Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features a Whimsical Christmas! I have the perfect card! Every year I create a santa suit card. And, this year is no different – Isn’t this the cutest???? It is a fun mini slim card, sized 3 1/” x 6″! I… [Read More]
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Joy of Sets Tic Tac Toe – November Challenge
Welcome to our monthly Joy of Sets Tic Tac Toe Challenge blog! Here is our latest November monthly challenge grid – I gravitated towards Vellum, Baker’s Twine Thanks – I am just loving this Plush Poinsettia Specialty Designer Series Paper! Just look at how gorgeous it is – Foe my card, I stamped the sentiment… [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]
Christmas Wreath
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our latest two-week challenge – Optional Theme : Wreath or Foilage Great idea as I am designing cards for my annual Christmas card class. Simply sweet as I’d like to say. I due cut the same wreath design from the Wreath Builder Dies in two colors and adhered… [Read More]
Life Is Beautiful Under a Spooky Tree
Happy pre-Halloween! Earlier in the week, I whipped up about 20 Halloween cards to mail to friends and family – How did I make so many of such a detailed card? The Stamparatus of course! The Stamparatus is a platform used to stamp a clean impression, even if it take multiple stamps, over and over… [Read More]
Merry Christmas Tag Buffet
Hello last week of October!!! Last week? Where did this month go? I’m finishing the week out by playing with the Tag Buffet Kit and Tag Buffet stamp set. Today, I’m using one of the extra trees in the kit and some hinge stamping – Isn’t this just the prettiest?? Using the Stamparatus and grid… [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]
Ink. Stamp. Share. Blog Hop
Thanks for joining me and my second of three hops for the day! This one is with another great set of creators – No theme, just showing anything we are working on. I am in love with the Poinsettia Petals Bundle! I created a simple, elegant, quick card using it – I die cut the… [Read More]
A Cup of Thanks
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest color challenge – These are my kind of colors! And this is my kind of theme – Coffee! Yes, again with this Press On stamp set! I stamped the line of coffee cups using the Stamparatus. I actually did not… [Read More]
Happy Birthday Balloon
Hello Friday! Working from home, isn’t everyday a Friday?? For me, yes! I’m itching to play with stamps today to avoid home chores. I ran across this challenge from CAS(E) this Sketch and ran with it! I used this adorable large balloon from the Hooray to You stamp set – With the help of the… [Read More]
it’s your day!
Hello! I decided to play around with ‘hinge stamping’ and created this card – By the looks of the card, any idea what ‘hinge stamping’ is? Here you go – I placed the stamp from the Happiest of Birthdays on my Stamparatus near the top right, for me, hinge to the left, as straight as… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Patriotic Cards
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features patriotic cards! Perfect way to celebrate in the USA, more importantly in Texas, with the current health crisis and advised self quarantining. I decided to make a nifty background using this lined stamp from the Pattern Play stamp set along… [Read More]
Blogging Friends Blog Hop – Something Old
It’s May 1st! Wow! Time to get your creativity going with a couple of blog hops! This one is for – Our theme this month is something old, well something that’s retiring. I went with a stamp I just got from the mini, Witty-Cisms. It’s time to start making graduation cards! I have a couple… [Read More]
Ink. Stamp. Share. Blog Hop Color Challenge
Happy 2nd post Saturday! This time around, it’s for – Our theme this time around are these colors – Sweet colors that are perfect for this retiring Beautiful Day stamp set – And, Blends! These alcohol markers are the best!! I used the Stamparatus to stamp the butterfly in Black Memento. Once dried, I colored… [Read More]
Stamparatus Fun
Happy Friday! I have a trio of products to share with you today! I am having a couple of Stamparatus classes. I use them in my Card Buffets a lot, but the setting up an be tricky. I figured I’d show three different common techniques how to use the wonderful tool! The card on the… [Read More]
It’s Your Special Day
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest challenge – I knew the minute I saw this sketch I wanted to play with the Wish for It All bundle! Really sweet card, right? And, perfect for a birthday or wedding or any day someone should just feel special!… [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]
Leave a Little Sparkle
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest catalog CASE challenge – I had fun with this one! I just love this Leave a Little Sparkle stamp set! The unicorn’s eye just cracks me up! And, that flowing hair! I stamped the unicorn on Shimmer White card stock… [Read More]
