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…
It’s our Fall Sale-a-bration time, a bi-annual Stampin’ Up! promotion that gives you free product with each qualifying purchase from the catalogs. For example, with a $100 purchase, you might choose a free bundle, such as this Wonderful World Stamp Set + 12″x 12″ Designer Series Paper. Isn’t this paper…
Hey! There’s a new tag in town! I love making tags ~ tags for gifts, tags for small notes, Christmas tags, birthday tags, you-name-it tags. And there is just such a bundle in our new July-December 2022 Mini Catalog. It’s called Celebrate With Tags. Celebrate With Tags Bundle #159867, $55.75…
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…
I have some news & blues for you today! Please read through the News, then view my Bluesy card! News First of all, I have 3 spots left to fill another Product Share! If you would like a sampling of the newly released July-December Mini Catalog papers and/or ribbons, please…
Yes! Another camping trailer card! 🙂 This time the trailer is in the mountain air, viewing the sunrise from its sweet little camping spot in the trees. This is the first time I’ve inked up Mountain Air! I know that’s hard to believe, since this is not a new stamp…
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…
Are you ready for cuteness overload? Here is a sneak peek of Trees For Sale and Tree Lot Dies, coming July 1st. Details, Details! Basic Gray Cardstock base, 8-1/2″x 5-1/2″, scored and folded at 4-1/4″ for a top fold (Last year’s) Peaceful Cabin DSP, 5-1/4″x 4″ Basic White Cardstock, 5-1/4″x…
While we were visiting the island of Santorini in Greece last month, we took a tour of the excavation site at the Akrotiri Prehistoric City. We also went into the museum where they house the original antiquity that they want to preserve. It was fascinating and surprising! As I was…
We have a new Mini Catalog coming out in July! That means it’s time to organize a Product Share. I would love to have you share the new DSP, specialty papers, and ribbons with me. This is a service I do with each new catalog to give you a chance to…
I mentioned that I’d be sharing a card with A Fish & A Wish. This stamp set comes bundled with a fish punch, but I chose to use it as a stamps-only card today. Here it is ~ Details: Evening Evergreen Cardstock base, 8-1/2″x 5-1/2″ scored and folded at 4-1/4″…
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…
It’s been a couple of months since we have done a CASEing Coast to Coast post! I’m so glad to be back at it! Thanks for visiting today. Rosanne Mulhern in Pennsylvania, and I, Karen Hallam in California, take turns getting inspiration from one another and today Rosanne takes the…
While on the islands in Greece, we saw lots of cats! Mostly feral, I think, but they were pretty tame – or just used to tourists handing them snacks! You cannot sit and enjoy a fish meal without a little buddy sitting at your feet in anticipation of a handout. The…
For this week at Create With Connie & Mary, we have a new sketch challenge. Here’s the sketch to which I used Textured Chic Designer Series Paper with gold accents. Take a look at this gorgeous paper! Texture Chic DSP combined with Distressed Gold Specialty Paper and a gold embossed…
