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]
Simple Stamping
Life Is Beautiful Under a Spooky Tree
Happy pre-Halloween! Earlier in the week, I whipped up about 20 Halloween cards to mail to friends and family – How did I make so many of such a detailed card? The Stamparatus of course! The Stamparatus is a platform used to stamp a clean impression, even if it take multiple stamps, over and over… [Read More]
Curvy Christmas
Hello Wednesday! Hello playing with new stuff today! This is a perk of being a demonstrator – you can do this just as a hobby you know – getting to order stuff before everyone else does! The Curvy Celebrations product line consists of two stamps, one set of dies, and Designer Series Paper. Here, I used… [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]
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]
Here For You Botanical Prints
Happy 1st, no foolin’! Things could not be any more crazy right now! Lets take some crafty time out for a blog hop – Our theme this time around is Showers of Greetings. I figured I’d pull out a kit, the Botanical Prints Medley and play with it for today. Kits are pretty good thing… [Read More]
Paper Pumpkin Flat Fold Pop-Up Card
Have you ever gotten a Paper Pumpkin kit from Stampin’ Up? It is a surprise box that comes once a month. What you get is all the supplies to create (usually) cards. All the supplies includes a block for the stamps in your first kit, stamps, ink spots, adhesive dots, dimensionals, card bases, ribbon/twine, sequins… [Read More]
Friends Like You
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest layout challenge to keep you busy – I wanted to use the new Sale-a-bration* paper, So Very Vellum. I came up with this – Another simply elegant card created in no time! Lol, #cardquickie This Peaceful Poppies Designer Series Paper… [Read More]
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 – Days of Summer
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features anything having to do with SUMMER!!! Anything? I went with anything! There are a lot of summer birthdays in my family, including mine, and my moms, later this month! Summer reminds me of birthdays! Two stamps. Two inks. One Stamparatus…. [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Simple Stamping
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features Simple Stamping. Ok, this is supposed to be easier, but sometimes it is a bit more difficult! Once you figure out the stamp set and the direction you want to go in, it really is easy! I decided to mimic… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Valentine Favor
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features a Valentine Treat Holder! I had some Godiva chocolate hearts that I needed a ‘holder’ for. Nothing on the interweb, so, I created my own! I took an 8 1/2 x 10 sheet of card stock to create 5 of these!… [Read More]
Simply Awesome
Happy Thursday! Time for a new Create with Connie and Mary challenge! This is our new color challenge for the week – I thought I’d try simple stamping, (#simplestamping, Stampin’ Up! is promoting) using these colors and this new Flowering Desert stamp set. Simply done, right? The card pretty much explains itself. I can not wait to… [Read More]
