I love plants! My daughter bought me a beautiful rubber plant for my birthday last March. It has these big green, cream, and red leaves. I’ve discovered that the more direct sunlight it receives, the more red comes out. This plant stamp from Plentiful Plants reminds me of it. I…
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,…
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…
We have a color challenge today at Create With Connie & Mary. I’ve “painted” a watercolor sunrise for CCMC706. Here are the colors in our challenge: And here is my watercolored card: My Card Details: Pumpkin Pie Cardstock base, 8-1/2″x 5-1/2″, scored and folded at 4-1/4″ Mango Melody Cardstock layer,…
I finally bought Oceanfront! It’s been dog-eared in my catalog since the beginning, but I just now got around to getting it. Bottom line…I love it! It’s a fun companion set to On the Horizon. I used the birds and the sentiment on this card from On the Horizon after…
This week, I’m focusing on Sale-a-bration products, giving you one more peek at some of the things you can earn for free with a qualifying purchase. Sale-a-bration ends next Monday, Feb. 28, so you have just a few more days to take advantage of this special promotion. Today I’m featuring…
Welcome to the Stampin’ Pretty Pals’ Blog Hop in 2022! This month, the theme is Sale-A-Bration. We really hope that you enjoy and will be inspired by them! As you hop from blog to blog, don’t forget to leave comments because we love hearing from you. You will find the lineup…
Do you love mixing and matching Stampin’ Up! products to create your own unique style? I do! and when I saw Heart & Home Designer Series Paper I immediately thought of our Meadow Dies to pair with it. Here’s my card ~ Heart & Home in the Meadow! Here is…
There’s a new free Designer Paper coming to town next Tuesday. It’s called Sunshine & Rainbows. It is a free full pack of 6″x 6″ paper that you can pick as a Sale-a-bration gift when you purchase $50 worth of Stampin’ Up! products! Let me ask you, if this paper…
I’ve got a Simply Elegant card to share with you today. This could serve as a Get Well, Sympathy, or Thinking of You card. It was hard not to use the beautiful metallic side of this DSP, but I think I love these leaves just as much! Simple Card Recipe:…
I love fun folds! There’s just that unexpected factor that makes the card, well… fun! Today I’ve used Season’s Blessings and Heartwarming Hugs DSP to make this Season’s Blessings Fun Fold card. I guess you might call this a Z-Fold card. You start with a regular 5-1/2″x 4-1/4″ card base,…
Did you pass over this one thinking there wasn’t much you could do with it? Take another look and you might change your mind! Textures & Frames is a free stamp set that you can order with a $50 purchase during Sale-a-bration. On this first card, I’ve used one of…
Welcome to the Stampin’ Pretty Pals’ Blog Hop! This month, the theme is “Sentiment as a focal point.” We really hope that you enjoy and will be inspired by them! As you hop from blog to blog, don’t forget to leave comments because we love hearing from you. You will…
I’ve been a busy little crafter this past week! The extreme heat outside has kept me inside, and what better indoor activity than stocking up my card supply?! That’s when I’m thankful for card challenges that provide me with sketches or color combos to jumpstart my ideas! For example, this…
I am so excited about this new Designer Series Paper called Beauty of the Earth! It will be available tomorrow! I don’t have the rest of the suite yet, but I couldn’t resist making a card with this paper, so I’m mixing old with new today. In this photo you…
