Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday Tuesday! We have another great 2 week challenge to inspire you – Optional Theme : Favorite Patterns Favorite pattern? Sort of difficult for me as several Designer Series Papers are my favorite patterns! I just picked one! The Happiness Blooms was the winner – This is such a fun card!… [Read More]
Encouragment
A Friend is Thinking of You
Happy Sunday! And, happy St. Patrick’s Day! I ran across Sunday Stamps and their 200th sketch! Now, that’s something to celebrate! These are my favorite kind of sketches, simple! I was immediately inspired! Perfect for pulling out the Cat Punch! Again! And, one of my favorite Designer Series Papers, Happiness Blooms. Adorable, right??? My inspiration… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Shades of Neutrals
Welcome to the first of two blog hops for me! This first one is my standing Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features shades of neutral colors. Perfect time to play with the Sale-a-bration Country Floral Embossing folder and try a new to me technique – This Country Floral Embossing… [Read More]
So Happy to Have you in My Life
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary challenge! Here is our newest challenge – I always get inspired when I create using these challenges! I knew I wanted to use the Amazing Life stamp set! One of the sentiments is perfect for the oval focal point – Wouldn’t you agree? Heres how I… [Read More]
Unstoppable
I just have to play with this adorable Painted Seasons Designer Series Paper, again! (It’s free with a $50 purchase during Sale-a-bration!) I was inspired by Inspire. Create. Stamping Challenges. when I saw this sketch – I came up with this to show off both sides of this adorable mushroom pattern – Such a sweet… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Shades of Green
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features shades of green! This very appropriate for March! I decided not to go with a St. Patrick’s Day card or a good luck card. I simply went with this – Green is one of my favorite colors! Especially, Call Me… [Read More]
Incredibly Proud
Welcome to our weekly Thursday Create with Connie and Mary challenge! Here is our newest color challenge – I just had to pull out this fabulous Painted Seasons Sale-a-bration stamp set and the coordinating Four Seasons framelits. Perfect combination for these colors! Directions – Petal Pink card base, 4 1/4 x 11, scored at 5… [Read More]
Beautiful Destination
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Thursday challenge! Here is our newest color challenge – Nice colors this week! Perfect for this – I was inspired to create this type of card after one of my customers had a nasty fall. I figured she could use a little ‘pick me up’. Especially, after her surgery…. [Read More]
You Make Me Proud
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary challenge! Here is our newest layout challenge – I thought this new Happiness Blooms Designer Series Paper was a great starting point – It pairs so nicely with the Friendly Expressions stamp set. I don’t think we express being proud of someone near enough! I already have… [Read More]
Simply Awesome
Happy Thursday! Time for a new Create with Connie and Mary challenge! This is our new color challenge for the week – I thought I’d try simple stamping, (#simplestamping, Stampin’ Up! is promoting) using these colors and this new Flowering Desert stamp set. Simply done, right? The card pretty much explains itself. I can not wait to… [Read More]
Love What You Do
Welcome to the Create with Connie and Mary Thursday challenge! Our newest challenge is a lovely color combination – I went with a simple design using this Love What You Do stamp set. I haven’t giving it near the love it deserves! It’s a very simply created card, but very pretty! I used a Sahara… [Read More]
Grateful You Everyday
Happy Tuesday my stampin’ friends! Time for another great challenge from Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our newest challenge to get you inspired – Optional Theme : Field of Flowers Perfect time to play with the Garden Impressions Designer Series Paper! It’s on sale until the end of the month, buy 3 Designer Series Papers… [Read More]
You……Are the Best
Welcome to the Create with Connie and Mary Thursday challenge! Today we have some great colors to challenge your creativity – The colors are vibrant and fun together. And, two of them are new! I thought of using the Tropical Escapes Designer Series Paper because those are the colors in that gorgeous pack, but, I… [Read More]
Hello
Welcome to the Create with Connie and Mary Thursday challenge! Isn’t this a great layout this week?!?! I love it! In designing my card for this week, I realize that I can use more simple, everyday cards. So, I went with a ‘hello’ card today – This lovely ‘hello’ is from Calligraphy Essentials. When stamped,… [Read More]
Love What You Do Bundle – Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop
Happy May 5th!!!! Playing with new stuff for Create with Connie and Mary and our Saturday blog hop. Our theme this week features the Love What You Do Bundle. It will be in the upcoming catalog, but is available for purchase now. It’s a really pretty suite of products. You can see them here. I went with… [Read More]
Friends Like You
Happy Thursday. We have a new card challenge at Create with Connie and Mary. Look at this awesome design – I am using some new stuff from the early release of the Share What You Love Suite. I created this – The Designer Series Paper is just fabulous! Here, I cut the flowers out individually for… [Read More]
Are You Motivated – Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop
Happy Saturday! Thank you for joining me and the Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week should get you motivated! I wasn’t sure what direction to go with my card this week. I kept gravitating to one of the stamps from Yay, You. It says, You’ve Got This. After playing around with… [Read More]
All About Neutrals – Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop
Hello! Welcome to the Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features cards containing neutrals. Who doesn’t love neutrals?? Just about every card ever created uses at least one neutral! I created this ‘sweet’ card – Sadly, this is a retiring stamp set and framelits. This card is fun and whimsical. The… [Read More]
