I can’t believe this is the final challenge for October! This month has flown by! We have a sketch challenge at Create With Connie and Mary this week. I decided to use Waves of Inspiration for CCMC739. Here is our sketch ~ And this is my card, using Waves of…
Are you ready for Halloween? I’ve got one more card idea for you. It’s my Gift Card/Money Holder Halloween Card! Whew, that’s a mouthful! I designed this card with the Create With Connie & Mary color challenge in mind. It needed Basic Black/Smoky Slate/+ and two colors. I chose Orchid…
Have you ever made a gingerbread house? We used to give our kindergartners a small milk carton and some graham crackers, frosting, and candy. That was a delightfully sticky, messy project and oh-so-fun! A friend of mine who is part of my Stampin’ Up! team brought me a kit last…
It’s time for a sketch challenge at Create With Connie & Mary! Today I’ve picked Tea Boutique for CCMC735! I love these colors together! Here’s the sketch: Card Details: Starry Sky Cardstock base, 8-1/2″x 5-1/2″, scored and folded at 4-1/4″ Tea Boutique 6″x 6″ DSP, two sheets, 4-1/2″x 3″ Parakeet…
This is by far my favorite Mini Catalog stamp set! It was my first order from this catalog (altho not my last!) and I still love it more than any other. It’s Soft Seedlings and you can find it on page 53 of the July/December 2022 Mini Catalog. It doesn’t…
We’re back with another Thursday sketch challenge at Create With Connie & Mary! This is a great sketch that will lend itself to many different ideas. I chose this sweet Designer Series Paper that just makes me smile 🙂 Well, Hello, Happy Forest Friends! Isn’t it cute? This would make…
Hi there! It’s a color challenge today at Create With Connie & Mary, and we have this pretty combination to work with. I decided to pair Lovely & Lasting with Perfectly Penciled. Add them together and you get Perfectly Penciled & Lovely! Here’s my card ~ If you recall, Perfectly…
Hello, September! We have a sketch challenge at Create With Connie & Mary today. I thought I’d be bringing out the fall items for the first day of September. But I ended up with a holiday card ~ a non-traditional holiday card, at that! I would call this a “mixed-bag”…
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…
We have a sketch challenge this week at Create With Connie & Mary. I chose the poinsettia print from Rings of Love DSP for CCMC729. Here’s my card: And the Details: Evening Evergreen base, 8-1/2″x 5-1/2″, scored and folded at 4-1/4″ for a top-folding card Basic White Cardstock, 3″x 4-1/4″,…
This week at Create With Connie & Mary, we have a color challenge. It’s Calypso Coral, Pale Papaya, and Starry Sky. I took In The Moment for this one. Here is a look at the Challenge Board: And here is my card: Card Details: Thick Basic White card base, 8-1/2″x…
Wow, it’s August already. Summer is winding down! And we have a new sketch challenge at Create With Connie & Mary. I chose to feature Butterfly Kisses for CCMC727. Here is the sketch ~ Before I launch into my card(s), I want to share my thought process. I saw that…
Today on Create With Connie & Mary we have another catalog CASE challenge! This card was on my radar when the catalog first came out. In fact, I CASEd it for my Kit Club at the time (anyone recognize it?) And here it is again! This time I could use…
It’s Thursday again, and we have another CASE the Catalog Challenge at Create With Connie & Mary! This week, our inspiration card can be found on page 61 of the Annual Catalog. I saw those repeated words and thought I’d go with Biggest Wish for CCMC725. Here it is ~…
This week at Create With Connie & Mary we have another CASE the Catalog challenge. You’ll find the inspiration card on page 39 of the 2022-23 Annual Catalog. I chose to use Uniquely Artistic for CCMC724. While I did leave off (perhaps) the main focal point of their card,…
