Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features Valentine cards! I have a really sweet one for you – Right??? I started with this beautiful Detailed Hearts Die in Silver Foil. I literally went through my Designer Series Papers to find the right one that looked Valentine-ish. This… [Read More]
Friendship
Congratulation Lily
Happy Wednesday! Taking advantage of some creative energies while I have them! Lol! I decided to play around with some Sale-a-bration free items today, the Lovely Lily Pad stamp set and the coordinating Lily Pad Dies. I got some inspiration from The Paper Players and their newest challenge – Here is what I did –… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Achievement
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features acknowledging achievements. I went with the Pleased As Punch Designer Series Paper that will be available on February 4th. – This is one of my favorite sentiments! It is from the stamp set, Strong & Beautiful. I guess that goes… [Read More]
Thinking of You Sweet Friend
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest layout challenge – I really like this Sale-a-Bration Designer Series Paper, Golden Honey. It is my favorite offering so far. What is really extra special is the Honey Bee bundle, Honey Bee stamp set and Detailed Bees Dies, coordinate perfectly… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Adventure
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]
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]
