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]
Coloring
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]
Lucky Gnome
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! I have another darlin’ little gnome today! He has been sitting on my desk for several weeks now just waiting to placed on a card! He’s a little different than the other versions I’ve created. Right?? Super cute little guy! The base piece is Flowering Foils colored with Light & Dark… [Read More]
Joy of Sets – Easter / Spring Blog Hop
Happy Saturday! Welcome to my second hop of the day! This afternoon I’m joining up with – I am in the midst of getting ready for a Card Buffet next weekend so all these ideas will come in handy! I went with an adorable Easter card today – Soo sweet! This little lamb puts a… [Read More]
Memorable Birthday
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest challenge – Nice, earthy colors! Great for a anyone, but makes for a real nice masculine card – Wouldn’t you agree? I am excited that I finally got the Timeless Tropical bundle in along with the Tropical Oasis Designer Series… [Read More]
Welcome New Grandbaby
Ohhhh, I am soo excited!! My friends daughter, which is also my daughters childhood friend, just had a baby girl yesterday! Of course I just had to celebrate card style – Isn’t this the sweetest!?!?!?! I started with a sketch from CAS Colours & Sketches – I was soo excited I just didn’t know where… [Read More]
Kre8tors Blog Hop – Green Monochromatic
Hello stampers! Feeling green today with our fabulous blog hop? This is our inspirational picture and colors to create from – What great colors! I just love a good shade of green! Probably my favorite, and soon to retire, green from Stampin’ Up! is Call Me Clover. It made for such a lovely card –… [Read More]
Golden Painted Poppies Birthday
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our latest two-week challenge – Optional Theme : Letters / Numbers So I missed the optional theme and the flagged banner. Ooooppps. It is still a lovely card within the sketch guidelines! It happens sometimes. I started with a base of Pool Party. I added a couple of… [Read More]
