Welcome to our blog hop for Joy of Sets! Our theme this time around is a Tri-Fold card. I like creating fun folds, and this is a new one for me – By itself, it looks like this – Opening each flap – And the apple card – And opened – Both cards us the… [Read More]
Clean & Simple
Eat, Drink and Be Freshly Made
Happy Sunday! Got a cute share today inspired by Freshly Made Sketches newest challenge – Great sketch as always! I was feeling a bit in the halloween mood so I created this gem – Sweet, right? I stamped three wine glasses and filled them with a spooky mix, Gorgeous Grape, Granny Apple Green, and Pumpkin… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – National Coloring Day
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features an image to color, because it’s National Coloring Day! I love to color! When my girls were young, this was a favorite past time for us. We we went out to eat, we always had coloring books along with the… [Read More]
Wishing You Well
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest challenge – I love this sketch! I’ve used it to create a few cards already! Today I’ll share this fall inspired one – Isn’t this simply gorgeous? I used the colors in the Come to Gather Designer Series Paper starting… [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]
Happy Retirement
Happy Monday! I was very honored last week. I was asked to create a card for the retiring son of the company founder for the other company I work for, James Avery Artisan Jewelry. Yes, I have another passion, jewelry! I went with something that related to our store (location) and the company. And, I… [Read More]
Kre8tors Blog Hop – Brides & Babies
Hello Sunday! And, hello to my blog friends at – This month our theme is Brides & Babies! Oh, decisions as I have both a wedding and several babies born around this time! I went with a card for a couple – I started by using the Stamparatus to stamp the top sentiment on Very… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Back to School
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features back to school. I created a card for encouragement – This is one of my favorite sentiments from the Strong & Beautiful stamp set! Yes, I use it quite a bit! I combined it with the Harvest Hellos bundle, also… [Read More]
Blogging Friends Blog Hop – Fall
Happy Friday! Today is the first Friday of the month and a blog hop! And, it’s still Stamp-tember for me too! Our theme this month is fall! Perfect as fall is my favorite time of the year! I just love this Apple Builder punch in the new holiday mini. It sure makes for a sweet… [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]
Hello, Birdies
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! And, Happy Stamp-tember 3rd! Here is our newest two week challenge – Optional Theme : I tried to find something on the board, but I wasn’t successful. I managed with Pink and Die Cuts, not even close. I even turned the sketch for my design. It is an adorable card… [Read More]
Candle Congratulation
Happy Labor Day! I decided to spend part of my day crafting! That’s unusual! I was inspired by this sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches this week – I say inspired because I made a simple one layer card – What I was actually playing around with was extending the banner die length in this… [Read More]
It’s Your Special Day
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest challenge – I knew the minute I saw this sketch I wanted to play with the Wish for It All bundle! Really sweet card, right? And, perfect for a birthday or wedding or any day someone should just feel special!… [Read More]
Wishing You Well
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! We have another great sketch to inspire you for the next two weeks – Optional Theme : Plaid / Checks I’m feeling the fall feels for this challenge! And, playing with new stuff! I started with a Cajun Craze card base. When is the last time you pulled out Cajun… [Read More]
Delightful Mosaic Mood Birthday
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday. You know what that means, another two week challenge to inspire you! I love that we have an inspiration photo to go with our layout this time! I sort of went with the colors creating this – This gorgeous Designer Series Paper is Mosaic Mood. It’s a nice heavy weight… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Featuring the 3 D’s
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features the 3 D’s : Dies, DSP, and Dazzle! What a great theme! I combined two gorgeous products here – The candle and sentiment dies are from the Wish for It All bundle. See a Silhouette is the Designer Series Paper… [Read More]
Celebrate Wreath
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest challenge – What a wonderful sketch to play with a new stamp set and coordinating dies! This will be available September 4 – This combines the Seasonal Wreaths stamp set and the All Around Wreath Dies. There is actually a… [Read More]
