Hello my Thursday friends! Time for a new Create with Connie and Mary Thursday challenge! Here is our newest challenge – Super cool sketch to work with! I decided to pair the beautiful Wishing You Well stamp set and the shimmery Frosted Floral Designer Series Paper together – Wouldn’t you love to receive just a… [Read More]
Layering Circles Framelits
It’s all in the Card
I have a quick share today. I know, a posting on a Friday, how special is that???? Last weekend I celebrated a milestone birthday. When I got back from my birthday trip to New York, I had two lovely handmade surprises in my mailbox! One from a dear, talented friend, Charlene, who helps keep me… [Read More]
Heartfelt Gratitude
Welcome to the Create with Connie and Mary Thursday challenge! We have a nice challenge to get you creatin’ today – I was inspired to create a 4 1/4 x 4 1/4 card by this sketch. ……and, I wanted to play with the Tea Room Specialty Paper! It’s a bargain as you get 24 sheets… [Read More]
Love What You Do Bundle – Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop
Happy May 5th!!!! Playing with new stuff for Create with Connie and Mary and our Saturday blog hop. Our theme this week features the Love What You Do Bundle. It will be in the upcoming catalog, but is available for purchase now. It’s a really pretty suite of products. You can see them here. I went with… [Read More]
Mom, You’re Truly Amazing
I’m so excited for our newest sketch at Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Challenge #363. Optional Theme : Motherly Love I just love these simple sketches! Love them! I went right away to create this – A beautiful card using some really loved products. Sadly, some are retiring Stampin’ Up products. My favorite and retiring, the… [Read More]
Paper Folded in Half
Hello my Thursday friends! I have a wonderful card created for Create with Connie and Mary and our newest color challenge – Lovely colors! And, I used them to create this lovely birthday card – Fun, colorful! A card suitable for anyone – young, old, male, female! I started by stampin the greeting in two… [Read More]
We Create – March Blog Hop
My third post for today, Three Post Thursday, is another blog hop for We Create. Our theme is to create a card, then recreate it again, adding elements to ‘step it up’, make it fancy. I made this card last week for a card challenge – It was a total hit! I loved it sooo… [Read More]
Sweet as Pie
Thanks for dropping by today! I have a quick and cute card designed for Try Stampin’ on Tuesday. It’s Tuesday and time for a new challenge – Challenge #357. Optional Theme : Shaker Card I made a simply sweet card – Although it’s not a shaker card, it’s still delightful as can be! The newest… [Read More]
Sure Do Love You
Happy Tuesday! I created a card for Try Stampin’ on Tuesday today. We have a new sketch every week, but we create on a team every other week. I just loved our sketch this week and wanted to join in the fun – I just had to play along! Isn’t this a great layout to… [Read More]
Let’s Celebrate Sale-a-Bration Style
Happy Thursday! Time for a Create with Connie and Mary sketch! We alternate between a color challenge and a layout. This week, we have a color challenge to inspire you – As always, some great colors! I’m playing with new paper and a Sale-a-Bration framelit set, yes, you read that correct! (Sale-a-Bration is a Stampin’… [Read More]
You’ve Got This
Sharing a card today that I made for a childhood friend of mine – yes, I actually had a card I needed to create for someone! The card speaks for itself – I’m not very eloquent with words at a time like this, so, hopefully a card will convey what my words can not. Her… [Read More]
The Beauty of Fall – Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop
What a wonderful Saturday! Great day to check out the Create with Connie and Mary blog hop! Our theme this week is The Beauty of Fall. This is perfect because I LOVE fall. It’s my favorite time of the year. I created a nice fall card – It’s really fun! I combined a variety of patterns from… [Read More]
Mitten Mitten
Happy Thursday! Welcome to a Create with Connie and Mary new sketch challenge. Today we have some beautiful colors to inspire you – When I looked at these colors, I had thoughts of warmth and softness. So that is what I translated onto my card – Don’t these look like really soft cozy mittens? Amazing how you… [Read More]
Here Kitty, Kitty
Welcome to another Try Stampin on Tuesday card challenge! Here is our bi-weekly sketch for the next two weeks – Challenge #345. Optional Theme : Halloween Let me tell you, I love this sketch! I am using it throughout the week for my cards as a starting point in design. Here is what I created for this challenge… [Read More]
Watercooler Wednesday 128 – Heidi’s Masculine ‘Anything Goes’ Challenge
Happy Watercooler Wednesday, middle of the week, favorite day – whatever it is for you! For me, it’s time to create a card for a new challenge over here. We always need masculine ideas – so this is a GREAT challenge to have! Surprise! I was playing with this Birthday memories Suite again! I am… [Read More]
That Poodle Though…..
It feels soooo good to create just to create! Well, ok. I am creating potential cards for a Card Buffet next weekend. I want to feature the Birthday Memories Suite from the new Stampin’ Up catalog. And, I just love this poodle! Don’t you?? And, it gets better. It’s printed Designer Series Paper that you… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Black and White
Happy Saturday!! Time to get our creativity on with Create with Connie and Mary blog hop! But first, did you know we have a wonderful 14 project mini session tutorial also? It’s great for individual use or a craft night with friends? We are featuring: Delightful Daisy Bundle, Colorful Seasons Bundle, Tranquil Tulips, Wood Words Bundle, and a… [Read More]
Watercooler Wednesday #121 – Anything Goes
Happy Wednesday everyone! Time for a wonderful challenge from Watercooler Wednesday! As you can see, this week we have an ‘Anything Goes’ challenge. This is great after the week I’ve had!! I chose to show off a card from my May Card Buffet – It showcases a new product suite,Eastern Palace, that is available now… [Read More]
