Playing around with new stuff again today! Inspired by three challenges – 1) SOU Challenges, SOU 329 Designers Choice 2) The Paper Players Something New 3) Freshly Made Sketches for the layout And here is an adorable baby card combining them all – I used the Bonanza Dies for the little koala. Along with the… [Read More]
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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]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Encourage
Welcome to our first 2020 Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features a card with words of encouragement. This is perfect timing as a friend just received some unsettling health news and I was making her a card already. I just want to hug her. I pulled out this lovely… [Read More]
Blogging Friends Blog Hop – Can You Feel the Love
Happy Friday! Welcome to our first blog hop of the year for – Our theme this month is anything new! Stampin’ Up just released the 2020 Occasions catalog and the Sale-a-Bration catalogs! Yay!!!! New stuff. New inspiration. Here is a link to the new Occasions Mini and the 2020 Sale-a-Bration catalogs. Now for my adorable… [Read More]
Lovely Wedding Wishes
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Need some motivation to play with your stuff today? How about this new challenge – Optional Theme : Embossing Perfect inspiration to create this wedding wishes card – First off, I haven’t played with this gorgeous Merry Merlot color much. and, why? It’s gorgeous!!!! I created the embossed background by… [Read More]
Goodbye to Sale-a-bration 2019
I have a farewell post for a few of the lovely Sale-a-bration items offered this year. Today is the last day to take advantage of the Sale-a-bration items and sign-up offers. I created some quick and easy cards using a few different products. This was the first I card created. Simple. Beautiful. And, that sentiment!!!… [Read More]
Welcome Baby
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our newest sketch challenge to inspire you – Optional Theme : Frames I decided to go with a baby themed card as I needed one for my Card Buffet – Adorable, right?? It uses the adorable mushroom pattern from the Painted Seasons Designer Series Paper. (You can get… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Sale-a-bration Last Chance
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features a farewell to Sale-a-bration. I am sad because I had some real favorites that I’d still like to play around with. One of which is the Botanical Butterfly Designer Series Paper. My favorite is the black and white side. It… [Read More]
Country Belated Birthday
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary challenge! Here is our newest color challenge – I decided to play around with the inking of an embossing folder again. Here, I used So Saffron card stock and So Saffron ink along with the Country Floral embossing folder. I inked up the inside of the… [Read More]
Part of My Story
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday Tuesday! We have another great 2 week challenge to inspire you – Optional Theme : Favorite Patterns Favorite pattern? Sort of difficult for me as several Designer Series Papers are my favorite patterns! I just picked one! The Happiness Blooms was the winner – This is such a fun card!… [Read More]
A Friend is Thinking of You
Happy Sunday! And, happy St. Patrick’s Day! I ran across Sunday Stamps and their 200th sketch! Now, that’s something to celebrate! These are my favorite kind of sketches, simple! I was immediately inspired! Perfect for pulling out the Cat Punch! Again! And, one of my favorite Designer Series Papers, Happiness Blooms. Adorable, right??? My inspiration… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Shades of Neutrals
Welcome to the first of two blog hops for me! This first one is my standing Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features shades of neutral colors. Perfect time to play with the Sale-a-bration Country Floral Embossing folder and try a new to me technique – This Country Floral Embossing… [Read More]
So Happy to Have you in My Life
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary challenge! Here is our newest challenge – I always get inspired when I create using these challenges! I knew I wanted to use the Amazing Life stamp set! One of the sentiments is perfect for the oval focal point – Wouldn’t you agree? Heres how I… [Read More]
Painted Birthday Cheer
Happy middle of the week! Cruzin’ along with a sweet birthday card share today! I ran across Tuesday Morning Sketches and I loved this layout! Sketch #494 Isn’t it great? Perfect for another card from the Sale-a-bration item, Painted Seasons Designer Series Paper! Combined with the Birthday Cheer stamp set, it makes for a sweet… [Read More]
Unstoppable
I just have to play with this adorable Painted Seasons Designer Series Paper, again! (It’s free with a $50 purchase during Sale-a-bration!) I was inspired by Inspire. Create. Stamping Challenges. when I saw this sketch – I came up with this to show off both sides of this adorable mushroom pattern – Such a sweet… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Shades of Green
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features shades of green! This very appropriate for March! I decided not to go with a St. Patrick’s Day card or a good luck card. I simply went with this – Green is one of my favorite colors! Especially, Call Me… [Read More]
Freshly Made Banana Split
Wahoo! It’s Friday! I’ve been playing around with paper and framelits again! This time, I was inspired by Freshly made Sketches – When I saw this sketch, I immediately thought of a banana split – So, I created one out of framelits! It is just darling! I used the Call Me Cupcake icing shape for… [Read More]
Incredibly Proud
Welcome to our weekly Thursday Create with Connie and Mary challenge! Here is our newest color challenge – I just had to pull out this fabulous Painted Seasons Sale-a-bration stamp set and the coordinating Four Seasons framelits. Perfect combination for these colors! Directions – Petal Pink card base, 4 1/4 x 11, scored at 5… [Read More]
