Happy Thursday and happy April! We are working with a sketch challenge this week at Create with Stamping Friends. I’ve combined products for a Mixed Media Thinking of You card! Here’s the Sketch: And here’s my card: Materials & Measurements: Garden Green Cardstock base, 8-1/2″x 5-1/2″, folded at 4-1/4″ Basic…
A new year, a new logo badge! This is our first 2025 challenge at Create With Stamping Friends! We have a color challenge this week with pretty Azure Afternoon, Peach Pie, and Petunia Pop. I’ve gone floral (again!) with this color combination on a card that says, “You’ve been on…
I’m back in the crafting business! Yay! It feels like I’ve been moving forever, but my craft room is (sort of) put together and I have been enjoying some card making this afternoon. While things were in transit, this beautiful new pack of Designer Series Paper arrived and I have…
Stampin’ Up! held an annual online event over the weekend called “Creativity Now” for all Demonstrators. We were able to watch some Presenters make cards with a new bundle coming soon called Winterly Tree Tops. Since we were able to pre-order this bundle, we could make the cards right along…
Our online Pals gathering this month had a Mystery Stamping event, put on by Mary Fish and Stesha Bloodhart. We were given the dimensions ahead of time but we could choose any color cardstock and any DSP. So we all went into it with different papers and colors. Mary gave…
Welcome to the Stampin’ Pretty Pals’ Blog Hop! This month, the theme is the new 2024-2026 In Colors. We hope to inspire you with our creations today! You will find the lineup at the end of my post to help you “hop” along from Pal to Pal. Since zinnias come…
Good morning! It’s time for CASEing Coast to Coast with Rosanne Mulhern in Pennsylvania and me in California! This month I’ve chosen the theme for our post, “How Does Your Garden Grow?”, so sit back and enjoy our cross country adventure, this month from… “How Does Your Garden Grow?” is…
As you may have noticed, I’m featuring each of the new 2024-2026 Stampin’ Up! In Colors this week ~ five colors in five days. Today is our third color, Pretty in Pink. This used to be part of the color collections back when I was brand new to Stampin’ Up!…
This week at Create With Stamping Friends, we have a fun sketch challenge! After yesterday’s garden theme at the Pals Blog Hop, I was into it! I used Flowering Zinnias DSP, Simply Zinnia Stamp Set for the sentiment, and Garden Meadow Stamp Set for the images. Here’s our sketch: And…
I’m wondering… Do you have lots of old DSP like I do? Here we are, about to usher in a new catalog with some new beautiful DSP (of which I will want all!) But wait! I haven’t used up most of the old stuff! Time to brainstorm ~ how can…
Parakeet Party is one of the 2022-24 In Colors that’s about to retire. Too bad, because it is such a happy color! Let me show you one more card to lift you up with Zoo Crew ~ It’s almost an electric green, and it goes so well with Basic Black…
This week at Create With Connie & Mary we have a sketch challenge. I went into full craft mode with this one, using the Beach Day Bundle. Here’s the sketch: And here’s my card: Sometimes you just feel like pulling out all the stops, and I pulled quite a few…
Hey! Happy Wednesday! I’m joining the Tic, Tac, Toe Challenge this week with a fun grid for inspiration. I’ve chose Perennial Lavender to make a clean and simple card with some fun detailing. Here’s the board ~ And here’s my card ~ I went across the top with [CAS (clean…
This week on Create With Connie & Mary we have a color challenge: Crushed Curry, Coastal Cabana, and White. I tried to find some DSP with those three colors in it, but couldn’t find anything current, so I took pieces from different packs, four different Die sets, and a sentiment…
Here we are with our last Thursday entry at Create With Connie & Mary for the month of January! Anyone getting Spring Fever yet? Perhaps this color palette will help with that! We have a beautiful color challenge using Lost Lagoon, Highland Heather, and Gorgeous Grape. Without even thinking about…
