Hello Friday! I’m getting ready for a Card Buffet this weekend so I am designing lots of cards in preparation for it. Sadly, I had to create a condolence card for a good friend who lost her mother earlier in the week. These are never an easy card to create. And, how did I not… [Read More]
Subtle EF
Happy Retirement
Happy Monday! I was very honored last week. I was asked to create a card for the retiring son of the company founder for the other company I work for, James Avery Artisan Jewelry. Yes, I have another passion, jewelry! I went with something that related to our store (location) and the company. And, I… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Back to School
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features back to school. I created a card for encouragement – This is one of my favorite sentiments from the Strong & Beautiful stamp set! Yes, I use it quite a bit! I combined it with the Harvest Hellos bundle, also… [Read More]
Wishing You Well
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! We have another great sketch to inspire you for the next two weeks – Optional Theme : Plaid / Checks I’m feeling the fall feels for this challenge! And, playing with new stuff! I started with a Cajun Craze card base. When is the last time you pulled out Cajun… [Read More]
Ride with the Windows Down
Happy Sunday my stampin’ friends! I’m sharing another card from my August Card Buffet! I just loved Freshly Made Sketches newest challenge – Since it is a 400th sketch challenge for them, they are using previous sketches as the challenges! I actually made a card for the original posting of this challenge! You can see… [Read More]
Blogging Friends Blog Hop – Back to School Bash
Happy Friday! Welcome to our blog hop! Our theme this month is Back to School bash! Awesome, as most schools start this month! We will have lots of ideas for those sweet handmade items you will want to create! Of course, I was literal with the theme, creating a card of encouragement – I used… [Read More]
Mr. & Mrs.
Hello my friends! Still making one card a day for the month of July!! I needed to create a wedding card. I needed some inspiration. I really liked this sketch at CAS Colours & Sketches this time around! Wonderful inspiration for this – I stamped the two cakes in Early Espresso on Very Vanilla. I… [Read More]
Sailing Dreams
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! We have a new two-week sketch today – Optional Theme : Nautical Love this new Sailing Home Bundle! Just the perfect set for this challenge! Such beautiful cards you can create with it – This is fun, bright, and cheery! My base is Sahara Sand, followed with a Subtle textured… [Read More]
Birthday Shares
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our newest two week challenge – Optional Theme : Pastels I got this! I paired this soon to retire Share What You Love Designer Series Paper with the Cake Builder punch to create this quick and easy elegant birthday card – I was running wayyy late last week… [Read More]
Incredibly Proud
Welcome to our weekly Thursday Create with Connie and Mary challenge! Here is our newest color challenge – I just had to pull out this fabulous Painted Seasons Sale-a-bration stamp set and the coordinating Four Seasons framelits. Perfect combination for these colors! Directions – Petal Pink card base, 4 1/4 x 11, scored at 5… [Read More]
Beautiful Destination
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Thursday challenge! Here is our newest color challenge – Nice colors this week! Perfect for this – I was inspired to create this type of card after one of my customers had a nasty fall. I figured she could use a little ‘pick me up’. Especially, after her surgery…. [Read More]
Grateful Leaf
Welcome to the Create with Connie and Mary Thursday challenge! Here is our newest color challenge – Great colors to create this – I was so excited to play around with the tree looking stamp from Winter Woods stamps set. I repeated the inking and stamping of this set to create the background. Very simple!… [Read More]
We Create – Halloween Blog Hop
Happy October 1!!!! Got a lot of creatin’ going on today! This post is for a group of us known as We Create. Theme this month is : Halloween I loved the September Frights & Delights Paper Pumpkin! Here is the kit assembled as the instructions indicate – Awesome treat holders. But, we don’t always… [Read More]
“Sweet Dreams are Made of This” – Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop
Let’s get movin’ and groovin’ today with our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! For the next month, we are going with an 80’s theme in our designs! Using song titles as our inspiration! I’m sure you can hear the song Sweet Dreams are made of this in your head now! I was singing it… [Read More]
