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]
Encouragment
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]
You are Like a Diamond
Hello! Happy Friday to you! I’ve been playing around with a new fold I ran across. I think it’s called, Triangle Gate Fold. I’ve been using some of my Paper Pumpkins kits to try out this fold. This one turned out very nice – It’s soo pretty! Slipping off the band, the two triangles flip… [Read More]
Pocketful of Happiness
Happy Monday! Who doesn’t like to get a nice surprise in the mail? You would if you got this – I followed this sketch from Freshly Made Sketches – I just saw this card when I saw this sketch! This is an adorable stamp set and I’ve been itching to play with it. It was… [Read More]
Happy Father’s Day, Gearhead
That’s right! I made a Father’s Day card for my hubs who is a gearhead – Pretty cool, right? I chose the colors for this from Color My Heart Color Dare challenge that’s why its all in blues! Or else it’d been all orange! And, the simple layout is from an all time favorite challenge… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Kid Cards
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features cards for kids! Perfect time to pull out the dinosaurs! Again! This is a great kid card, but, I think an adult would like it too! I used one of the patterns in the Dinoroar Designer Series Paper that has… [Read More]
Blogging Friends Blog Hop – Favorite New Catalog Product
Happy Friday! Having so much fun playing with new Stampin’ Up! stuff since the catalog went live on the 4th! Have you seen it??? We all decided to share our favorites so far for a blog hop! I went with something fun using the Dino Days bundle – Aren’t these the cutest??? This little guy,… [Read More]
Essence of Difficulty
Happy Thursday! Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Thursday Challenge! Here is our newest challenge – I am excited to be playing with new, gorgeous Designer Series Paper for this – Initially, when I designed this card, my sentiment was larger. It covered up this beautiful flower on this Perennial Essence Designer Series… [Read More]
Tropical Style Love & Thanks
Happy Thursday! Welcome to our newest Create with Connie and Mary challenge – How about some colors to inspire you? These colors have a tropical feel to them! Perfect for the Tropical Chic bundle! I used the Stamparatus to make the repetitive lines on the Pumpkin Pie. I stamped the image in one direction. There… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Purple Rain
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features shades of purple. Great colors to show off this new To a Wild Rose stamp set – This Purple Posy flower is sooo gorgeous!!! I made it simple here, but it also has two additional stamps to create depth and… [Read More]
We Create In Color 2018-2020 Blog Hop
Hello, May! Boy, this year is flying by….. The first of the month is always a blog hop for – The theme this month is 2018 -2020 In Colors. Wow, what great colors : Lovely Lipstick, Grapefruit Grove, Pineapple Punch, Call Me Clover and Blueberry Bushel. I paired them with a new stamp set I… [Read More]
Card Number 3, Hello Beautiful
This past weekend I hosted my monthly Card Buffet. I post the Buffet choices on my Facebook page and on Instagram. Here were the choices – I was quite funny that I was trying to figure out what card 3 was going to be. I knew I wanted to use the Butterly Gala Bundle so… [Read More]
