Hello stampers! I decided to whip a quick stamped card using the Tasteful Touches Bundle – I stamped the flowers in Sahara Sand randomly on Whisper White. I added a thin Basic Black border, then placed that on a Pool Party base. I stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set, then die cut it…. [Read More]
Encouragment
Faith
Hello Friday! What a week it has been. I created this card on Wednesday, but had trouble posting it. Simple. Serene. Mood invoking. Wednesday was the funeral for my brother. I planned his memorial. I spoke at his service. I needed the courage to speak. So I created a card for myself, yes, me. And,… [Read More]
Tied With Love
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest color challenge – And here is how I used it – I created a pretty ‘gift’ perfect for a birthday or any ‘just because’ occasion! My highlight was the stamped bow, colored with Stampin’ Blends. I added it to piece… [Read More]
Ornate Garden 6 x 6 One Sheet Wonder
Hello my friends! I’m delving into safe stamping with my stampin’ friends again, from a distance of course! And here is my latest project with them – Four cards from one 6 x 6 sheet of Designer Series Paper! Here is the way I cut the pieces for a visual –I cut four 3 x… [Read More]
Hope Changes Everything
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest challenge – Love these type sketches! I am feelin’ the fall feels, however, it is still 100° here!!!! I started with die cutting these adorable leaves. There are two dies for each leaf, one cuts the outside stitched edge, the… [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 – Hot Days of Summer
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features the Hot Days of Summer. You haven’t see hot until you’ve been in Houston during the summertime! Lol! Usually its 100°, with a feels like temperature of 110° and don’t forget to add the kicker of 90% humidity too! We… [Read More]
Blogging Friends Blog Hop – Back to School Bash
Happy Friday! Welcome to our monthly blog hop! Note the different header? Pretty nice I’d say!! Our theme this month is Back to School, scheduled long ago. Not sure how things are where you are from, but here, going back to classes in a classroom is pretty daunting with the Covid-19 cases still on the… [Read More]
Ridiculously Amazing
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest color challenge – Such lovely colors for this – You can never go wrong with sunflowers! Both these patterns are from the Flowers For Every Season Designer Series Paper, easy! This wonderful sentiment is from Ridiculously Amazing, stamped in Just… [Read More]
Love & Thanks
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! We are still CASing the catalog. Here is out latest challenge – I used the new Prized Peony Bundle in my take of this sketch – Gorgeous. Just gorgeous. My card base and embossed panel are Sahara Sand, a great neutral. The ‘sprigs’ behind… [Read More]
Brighten Your Day
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our latest two-week challenge – What wonderfully bright colors to go by! I decided to use the June Paper Pumpkin, Box of Sunshine, for a little help – Sweet, huh? The lemon, leaves, gold stripe strip, sequins, and sentiment are from the kit. The lovely ombre-like paper is… [Read More]
Joy of Sets Tic Tac Toe – July Challenge
Welcome to our monthly Joy of Sets Tic Tac Toe Challenge blog! Here is our latest monthly challenge grid – And here is my take on the sketch using Kraft Card, Jewel, Lace – I used Crumb Cake for the kraft. For the jewel, I stretched this idea with jewel-tone card stocks and rhinestones too…. [Read More]
Thanks a Ton
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our latest two-week challenge – Optional Theme : Make a Splash Perfect for the new Whale of a Time suite of products – I started with the Pool Party base, adding a piece of the Whale of a Time Designer Series Paper, along with another coordinating piece with… [Read More]
Whiskey Business
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest challenge – I have been itching to play with this new stamp set, Whiskey Business. This layout was perfect – I stamped the whiskey decanter and glass and colored both using blends. Then, I fussy cut them out, yes, everyones… [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]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Brighter Days
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features a card to cheer someone up. Ohhhhh, so many things could be used for this theme. I decided to play with sunflowers. New sunflowers. Pretty, huh? This is a combination of several new products. I started with the Celebrate Sunflowers bundle…. [Read More]
I Love You This Much
Hello my friends! I have a quick two-part share. The other part will be on Friday. I was looking through my sketches to find something that caught my eye. Two did. The first one is from Tuesday Morning Sketches – I love this clean simpleness of this sketch. I decided to play with beloved retiring… [Read More]
Kre8tors Blog Hop – May Flowers
Hello! Happy Mother’s Day! Thank you for joining us today! Our theme this month is floral. Ok, pulling out more new Stampin’ Up! pre-order stuff! I went with an elegant, simply stamped card – However, it took me several tries to get just the right card. I used the new Tasteful Touches stamp set for… [Read More]
