Happy Sunday! I decided to play around with the Tag Buffet stamp set today. I was inspired by this sketch at Freshly Made Sketches – I just love this layout! I went with a cutesy Christmas card – I stamped the five stocking in Basic Gray and colored each with Blends. Then the fun began… [Read More]
Family
Hearts Come Home
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest challenge – And, here is what I created using it – Super cute! And, no stamping at all! I used the Trimming The Town Designer Series Paper for just about everything here! I started with a large people panel on… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Welcome Fall
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features welcoming fall! I think I welcomed fall a few weeks ago, lol! I just love fall! I am going with a favorite stamp set of mine, the Love of Leaves Bundle – I stamped just one of the leaves in… [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]
Hi, Minnie
Friday fun card today! I do have some (ok, lots of) other stamps and dies from other companies besides Stampin’ Up!. Here, I just had to combine two companies – I used all Stampin’ Up! except for the Disney mouse, which can be recreated with circle dies we have. The bright pink is Magenta Madness,… [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]
it’s your day!
Hello! I decided to play around with ‘hinge stamping’ and created this card – By the looks of the card, any idea what ‘hinge stamping’ is? Here you go – I placed the stamp from the Happiest of Birthdays on my Stamparatus near the top right, for me, hinge to the left, as straight as… [Read More]
Hello Fall
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our latest two-week challenge – Optional Theme : Texture I just got some new fall Stampin’ Up! products in and decided to give them a go – I started by cutting the dashed lines from the Stitched Leaves Dies in the middle of the card layer. Texture. I… [Read More]
Kre8tors Blog Hop – Anniversary
Hello! Happy Sunday! Time for a blog hop! Our theme this month, anniversary. I wanted to use new products for this, so I went with the Banner Year stamp set and Warm Hugs Bundle – A quirky take on an anniversary card! Lol! I stamped the cups in Misty Moonlight and Seaside Spray on Whisper… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Hot Days of Summer
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features the Hot Days of Summer. You haven’t see hot until you’ve been in Houston during the summertime! Lol! Usually its 100°, with a feels like temperature of 110° and don’t forget to add the kicker of 90% humidity too! We… [Read More]
Joy of Sets – Christmas in July Blog Hop
Happy Saturday! Welcome to my second blog hop for the day! I’m shifting gears for this Christmas in July. I just got all new Christmas stuff in. But, my favorite is this Best Plaid Builder Die to create a gorgeous Christmas plaid – For the plaid, I used Poppy Parade as the red. The thin… [Read More]
Kre8tors Blog Hop – Masculine
Hello! Happy Sunday! Welcome to our Sunday blog hop! Our theme this month is masculine – I decided to use the decanter from the Whisky Business stamp set and pair it with sentiment from Pattern Play. I added a few blue strips, including the new Misty Moonlight on top of an embossed piece of Whisper… [Read More]
Heartfelt Dandelion
Hell my Wednesday stampers! Today I have a Heartfelt share – I started with the new Dandelion 3D Embossing Folder. It really did most of the work for me here. I wanted to show as much of it as I could. It is very pretty! The feeling is heavy where I live, so I felt… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Masculine Cards
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features masculine themed cards. Since we are in full swing of a new catalog, I decided to show another new bundle. This tome, how about the Best Year Bundle – The Best Year Bundle is the Best Year stamp set and… [Read More]
You’re My Person
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest color challenge – I thought playing around with some new embossing folders would be nice – I embossed the three colors of card stock. The top, Coastal Cabana along with the Purple Posey, each use one of the folders in… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Favorite New Pre-Order Stamp Set
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features our favorite new stamp we got to pre-order. Pre-ordering is a nice perk of being a demonstrator. All the ones I got to preorder are great stamps! I decided to play around with the Lovely You stamp set. I fell… [Read More]
