Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features Home for the Holidays. I played around with a few different things to create this – I stamped the house from the Coming Home stamp set, coloring it with Blends. I used the Home Together Dies to cut it out…. [Read More]
3/16" Braided Linen Trim
We Create – Bundle Up
Hello November 1st! Wow! Time is flying this year! Time for another hop with my crafty friends at – Our theme this month is Bundle Up. Which means, bundled products! I am using products from the Curvy Celebrations collection. It will be available November 3rd. Here are the products I used – Curvy Christmas stamp… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Halloween Favor
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features a Halloween favor. Perfect for these Little Treat Box Dies – I die cut the boxes in Crushed Curry, Very Vanilla, Pumpkin Pie, and Mint Macaron. I stamped the faces from the Harvest Hellos stamp set. I then used the… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Bountiful Blessings
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! And, my first blog hop for the day! Our theme this week features thank you or gratitude cards. Last week I held a Mystery Zoom Meeting where I gave dimensions for a card and we all created together. My friends are priceless and I am… [Read More]
Words Cannot Express
Hello Monday. Hello Memorial Day. I’d say Memorial Day is about correct in a different sense. A friend of mine had her husband’s funeral today. They had been married for 43 years. I created a simple card to express my condolences to her – The Love of Leaves also makes for a wonderful, serene sympathy… [Read More]
Hope Changes Everything
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest challenge – Love these type sketches! I am feelin’ the fall feels, however, it is still 100° here!!!! I started with die cutting these adorable leaves. There are two dies for each leaf, one cuts the outside stitched edge, the… [Read More]
Happiest of Birthdays
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our latest two-week challenge – I decided to try my creative skills using both – I just love how they two paired so well together! My focal point / sentiment is from the new Happiest of Birthday stamp set stamped in Early Espresso. I thought the largest diamond… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Pumpkin Spice
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features of course, the Pumpkin Spice! Oh goodie! Perfect time use my two favorite, most loved products again from the 2019 Holiday Mini catalog! The Cup of Cheer Dies and the Harvest Hellos stamp set! I placed a strip of plaid… [Read More]
Gather Together and Enjoy Fall
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
12 Days of Gift Card Holders – Day 7
I am creating right along until Christmas! Today, I have a gift card holder that’s an all time favorite for a lot of us – coffee! I made one of those nifty Diagonal Double Pocket Cards! It starts with a, 8 1/2 x 11 piece of Designer Series Paper. Scored in half on each side,… [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]
Thanks, Sprig
Happy Tuesday Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our newest 2-week sketch – Optional Theme : Cozy Patterns I soo loved this challenge this week! The layout and the theme! I went with a fall thank you card – I started with the THANKS from the Warm Hearted stamp set in Cherry Cobbler. The wood-look Designer… [Read More]
Grateful – Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop
Happy Saturday! Time for our weekly Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features a Grateful card. Perfect as I’m getting cards together for November. I pulled out the Country Home stamp set, some framelits, some punches…….for this – I started with the sentiment stamped in Blackberry Bliss. I had the… [Read More]
