read More]
Hooray, Broadway Bound
Welcome to the Create with Connie and Mary Thursday challenge! We’ve been ‘CASEing’ the new Stampin’ Up catalog! Today we are using an image from page 5 – I love the simple design of this image! I decided to play with the Broadway Bound Suite of products again to create this – Isn’t this simply… [Read More]
WISH. Big.
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday Tuesday! We have a wonderful new sketch this week to inspire you – Optional Theme : Bold Sentiment I loved it! It inspired this – Which just might be the inspiration for my Open House / Garage Sale on Saturday, June 23! This card is easily reproduced in mass and can be… [Read More]
Welcome to the Beach
Happy Thursday. Ready for summer? I’m not sure I’m ready for the hot temperatures, but I am ready for a new challenge with Create with Connie and Mary! Our new challenge for the week – Funny thing, I went with a summer theme – Doesn’t this make you want to just sit on the beach and… [Read More]
