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]
Congratulations
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]
Mr. & Mrs.
Hello my friends! Still making one card a day for the month of July!! I needed to create a wedding card. I needed some inspiration. I really liked this sketch at CAS Colours & Sketches this time around! Wonderful inspiration for this – I stamped the two cakes in Early Espresso on Very Vanilla. I… [Read More]
Happy Anniversary
I want to wish a very special friend a very special anniversary. It is their 30th!!! Wow! In honor, I created a simple, lovely card – I started with making the layered flowers piece. I used several of the Pressed Petals Specialty Washi Tape petals creating a square before deciding what shape I’d cut out…. [Read More]
Congratulations, Daisy
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our CASE the catalog challenge – I copied the layout and the colors a bit – I am enjoying playing around with the Daisy Lane Bundle. Here, I combined it with the Garden Lane Designer Series Paper and the Stitched Nested Labels Dies…. [Read More]
Look Who’s Hatched
OMG. I have the cutest card for the sweetest addition today! A friend of mine has four sons and recently had another addition to their family! As cute as can be on the outside – And, the inside – She is not into the girly, pink scene (I can’t blame her) so this it what… [Read More]
Floral Welcoming
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest catalog CASE challenge – This was a really fun one! I sort of went with a literal copy of this card only with stamps – My featured stamp set I used was Floral Essence. I chose it because it had… [Read More]
Band Together for a Birthday
Hello my stampin’ friends! I’m attempting to create a card everyday this month because it’s my birthday month! Perhaps I’ll be able to do that and play with my new stuff! Today I am inspired by a couple of challenges – Color. This comes from Hand Stamped Sentiments. Theme. This comes from Stampin’ Up! Only… [Read More]
In Color Birthday Fun
I have a simple share today from my Open House samples. I’ve gotten to where I use the Stamparatus more than my blocks when I stamp. Awhile back, I made this card and loved how perfectly the stamps lined up using the Stamparatus, so I left the stamps there. I was playing around with the… [Read More]
Blogging Friends Blog Hop – Favorite New Catalog Product
Happy Friday! Having so much fun playing with new Stampin’ Up! stuff since the catalog went live on the 4th! Have you seen it??? We all decided to share our favorites so far for a blog hop! I went with something fun using the Dino Days bundle – Aren’t these the cutest??? This little guy,… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Congratulations
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features any card celebrating graduation, weddings, or anything BIG! I needed a few grad cards, so I went with Graduation – The Silver Foil letters are the retiring, Large Letters Framelits. And, guess what? They are on sale!!! The Broadway Bound… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features shades of yellow. I decided to play with some new Designer Series Paper, Mosaic MoodSpecialty, that will be available June 4th. It’s soooo pretty. It was just too pretty to cover up! And, the mosaic pattern reminded me of a… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Favorite Bright Color
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features our favorite brights color. Can I say all of them?? I really like our colors, especially the brights! I started off trying to create a simply stamped card – Well, it turned into a little more! I started by stamping… [Read More]
Welcome to the Team!
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Every Tuesday we start a new two-week challenge. Here is the newest one – Optional Theme : Easter Fun I didn’t incorporate the theme, but I took the sketch and made two cards – I simply cut the same size pieces and placed on vertical and horizontal card bases! Both… [Read More]
Grapefruit Grove Piece of Cake
Hello Wednesday! Hello followers! How about some freshly made fun today!? I was inspired by Freshly Made Sketches with their newest challenge – A simply done sketch that has soo many possibilities. I am so drawn to the fresh Grapefruit Grove In-Color these days! Glad it is not retiring soon! Whew! And, glad that I… [Read More]
Sweet Celebration
I am gearing up for a Card Buffet this weekend! Beforehand, I create cards for potential choices on the Buffet. I look for inspiration in sketches and challenges to help me do that. I found that from Fab Friday from this sketch – I love the simplicity of their sketches! I created this simple design… [Read More]
Birthday Expedition
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary challenge! Here is our newest challenge – I couldn’t resist playing with this Piece of Cake Bundle – The Cake Builder Punch is currently unavailable, but…..as soon as it is, it’s a must have! I combined it with the Animal Expedition Designer Series Paper and an oval… [Read More]
