Winding down the year this week. Since I love a great challenge……every week I scroll through this Facebook group. ‘I’ll pay one day…..’ Today, I decided it was time to play! I mixed old with new – so, So SO cute!!!! I used the soon-to-retire Plaid Tidings Designer Series Paper along with the Snail Mail… [Read More]
Plaid Tidings 6 x 6 DSP
Blogging Friends Blog Hop – Memories of Christmas Past
Happy day! Thanks for stopping by! Our theme this month features Christmas Past. I’ll interpret this to be something favorite of Christmas’ past. For me, that would be homemade ornaments. I used to cross stitch all sort for the kids and their teachers. Mainly, stitching their names the way they wrote them at the time…. [Read More]
Seasons Greetings
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our latest two-week challenge – Optional Theme : Non Traditional Christmas Oh what fun is this!?!? I decided to pull out fun plaids for this – ……and some Balmy Blue Glimmer Paper, and the Pine Woods Dies, and the Winter Snow Embossing Folder….I just had so much fun… [Read More]
Blogging Friends Blog Hop – Anything But A Card
Hello! Happy Friday! How about a hop to finish the week out? Our theme this month is anything but a card. Perfect timing! Every year I create a gratitude journal for my fall classes. Since this year is different with virtual classes, I created an adorable box of goodies from the Mini Paper Pumpkin Boxes… [Read More]
Tag Buffet Boo
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest color challenge – So I had a lot of fun with these colors this week as I’ve been playing around with the Tag Buffet stamp set – I made this cute, quirky, adorable mini slim Halloween card. Some years back,… [Read More]
Thinking of You
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest layout challenge – Clean. Simple. Great design, especially for this – I had soo much fun creating this card. I started with my Stamparatus to stamp the tree, then the fun began! I stamped the leaves in both Bumblebee and… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Cute Halloween
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features cute Halloween stuff. Easy one for me. I love to create cute Halloween cards! I started by die cutting some ‘pumpkins’ – My pumpkins are from the the Peek-A-Hoot Dies! They are the ‘tags’ from the nifty frame in the… [Read More]
Snow Wonder
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest challenge – I created this adorable, neutral colored Christmas card following the sketch – I started by stamping the snowman from the Snow Wonder stamp set in Soft Suede. I used the coordinating dies, Snow Times, to cut it out…. [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Fall Essentials
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features our favorite fall things! My favorite fall things? Pumpkins! I used the Harvest Hellos and the Apple Builder Punch to create these varied sized pumpkins. I stamped 4 pumpkins. I cut one pumpkin in half in the center adding it… [Read More]
Love You More Than
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our latest two-week challenge – Oh my! Love this sketch! Perfect to keep my mind occupied today! First, I figures out the size of my squares on my base using my template paper. Then, I went to work! Look at this beauty – It is a hodgepodge of… [Read More]
Welcome Back!
Happy Friday! Although, these days, everyday is a Friday! I am trying to be creative everyday this month. So far, not bad…. Here is what inspired me today – I have always liked these challenges, just never decided to use one. until today! Sooo sweet! From the list I used : Back to School, Plaid,… [Read More]
We Create – Don’t Stamp So Close to Me
Hello! Glad to see you today! How about a hop this afternoon? Our theme today is a card with minimal or no stamping. I think I got this – Why yes, another fall card! I created this sweet punched and embossed pumpkin as my starting point. The Apple Builder Punch pairs nicely with the Wrapped… [Read More]
Love of Leaves
Happy Stamp-tember and Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our latest two-week challenge – Optional Theme : Regal Colors (Jewel Tones / Royal Colors) I’ve got the perfect fall card for this layout and color theme – Isn’t this just gorgeous????? Jewel tones are such great fall colors! I started with the plaid background from… [Read More]
Ink. Stamp. Share. Blog Hop Autumn / Winter Catalog
Happy Saturday! Time for another blog hop – Our theme is the Mini Catalog! I went with a Halloween-ish card – Quite cute, huh? I knew I wanted to use these cute pumpkins from the Everything Essential stamp set and coordinating Essential Tag Punch. I stamped three pumpkins on Pumpkin Pie, Pool Party, and Mango… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Critter Cards
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features cards with critters! Such cuteness you will see today!!! Just look at this – Oh my goodness – isn’t this little squirrel too cute?!?!?! He is from the Banner Year stamp set. I stamped him in Cinnamon Cider on Very… [Read More]
Hey There
Hey there! That’s right, hey there! I have been soo in love with these leaves from the Stitched Leaves Dies. Just look at the die set – I created this sweet card to show combining techniques – Isn’t this just the sweetest, like I said??? I had ran across this sketch from Freshly Made Sketches… [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]