Happy July 1st! Wow, we’ve made it this far in the year but that’s about it! Lol! Creating just passes the time nicely! Today, a blog hop to start the month off! Our theme month is Look At These Labels. I combined one of the Tasteful Labels Dies with the Happiest of Birthdays stamp set… [Read More]
Craftie Quickie
Hello Monday!
Happy Monday! If it’s not the Saharan dust that has got us gloomy in Texas, it’s the increased Covid cases that have gotten us down. So here is a little sunshine to brighten your today – I have been itching to use the June 2020 Paper Pumpkin, Box of Sunshine. It is such a cheery kit!… [Read More]
Real Treat
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our latest two-week challenge – Optional Theme : Patterns Patterns? Have a got some cute patterns for you – Especially if you are a pet lover! This is the cutest Designer Series Paper! I chose a couple of the patterns that coordinated for cats and went with those…. [Read More]
Heartfelt Dandelion
Hell my Wednesday stampers! Today I have a Heartfelt share – I started with the new Dandelion 3D Embossing Folder. It really did most of the work for me here. I wanted to show as much of it as I could. It is very pretty! The feeling is heavy where I live, so I felt… [Read More]
You’re My Person
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest color challenge – I thought playing around with some new embossing folders would be nice – I embossed the three colors of card stock. The top, Coastal Cabana along with the Purple Posey, each use one of the folders in… [Read More]
Let’s Celebrate You (With Ice Cream)
Happy June 2nd and happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our latest two-week challenge at TSOT – Optional Theme : Sweet Treats Ahhhhh, the last card of this catalog with this adorable retiring Birthday Bonanza Designer Series Paper – Definitely sweet! Lol! Simply done with an almost full piece (4″ x 5 1/4″) of… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Favorite New Preorder Product
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features our favorite new preorder product that is not a stamp set. I hadn’t really played with the other things I was able to preorder too much! But, I gravitated towards the Flowers For Every Season Memories & More Card Pack… [Read More]
Thinking of You Blossoms in Bloom
Happy Memorial Day to those in USA! Just sharing a quick card today inspired by The Paper Players newest sketch – Of course, I had to use something new – This is a beautiful flower stamped image without the additional dies that can be added! Quite simply done thanks to my Stamparatus! I stamped the… [Read More]
Happy Retirement
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest layoutchallenge – Perfect sketch to give retiring projects another go. Since Father’s Day is around the corner, how about a masculine card? I’m sure many of you are working from home or perhaps have taken an early retirement. This might… [Read More]
Digital Birthday Party
Hello stampin’ friends! As things are ever evolving around the globe, we are at different stages as we recover and move forward from the pandemic. I was inspired today by Freshly Made Sketches – I came up with this little cutie – I was originally going to stamp the greeting, but remembered I had the… [Read More]
Let’s Just Roll With It
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our latest two-week challenge – I decided to use Stampin’ Up!’s Share Sunshine PDF Download for this card. There are 15 pages of digital images you can purchase and download to use right now! Best part, all 100% of the proceeds will benefit two charities of your choice… [Read More]
We Create – Mother May I
Welcome to my afternoon blog hop! Second one for the day! Our theme this month features card for mothers! Today, I getting prepped for upcoming May occasions! Earlier, I did a graduation gift card holder. Now, on to another Mother’s Day card. I used a template from Dawn Olchefske using three 6 x 6 sheets… [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]
Hello Friend, Tropical Style
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our latest two-week challenge – Optional Theme is to use both options in one card! I am not sure if I incorporated both, but here is my take on the challenge to inspire you – Vibrant. Pretty. East too! Just a base and a couple of layers of… [Read More]
You Always Brighten My Day
Haven’t seen me in few days, I know……I’m kind of in a creative funk. How about you? I look to challenges when I’m in a creative funk mood. This color one was put out for demonstrators to use and share to encourage all of us to keep stamping, #keepstamping – I pondered these colors for… [Read More]
Paper Pumpkin Flat Fold Pop-Up Card
Have you ever gotten a Paper Pumpkin kit from Stampin’ Up? It is a surprise box that comes once a month. What you get is all the supplies to create (usually) cards. All the supplies includes a block for the stamps in your first kit, stamps, ink spots, adhesive dots, dimensionals, card bases, ribbon/twine, sequins… [Read More]
Happy Birthday Toucan!
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our latest two-week challenge – Optional Theme : Jungle Fever I stretched the theme with my card – Toucans are in the jungle, right? Lol! This was such a fun sketch that I just had to take it in a fun way! I used the Birthday Bonanza Designer… [Read More]
We’re (Still) in This Together
Short and sweet today! I’ve designed another alternative for the March 2020 Paper Pumpkin, No Matter The Weather. Again. Adorable, right?? The only thing I added here was a card base and some retired twine! I did cut up the smaller card and the envelope for the card in the kit. Other than that, thats… [Read More]
