Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features adventure. I decided to use a set I haven’t used before, the Above the Clouds bundle. What an adventurous idea to combine it with the From My Heart Designer Series Paper, wouldn’t you agree? And, this sentiment is also perfect!!!… [Read More]
Friendship
Bonanza Banner Birthday
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our latest color challenge – I went with a cutesy birthday card – This would be suitable for anyone! It is just fun! I started with the Bonanza Buddies Dies to cut out the banners in the three challenge colors. I placed… [Read More]
Hello Sunshine
Happy Tuesday, my Try Stampin’ on Tuesday friends! Welcome to another 2 week challenge – Here is my thoughts on the challenge – I used the adorable Under My Umbrella bundle from Stampin’ Up! This sweet umbrella punch is just perfect for the rainy day feel from the Pleased As Punch Designer Series Paper. And,… [Read More]
Joy of Sets Something New Blog Hop
Welcome to our first hop of the year for The Joy of Sets! We are featuring something new! Since this is a blog hop, you’ll get lots of ideas if you go through the whole thing! It will totally be worth your while! As I was designing my card, I ran across this wonderful sketch… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Imagine
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features an imaginative use of a product or stamp. I used one of the new Designer Series Papers, Pleased As Punch (that will be available February 4th) to create these whimsical flowers (as a demonstrator, we can preorder these to get… [Read More]
Something for Everything
I decided to sit and just play with the December Paper Pumpkin, Something for Everyone. Here is what the kit looks like – The kit came with lots of goodies to make a variety of cards and also several versatile sentiments – Instead of creating the cards as shown above, I created 2 alternative cards… [Read More]
Friendship is a Blessing
Happy Sunday! Just had to get my crafty fix in before work by playing with new stuff – Isn’t this just soo lovely?? This large panel is from the Peaceful Poppies Designer Series Paper. The paper has actually done all the work of watercoloring for me! I just added a sentiment from the So Sentimental… [Read More]
Blogging Friends Blog Hop – Can You Feel the Love
Happy Friday! Welcome to our first blog hop of the year for – Our theme this month is anything new! Stampin’ Up just released the 2020 Occasions catalog and the Sale-a-Bration catalogs! Yay!!!! New stuff. New inspiration. Here is a link to the new Occasions Mini and the 2020 Sale-a-Bration catalogs. Now for my adorable… [Read More]
Hello Hello Hello
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our first challenge of the new year, colors – Nice, sweet colors for chasing away the winter blues! And, what perfect winter flower, a tulip! This is the new Timeless Tulips Bundle! The bundle includes the Timeless Tulips stamp and Tulip Builder… [Read More]
We Create – New Year New Products
Happy first day of 2020! What better way celebrate than to have a blog hop???? Our theme this month is anything new! I thought it would be appropriate to show off Valentine stuff – I started with a Real Red base. I added this lovely heart panel from the Detailed Hearts Die. It is gorgeous!… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Santa Claus is Coming to Town
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features Santa, Gingerbread, Elves, Penguin cards. I went with this adorable gingerbread house – It features coloring with Blends – my favorite! It was nice to take a break from the hustle and bustle of this busy season to just sit… [Read More]
You’re So Cool
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest challenge – I haven’t used this adorable Playful Penguins stamp in a while. I thought this was a cute play on the sketch! The penguin, sentiment and scarf are from one stamp set! I accented the Layering Circles with a… [Read More]
Grateful for Your Kindness
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest color challenge – What wonderful colors to create a lovely Thanksgiving card – Right???? I used the Come to Gather Designer Series Paper for the plaid background and one of the wreath layers. I wanted that beautiful wreath to be… [Read More]
I Told the Universe
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our latest 2 week challenge – You know what this means? Time to pull out a stamp set from the shelf! I went with Waterfront – I stamped the mountains, water, and trees all in tones of grays. I used Basic Gray, Smokey Slate and Black Memento to… [Read More]
Beautiful Friendship
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest color challenge – I decided to play with a die that I never have tried! It’s this gorgeous Butterfly Beauty Dies – These dies just spoke to me when I was trying to decide what to do with the colors…. [Read More]
Joy of Sets – Same Stamp Set 3 Ways
Welcome to our blog hop for Joy of Sets! Our theme this time around is one stamp set, created 3 different ways! Oh. . . . Did I have fun with this! My main stamp set / bundle that I started with was the Cup of Christmas bundle. I think this is extremely versatile for… [Read More]
Snowman Globe Christmas
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest color challenge – I took a Christmas approach with these unlikely Christmas colors and variety of products – A created a cute snowman in a snow globe! He, as well as the sentiment, are from the Snowman Season stamp set…. [Read More]
We Create – Orange You Spooky Blog Hop
Happy two-post Tuesday! This one is a blog hop! Our theme is Halloween! Ok, ok, ok! Let’s show the gang – What a cutesy, fun, happy card! Of course I used the Harvest Hello bundle, again! It’s soo much fun! You just stamp and punch for perfect pumpkins and jack-o-lanterns! I stamped some of these… [Read More]
