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]
Thank You
Ornate Thanks
Happy Wednesday! I just received the Ornate Garden Suite of products that will be in the new catalog in June. However, for the month of April, you can get the products early! I was inspired to play with some of these products. I combined old and new and a layout challenge from TGIF Challenges –… [Read More]
Flowering Foils Thank You
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest color challenge – These are wonderful Valentine colors, but I want to create something different! I decided to use this new Sale-a-Bration Designer Series Paper that will be another option starting March 3rd. It’s called Flowering Foils Specialty Paper and… [Read More]
Magnolia Thank You
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest color challenge – Fresh. Bright. Cheerful. I went a summer-ish, sweet, thank you card – I started with die cutting these beautiful flowers from the Magnolia Memory die set. I loved using both the inside pieces and the outer parts… [Read More]
Compassion for Cranston
Happy Sunday! I whipped up this card for our vet and their office staff. Our newest cat, Cranston, Mr C, has been really sick since we got him. And, we are saddened to hear he probably won’t get better. They are soo caring towards him and us at our vets office. I just couldn’t help… [Read More]
Bird Ballard Thank You
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday Tuesday! Here is our newest two week challenge – I pulled out new Stampin’ Up! products for this lovely challenge! Yes! This is the beautiful Bird Ballard Suite! I stamped the birds and the thank you sentiment, then framelit cut them. I cut a slightly larger scalloped circle to coordinate… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Red Red Wine
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features shades of reds. I almost made a card with the wine stamps we have, but I decided I felt more like coloring – This is a new stamp set available in the upcoming 2019-2020 Stampin’ Up! catalog called Free as… [Read More]
Floral Essence Thank You
Welcome to a new Thursday Create with Connie and Mary challenge! Here is our newest color challenge to inspire you – What beautiful colors to pair with new products! I recently attended a Stampin’ Up! regional event called OnStage. We got a chance to play with new products and even take some home! I was… [Read More]
Blogging Friends Blog Hop – Easter
Happy Friday! Welcome to our monthly blog hop – Our theme this month is Easter. I don’t have a lot of current Easter sentiments. So, I improvised and went with a Easter thank you card – Actually, a #simplestamping thank you card! I created another version because this was so quick and fun – I… [Read More]
We Create In Color 2017 – 2019 Blog Hop
Happy April 1st! No foolin’! Starting the month off with a blog hop of course! Theme this month is : 2107 – 2019 In Colors You know these are retiring soon, don’t you? That’s right. We will say goodbye to Berry Burst, Fresh Fig, Lemon Lime Twist, Powder Pink and Tranquil Tide. Which one is… [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]
Joy of Sets Easter Blog Hop
Welcome to my second blog hop for today! I am happy to also be a part of the Joy of Sets Blog Hop this month! As you can see, our theme this month is Easter! We’ve all created some sort of 3D item! So, you’ll have lots of Easter go-to ideas this year! I hit… [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]
Succulent Thank You.
Happy Tuesday, my Try Stampin’ on Tuesday followers! Here is our latest challenge to get you playing around with your stamps, ink, and paper! I love this mix up of two challenges in one! Well, since it has cacti in the inspiration picture, how about playing around with the February 2019 kit, Grown with Kindness??… [Read More]
Thank You Very Much
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary challenge! Here is our newest challenge – A great, inspiring sketch this week! I thought some bright, spring colors was just the way to go with this sketch! I started with the Gingham Gala Designer Series Paper for the larger rectangle. I chose two butterflies from the… [Read More]
Stitched Thanks
Hello first Thursday of 2019! Great time to share a new Create with Connie and Mary Thursday challenges! This is our layout challenge for the week – I decided to play around with a new suite of products to create this – Isn’t this a wonderful thank you card? This card uses the Needlepoint Nook Suite. Here,… [Read More]
Tropical Thank You
Happy Tuesday Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our newest challenge – Optional Theme : Thank You This is a great go-to sketch for me! I’ve already played around with other designs! For this challenge, I immediately went to creating this – Sometimes you just know what to do with a sketch! For this, I started… [Read More]
We Create Gratitude Blog Hop
Happy November first! This is the last of the three blog post for today! Whew! Theme this month is : Gratitude Perfect for a gratitude journal – A nice, small book to makes notes of all things we are thankful for. It’s simply decorated with Festive Farmhouse Designer Series Paper, a beautiful sentiment and some… [Read More]
