Hello! Happy Friday! How about a hop to finish the week out? Our theme this month is anything but a card. Perfect timing! Every year I create a gratitude journal for my fall classes. Since this year is different with virtual classes, I created an adorable box of goodies from the Mini Paper Pumpkin Boxes… [Read More]
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Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Thinking of Christmas
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features Christmas on Halloween! I have been making lots of Christmas cards lately. Last week, I hosted a Zoom to make cards from the Tag Buffet Kit. Here is the kit – And here are the six adorable cards we made… [Read More]
Welcome Back!
Happy Friday! Although, these days, everyday is a Friday! I am trying to be creative everyday this month. So far, not bad…. Here is what inspired me today – I have always liked these challenges, just never decided to use one. until today! Sooo sweet! From the list I used : Back to School, Plaid,… [Read More]
Tied With Love
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest color challenge – And here is how I used it – I created a pretty ‘gift’ perfect for a birthday or any ‘just because’ occasion! My highlight was the stamped bow, colored with Stampin’ Blends. I added it to piece… [Read More]
Joy of Sets – Christmas in July Blog Hop
Happy Saturday! Welcome to my second blog hop for the day! I’m shifting gears for this Christmas in July. I just got all new Christmas stuff in. But, my favorite is this Best Plaid Builder Die to create a gorgeous Christmas plaid – For the plaid, I used Poppy Parade as the red. The thin… [Read More]
Dog House Birthday
Happy Monday! I hope you had a safe and fun holiday weekend! I felt the need to play around with this challenge from The Paper Players today – Who doesn’t love a good fancy fold?? I repurposed a the kite fold and created a dog house – When you open it, you see the nifty… [Read More]
Joy of Sets – Splish Splash Blog Hop
Happy Saturday – a day of creative sharing for me! This is blog hop #3 for the day! Our theme is a fun one to kick off warmer temperatures and summer fun! I thought about kites flying in the summer breeze – The kite is placed on a flat card base and opens – How… [Read More]
Joy of Sets Tic Tac Toe – June Challenge
Welcome to our monthly Joy of Sets Tic Tac Toe Challenge blog! Here is our latest monthly challenge grid for June – And here is my take on the sketch – Animals, Ombre, Fussy Cut I just love these goats! And, they have to be fussy cut….They are from a new stamp set, Way to… [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]
Joy of Sets Tic Tac Toe – May Challenge
Welcome to our monthly Joy of Sets Tic Tac Toe Challenge blog! And, just so you know, it’s May. May 2nd!!! Lol! I hope is well with and your family. And, that you are finding the time and energy to create! Challenges can be a great starting point! Here is our latest monthly challenge grid… [Read More]
Blogging Friends Blog Hop – Something Old
It’s May 1st! Wow! Time to get your creativity going with a couple of blog hops! This one is for – Our theme this month is something old, well something that’s retiring. I went with a stamp I just got from the mini, Witty-Cisms. It’s time to start making graduation cards! I have a couple… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Easter Favors
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! I hope you are in good health these days! Our theme this week features treat for Easter! Kind of difficult these days to give out treats with the social distancing we have to abide by. So, how about neighbors and family? I took one of… [Read More]
Happy Birthday Toucan!
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our latest two-week challenge – Optional Theme : Jungle Fever I stretched the theme with my card – Toucans are in the jungle, right? Lol! This was such a fun sketch that I just had to take it in a fun way! I used the Birthday Bonanza Designer… [Read More]
Stamparatus Fun
Happy Friday! I have a trio of products to share with you today! I am having a couple of Stamparatus classes. I use them in my Card Buffets a lot, but the setting up an be tricky. I figured I’d show three different common techniques how to use the wonderful tool! The card on the… [Read More]
We Create – Swing Into Spring
Happy March 1st! Time for a blog hop! Our theme this month is Spring! I tried my hand at the Sale-a-bration stamp set, Thoughtful Blooms. What a wonderful ‘swing card’! See it in action – As you open it, the front panel goes through the rectangle opening in the front. As it is fully opened,… [Read More]
Yummilicious Pretzel Box
I am soo excited to be a guest designer for 3D Thursday this week! This is a Facebook group that always has lots of wonderful 3D ideas FREE! You can find it here, https://www.facebook.com/3DThursday/. For my project, I created this sweet little pretzel box for wrapped pretzels! These pretzels taste soo yummy! I just had… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Valentine Favor
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features Valentine favors! Have i got a treat for you!! Quite often, I receive tulips for Valentine’s Day. Convenient how we have a Tulip Builder Punch I’d say! I created these sweet little numbers in no time – cute. Cute. CUTE!… [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]
