Happy Fall!! Whew! Spending part of the recovering from two wonderful Card Buffets. But, I just gave to share this card – It’s fall. Grab your friends. Grab your favorite drink. Enjoy! I love this time of year. I just wish our temperatures would reflect fall! Outside of Houston, 90 degrees and 90% humidity is… [Read More]
Thinking of You
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Fall Colors
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features all the colors of fall! I decided to go with what is on trend in fall colors – It seems lots of places are using these non-traditional colors! This is Mint Macaron, Gray Granite, and black and white plaid. I… [Read More]
Our Sincerest Condolences
Hello Friday! I’m getting ready for a Card Buffet this weekend so I am designing lots of cards in preparation for it. Sadly, I had to create a condolence card for a good friend who lost her mother earlier in the week. These are never an easy card to create. And, how did I not… [Read More]
Cuckoo For You
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest color challenge – I was stumped at how to use these colors but felt the Cuckoo For You would be perfect! I wanted to go simple and I love how it turned out! I started with the stamping the clock… [Read More]
You’re Rawr-some!
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our latest challenge – Optional Theme : Leaves How about a cute dinosaur card? That has leaves? This is one of the Designer Series Papers you can get on the sale, buy 3 and get the 4th free! It is cool because the paper have the dinosaurs already… [Read More]
Joy of Sets Tri-Fold Hop
Welcome to our blog hop for Joy of Sets! Our theme this time around is a Tri-Fold card. I like creating fun folds, and this is a new one for me – By itself, it looks like this – Opening each flap – And the apple card – And opened – Both cards us the… [Read More]
Eat, Drink and Be Freshly Made
Happy Sunday! Got a cute share today inspired by Freshly Made Sketches newest challenge – Great sketch as always! I was feeling a bit in the halloween mood so I created this gem – Sweet, right? I stamped three wine glasses and filled them with a spooky mix, Gorgeous Grape, Granny Apple Green, and Pumpkin… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – National Coloring Day
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features an image to color, because it’s National Coloring Day! I love to color! When my girls were young, this was a favorite past time for us. We we went out to eat, we always had coloring books along with the… [Read More]
Wishing You Well
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest challenge – I love this sketch! I’ve used it to create a few cards already! Today I’ll share this fall inspired one – Isn’t this simply gorgeous? I used the colors in the Come to Gather Designer Series Paper starting… [Read More]
Happy Retirement
Happy Monday! I was very honored last week. I was asked to create a card for the retiring son of the company founder for the other company I work for, James Avery Artisan Jewelry. Yes, I have another passion, jewelry! I went with something that related to our store (location) and the company. And, I… [Read More]
Kre8tors Blog Hop – Brides & Babies
Hello Sunday! And, hello to my blog friends at – This month our theme is Brides & Babies! Oh, decisions as I have both a wedding and several babies born around this time! I went with a card for a couple – I started by using the Stamparatus to stamp the top sentiment on Very… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Back to School
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features back to school. I created a card for encouragement – This is one of my favorite sentiments from the Strong & Beautiful stamp set! Yes, I use it quite a bit! I combined it with the Harvest Hellos bundle, also… [Read More]
Blogging Friends Blog Hop – Fall
Happy Friday! Today is the first Friday of the month and a blog hop! And, it’s still Stamp-tember for me too! Our theme this month is fall! Perfect as fall is my favorite time of the year! I just love this Apple Builder punch in the new holiday mini. It sure makes for a sweet… [Read More]
Hello Wild Rose
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest challenge – Playing with two new In Colors!!! Nice! I was drawn to the To A Wild Rose bundle – I hadn’t really played with the all the stamps to create the detailed flower until now. I stamped two of… [Read More]
Catalog & A Cup of Cheer
Oh. Oh. Oh. I am rather excited today!!! The new Holiday Mini Catalog is now viewable for ALL to see!!! So, grab a cup of your favorite – And, enjoy the new catalog! And, this lovely card created with new products! I started with a notecard base, adding a strip of Wrapped in Plaid Designer… [Read More]
Hello, Birdies
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! And, Happy Stamp-tember 3rd! Here is our newest two week challenge – Optional Theme : I tried to find something on the board, but I wasn’t successful. I managed with Pink and Die Cuts, not even close. I even turned the sketch for my design. It is an adorable card… [Read More]
Candle Congratulation
Happy Labor Day! I decided to spend part of my day crafting! That’s unusual! I was inspired by this sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches this week – I say inspired because I made a simple one layer card – What I was actually playing around with was extending the banner die length in this… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Favorite Holiday Stamp Set
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features our favorite holiday catalog stamp set. Now this is hard! Have you seen the holiday catalog? I mean, it’s awesome! Just about everything is worthy of this hop today!! I went with my favorite time of year. Fall. This is… [Read More]
