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]
Friendship
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Blue Morning / Blue Day
Happy Saturday! Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features shades of blue. I pulled out the Stamparatus again to play with a repetitive stamp design – Actually, two! I have started pulling the Stamparatus out a lot lately! It saves on wasting nice card stock, most of… [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]
Best Catch Ever
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! We have another inspirational two week challenge! Such a great way to get you to play with your stuff and be creative! Optional Theme : Watercolor What a great simple layout to work with. Especially, if you flip it as I did! I chose a masculine card! It’s simply great… [Read More]
Springtime Kre8tors Blog Hop
Hello! And, happiest of Sundays! I’m so excited to be participating in the Kre8tors Blog Hop today! We are people from all around the globe sharing ideas today to inspire you with the colors of Spring! This is our inspirational picture and colors to create from – Beautiful colors of Spring I’d say! I started… [Read More]
Say Yes to Cake!
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary challenge! Here is our newest challenge – I thought this was perfect to pull out the Broadway Bound Designer Series Paper to create this – I just love this!! It’s so bright and cheery! I just so happen to have this scrap of the striped pattern… [Read More]
Lovely Wedding Wishes
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Need some motivation to play with your stuff today? How about this new challenge – Optional Theme : Embossing Perfect inspiration to create this wedding wishes card – First off, I haven’t played with this gorgeous Merry Merlot color much. and, why? It’s gorgeous!!!! I created the embossed background by… [Read More]
Part of My Story
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday Tuesday! We have another great 2 week challenge to inspire you – Optional Theme : Favorite Patterns Favorite pattern? Sort of difficult for me as several Designer Series Papers are my favorite patterns! I just picked one! The Happiness Blooms was the winner – This is such a fun card!… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Simple Stamping
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features Simple Stamping. Ok, this is supposed to be easier, but sometimes it is a bit more difficult! Once you figure out the stamp set and the direction you want to go in, it really is easy! I decided to mimic… [Read More]
Best Wishes from All of Us
Happy Tuesday! Sharing a card designed for Try Stampin’ on Tuesday and our newest sketch challenge – Optional Theme : Tiny Things I just had to use the Cat Punch. Again. The Cat Punch was perfect to use with these Stitched Shapes squares for this sketch! I used a variety of pinks for the squares, all placed… [Read More]
You’re My Everything
Happy Thursday! Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary newest challenge! Here is our newest colors to inspire you – Very sweet colors! I was inspired by the January Paper Pumpkin and the cute kangaroo in that kit to create this – I framelit cut the kangaroo from the Designer Series Paper, Animal Expedition, using the Animal… [Read More]
Two Card Share
Happy Wednesday! This past Monday night we had our Team Christmas party! We ate, we socialized, we laughed, we exchanged gifts, we played an adorable left / right game and we made a couple of cards using new products! Both cards are cute and might end up on my Card Buffet! This one uses the… [Read More]
Happy Birthday
Happy Tuesday! It is a new year and what better time to get back into the grove of design team regular posts!?!? I’ll start with with a card designed for Try Stampin’ on Tuesday and our latest two week challenge – Optional Theme : Bold & Bright Great time to use the How Sweet It Is Designer… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary – Saturday Blog Hop – How Sweet It Is
Welcome to our first Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop of 2019! Our themes for the next few weeks will feature love / musical themes. This week it will be How Sweet It Is. I used the Hello Cupcake Sale-a-Bration stamp set again creating this beauty – The card base is Real Red, with a… [Read More]
Gift of Friendship
Welcome to our weekly Create with Connie and Mary Thursday challenge! Here is our newest color challenge – Beautiful Christmas colors, especially when paired with Very Vanilla – I stamped the wreath in the upper portion of the Very Vanilla panel in Mossy Meadow. I colored the berries with the Light Cherry Cobbler Blends. The Grey… [Read More]
See Ya Soon Sweet friend
This past Sunday was a dear co-workers last day to work with us. It was bitter sweet. I had to make her a card. The Buffalo Check background was sitting on my desk, ready to go. I just needed something sweet to add to it. Since we are in Pearland, we collect lots of pear… [Read More]
Favorite Holiday Catalog Greeting – Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop
Happy Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features our Favorite Holiday Catalog Greeting. Favorites are always difficult as several are always my favorite! You as well? I went with one from the Country Home stamp set – I think this is just the sweetest sentiment! I mean, who wouldn’t love to… [Read More]
Feathers & Frost & Friends
Welcome to the Create with Connie and Mary Thursday challenge! Liking my new look? Please SUBSCRIBE to receive updates! Here is our newest challenge – Fun, bright, cheery colors! I love them! I used a new stamp set from the Holiday Mini, Feathers & Frost for this lovely – When you see this stamp set… [Read More]