Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features ideas on how to use the new Soft Pastel Assortment Chalks – I went with a simple technique that has been around for a long time, Poppin Pastels. To keep up with my theme this week, I used it with… [Read More]
Coloring
We Create – May Technique Toss Up
Happy Saturday! It’s the first of the month and time to share some creations with these talented stampers. Our theme this month is techniques. Perfect timing as I just received my Blending Brushes from Stampin’ Up! Well, what did I create with them? These – A beautiful set of cards using the same technique (makes… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Top ‘O The Morning
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features a St. Patrick’s Day card! I combined a few different product for this sweet number – I started with these ‘shamrocks’ from the Pierced Blooms Dies in Shaded Spruce. I trimmed them up a bit to make them look more… [Read More]
Happy Birthday Chick
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our latest 2 week challenge to inspire you – Optional Theme : Peek-a-boo When I read the theme for this, I knew exactly what I wanted to use! The new Hey Birthday Chick Bundle – More specifically, this little emerging chick! So adorable!!! I colored the little cuties… [Read More]
Blogging Friends Blog Hop – January 2021 – Sale-a-Bration Times C’mon
Happy January 1, 2021! Let’s start this year off with a bang blog hop! Or maybe two hops!! Our theme is Sale-a-bration! Sale-a-what? Every year during the first part of the year, Stampin’ Up! hosts a bonus promotion. For every $50 (USD) you spend, you get to pick a free specially designed item of stamp… [Read More]
Peaceful Nativity
Merry Christmas! Thank you for stopping by! Quick post today sharing a couple of cards I made for 2 very special people. I used the Peaceful Nativity bundle creating two cards. One in Crumb Cake – And one in Misty Moonlight – For both card, I used this nifty fold that is flat when mailed,… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Home for the Holidays
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features Home for the Holidays. I played around with a few different things to create this – I stamped the house from the Coming Home stamp set, coloring it with Blends. I used the Home Together Dies to cut it out…. [Read More]
Stocking Up On The Love
Happy Sunday! I decided to play around with the Tag Buffet stamp set today. I was inspired by this sketch at Freshly Made Sketches – I just love this layout! I went with a cutesy Christmas card – I stamped the five stocking in Basic Gray and colored each with Blends. Then the fun began… [Read More]
Curvy Christmas
Hello Wednesday! Hello playing with new stuff today! This is a perk of being a demonstrator – you can do this just as a hobby you know – getting to order stuff before everyone else does! The Curvy Celebrations product line consists of two stamps, one set of dies, and Designer Series Paper. Here, I used… [Read More]
Hi, Minnie
Friday fun card today! I do have some (ok, lots of) other stamps and dies from other companies besides Stampin’ Up!. Here, I just had to combine two companies – I used all Stampin’ Up! except for the Disney mouse, which can be recreated with circle dies we have. The bright pink is Magenta Madness,… [Read More]
Hello Fall
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our latest two-week challenge – Optional Theme : Texture I just got some new fall Stampin’ Up! products in and decided to give them a go – I started by cutting the dashed lines from the Stitched Leaves Dies in the middle of the card layer. Texture. I… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Playing with Patterns
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week we are Playing with Patterns! I have had the adorable Nothing’s Better Than bundle just waiting to be created with. Ok. here goes – I stamped the fancy drink glasses in Calypso Coral in somewhat of a pattern. I stamped the… [Read More]
Kre8tors Blog Hop – July Tropical Nights
Hello! Happy Sunday! I hope you are staying healthy and well in your part of the world. Scary times we are living in right now. Time to show off what we are keeping ourselves busy with while at home with a blog hop! This is our inspirational picture and colors to create from – Here… [Read More]
With Deepest Sympathy
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest weekly challenge – Sadly, I needed a sympathy card. I want to be very subtle in what I created with these colors. I chose to use the Peaceful Poppies Elements, ink pads, and Aqua Painters – To color the flowers,… [Read More]
Joy of Sets Tic Tac Toe – May Challenge
Welcome to our monthly Joy of Sets Tic Tac Toe Challenge blog! And, just so you know, it’s May. May 2nd!!! Lol! I hope is well with and your family. And, that you are finding the time and energy to create! Challenges can be a great starting point! Here is our latest monthly challenge grid… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – May Flowers
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features any kind of flower. I played around with the simple Band Together flower image creating several different looks from the one colored image. Which do you like best? Here is the initial card I created – Its basically simple stamping… [Read More]
Young At Heart
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest challenge – I felt like doing a bit of coloring – This just made me smile! Hopefully, by the fourth of July, we can get out and be around people! The pennant is from the Stitched Nested Labels. I made… [Read More]
Welcome Little One
Happy day!! I love when someone calls and ask, ‘do you have a card for ____’! I can either rummage through a few hundred categorized cards or I can just whip one up! I decided it was quicker to whip up a new card – The request was for a card for a baby girl…. [Read More]
