It’s Thursday and time for the Create with Connie and Mary Thursday Challenge! It’s a color challenge this week! I have to admit…I had trouble shifting my mind from Fall and Christmas colors that I’ve been working with for classes and clubs…to using these bright summer-type colors! But…I did manage to incorporate them into a… [Read More]
Christmas
CCMC333 Wondrous Wreath
We have a FUN sketch challenge for you to try this week over on Create with Connie and Mary! Just wait until you see what the Challenge Team did with it! And,w e can’t wait to see what you can do with it! Some angled lines makes it interesting! And here is my take… [Read More]
Bright & Beautiful Gift Card Holder
It’s holiday gift giving time! Did you know that I offer Stampin’ Up! gift certificates? You can purchase one for your friends or family member and get a handmade Gift Certificate Holder to go with it (min. $25 please)! They will be able to use it to order whatever they want from the Stampin’ Up!… [Read More]
Ornamental Pine
I love Stampin’ Up!’s Ornamental Pine stamp set…really, really easy to make nice cards with it! This card was made up from scraps on my desk (do they ever go completely away?), I never seem to make a dent in them. Here are the details: The base is 4 1/4 x 11 Cherry Cobbler,… [Read More]
Wondrous Wreath is Tickled Pink
How do you like that title? What are you thinking right now? I made this Wondrous Wreath card last month for a friend going thru chemo again for breast cancer. But, I didn’t want to make a serious card. I knew she’d love the bling of the Silver Glimmer Paper and shiny Silver Vellum and… [Read More]
CCMC326 Four Feathers
It’s Thursday and time for another Create with Connie and Mary Challenge. We have a beautiful color challenge for you to try this week! So here is what I did with it! Even though feathers aren’t technically Christmas themed, I bet we see a lot of feathers in holiday decorating this year! I grabbed… [Read More]
Curly Keepsake Box Trio & BLOG CANDY
Today is the LAST DAY of our PREVIEW WEEK over on Create with Connie and Mary! Our Holiday Collection 2014 officially starts tomorrow, but our Early Bird Price ends today! Don’t miss out on joining us for some FABULOUS ideas using Christmas and Winter stamp sets in the Holiday Catalog! For only $24.95 US, you’ll… [Read More]
SUOC107 Beauty of the Season
This is my second post today, so make sure to see my first one, too! The challenge this time on SUO Challenges is “Outdoors in the woods”…which can be anything outdoorsy, including Christmas/Winter scenes. I knew immediately that I wanted to use my Beauty of the Season stamp set along with the Hardwood background stamp! … [Read More]