Happy Monday! Time for something new and some challenges for inspiration! How about this new gorgeous Soft Sea Foam vellum from the So Very Vellum Designer Series Paper pack – Isn’t this just soo lovely?? I started with a Whisper White base. The Soft Sea Foam card stock is smaller than the vellum piece to show… [Read More]
2" Circle Punch
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]
Hello L O V E
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday Tuesday! Here is our latest two-week challenge to inspire you – This is throw back to TSOT Challenge 17 when the blog started! I love these retro challenges! Here is my sweet thoughts using it – A combination of the Paper Pumpkin kit from May 2019, So Shelli, and the… [Read More]
Hi, Dinoroar
Oh, todays post sort of takes me back! I used to have Freshly Made Fridays! In my early days of card making and card challenges, Freshly Made Sketches was always a go-to for me. This week, their challenge is this, a retro challenge from back in the day – I looked to see if I… [Read More]
Stitched Lace Birthday
Birthday are the best day! I made this beautiful card for my boss. It is a standard card base in Blueberry Bushel with a lovely Whisper White lace overlay! Isn’t this die beautiful??? Despite the intricate look of the die, it cut so smoothly! I added the birthday sentiment from the Beautiful Friendship stamp, stamped… [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]
“Sweet Dreams are Made of This” – Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop
Let’s get movin’ and groovin’ today with our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! For the next month, we are going with an 80’s theme in our designs! Using song titles as our inspiration! I’m sure you can hear the song Sweet Dreams are made of this in your head now! I was singing it… [Read More]
Consider Yourself Hugged
Happy ‘three post’ Thursday! My first post is for Create with Connie and Mary and our new color challenge for the week. I love these soft, sweet colors! So I found an adorable bunny to go along with these colors – This just makes me want to squeeee! The bunny came from the We Must Celebrate… [Read More]
Celebrating Birthdays – Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop
Welcome to the Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week is Celebrating Birthdays. I pulled out the gorgeous silver foiled Sweet Soiree Designer Serious paper as my starting point. From a sheet of nothing but cakes, I cut out one of the cakes. I wanted the cake to be the focal point of… [Read More]
Anything Goes for a 60th Birthday
……or a challenge with a Design Team call! That’s right. The challenge is at Watercooler Wednesday – It’s an anything goes challenge…..how fun!!! And, they are looking for new team members. Mmm. I really like the sounds of that! Two projects were needed. Ok. I made two. Sort of. This is a nice, simple, little…….. [Read More]
Snarky ‘Ol Birthday
My friend and class attendee is a guest designer over at Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers. I hoped over to their challenge, liked starting point and decide to play along. It’s quite a fun challenge blog. Some really quirky stuff from those ladies. A couple of other challenges caught my eye as well. In creating a… [Read More]
Merry & Bright Curtain Fold
This is the last of my cards from my Christmas Card Class in November. This is it – Nifty fold on the card, right? As I was trying to come up with designs, I ran across this neat ‘curtain fold’ design. I loved it! I really had to figure out how to create it. And, I did…. [Read More]
Make’n Take Fun
At my Open House Sunday, in addition to selling retired items, I created a few make’n takes. I designed this card with the new in colors and the Envelope Liner Paper. It was something quick and easy. See the assortment – A nice combination. I cut out all the pieces in each of the five… [Read More]
Donut Happy
So this was news to me. National Donut Day. Whaaaaat? And of course, I’ve made a card for said ‘Donut Day’. I thought Freshly Made Sketches was the perfect sketch for me to do such a thing – Pretty cool, huh? And this is my calorie free creation – Awesome card, right? I love this… [Read More]
Thought You’d Like…….
……to see what I’m up to? Well, waiting for my order to come in…….I wanted to create something, so I decided to play with forgotten stuff today. I pinned this card challenge from Just Add Ink. It’s a cool sketch, isn’t it? I like the angle. Different. I pulled out the Maritime DSP and… [Read More]
Christmas Tree Cheer
Happy Friday! Today is last share from my Christmas Card Class. Whew. Lots of fun. Lots of work. Lots of cutting. I sort of went in order of the reactions that I got on the cards at the classes. Yesterdays card and todays card seemed to be very popular. It was a toss-up for me…. [Read More]
