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]
Love
Thanks a Ton
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our latest two-week challenge – Optional Theme : Make a Splash Perfect for the new Whale of a Time suite of products – I started with the Pool Party base, adding a piece of the Whale of a Time Designer Series Paper, along with another coordinating piece with… [Read More]
Puurfectly Happy Birthday
Happy Wednesday! I played with the cutest new cat and dog lovers Designer Series Paper yesterday. I thought, why not play with it again today? This sketch from Hand Stamped Sentiments just looks like a cat tree anyways, lol! See what I mean – Can’t unsee the cat tree, now, right? First, I chose four… [Read More]
Real Treat
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our latest two-week challenge – Optional Theme : Patterns Patterns? Have a got some cute patterns for you – Especially if you are a pet lover! This is the cutest Designer Series Paper! I chose a couple of the patterns that coordinated for cats and went with those…. [Read More]
Ink. Stamp. Share. Blog Hop – Anything Goes
Happy Saturday – a day of creative sharing for me! This is blog hop #2 for the day! Our theme today is anything goes! I thought I’d give this Best Year Bundle another go this week – This time, I went with a little more feminine card by adding the gorgeous die cut poppy from… [Read More]
Whiskey Business
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest challenge – I have been itching to play with this new stamp set, Whiskey Business. This layout was perfect – I stamped the whiskey decanter and glass and colored both using blends. Then, I fussy cut them out, yes, everyones… [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]
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]
You Mean So Much To Me
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our latest two-week challenge – Optional Theme : Texture I decided that texture would come from this soon-to-retire Country Floral 3-D Embossing Folder (bonus, it’s mark down!) because it ‘s just soo pretty! I placed it on a piece of Parisian Blossoms Designer Series Paper, also on retiring and… [Read More]
I Love You This Much
Did you see my Wednesday post? Well, this is the other part of the two-part share. I really liked this sketch over at CAS Colours & Sketches – It caught my eye when I designed the other card. So, I have a similar card to share today – Soo sweet! I started with fussy cutting… [Read More]
I Love You This Much
Hello my friends! I have a quick two-part share. The other part will be on Friday. I was looking through my sketches to find something that caught my eye. Two did. The first one is from Tuesday Morning Sketches – I love this clean simpleness of this sketch. I decided to play with beloved retiring… [Read More]
With Deepest Sympathy
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest weekly challenge – Sadly, I needed a sympathy card. I want to be very subtle in what I created with these colors. I chose to use the Peaceful Poppies Elements, ink pads, and Aqua Painters – To color the flowers,… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – May Flowers
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features any kind of flower. I played around with the simple Band Together flower image creating several different looks from the one colored image. Which do you like best? Here is the initial card I created – Its basically simple stamping… [Read More]
Ink. Stamp. Share. Blog Hop Anything Goes
Happy Saturday before Easter! I hope you are in good health these days! Thank you for joining my second blog hop of the day! I am featuring a few more Easter / spring cards I sent out – I used these Scallop Note Cards & Envelopes as my starting point. Each card has a strip… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Last Chance for Sale-a-bration
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features last minute choices for Sale-a-bration. It ends March 31, 2020. And, soo many choice there are! I combined two of the Sale-a-bration* options to create these notecards – Sale-a-bration* items : Tags in Blooms* and Flowering Foils* Designer Series Paper…. [Read More]
No Matter The Weather
Happy Friday! We are all experiencing such challenging times right now. As a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator, we are facing challenges too, running home based businesses. Many of us are having to rethink our business practices. I normally host Card Buffets in my home. At this time, I am not able to do that, so, I… [Read More]
Lucky Gnome
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! I have another darlin’ little gnome today! He has been sitting on my desk for several weeks now just waiting to placed on a card! He’s a little different than the other versions I’ve created. Right?? Super cute little guy! The base piece is Flowering Foils colored with Light & Dark… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Favorite Sale-a-Bration Product
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features our favorite Sale-a-Bration products! I wasn’t sure which was my favorite, but I am really fond of this stamp set – …..and, the fact it has dies to go with it!!! I cut a scalloped rectangle from Whisper White then… [Read More]
