Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features winter or cards with snow. I took it literal this week – I stamped the image from the Still Scenes stamp set in Smoky Slate, coloring it with a variety of Blends markers. The roof and the snow are colored… [Read More]
Christmas
Toile Tidings Christmas Cheer
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest layout challenge – We will have this challenge up for two weeks because of Christmas. I went with a simple, lovely Christmas card – My base card is Very Vanilla, layered with an exact sized piece of the Toile Tidings… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – O Christmas Tree
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features cards with trees. Or maybe trees used in a different way?? Lol! Yes. I jumped on the gnome craze! The pattern papers are from the Wrapped in Plaid 6×6 Designer Series Paper. I took a Gold Foil-Edge card and cut… [Read More]
Thinking of You at Christmas Time
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest challenge – I went with a quick Christmas Card using these lovely, non-traditional colors – I started with one of the note card sized card bases. Next, I used one of the dies from the Detailed Bands Dies in Gold… [Read More]
Kre8tors Blog Hop – Christmas
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]
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]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Holly Jolly Christmas
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features a card with boughs, wreaths or evergreens. Of course, the All-Around Wreath Dies are just the thing – I started with the Gold Foil Edged Cards and layered Real Red, them the Toile Tidings Designer Series Paper. The wreath is… [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]
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]
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]
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]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Let it Shine
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features cards with shine! I think the Brightly Gleaming Suite is perfect for this! It is hard to capture the beauty of this paper on camera! Parts of it are copper metallic! I added the ornament in Copper Foil to bring… [Read More]
