Happy Friday! And, a happy first post as the new Stampin’ Up! catalog has gone live! I love the Zany Zebra set and decided to play with it today. This weeks Freshly Make Sketches caught my eye – And added my touch of zebra – It’s just a silly, fun card! The border is the… [Read More]
Friendship
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]
New 2020-2021 Stampin’ Up! Catalog
Wahoo! It’s here. It’s beautiful! The NEW 2020-2021 Stampin’ Up! catalog! It’s filled with soo much creativity! We all need this right now! You can download this, check it out on the web or request a hard copy by emailing me. I added some handmade goodness for my customers – This is the adorable sunflower… [Read More]
We Create – Making A Splash
We have made it to June 1st!!! It’s felt like the last 3 months have been the longest! So glad to be creating and hopping with these lovely ladies today! Our theme this month is Making a Splash. I decided to create a cute tropical shirt card – This fun paper was made for this!!!… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Favorite New Preorder Product
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features our favorite new preorder product that is not a stamp set. I hadn’t really played with the other things I was able to preorder too much! But, I gravitated towards the Flowers For Every Season Memories & More Card Pack… [Read More]
Thinking of You Blossoms in Bloom
Happy Memorial Day to those in USA! Just sharing a quick card today inspired by The Paper Players newest sketch – Of course, I had to use something new – This is a beautiful flower stamped image without the additional dies that can be added! Quite simply done thanks to my Stamparatus! I stamped the… [Read More]
You Mean So Much To Me
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our latest two-week challenge – Optional Theme : Texture I decided that texture would come from this soon-to-retire Country Floral 3-D Embossing Folder (bonus, it’s mark down!) because it ‘s just soo pretty! I placed it on a piece of Parisian Blossoms Designer Series Paper, also on retiring and… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Brighter Days
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features a card to cheer someone up. Ohhhhh, so many things could be used for this theme. I decided to play with sunflowers. New sunflowers. Pretty, huh? This is a combination of several new products. I started with the Celebrate Sunflowers bundle…. [Read More]
I Love You This Much
Did you see my Wednesday post? Well, this is the other part of the two-part share. I really liked this sketch over at CAS Colours & Sketches – It caught my eye when I designed the other card. So, I have a similar card to share today – Soo sweet! I started with fussy cutting… [Read More]
Happy Retirement
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest layoutchallenge – Perfect sketch to give retiring projects another go. Since Father’s Day is around the corner, how about a masculine card? I’m sure many of you are working from home or perhaps have taken an early retirement. This might… [Read More]
I Love You This Much
Hello my friends! I have a quick two-part share. The other part will be on Friday. I was looking through my sketches to find something that caught my eye. Two did. The first one is from Tuesday Morning Sketches – I love this clean simpleness of this sketch. I decided to play with beloved retiring… [Read More]
Kre8tors Blog Hop – May Flowers
Hello! Happy Mother’s Day! Thank you for joining us today! Our theme this month is floral. Ok, pulling out more new Stampin’ Up! pre-order stuff! I went with an elegant, simply stamped card – However, it took me several tries to get just the right card. I used the new Tasteful Touches stamp set for… [Read More]
Thanks A Bunch
Happy Friday! It’s May 8th in case you are wondering!!! I know I was as I’ve been home since March 15th! Lol! I have kept busy creating cards and inspiring others. Today is no different. Playing with new stuff here! Yay! To get me started, I was inspired by CAS(E) this sketch! today – I… [Read More]
With Deepest Sympathy
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest weekly challenge – Sadly, I needed a sympathy card. I want to be very subtle in what I created with these colors. I chose to use the Peaceful Poppies Elements, ink pads, and Aqua Painters – To color the flowers,… [Read More]
Digital Birthday Party
Hello stampin’ friends! As things are ever evolving around the globe, we are at different stages as we recover and move forward from the pandemic. I was inspired today by Freshly Made Sketches – I came up with this little cutie – I was originally going to stamp the greeting, but remembered I had the… [Read More]
Let’s Just Roll With It
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our latest two-week challenge – I decided to use Stampin’ Up!’s Share Sunshine PDF Download for this card. There are 15 pages of digital images you can purchase and download to use right now! Best part, all 100% of the proceeds will benefit two charities of your choice… [Read More]
You Make Me Smile
I have a cute little card share today! I was inspired by Inspire. Create. challenges today with this sketch – I was thinking about my teacher friends for this one – A really cute, quick and easy card! I started with stamping the apple in Poppy Parade from the Harvest Hellos stamp set. Punched it… [Read More]
Your Friendship Is A Blessing
Hello stampin’ friends! I have a quick trio of cards today using up some of the cards I created for Friday. (I used a template from Dawn Olfchefske to create these.) I used the Best Dressed Designer Series Paper for all of these cards. Each has a different layout with the same sentiment. I love… [Read More]
