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]
Layering Circles Framelits
To the Woman Who Does it All
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! We have a new two-week challenge for you – This is a wonderful simple sketch! It can be used for soo many card styles. I went with a card appropriate for a friendly Mother’s Day card. I attended OnStage this year and learned a really nifty tip that I used… [Read More]
Say Yes to Cake!
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary challenge! Here is our newest challenge – I thought this was perfect to pull out the Broadway Bound Designer Series Paper to create this – I just love this!! It’s so bright and cheery! I just so happen to have this scrap of the striped pattern… [Read More]
You Make Me Proud
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary challenge! Here is our newest layout challenge – I thought this new Happiness Blooms Designer Series Paper was a great starting point – It pairs so nicely with the Friendly Expressions stamp set. I don’t think we express being proud of someone near enough! I already have… [Read More]
Just a Note . . . . .
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]
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]
