Come take a bite out of summer with Watercolor Melon! [Dreaming of warmer days ahead!] This stamp set is one of our free Sale-A-Bration stamp sets that you can earn with a $50 purchase from Stampin’ Up! Details & Directions: Thick Basic White Cardstock base, 11″x 4-1/4″, folded at 5-1/2″…
It’s Thursday, and time for another Create With Connie & Mary Challenge! This week we have a sketch for inspiration. I tweaked the sketch just a little to change it from square to a regular A2 card and used the hummingbird from Thoughtful Expressions as the focal point. Here’s the…
Have you ever been in a hot air balloon? It’s something I’ve always thought I’d like to do, but never have. Bucket list!!! Now that’s wishing big! This balloon is flying high in the sky, amongst the clouds of Sunny Days DSP, a freebie gift you can earn with a…
Do you “borrow” ideas from other card designers? We call that CASEing a card, and it’s a wonderful way to jumpstart your creativity. I CASEd this card idea from one I saw on Jaimie Babarczy’s blog. Hers was a fun fold and I adapted it to make a regular A2…
Here we are with our last Thursday entry at Create With Connie & Mary for the month of January! Anyone getting Spring Fever yet? Perhaps this color palette will help with that! We have a beautiful color challenge using Lost Lagoon, Highland Heather, and Gorgeous Grape. Without even thinking about…
Here’s a favorite that carried over from last year, Country Bouquet ~ With all the new valentine-themed products that came out in our Mini Catalog, I almost forgot about this favorite from our Annual Catalog! Country Bouquet can be found on page 75 in the Annual Catalog – still current…
Here’s a bouquet of birthday blooms for you today! These florals and DSP come from the Perennial Lavender Suite. The sentiment on the inside comes from Textured Floral. I used the Softly Sophisticated Embossing Folder (a Sale-a-Bration freebie) to give texture to the Pretty Peacock panel on the front. To…
For Create With Connie & Mary this week, we have a sketch for inspiration. I took that big white space as an invitation to use a larger stamp that I could color. I chose In The Moment. Here’s our sketch: And here’s my card: I colored the image with a…
Welcome to our January 2024 edition of CASEing Coast to Coast! Each month Rosanne from Pennsylvania, and I from California, bring you two cards that share a common theme. This month I chose a Valentine’s Day theme and I’ve made a card using Bee My Valentine. This cute new bundle…
Look at this sweet card that my friend Nancy Wikstrom gave me! Nancy is a member of my Stamping Habit team. Thank you, Nancy! I love your card. The layers and colors are so pretty! Some Stampin’ News! A New Catalog! This new catalog is active from January through April…
It’s Thursday and we have a color challenge this week at Create With Connie & Mary. Our colors this week are Moody Mauve, Petal Pink, & Pretty Peacock. I’ve decided to try the Softly Sophisticated Bundle from our Sale-A-Bration brochure! Here’s the board: And here’s my card: This card went…
Welcome to the Stampin’ Pretty Pals’ Blog Hop! This month, the theme is Sale-A-Bration. We hope that you will be inspired by the creations the Pals are sharing with you! Then, you will find the lineup at the end of my post to help you “hop” along from Pal to Pal.…
I am in LOVE with the new bundle called Painted Lavender! First of all, anything with blues and purples wins my vote! I put this card together to send off to the people who ordered Product Shares from me. Measurements: Starry Sky card base, 8-1/2″x 5-1/2″, folded at 4-1/4″ Bubble…
I’ve got reams of retired Designer Series Paper and am running out of storage space! My solution? To create new cardmaking packs available for you to purchase. I’m using some older lovely DSP and their coordinating cardstock + embellishments! These packs include enough paper to create 12 cards and are…
Our new year at Create With Connie & Mary starts off with a sketch challenge! I’m using the new Hot Air Balloon Stamp Set to launch off the new Mini Catalog today! Here’s the sketch: Here’s my card: Lots of Layers: Blueberry Bushel Cardstock base, 8-1/2″x 5-1/2″, folded at 4-1/4″…
