Happy Easter everyone! May you be encouraged with hope and blessed with the knowledge that our Lord Jesus is risen indeed! I received this sweet Easter card from my friend Beth Geraghty and thought I’d share it with you. Enjoy a beautiful day!
I’m giving you a little preview of the new 2022-24 In Colors, coming May 3rd. Yesterday I introduced Sweet Sorbet and today I’m introducing Parakeet Party. Best described as “electric green!” At first glance I thought it was Granny Apple Green all over again, but no, this one is much…
Each year Stampin’ Up! brings out five new In Colors, colors that are on trend for the current year. These colors are available for two years. There are always two sets of In Colors and they rotate in and out every year. This year we have five very vibrant colors…
This week it’s a sketch challenge at Create With Connie & Mary. I picked Waves of the Ocean for CCMC711 because it’s fairly new and I’ve only posted one other card with it. You can see it here. Here’s our sketch… …and here’s my card~ I used Waves of the…
We have a beautiful Spring color palette to work with this week on Create With Connie & Mary. It’s a color challenge using Pool Party, Granny Apple Green, and Highland Heather. These colors together remind me of an Easter egg, so I made a card offering Easter Blessings! Here is…
I was flipping through the bits of Designer Series Paper that I have left from this past year’s Annual Catalog, and I came upon this lovely little piece of Blackberry Beauty just for you! It’s so pretty without much fuss and that’s what I needed – a quick and easy…
Happy Saturday! I hope your week was a good one! I had a few fun birthday celebrations! 🙂 Thank you all for your sweet birthday wishes! I have a simple card to share with you today. It’s a one layer card, simple stamping, simpler coloring, and a bit of scoring…
It’s the final Thursday of the month, the last day of the month, and it’s my birthday! Today we have a new sketch challenge at Create With Connie & Mary. I’ve chosen Daffodil Daydream for CCMC709. Here’s the sketch ~ And here’s my card ~ Here are the details: Thick…
It’s Thursday and time for Create With Connie & Mary! Today we have a Color Challenge with this gorgeous trio of colors: I chose Artistically Inked to show off these beautiful colors, and created a thank you card: Card Details: Rich Razzleberry Cardstock base, 8-1/2″x 5-1/2″, scored and folded at…
It’s time for our March posting of CASEing Coast to Coast! Rosanne Mulhern and I will take you from her studio in Pennsylvania to mine in California with a click of your mouse! This month we have a theme challenge: Baskets, Bunnies, & Blooms ~ just in time for Easter.…
Another one of my favorite stamp bundles in the Annual Catalog is Sweet As A Peach. Right now, until March 31st, Sweet As A Peach is 20% off! Normally priced at $41.00, it’s now only $32.75! That’s as sweet as a peach 🙂 Here are a couple of cards that…
If you haven’t already heard, there is a huge promotion over at Stampin’ Up! during the month of March! It’s called the Savings Are In Bloom! sale. The Mini Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine is going for 20% off retail price = $48.00! This little mini cuts so well. I…
Greetings! And Happy St. Patrick’s Day to you! We have another sketch challenge at Create With Connie And Mary today and I’ve chosen the Pierced Blooms Dies and St. Patty’s Day colors to fill in the design. Here is the sketch ~ And here is my cheerful and bright (nearly…
How about some tulips for Easter? I think they are perfect, and I love these tulips in the yellows/oranges. I used only a little bit of the tulip paper though, in an effort to stretch my supply just a little longer! Card Details: Mango Melody Cardstock base, 8-1/2″x 5-1/2″, scored…
It’s Saturday, the day I go “simple” to try and show you that you can make beautiful handmade cards without a lot of expensive tools. Simply stamps, ink, and paper (and maybe an embellishment!) Today I’ve been playing with In Bloom for Simple Saturday. To start this card, I took…
