Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our latest 2 week challenge – Optional Theme : Bold & Bright I was stumped with this card for a bit. But, new products to the rescue! I love this card! it’s a WOW! I used brand new products available today as we read! This is the Butterfly… [Read More]
Encouragment
So Lucky
Happy March 1st!! Starting the month off on the challenges foot. We have a new challenge over at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge today – Slim card – yay! I love these! I went with a sweetly styled card – I have so many great friends. I realized this last week when we were taking care… [Read More]
Wishing I Could Heal Your Heart
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! We have 6 more days until Sale-a-bration ends. I’m featuring different options this week. I combined a stamp set with our challenge today. Here is our latest 2 week sketch – Optional Theme : Sympathy This is a great challenge as we all need sympathy cards from time to time,… [Read More]
Sending Lots of Happy
Awwwww, I just love playing with paper and stamps! I created a card just to send some happy! My inspiration for this beauty? The Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge! I used some of the Flower & Field Designer Series Paper I got free because of Sale-a-bration! It was free after I purchased some card stock, ink… [Read More]
Thinking of You In The Pines
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest challenge – Such classic Christmas colors!!! I love them! And, I had too many directions to go with these colors. I narrowed it down to this – A classic card using the retiring stamp from the In The Pines Bundle… [Read More]
Joy of Sets Tic Tac Toe – December
Welcome to our last monthly Joy of Sets Tic Tac Toe Challenge blog! Here is our farewell challenge grid for the group – And here is my take on the sketch – I almost used ALL the ideas on the board! New Year, Stripes, Glitter New year, Sparkle, Metallic Stripes, Non-Traditional, Monochromatic Sparkle, Non-Traditional, Snowflake… [Read More]
Blogging Friends Blog Hop – Memories of Christmas Past
Happy day! Thanks for stopping by! Our theme this month features Christmas Past. I’ll interpret this to be something favorite of Christmas’ past. For me, that would be homemade ornaments. I used to cross stitch all sort for the kids and their teachers. Mainly, stitching their names the way they wrote them at the time…. [Read More]
Day Full of Perks
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest challenge – I decided to pull out the Classic Christmas 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper and the adorable Press On stamp set – This is just cute, quirky, and fun! Perfect card for this layout! I did stamp the… [Read More]
Simple Things
Happy Wednesday! I am working on random stampy things and I needed a bit of a break! The sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches caught my eye today – Conveniently, I have new stamps sitting on my desk! This gem took (believe it or not,) several attempts! Sometimes, simple, elegant cards are harder than they… [Read More]
Just Want To Say
Happy Day! Playing with new stuff from the January to June 2021 Catalog today! I was inspired by TGIF Challenges today – I have been itching to to play with this gorgeous Art Gallery Bundle – See how pretty this is??? The Fine Art Floral Designer Series Paper is soo detailed. It is an actual… [Read More]
OnStage Stampin’ Fun
Oh what fun I had this past Thursday to Saturday! Since everything is still being done virtually, I attended the annual Stampin’ Up! convention this year, virtually! It was soo much fun! I mean, who doesn’t love watching from the comfort of your own home in comfy clothes, on a recliner, with your cat!?!?! I… [Read More]
Your Friendship
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our latest two-week challenge – Optional Theme : Autumn What a fun sketch! Perhaps because fall is soo fun! I went with my favorite sized card, a mini slim card, using the Gilded Autumn Specialty Designer Series Paper – Isn’t this sweet!?!? The size of this card is… [Read More]
You Are So Special
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]
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]