Can you believe it…it is another Saturday already! And what a fine Saturday it is! The sun is supposed to be shining all day and my husband and I have decided to take the weekend off from unpacking. We’ll see if that happens! This time of year it is all about what is retiring from Stampin’ Up! and I have …
I was in the mood to do a splatter type card. I love the new splatters in the Happy Celebrations set but I also LOVE the Gorgeous Grunge set. The two really work so nicely together. I started putting these two splatters together and thought this ended up being such a fun card! I’ve really been into the Peek-a-boo Peach …
Oooooo…it’s the LAST Create with Connie and Mary Thursday Challenge of 2016 and we have a cool color challenge for you…Flirty Flamingo, Pool Party and Smoky Slate (or Silver). The Occasions Mini goes live in a couple days and I have to say DRAGONFLIES…FINALLY!!! I have waited FOREVER for SU to do a dragonfly set and this one has FRAMELITS! …
Welcome everyone to the Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Design Team Blog Hop. Are you enjoying the new catalog? I know we are! This week we are featuring our favorite new stamp set. Now this was a real problem for me because my favorite stamp set in the new catalog keeps changing – LOL!!! I picked this set for …
Well it’s time for another SUO challenge and this time our theme is ‘Cute Critters’. This was another one of those where I wasn’t quite sure what to do with it. I was looking for a ‘cute critter’ to use on my card and remembered I had those ‘cute’ zoo babies so that made the decision easy for me. After …
The casology challenge this week (nothing like waiting until the last minute!) is distress. I just recently got the Timeless Textures stamp set and thought thought that, along with Gorgeous Grunge, would make a perfect ‘distress’ card. I just need to point out…I do have days like this that Oops…Sorry cards are just what I need – LOL!!! I am …
Yep…one more card using the SAB Hello set. With it going away after the 15th…I thought I needed to hurry up and use it! LOL!!! This is really one of those REALLY QUICK cards. You could easily change out the colors for a totally different look. I like cards that are so easy to change up and get different looks. …
Happy Thursday! Boy we having been have FALL around here this week. We had been enjoying temps in the 60s and 70s…well…this week, 50s and low 6os. Winter is right around the corner…DANG! Since it is feeling very ‘autumny’ I decided to go with an ‘autumn’ theme for my card. This is one of those sketches that I took a …
Welcome everyone to the Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Design Team Blog Hop where the FABULOUS designers pick a theme and we each off a project based on that theme. This week our theme is RESIST – either the resist technique or the Color Me Irresistible dsp! Okay…before I share my cards I have to admit I completely and …
Take 2…well actually this was the original card I made for yesterday’s challenge but ended up not really liking it so made the one I posted yesterday. Even though I didn’t totally love it…it was still a good card so I decided to post it today. It’s always good to see someone’s reject! Here’s the details – Crushed Curry – …
Happy Thursday everyone! As you are reading this I’m in Pittsburgh (PA) visiting with my sister. I decided to go on the visit sort of ‘last minute’ so I was trying to get some of my challenges done so I could get them ready to post. So I sat down to do my card for this challenge (Create with Connie …
There’s a fun color challenge on SCS today – Watermelon Wonder, Cucumber Crush, Hello Honey. Also the Try a New Technique Challenge from yesterday was something I’ve been wanting to do. So I put them together and came up with this. It’s a little tough to see on the picture (click on the picture to make it larger) but the …
Awesomely Artistic meets Gorgeous Grunge for a CAS (Clean and Simple) card! LOL!!! The Way to Use It Challenge on SCS today was to use ‘grunge’ on your card. I’ve been playing with my new Awesomely Artistic set (and AWESOME it is!) the last couple of day so since it was ‘sitting on top of my desk’ I just went …
Happy Thursday everyone! Since it is Thursday, it is time for another Create with Connie and Mary Thursday Challenge and this week we have a fun color challenge for you – Night of Navy, Calypso Coral, and Crushed Curry. How great are those! I decided I wanted to pair up the Birthday Bash set with Gorgeous Grunge set to make …
Boy…do we have an interesting challenge for you for the SUO challenge this time. What is it, you ask? Well, it’s to make a card for a teen. Hmmm…now that one is a bit perplexing since I honestly don’t know a single teen right now…well unless you count some of my students! Anyway I sort of thought this might work …
I am officially having a bad week at work. Yes, I do know it is only Tuesday. Actually I was officially having a bad week at work yesterday. What can I say…sometimes stuff just happens. If you are looking for some fun Christmas inspiration though…check out this card here and then this card here. So anyway…I came home today from …
The CAS challenge this week is a fun color challenge. At first my thought was to do flowers as the colors really say flowers to me but them I wanted to do something a little different. I haven’t played with my Gorgeous Grunge set in a while and thought it would be fun to make a ‘celebrate’ card. After I …
Sometimes I try to work ahead on my challenges. That is a good thing so that I can have things done in case things happen, I know that I am done. So last month I was working ahead on some challenges. I also try to match things up with what I’m doing if Create with Connie and Mary is having …
Happy Monday and welcome to another Technostamper Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge! Such a cool sketch Mary Jo has for use this week! I was going to use stars on this (since I’m using a lot of stars this week for projects) but then since stars were actually on the sketch, I wanted to do something different. I think this turned …
Cheer up Buttercup! Okay…so I REALLY wanted to do some stamping today (okay…I really NEED to do some stamping today but don’t have much energy. I hadn’t been feeling good and went to the doctor last Tuesday. She thought it might be a heart problem, ended up I had pneumonia. I think I might finally be on the mend (if …
So I had decided to hold a World Card Making Day event well…on the actual World Card making day and it just didn’t work out for everyone so I changed the date and it was great for everyone. Unfortunately then my sweet Gypsy got sick and I needed to cancel and try again at a later date. So that DID …
Happy Monday everyone! it’s time for another Technostamper Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge. Mary Jo had a nice simple sketch for us so I kept it nice and simple. There is just such a nice ‘chill’ in the air. Can you believe we are quickly approaching Thanksgiving? WOW!!! It will be Christmas before we know it. Here’s the details… Pistachio Pudding: …
I think I have mentioned how much a LOVE this stamp and it was just perfect to create a card with a “fall” feel for the Create with Connie and Mary Thursday Challenge – this week…it’s a color challenge! This is really a pretty easy card. The base of the card is So Saffron. I took a piece of Natural …
