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]
Christmas
Bundled Up Christmas Cheer
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest layout challenge – As always, a great way to get the creative thoughts going. I went with a cutesy Christmas card – I love this little bundled up snowman! All the paper in this Let It Snow pack is adorable!… [Read More]
Monochromatic Christmas Wishes
Happy Monday! It looks like the rest of the year is going to fly by. It always does. Creating and sharing slows things for me. How do you get through the holiday mayhem? To spark my creating, I always look to challenges for inspiration. Today, I ran across the Joy of Sets and their latest… [Read More]
We Create – Regals Collection
Happy November 1st! This is the second of two hops for today showing off some great inspiration! This one is for – This months theme is the Regals collection of colors. I decided to incorporate the Tidings All Around bundle creating a lovely Christmas card – Nice mix of Regals colors I’d say! I die… [Read More]
Blogging Friends Blog Hop – Celebrate with Some Christmas Cheer
Happy November 1st!! Time to kick the month off with a couple of blog hops! I’ll start with – The new Christmastime is Here Suite Bundle is now available for you to order! I am soo happy because the possibilities are endless with this suite! Here are a couple of cards I created – The… [Read More]
Winter Wishes Paper Pumpkin Style
Happy Wednesday! I wanted to create something today but, I wasn’t sure just what! I found a little inspiration from a challenges, Freshly Made Sketches. They have a nice design this week – I like it because it’s a square card! I pulled out my October 2019 Paper Pumpkin, Winter Woods and created this… [Read More]
Merry Christmas, Magnolia
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our latest 2 week challenge – Optional Theme : Stripes How about a simple Christmas card? Doesn’t get any more simpler than this! Both pattern papers are from the Magnolia Lane Designer Series Paper pack. The smaller, flower patters was colored with a Real Red Blends marker. The… [Read More]
Coloring Christmastime is Here
How is your Monday so far? I needed a little color therapy today. Stampin’ Up! Only Challenges! felt the same way! Their challenge this week encourages us to pull out the coloring items and get to coloring! I pulled out this lovely stamp, Christmas Rose stamp set and some Blends – Beautiful, huh? This Christmas… [Read More]
Joy of Sets – Same Stamp Set 3 Ways
Welcome to our blog hop for Joy of Sets! Our theme this time around is one stamp set, created 3 different ways! Oh. . . . Did I have fun with this! My main stamp set / bundle that I started with was the Cup of Christmas bundle. I think this is extremely versatile for… [Read More]
Snowman Globe Christmas
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest color challenge – I took a Christmas approach with these unlikely Christmas colors and variety of products – A created a cute snowman in a snow globe! He, as well as the sentiment, are from the Snowman Season stamp set…. [Read More]
Christmas Wishes
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest challenge – Great sketch to highlight this beautiful bird – Right? Using nontraditional colors is soo nice for this Christmas card. I started with the Toile Christmas suite, stamps, dies, and Designer Series Paper. I stamped the bird in Night… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – World Card Making Day
Welcome to our World Card Making Day Edition of our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Of course, our theme this week features something for World Card Making Day! How about playing with new stuff????? This is the soon to be available, Christmas Time is Here Suite Bundle. It contains a stamp set, dies,… [Read More]
Deck the Halls
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest color challenge – In the middle of all the Halloween cards, I decided to go with a Christmas card! I know you’re thinking, ‘what’s up with that card’? Open it! Pretty nifty, huh? It’s a z-fold! I felt the ornaments needed… [Read More]
Snow Globe Fun
Have you seen the new holiday mini from Stampin’ Up!? It. Is. Awesome. Take a moment to view it here. I am slowly getting into playing around with new products too! Take a look at this sweet little creation – Adorable, right?!?! I just was playing, but I liked the way it turned out! I… [Read More]
Comfort & Joy and Soup
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our latest two-week challenge – Oh, perfect sketch to revamp this age old classic style card / treat holder – The old pocket card for soup or hot chocolate! I added soup to mine. (Lol, Dutch soup at that!)I thought it went well for the sentiment – My… [Read More]
Catalog & A Cup of Cheer
Oh. Oh. Oh. I am rather excited today!!! The new Holiday Mini Catalog is now viewable for ALL to see!!! So, grab a cup of your favorite – And, enjoy the new catalog! And, this lovely card created with new products! I started with a notecard base, adding a strip of Wrapped in Plaid Designer… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Christmas in July
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]
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]
