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]
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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]
Heartfelt Dandelion
Hell my Wednesday stampers! Today I have a Heartfelt share – I started with the new Dandelion 3D Embossing Folder. It really did most of the work for me here. I wanted to show as much of it as I could. It is very pretty! The feeling is heavy where I live, so I felt… [Read More]
Oh, Happy Day!
Hello Sunday stampers! I’ve had this May 2020 Paper Pumpkin kit, A Kit in Color, for a while and didn’t know just what direction to go in. Well, I figured out one design – I wanted to make my supplies go as far as I could. Here, I cut parts from two of the card… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Masculine Cards
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features masculine themed cards. Since we are in full swing of a new catalog, I decided to show another new bundle. This tome, how about the Best Year Bundle – The Best Year Bundle is the Best Year stamp set and… [Read More]
You Party Animal
Happy Friday! And, a happy first post as the new Stampin’ Up! catalog has gone live! I love the Zany Zebra set and decided to play with it today. This weeks Freshly Make Sketches caught my eye – And added my touch of zebra – It’s just a silly, fun card! The border is the… [Read More]
You’re My Person
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest color challenge – I thought playing around with some new embossing folders would be nice – I embossed the three colors of card stock. The top, Coastal Cabana along with the Purple Posey, each use one of the folders in… [Read More]
New 2020-2021 Stampin’ Up! Catalog
Wahoo! It’s here. It’s beautiful! The NEW 2020-2021 Stampin’ Up! catalog! It’s filled with soo much creativity! We all need this right now! You can download this, check it out on the web or request a hard copy by emailing me. I added some handmade goodness for my customers – This is the adorable sunflower… [Read More]
Let’s Celebrate You (With Ice Cream)
Happy June 2nd and happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our latest two-week challenge at TSOT – Optional Theme : Sweet Treats Ahhhhh, the last card of this catalog with this adorable retiring Birthday Bonanza Designer Series Paper – Definitely sweet! Lol! Simply done with an almost full piece (4″ x 5 1/4″) of… [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]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Favorite New Preorder Product
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features our favorite new preorder product that is not a stamp set. I hadn’t really played with the other things I was able to preorder too much! But, I gravitated towards the Flowers For Every Season Memories & More Card Pack… [Read More]
Just Sayin’ Hello
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest challenge – Wonderful sketch! Especially to play with new stuff. Here, the Tasteful Touches – I love this stamped in these colors! I stamped the flower in of all colors, Gray Granite, and the sentiment in Black Memento. For card… [Read More]
Thinking of You Blossoms in Bloom
Happy Memorial Day to those in USA! Just sharing a quick card today inspired by The Paper Players newest sketch – Of course, I had to use something new – This is a beautiful flower stamped image without the additional dies that can be added! Quite simply done thanks to my Stamparatus! I stamped the… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Favorite New Pre-Order Stamp Set
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features our favorite new stamp we got to pre-order. Pre-ordering is a nice perk of being a demonstrator. All the ones I got to preorder are great stamps! I decided to play around with the Lovely You stamp set. I fell… [Read More]
