HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Did your sky look like this last night? If not, perhaps your TV screen was lit up with world-wide fireworks displays? My daughter-in-law’s birthday is today! I sent her this card with a birthday message inside. This fun stamp set is called Light the Sky and is…
Wow! Our final Create post for 2022!!! Fitting that I went for a Happy New Year card using Celebrate Everything DSP! Here is the challenge banner: And here is my card: Do you have fireworks on New’s Year Eve where you live? They’re not only for July 4th. We have…
Here we are ~ the last Thursday of August! Just a little more time to get out and have some fun with water sports like sailing, boating, paddling, swimming. Those were my thoughts when I picked Let’s Set Sail for CCMC730. It’s a color challenge this week and our colors…
Hi there! It’s our last Thursday Challenge for February. I can’t believe how fast time is going! Today is a color challenge at Create With Connie & Mary. We get to play with Poppy Parade, Bumblebee, and Night of Navy. If you are a Designer Series Paper fan like I…
I have a new Host Code for orders beginning today! TH9UYGP3 Why use a Host Code when you place an order? Well, for a couple of reasons ~ It ensures that you are shopping with me, from my site, which is something I’m so grateful for! Your orders give me…
Hi Everyone! It’s time for CASEing Coast to Coast with Rosanne Mulhern and me. Each month we pick a theme and post a card or project within that theme, one person Copying And Selectively Editing the other. This month, I’ve selected “Celebrations” for our theme. CASEing Coast to Coast is…
Do you love playing with patterns? I’ve loved playing with geometric figures since high school geometry class! This designer paper really appeals to me. Today I’m playing with blue patterns! I have to tell you a funny story. Funny to me anyway! I was building this card front with the…
On page 101 of the 2020 Annual Catalog, there is a box gift that was wrapped with Playing With Patterns. I thought it would make a cute card, so I set about to make a Playing With Patterns CASE from the catalog photo. Image © Stampin’ Up! Here is my…
Any great celebration calls for confetti, right? Super Bowl…America’s Got Talent…your retirement…your birthday… This calls for confetti! Not to mention, a few balloons! This toucan and the confetti come with the Birthday Bonanza Designer Series Paper. I’ve cut out three similarly round balloons and popped them up with Dimensionals over…
It’s almost time to ring in the new year, and what better stamp set to say, “Happy New Year!” than Sip Sip Hooray! Layers of Basic Black and Crumb Cake on a Thick Whisper White base set the background for two champagne flutes, clinking in celebration. When my son was…
Have a fun and safe Independence Day! My card today is a mash-up of different companies’ products as well as current and retired Stampin’ Up! As you know, I enjoy putting all of my loved products into my cards and this one is a perfect example! You may not be…
Sometimes the most surprising color combinations actually work quite well together! For example, I would most likely never have put Terracotta Tile together with Seaside Spray, but Stampin’ Up! did. And look how pretty they are together in Woven Threads DSP! Paired with Woven Heirlooms Stamp Set and the new…
I have two cards to show you today. These are so fast to put together, and the result is so pretty! I used the Petal Promenade Designer Series Paper. Take a look ~ This photo-realistic paper is gorgeous. I finally got the nerve to cut into one of the sheets…
Hi my crafty friends! I have another card that uses some retiring products to show you. Today I’m using the Celebrate You Thinlits Dies, the Petal Promenade Designer Series Paper, and the Floral Embossing Folder. To see a former card on which I used Celebrate You Thinlits Dies, click HERE.…
Are you ready for some bright and happy? I just happen to have some for you ~ Love this explosion of color! Happiness Blooms is the very appropriately named DSP on this card. I used two prints and divided them with Night of Navy. I glued a piece of Vellum…
