May first and before we know it, the new catalog will be here. This is the first of two blog hops for the day! In honor of the current catalog ending, we will say farewell to some of out favorite Retiring Products. This post is all about retiring products. A few that I really liked… [Read More]
Occasions Mini 2017
Stamp’n Chat Fun!
I wanted to share briefly about my class on Friday night. A group of ladies created this – I did already show you, but I wanted to refresh your mind again. This, It’s a Sara Thing Paper Pumpkin was a HIT!!! The ladies really enjoyed themselves! As a thank you to the host, I gave… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Punch Art/Die Art
Welcome to another Create with Connie and Mary blog hop filled with wonderful ideas to spark your creativity Our theme this week is Punch or Die Art. This is a wonderful idea! We all see other uses for dies, framelits and punches other than what they were actually intended for. I went with the Window Box… [Read More]
Silver Elite and Team Meeting SWAPS
Good news! Good news! I was promoted to Silver Elite during the most recent Sale-a-Bration! Yay! So excited!!!! Thank you to Joan and Karen for joining my team! Welcome! At our team meeting last night, my upline, Pearl Robb, surprised me with a sweet little, unexpected, gift! I just had to take a picture because,… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Oh the Places We Will Go
Happy Saturday before Easter! We are still having our Create with Connie and Mary blog hop! Thanks for joining us this weekend! Our theme this is Oh the Places you Will Go or Travel. I combined the two and created this – Looks like a nice ‘travel’ card. Great to stash in the suitcase and mail when… [Read More]
Congratulations, Graduate!
Today we have a super sketch over at Create with Connie and Mary – I was really inspired by it. As we know, graduation season will be starting next month (I know, right? You didn’t realize it, did you!?). I decided to get to work on grads ideas! I have made two recently, here is one of… [Read More]
Watercooler Wednesday #114
Middle of the week. You know what that means. Time for a Watercooler Wednesday challenge! Penny is our host. She chose some wonderful colors – I stared at them for a while. I just pulled out my inks and a stamp set. I went with a favorite that will be retiring – I created a simple ‘Thanks’… [Read More]
CCMC Saturday Blog Hop – Spring Flowers
We are having the best spring weather here in the Texas area – low, low humidity! Feels SO much like a fresh spring! So, time to celebrate and get creative with a Create with Connie and Mary blog hop! Our theme this week is Spring Flowers! Just perfect – because everything here is just a blooming! I think… [Read More]
Celebrate Ed
Quick post today! It’s the hubs birthday as you can tell! I created a sweet and simple card to for my his birthday this year – I told you. Sweet. Simple. It matches the ensemble pretty nicely – You agree? I have never used my light box and forgot to return it – ’bout time… [Read More]
Watercooler Wednesday #113, Libby’s Sketch Challenge
Ha, that’s me!!! Happy Wednesday everyone! Today at Watercooler Wednesday, as you can see, I’m the host for this weeks challenge! Yippee! I decided to go with a sketch to spark your creativity! What do you think – Pretty fun sketch, I’d say! I decided to create a shaker card – Isn’t this cute???? It’s… [Read More]
Ghirardelli Tiny Bunny Treat Holder Tutorial
One of yesterdays posts, I showed this little cutie – Sweet, huh? I like to create my own patterns because of the challenge. I love that challenge of figuring something out! I bought the candy and designed the holder around it! Today, I’ll give you a pictorial tutorial how I created it. Start with a… [Read More]
CCMC Saturday Blog Hop – Easter Treats
No foolin’, it’s time to hop around with the wonderful designers at Create with Connie and Mary! Our theme this week is Easter Treats. Perfect, because Easter will be here before we know it! And, you want to be prepared, don’t you?? I did what anyone would have done. Scour the interweb for ideas. I wanted… [Read More]
Hoppy Easter
It’s Thursday! Time for a Create with Connie and Mary challenge! This week it’s a new sketch to spark your creativity! Isn’t this a nice layout? So many options with this one! Since Easter is around the corner, I decided to create a sweet little Easter card – Doesn’t this make you just ‘hoppy’ to see it?… [Read More]
Sweet Strawberries
Happy Tuesday! Time for a Try Stampin’ on Tuesday challenge. This week we have a sketch designed by Donna – Challenge #315. Optional theme : Three Different Patterns. What a creative sketch! I was inspired to create this – I loved pulling out some – FREE with a $50 purchase and – soon-to-retire DSP – Designer Series… [Read More]
Glimmer Celebrate
We are having some beautiful weather here in the Lone Star state! Still, I like to be inside with the blinds open creating! Today, it’s for, Create with Connie and Mary. Really nice spring colors! I was a little stumped in my design though. I created a card for any type of happy news – You… [Read More]
Happy Spring Equinox
That’s right!Happy Spring (more like summer here in Texas though)! …..and why mark the occasion with a card?? You know me and my love of paper crafting! And, my pile of unused dies cuts….. So, I try to use them and create something with them. This is really just a fun card. The random flowers… [Read More]
Easter Eggs For You
Happy Thursday! Yes, Thursday. Already. Looks like another month is flying by before our eyes! And, you know what that means? Time for another Create with Connie and Mary challenge. What a cool layout we have today – I decided to go with a fun Easter type card – Isn’t this cute, cute? I just love how… [Read More]
Bunny for Watercooler Wednesday #110
Ahhhh. Middle of the week. I hope your Spring break has been good for you! Have you been able to have some you time? Perhaps this new sketch from Watercooler Wednesday will help! Isn’t this just adorable? We all thought so! But, remember, this is a CLEAN & SIMPLE challenge – so not a lot of stuff… [Read More]