Happy Thursday! This week at Create With Connie & Mary, we have a sketch challenge. I saw “square card” in this sketch, so I put a couple of papers from A Walk in the Forest together and created my card. Here’s the sketch: And here’s my card: The photo makes…
I recently acquired the Merriest Trees Dies and I am excited to make lots of fun cards with them. To start off I went simple – Merriest Trees with simple joy! I may have been a little over-zealous with the “snow” splatter, lol! but we’ll just pretend it has been…
I have a fun fold for Merry Monday this week! It is a fold I learned by watching Julie DiMatteo on her Paper Pixie You Tube. I believe she called it an Accordion Fold, aptly named because you “play” the accordion as you open and close it! I used the…
Remember this cute little guy? This is a stamp set that I could never get rid of – I mean really, the cutest mice ever! Merry Mice is the name of the set. I don’t remember what year it came out but it’s been awhile. Today I’m doing Fall Back…
Welcome to the Stampin’ Pretty Pals’ Blog Hop! This month, the theme is All Creatures Great and Small. We really hope that you will be inspired by all the amazing creations the Pals are sharing with you! Then, you will find the lineup at the end of my post to help…
Oooo, I have a simple yet beautiful card for Merry Monday this week. It’s a Winter Meadow Christmas card. So ~ the overwhelming majority of you said last week that you prefer traditional red and green cards for Christmas. But can I persuade you to consider Pretty Peacock and Lost…
Merry Monday! Today’s card is for the traditionalists among you. Beautiful greens, Cherry Cobbler red, and Christmas greenery bring out the Joy of Christmas! Which, just happens to be the name of this new Designer Series Paper. It will be available to purchase this Wednesday, Sept. 6. If you purchased…
For Merry Monday this week I have a sneak peek at what I think will be a very popular Designer Series Paper, A Walk in the Forest. It’s made even cuter with the new Beary Cute Bundle, another one to buy on September 6 (before it sells out!) Here’s a…
Hi! I’m back for another Merry Monday and I’m using So Very Merry once again. This time it’s with the angel and the beautiful sentiment, Peace and Joy. May I just say right up front that this photo does not do this card justice! In real life, it is sparkly…
Wow, it’s July 31st! There is a LOT coming up in August at Stampin’ Up! and I’ll try to fill you in on a few things, but first… I have a Merry Monday card to share! [Side Bar: There used to be a Merry Monday Card Challenge, but I haven’t…
Today I went back to one of my favorite Rachel Tessman fun folds and made a One Horse Open Sleigh Scenery Z-Fold card. Now that’s a mouthful, I admit, but One Horse Open Sleigh is the name of a new Online Exclusive DSP at Stampin’ Up! This scenery Z-fold is…
This is our second week of CASEing the Catalog for Create With Connie & Mary. I’ve chosen a holiday theme (Christmas in July is rather popular in card making) using Celebrate With Tags. Here is our clean and simple card inspiration from Page 61 of the Annual Catalog: I picked…
It’s another Thursday and time for Create With Connie & Mary! Today we have a classic Christmas combination: red, green, and gold. Here’s our challenge banner ~ For my red, I picked Poppy Parade and my green is Granny Apple Green with a touch of Shaded Spruce. I have to…
This is my second post today. Earlier this morning I was part of the Stampin’ Pretty Pals’ Blog Hop. If you missed it, you can see my post HERE. I couldn’t wait another day to do some Show & Tell plus tell you some exciting news! My local team members…
It is candy cane season! I saw candy canes is every color and flavor in the grocery store today. What is your favorite flavor? I am a traditionalist in that I still like the peppermint best! And I stuck with the traditional red and green for my color scheme in…
