Yay! It’s Thursday and another Create With Connie & Mary day! This week we have a CASE the Catalog Challenge, specifically this card on page 28 of the Annual Catalog. I chose Speedy Recovery for my stamp set. Here’s the banner: And here’s my card: Not usually being one for…
This week it’s a color challenge at Create With Connie & Mary, and we have the beautiful combination of Orchid Oasis, Balmy Blue, and So Saffron. I saw the purple and yellow together and thought about the pansies we used to have in our flower bed! Out came my Pansy…
It’s a sketch challenge this Thursday at Create With Connie & Mary! Sketch challenges are fun because you can use any colors, any papers. You just need to (roughly) follow the sketch suggestion. Everyone will interpret it differently. I’ve chosen our new In Color, Parakeet Party, plus the Perfectly Penciled…
It’s Thursday and that means Create With Connie & Mary! Today we have a color challenge ~ Sweet Sorbet, Pale Papaya, and Night of Navy. I’ve brought out Full of Love Stamp Set and Lovely Linen DSP. I took a walk through our new Designer Series Paper, and one fit…
This week is a color challenge at Create with Connie & Mary. Let’s Set Sail and sail through this challenge! Our colors are Daffodil Delight (for my sunrise), Tahitian Tide (for my ocean), and Starry Sky (for my sky). I blended these colors onto a panel of Basic White with…
We end the month of May with a sketch challenge at Create With Connie & Mary. As easy as last week’s card was, this one was way more challenging for me! But that’s what I enjoy about these sketches – they really stretch my creativity! I decided to work with…
Oh, I love the look of neutrals and black! We get to use Basic Black, Sahara Sand, and any other color for our challenge at Create With Connie & Mary this week! I almost felt like I was cheating when I made this card to fit the challenge! I opened…
We have any interesting sketch for this week’s Create With Connie & Mary. I pulled out Nature’s Prints and Sweet Sorbet Cardstock with coordinating designer papers to make a sweet card! Here’s the sketch ~ And here’s my card~ Card Details: Sweet Sorbet Cardstock base, 8-1/2″x 5-1/2″, scored and folded…
Wow, May already!!! I’m always surprised by how fast time goes by. When this goes to publishing, I’ll be exploring Greece! But thanks to technology, these weekly posts should come off without a hitch (fingers crossed!) My friend and I have been planning this trip since before Covid, and have…
Here’s a fun sketch challenge today at Create With Connie and Mary. I decided to go with Back On Your Feet and pair it with In The Wild Designer Series Paper. Both will be retiring in 4 days! The Last Chance list is here, if you’d like to get some…
It’s Thursday again! This week we have a color challenge for Create With Connie & Mary ~ this pretty combination of Just Jade, Pear Pizzazz, and Calypso Coral. This combination immediately reminded me of one of our Designer Series Papers, so I went with Artfully Composed for CCM712! I took…
This week it’s a sketch challenge at Create With Connie & Mary. I picked Waves of the Ocean for CCMC711 because it’s fairly new and I’ve only posted one other card with it. You can see it here. Here’s our sketch… …and here’s my card~ I used Waves of the…
We have a beautiful Spring color palette to work with this week on Create With Connie & Mary. It’s a color challenge using Pool Party, Granny Apple Green, and Highland Heather. These colors together remind me of an Easter egg, so I made a card offering Easter Blessings! Here is…
It’s the final Thursday of the month, the last day of the month, and it’s my birthday! Today we have a new sketch challenge at Create With Connie & Mary. I’ve chosen Daffodil Daydream for CCMC709. Here’s the sketch ~ And here’s my card ~ Here are the details: Thick…
It’s Thursday and time for Create With Connie & Mary! Today we have a Color Challenge with this gorgeous trio of colors: I chose Artistically Inked to show off these beautiful colors, and created a thank you card: Card Details: Rich Razzleberry Cardstock base, 8-1/2″x 5-1/2″, scored and folded at…
