Hello my stampin’ friends! Today is sadly, the last day for Sale-a-bration and all the perks that go along with it! And, it is also our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary challenge! Here is our current color challenge – Here is my bold take on the challenge – I combined a favorite stamp of… [Read More]
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Sending Thanks
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest color challenge – These colors remind me of Sale-a-bration! But, I went with something else! Kinda cool, right? I used the Stamparatus to stamp the sentiment repeatedly in the challenge colors. Here’s the nifty part – I created a nifty… [Read More]
Crafty Challenge – Snowflake Wishes
Happy Wednesday! How about a mid-week blog hop? Of course this is a layout challenge – you know I love those! I am playing with holidays this week. For this, I am back to Christmas! So pretty! Pretty easy too! I used the Sale-a-bration Designer Series Paper, Peaceful Prints – Simply beautiful! My favorite part… [Read More]
Thinking of You
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest color challenge for the week – I still had two stamp sets on my desk and thought they’d make a great fun fall card! See what I mean – Right?!?! The leaves and soft dots are from the Gorgeous Leaves… [Read More]
Hello Friend
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our latest 2 week challenge – Optional Theme : Rainbows I pulled out the April 2021 Paper Pumpkin, So Cool for my card today! I needed the rainbow for this – Pretty sweet with the additional new products! Like the clouds! They are from the Basic Borders –… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Spring Flowers
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features spring flower cards. When I think spring, I think Bluebonnets or Tulips. I went with – Tulips! Simply stamped of course! Every year I like to create some sort of Tulip card with something that is not a Tulip. This… [Read More]
How to Stamp a Butterfly Flower
Thanks for joining me today! Yesterday I showed a beautifully done simple flower card. Well……it actually took me two tries to complete the card! And, it wasn’t because of the flower! It was because of the crookedly stamped sentiment!!!! Grrrrrrr! This was what I did with that card in attempt to use it anyway –… [Read More]
Quick Fun Folds
Happy day everyone! Thanks for stopping by! This past week I had a Mystery Stamp & Chat via Zoom with my stampin’ friends. Prior to the night, I gave this supply list to have ready – card base – 4 1/4 x 11, scored at 5 1/2 DSP – 4 x 5 1/4 and 2… [Read More]
Simple Things
Happy Wednesday! I am working on random stampy things and I needed a bit of a break! The sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches caught my eye today – Conveniently, I have new stamps sitting on my desk! This gem took (believe it or not,) several attempts! Sometimes, simple, elegant cards are harder than they… [Read More]
Hi, Minnie
Friday fun card today! I do have some (ok, lots of) other stamps and dies from other companies besides Stampin’ Up!. Here, I just had to combine two companies – I used all Stampin’ Up! except for the Disney mouse, which can be recreated with circle dies we have. The bright pink is Magenta Madness,… [Read More]
Ornate Garden 6 x 6 One Sheet Wonder
Hello my friends! I’m delving into safe stamping with my stampin’ friends again, from a distance of course! And here is my latest project with them – Four cards from one 6 x 6 sheet of Designer Series Paper! Here is the way I cut the pieces for a visual –I cut four 3 x… [Read More]
Happy Birthday Balloon
Hello Friday! Working from home, isn’t everyday a Friday?? For me, yes! I’m itching to play with stamps today to avoid home chores. I ran across this challenge from CAS(E) this Sketch and ran with it! I used this adorable large balloon from the Hooray to You stamp set – With the help of the… [Read More]
it’s your day!
Hello! I decided to play around with ‘hinge stamping’ and created this card – By the looks of the card, any idea what ‘hinge stamping’ is? Here you go – I placed the stamp from the Happiest of Birthdays on my Stamparatus near the top right, for me, hinge to the left, as straight as… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Hawaiian Luau
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features a card with a tropical feel, as in Hawaiian Luau. Basically, a vacation in a card, which we can all use about now! I thought I’d combine that idea with a little humor – A goat in a grass… [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]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Patriotic Cards
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features patriotic cards! Perfect way to celebrate in the USA, more importantly in Texas, with the current health crisis and advised self quarantining. I decided to make a nifty background using this lined stamp from the Pattern Play stamp set along… [Read More]
Time to Celebrate
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Since we have a new catalog out, we take a few weeks and CAS the samples in the catalog. Here is our latest CAS challenge – Being that we have the 4th of July this Saturday, I created a festive card using the layout… [Read More]
Magnolia Lane Challenge
Happy Friday! I hope all is well in your corner of the world. When I gave out the new Stampin’ Up! catalog a few weeks ago, I included some random goodies in the bags. Some received this – It was a card challenge to spark creativity! It contained a Whisper White card base, some Magnolia… [Read More]
