Hello my stampin’ friends! Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary challenge! Here is our newest layout challenge – As simple as this sketch is, it took me a while to figure what I was going to create with it. I love this though! These colors have soo much feeling! I combined the… [Read More]
Get Well
Here For You
Hello my stampin’ friends! Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary challenge! Here is our current color – After a few attempts at this challenge (I kept using the wrong color green, grrrrr), here is what I came up with – So pretty! Very appropriate now with all these Omicron cases on the… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – On The Ground
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features things on the ground! I had to think about this one, but this is what came to mind – A turtle! They are always on the ground! Except for this one! I had fun stamping this little guy then coloring… [Read More]
Sending Healing Hugs
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our latest two-week challenge – Optional Theme : Get Well This time of the year as winter approaches, we usually need cards like this. Not that we are still in the midst of a pandemic, we need these types of cards more and more! I used a Christmas-themed… [Read More]
Wishing You Well
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest challenge – I love this sketch! I’ve used it to create a few cards already! Today I’ll share this fall inspired one – Isn’t this simply gorgeous? I used the colors in the Come to Gather Designer Series Paper starting… [Read More]
Comfort & Joy and Soup
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our latest two-week challenge – Oh, perfect sketch to revamp this age old classic style card / treat holder – The old pocket card for soup or hot chocolate! I added soup to mine. (Lol, Dutch soup at that!)I thought it went well for the sentiment – My… [Read More]
Beautiful Destination
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Thursday challenge! Here is our newest color challenge – Nice colors this week! Perfect for this – I was inspired to create this type of card after one of my customers had a nasty fall. I figured she could use a little ‘pick me up’. Especially, after her surgery…. [Read More]
Sorry to Hear You’re Not Feeling Well
Happy Thanksgiving! And, welcome to the Create with Connie and Mary Thursday challenge! Here is our newest color challenge – A nice combination! Especially adding the foil! For my November Card Buffet, a couple people asked for ‘get well’ cards. Great idea! Weather has been changing and people get sick. I pulled out the stamp,… [Read More]
Favorite New Greeting – Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop
Happy Saturday! As we close another month, where did the time go??? Speaking of time, it’s time for another Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features our Favorite New Greeting. That’s like picking your favorite child!!! We have soo many great greeting! I decided to go with a unique greeting… [Read More]
Blogging Friends Blog Hop – March – Sale-a-Bration
Happy second post Thursday! This is a blog hop for Blogging Friends Blog Hop! You might be asking, ‘what is a blog hop’. Well, it’s a continuous travel through several blogs to see lots of great ideas with a theme! Our theme this month is – What a SUPER theme! First, let me tell you… [Read More]
Consider Yourself Hugged
Happy ‘three post’ Thursday! My first post is for Create with Connie and Mary and our new color challenge for the week. I love these soft, sweet colors! So I found an adorable bunny to go along with these colors – This just makes me want to squeeee! The bunny came from the We Must Celebrate… [Read More]
Espresso and Pumpkin
Well……that could mean a nice cup of stout coffee and a yummy fall treat or it could mean a color challenge!!!! You grab the coffee and delicious treat and I’ll show you a couple of samples for our color challenge. Downline color challenge #9. Early Espresso and Pumpkin Pie. Here is Carole’s beautiful card –… [Read More]
Happy Fall Y’all!
Yes, my Texas is showing! We celebrate fall in a big way here, high today of 90 and 95% humidity, lol!! Everything is still a nice shade of green! I am back to our weekly color challenges for my downline group. Our colors this week for challenge 8 are Cajun Craze, Tangerine Tango, and Garden… [Read More]
Hope, Is on The Way
Should read, help. Help is on the way….. A have a couple of friends who have RA, Rheumatoid Arthritis, (recently noted, Shelli Gardner, Stampin’ Up! founder does too) and the days can be unpredictable in how they feel. Lately it’s been really rough for one of my friends. Luckily, today she go in to have… [Read More]
Sending Gingerbread Smiles
Time for a bi-weekly Design Team card for Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our cool sketch to get you going – Challenge #297. Optional theme : Window Mmmmm. This had me stumped. No kidding. I looked at it. And, looked at it. Did a little pondering. After some deep thought about it, I came… [Read More]
Get Well Soon, Soup!
I know. Silly title. I polled my Card Buffet attendees about what type of cards they wanted to create or wanted to see at my May Card Buffet. Several responded with, get well. So, I got busy. I came up with this darling number – I know, picture is crooked. I promise, no day drinking…. [Read More]
Healing Happiness
From the time I received my Sale-a-Bration vellum until now, I hadn’t taken the opportunity to share any of my creations using it. And, although you can’t order it anymore, if you have it, I’m sure you’d like to know what you can do with it. Here is an idea – Nice. Simple. Clean. And,… [Read More]
Everyone has a Rainy Day
Friday. Friday. Friday. Yippee! Got a card to share today. I managed to squeeze in a little ‘me’ card making time. That makes me H A P P Y ! I have SO many card challenges pinned and I just can’t keep up. I want to try them ALL! Today, I went with The Paper… [Read More]