Welcome to our November challenges at Create With Connie & Mary! For this first week, we have a pretty color challenge, with pink and two shades of blue. I’ve chosen the new stamp set, Framed & Festive, for the challenge. Here is the banner ~ And here is my card…
By now you’ve probably heard all about the Fitted Florets Collection of products that became available on November 1st. It is a beautiful collection of frames and florals (appropriately so!) Here is a new card that I made in just a few minutes. Some of you like quick and simple…
Hi! Thank you for making me aware of the linking problem I had on yesterday’s post. I have corrected the problem and you can view the corrections by clicking HERE. I hope you all had a fun Halloween! Happy November now ~ on to Thanksgiving! I’ll be back with a…
I thought I’d “trick or treat” you to a visual Halloween post today! Here are some projects from the recent and past that I created. Each is linked to its original post, so you can click on the picture and see posts that date pretty far back. Kind of a…
I’ve been playing with Sweet Gingerbread again. Check out the cute snow-glittered walkway I created with the White Glimmer Paper and Gingerbread Dies! And that sweet heart smoke coming from the chimney just makes me smile! I used my Stamparatus to place all of the stamps on this cardfront, trimmed…
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…
As if Awash in Beauty isn’t gorgeous enough, look how pretty it is with a sentiment and floral stamp from Framed Florets! Framed Florets is a pre-release from the upcoming January-June 2023 Mini Catalog and will be available to all on November 1. More about that in a minute. Here’s…
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…
It’s time for CASEing Coast to Coast again! I always look forward to this monthly post with Rosanne. It’s so fun collaborating with a fellow stamper and coming up with new things to share. This month, Rosanne (East Coast in PA) chose the theme – Shaker Cards! I have always…
We have a brand new collection of products that is available now to demonstrators or for people signing up to join Stampin’ Up! The collection is called Fitting Florets. It includes 2 stamp sets, a set of dies, Designer Series Paper, and some cute gold swirl embellishments. Here’s my first…
I’m going to an event on Tuesday where I have to take a small gift of something that encourages me. Well, as you might imagine, that’s a no-brainer for me! Handmade note cards encourage me! I’m hoping they also encourage the recipient (of course they will, right?) The theme of…
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…
Simple and sweet. I love it when the Designer Series Paper is the card! This Happy Forest Friends baby card goes together so quickly, and yet it is just adorable. Thank you, DSP! A 5-Minute Card! Cut the card base from Mossy Meadow Cardstock, 8-1/2″x 5-1/2″, scored and folded at…
I have some more retired Stamp Sets/Bundles/Dies to share with you today. I’ve posted the price and the shipping cost under each, with the total that I would be sending a PayPal invoice for. You can see samples of cards I’ve made with each set by clicking on the title…
I like the idea of this card. The execution needs some work, but I thought I’d share anyway. Maybe there will be an improved version coming later. This is Merry & Bright ~ Techniques: Masking Blending with Brushes Sponge Daubers Heat Embossing Wink of Stella Splatter Products Used: Cardstock ~…
