Happy Monday! It’s time for our Create with Connie and Mary Inspiration Monday photo! Oh my gosh…these cupcakes look SOOOO yummy! Although I’m not really a chocolate cake fan, they are decorated beautifully! I had the Floral Essence stamp set out on my desk playing with it (in the NEW catalog!), and thought the flower… [Read More]
Saturday Blog Hop – “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road”
Happy Saturday! It’s time for another Saturday Blog Hop! We are continuing with the song themes this week with “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” by Elton John! Enjoy our cards with predominantly yellow colors! I went one step further with the theme and used RETIRING products on mine…Bubble Over, Lemon Zest and the Wood Crate… [Read More]
CCMC561 – Tuscan Vineyard
Hello everyone! It is THURSDAY again and time for another Create with Connie and Mary Thursday Challenge! Today’s color challenge was a REAL challenge for me! For some reason I had a mental block with it! Maybe because, for me, these are more fall colors! But, Fresh Fig is one of the retiring In Colors,… [Read More]
Nine Lives
I’m happy they included Nine Lives and Happy Tails in the new catalog! Sometimes you just need those kind of cards using pet images to cheer someone up! I used the colors of my cat, Bleach, who went over the Rainbow Bridge last year. Stampin’ Details: The base is 4-1/4 x 11 Thick Whisper… [Read More]
Farewell Lovely As A Tree
I started as a demo in May of 2002…17 years ago last week! Unbelievable! AND…I just hit my $500,000 in year-to-date sales! WOOHOO!!! That is unbelievable, too. Did you know I started out completely as a hobby demonstrator for the first couple years. Then a friend asked me to hold a class with some… [Read More]
IM71 – Little Elephant
Happy Monday! It’s time for our Create with Connie and Mary Inspiration Monday photo! When I saw this, I thought immediately of the Little Elephant Stamp Set…so another baby card from me! I couldn’t quite match the pale lemony color of the elephant cookie…one of the colors I think is missing in our Stampin’ Up!… [Read More]
Saturday Blog Hop – “Purple Rain”
Happy Saturday! It’s time for another Saturday Blog Hop! We are continuing with the song themes this week with “Purple Rain” by Prince! Enjoy our cards with predominantly purple colors! I pulled out the retiring Dragonfly Dreams stamp set for mine! Stampin’ Details: The base is5-1/2 x 8-1/2 Thick Whisper White, scored at… [Read More]
CCMC560 – A Little Wild
Love this great, simple sketch we have for you today at Create with Connie and Mary Thursday Challenge! I pulled out my A Little Wild stamp set…sad to see this sweet stamp set be retired. I use it a lot on baby cards I send! Stampin’ Details: The base is 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 Balmy Blue,… [Read More]