I thought this was a very unusual inspiration piece and I struggled which way to go with it. I finally decided to use the colors, but ended up also using the stripes in a vertical rather than horizontal pattern. I combined THREE different stamp sets…something that I normally do not do, but for this occasion… [Read More]
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CCMC528 Trick or Tweet
I love the sketch challenge we have for you this week on Create with Connie and Mary! SO many different things you can do with it! Here’s what I came up with using the stamp set, Trick or Tweet, and a spooky tree from Farmhouse Framelits! Stampin’ Details: The base is 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 Gorgeous… [Read More]
Control Freaks September 2018
Hi! Welcome to the monthly Tour de Freaks, brought to you by the Control Freak Swappers! This month our theme is HOLIDAY CATALOG! Wow…that theme is WIDE open! So happy because there are TONS of great products in there! You’ve probably just come from the awesome LeeAnn Greff’s blog..love her projects, don’t you? Just click… [Read More]
IM38 – Winter Woods
We have another wonderful inspiration piece for you to use! I think this glass piece is SO pretty…love those colors! Mary and I went in completely different directions on this one, so make sure you check hers out, too! So, here is what I came up with using the new stamp set, Winter Woods. This… [Read More]
CCMC Saturday Blog Hop – Favorite Holiday Greeting
This month Create with Connie and Mary is featuring our new favorite products in the Holiday Catalog! This week it is time for our Favorite Holiday Greeting! I knew right away what I was going to use…Farmhouse Christmas…in fact, the greeting was one of the MAIN reasons that I purchased the stamp set, along with… [Read More]
CCMC527 Painted Harvest
Sometimes you just need to use an “old” favorite stamp set…I loved Painted Harvest when it came out last year and used it a LOT…however, it hasn’t seen much love since last fall. Today’s color challenge over on Create with Connie and Mary inspired me to use it for this week’s card and combine it… [Read More]
IM37 – Jar of Love
Hmmm, Mary usually picks the inspiration photos and the colors in this one has me puzzled a bit! I don’t think I’ve ever combined Night of Navy and Petal Pink together…plus it looks like it has a little Smoky Slate in there, too! Since my mind is wrapped up in fall, this card looks more… [Read More]
CCMC Saturday Blog Hop – Favorite Holiday Designer Paper
This month Create with Connie and Mary is featuring our new favorite products in the Holiday Catalog! This week it is time for our Favorite Designer Paper! Again…a really hard choice…I mean REALLY hard! So many of the packs have designs that I love! I finally settled on Joyous Noel…mostly because it had the MOST… [Read More]
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