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]
Encouragment
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]
We Create – April Blog Hop
Happy Easter! My second post on Easter today! Another blog hop! This one is for We Create. Our theme is to create a card, then recreate it again, adding elements to ‘step it up’, make it fancy. My other post today used the Whisper White Narrow Note Card & Envelops and retiring colors. I decided… [Read More]
Blogging Friends Blog Hop – CASE a Blog Hop Member
Happy Easter my friends! Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by and see my creations! I decided to CASE this post from Mary Blocher of Power Huff stamping. Take a quick peek, but come right back so you can follow the hop! She made a set of narrow cards using this… [Read More]
..Best..Friend..Ever…
Happy Thursday! I have an adorable card designed for our new color challenge at Create with Connie and Mary – I have been itching to play with the new Apron of Love bundle. So, I finally thought these colors were perfect to design with! I started by cutting the apron from the Sale-a-Bration Designer Series Paper,… [Read More]
Consider Yourself Hugged
Happy ‘three post’ Thursday! My first post is for Create with Connie and Mary and our new color challenge for the week. I love these soft, sweet colors! So I found an adorable bunny to go along with these colors – This just makes me want to squeeee! The bunny came from the We Must Celebrate… [Read More]
Sending Lots of Love
Happy Thursday! You know what that means! Time for another fabulous card designed for Create with Connie and Mary and our new weekly challenge! We are back to out alternating color and layout challenges. This week, some fabulous colors – To compliment the colors, my card – Bold, fun, creative! I started with stamping the… [Read More]
We Create July Blog Hop
This is the THIRD of three blog hops for me today! Please check them all out and leave comments! I’ll be giving away BLOG CANDY to one lucky person who comments on all three posts today!! Here is the giveaway – Notecards & envelopes, rhinestones, stamp set, clear block and 3 ink spots!!! (Please leave… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Black and White
Happy Saturday!! Time to get our creativity on with Create with Connie and Mary blog hop! But first, did you know we have a wonderful 14 project mini session tutorial also? It’s great for individual use or a craft night with friends? We are featuring: Delightful Daisy Bundle, Colorful Seasons Bundle, Tranquil Tulips, Wood Words Bundle, and a… [Read More]
Lemon Lime Wonderful Friend
Time to CASE another idea from the catalog for Create with Connie and Mary! This is what we are going by this week. A fun sketch and great colors! I pulled out a new In-Color, Lemon Lime Twist as my starting point to create this – I combined it with the Flourish Thinlits. It made… [Read More]
