Oh my…so I see that the SUO challenge this time is Back to School and WHAT…I have NO SCHOOL STUFF!!! So…when in doubt…go to MDS! This is mostly designed in MDS. There is a cute apple stamp in there that I ‘blew up’ to the size I wanted. I then Printed things out in the size I wanted and used …
Oh my…is it time for ANOTHER Technostamper Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge? Well…yes it is! And what a GREAT sketch it is! I am starting to offer my customers a fun new card class that they can do at home and this is one of the sets they will be purchasing and using. (No this is not one of the cards…just …
Well I promised yesterday during the Control Freak Hop that I would share some more wood letters! These are the ones I made for my roommate Sharon and my special friend Connie (yep, of Create with Connie and Mary) and Annette. I asked my friends what their favorite dsp was in the new catalog and had to laugh that they …
Welcome everyone to the July Tour de Freaks! Because of the Stampin’ Up! Convention we are hopping a week later than usual but we are worth the wait! If you are going forward through the hop you arrived here from Patty Bennett’s wonderful site – Patty’s Stamping Spot! Weren’t those just wonderful? I had already shared my convention Control Freak …
Oh…the fun we had at Convention! We hope that you all enjoyed the two week challenge! Such pretty cards in the gallery! Well…now it is time for another sketch challenge and it’s a pretty easy one. The base of the card is Island Indigo. I used a really print from the Venetian Romance print, layered on Very Vanilla and added …
Oh my word!!!! Just back from convention and this was one of the pictures I took of the crowd! This was after opening general session on Thursday night as the crowd tried to move from the main stage to the gathering place! To say it was INSANE would be an understatement! I will be getting back to the regular posting …
Sometimes it is just so much fun to pull out an old set…especially when you can pair it with some fun NEW STUFF!!! What a fun sketch on Technostamper Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge this week! The base of the card is Strawberry Slush. I took the Chevron print from the 2013-2015 dsp paper pack, cut into three panels and added …
I can’t believe convention is over already! I am exhausted (okay..again…this is an assumption on my part since it is a week until I go!) and had a FABULOUS time (yep…SURE I will!) This is my other Control Freak Swap card. I do LOVE this little set…soooooo much fun! The base of the card is Crisp Cantaloupe (truly a FABULOUS …
Oh…say it ain’t so! We have come to the end of Create with Connie and Mary Summer Collection 2013! But remember…all the projects feature items in the NEW CATALOG so they are good ALL YEAR LONG…it’s not too late to join! This week the design team is leaving you with one last piece of inspiration…a color challenge – Bermuda Bay, …
Oh…having such a GREAT time at convention!!! (and although I’m writing this before I left…I’m still sure I’m having a GREAT time at convention!) Today we are having our Control Freaks swap. At some point during the convention the Control Freaks get together and do a swap just between us. I LOVE swapping with this group…such a talented bunch of …
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoEA5NpJTV4&w=420&h=315] Oh…I’m soooo excited!!! It’s CONVENTION TIME!!! And Connie and I are going to convention AND we made 180 swaps to give out! Now we know that not everyone is going to convention and well, we only have 180, so we thought we’d share a video so you can see how to make this quick and easy project! The Pop …
Yep…it’s Tuesday and time for another SUO challenge…this one… Get Well Soon! I wanted to do something a little different and my friend Jackie let me stamp some of these images to use. Oh how fun…even though it had to be colored! I did use an older RetroSketches Challenge sketch for this…such a fun sketch! The base of the card …
Oh…don’t you just LOVE how the dsp matches the image! I thought this would be such a fun set to use for the Technostamper Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge this week! The base of the card is Raspberry Ripple. I took the bike print from Birthday Basic dsp, added strips of Bermuda Bay to the top and bottom then added to …
I decided to do a quick card for the CAS challenge on SCS this week. It is a color challenge…tan, bright pink and coral. I’ve seen this layout several times and thought it would work for the challenge. The base of the card is Whisper White. I took another piece of Whisper White, stamped it with Calypso Coral and added …
Oh…Week 3 of Create with Connie and Mary Summer Collection 2013 has ended (still one week to go) and we had such a great time with Guys and Gals…using sets to make both masculine and feminine versions of the project! But remember…those can only be seen if you are a subscriber! This week is a sketch challenge…LOVE those! and here’s …
Happy Thursday everyone and we have a special Challenge for you this time for the Create with Connie and Mary Thursday Challenge! Since convention is right around the corner, and both Connie and I are going – WOOO HOOO!!! we are having a special 2 WEEK CHALLENGE! But…to make it special…we have a color challenge AND a sketch challenge. But …
Well…since I showed you a YELLOW fire truck, I thought I’d go ahead and show you a RED fire truck…so you have one of each! Oh…and there is a little bit of a ‘sneak peek’ in there too! This was such a FUN and EASY card to make. The base of the card is Smoky Slate (LOVE the new color!) …
What color are YOUR fire trucks? Around here we have a mixture…some places have yellow fire trucks and others have red. So this week I have a yellow fire truck and a red fire truck for you! This is such a fun set! Originally I was going to use set for my Create with Connie and Mary Summer Collection 2013 …
What I love most about this set is that really you can easily do it as a girl or a boy kind of card or project and when you pair it up with the fun I Am Me dsp…it can’t get any better than that! I couldn’t resist using these for the Technostamper Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge! The base of …
Talk about a CHALLENGE! The CAS challenge on SCS is to do a single layer card with masking. At first I thought…no…can’t do that. Then I decided to take on the challenge. I’m glad I did…what a fun card this ended up being! The base of the card is Whisper White. I stamped the motorcycle in StazOn Jet Black, masked …
Before I start talking about this card…this is my second post for today so make sure you check out my fun Timeless Talk on HERE. As I was going through the inspiration challenge site on SCS today I was thinking…well…don’t think I’m going to find anything that inspires me today…then I came across THIS ITEM. As soon as I saw …
Oh…it’s Saturday again and time for another Create with Connie and Mary Summer Collection 2013 Saturday Challenge! This week for our subscribers we went a little vintage and for me I used the Timeless Talk and Notable Notions sets! This week we have a fun color challenge…I bet you can guess it is Crisp Cantaloupe, Pistachio Pudding and Soft Suede! …
Happy 4th of July everyone! This is my second card for today so make sure you check out my Timeless Talk card here. So…what do you do when you really, really, really want to do a challenge but don’t have the image for the ‘theme’? IMPROVISE!!! The CASology challenge this week is FIREWORKS and I REALLY wanted to join the …
