Hope & Light
How about some shiny gold snowflakes over a dark, moody DSP?! The gold specks and stars in this Lights Aglow DSP inspired me to layer some black and grays, then top it off with lots of gold! I do love the way the light bounces off the metallic gold. Here’s…
Happier Than Happy
Happy Thanksgiving to you! I started out to make a Thanksgiving card for today’s Create With Connie & Mary sketch challenge, but my design went an entirely different direction! Sometimes it has a mind of its own!! Today we have this sketch to work with and I chose Happier Than…
Framed & Festive
This is a quick and easy card to make with the Framed & Festive Stamp Set. It went together in minutes, but with that detailed frame, it looks much more complicated! I love this paper (I know I’ve said that before, but I really do!) It is Fitting Florets Designer…
Merriest Moments for CCMC742
It’s another Color Challenge For Create With Connie & Mary! This week we are working with Poppy Parade, Petal Pink, and Mint Macaron. I decided to use Merriest Moments for CCMC742. Here is the Color Board: Here is my card: Measurements: Poppy Parade Cardstock base, 8-1/2″x 5-1/2″, scored and folded…
Holiday Fun Folds
It’s time for CASEing Coast to Coast with Rosanne Mulhern and me! Thanks for stopping by. This month we decided to create holiday fun folds for you. I went back and forth between Thanksgiving and Christmas, and landed on Christmas. The minute I saw this fun fold from Julie Davison,…
Fitting Florets Birthday Card
Today I have a birthday card to share with you that I made using the new Fitting Florets Designer Series Paper. I love, love, love this paper and I think I’ve used some of every sheet now! It’s only around for a limited time (till January 4th), so pick some…
Christmas Cheer for CCMC741
What could be more cheerful than this holiday paper from the Celebrate Everything DSP pack?! I’m sending you Christmas Cheer for CCMC741! Our challenge this week at Create With Connie and Mary is a sketch challenge. To me, it definitely called for some bright, graphic Designer Series Paper! Here’s the…
Merriest Moments for the Pals November Blog Hop
Welcome to the Stampin’ Pretty Pals’ Blog Hop! This month, the theme is Home for the Holidays, so the design team created a project for the holiday of their choice. We really hope that you will be inspired by all the amazing creations the Pals are sharing with you! As you…
BIG Sale at Karen’s Stamping Habit!
Framed & Festive (for CCMC740)
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…
Framed Florets Birthday
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…
Corrections on Yesterday’s Post
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…
Halloween History
Sweet Gingerbread
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…