Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features adventure. I decided to use a set I haven’t used before, the Above the Clouds bundle. What an adventurous idea to combine it with the From My Heart Designer Series Paper, wouldn’t you agree? And, this sentiment is also perfect!!!… [Read More]
Encouragment
Hello Sunshine
Happy Tuesday, my Try Stampin’ on Tuesday friends! Welcome to another 2 week challenge – Here is my thoughts on the challenge – I used the adorable Under My Umbrella bundle from Stampin’ Up! This sweet umbrella punch is just perfect for the rainy day feel from the Pleased As Punch Designer Series Paper. And,… [Read More]
Joy of Sets Something New Blog Hop
Welcome to our first hop of the year for The Joy of Sets! We are featuring something new! Since this is a blog hop, you’ll get lots of ideas if you go through the whole thing! It will totally be worth your while! As I was designing my card, I ran across this wonderful sketch… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Imagine
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features an imaginative use of a product or stamp. I used one of the new Designer Series Papers, Pleased As Punch (that will be available February 4th) to create these whimsical flowers (as a demonstrator, we can preorder these to get… [Read More]
Joy of Sets Tic Tac Toe – January Challenge
Welcome to our monthly Joy of Sets Tic Tac Toe Challenge blog! I am happy to start off the new year as the host for the month! I chose all the squares on this months challenge – Isn’t this an awesome board for the month of January???? And here is my use of the board… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Encourage
Welcome to our first 2020 Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features a card with words of encouragement. This is perfect timing as a friend just received some unsettling health news and I was making her a card already. I just want to hug her. I pulled out this lovely… [Read More]
Hello Hello Hello
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our first challenge of the new year, colors – Nice, sweet colors for chasing away the winter blues! And, what perfect winter flower, a tulip! This is the new Timeless Tulips Bundle! The bundle includes the Timeless Tulips stamp and Tulip Builder… [Read More]
Friends Make the Season Shine
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest challenge – I love this type of sketch! I decided to ‘play’ and have some fun with the Blends markers to create this – Nice, isn’t it? The focal image is from Young at Heart. The wonderful, meant to match… [Read More]
Sweet Christmas Wishes
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our latest two-week challenge – Optional Theme : Winter Wonder Ok, how about using some more of this Let it Snow Designer Series Paper. I love this paper, but I really love it more when I have used it all up! Lol! It is a pretty sweet card,… [Read More]
I Told the Universe
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our latest 2 week challenge – You know what this means? Time to pull out a stamp set from the shelf! I went with Waterfront – I stamped the mountains, water, and trees all in tones of grays. I used Basic Gray, Smokey Slate and Black Memento to… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Back to School
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features back to school. I created a card for encouragement – This is one of my favorite sentiments from the Strong & Beautiful stamp set! Yes, I use it quite a bit! I combined it with the Harvest Hellos bundle, also… [Read More]
Blogging Friends Blog Hop – Back to School Bash
Happy Friday! Welcome to our blog hop! Our theme this month is Back to School bash! Awesome, as most schools start this month! We will have lots of ideas for those sweet handmade items you will want to create! Of course, I was literal with the theme, creating a card of encouragement – I used… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Vintage
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features a vintage looking card. Oh, these are fun to create! I decided the Tasteful Textures stamp was a great choice for this type of card – I repeatedly stamped this pretty antique looking shape in Sahara Sand on Sahara Sand…. [Read More]
Sailing Dreams
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! We have a new two-week sketch today – Optional Theme : Nautical Love this new Sailing Home Bundle! Just the perfect set for this challenge! Such beautiful cards you can create with it – This is fun, bright, and cheery! My base is Sahara Sand, followed with a Subtle textured… [Read More]
Happy Day Fish
Happy Monday! And, if you like to fish, a Monday fishing is the best way to start a week! Or, if not, maybe a card with a fish! Lol! I’ve been needing to send my brother a card for a little perk up as he has not been feeling well. He loves to fish and… [Read More]
Be Strong. Be Happy. Be You.
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our newest two-week challenge – Optional Theme : Vacation Fun I pictured the great wide open with lots of trees and a softly flowing stream – I was able to create just that in a card! Wow! Doesn’t this look like nature in a card?? I started with… [Read More]
You’ve Really Outdone Yourself
Still making a card a day! Wahoo! Today, I was inspired by CAS(E) this sketch and their layout – And, also the Paper Players for some color guidance – Great combination for some #simplestamping – This is just soo sweet! And, easy! The larger swirly circle is inked up then stamped off (stamped on scrap),… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Favorite New In-Color
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features our favorite new In Color. All of them are very pretty this year! However, the one that sticks out to is Pretty Peacock! It’s such a great neutral! Here, I paired it with Blushing Bride. And, this fabulous saying is… [Read More]
