Happy Thursday! It’s time for our Create with Connie and Mary Thursday Challenge! It’s a fun color challenge this week. I had Healing Hugs sitting on my desk for a get well card I made, so decided to use it for this week’s challenge! Stampin’ Details: The base is 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 Blueberry Bushel cardstock,… [Read More]
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IM67 – Flowering Desert
Happy Monday! It’s time for our Create with Connie and Mary Inspiration Monday photo! I love the rich tones in this photo…and was inspired in SO many different ways! I finally decided that a desert sunset would look like this, so went with the stamp set, Flowering Desert. Here’s what I came up with…very simple!… [Read More]
Bloom by Bloom
I’m playing along with the Freshly Made Sketches (FMS380) challenge again. Loved this repetitive sketch! And I knew just what stamp set I wanted to use…Stampin’ Up!’s Bloom by Bloom! Here’s what I came up with for my card. I used some bright, cheerful colors, too! Stampin’ Details: The base is 4-1/4 x 11 Melon… [Read More]
Best Bunny
I’ve been wanting to get back to doing more challenges each week! It is fun trying new sketches and color combos, plus themes! This card fits TWO Challenges…the “bounce” challenge on CASology (CAS Week 333). I figure bunnies bounce or hop along the ground, right? And, I used the Sketch from Freshly Made Sketches (FMS377)…. [Read More]
Saturday Blog Hop – Stamps Ink Paper Only
Happy Saturday! For our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop, we designed Cards that use Stamps, Ink and Paper only! No Big Shot, no punches, no bling. I find these challenges SO hard because I like to keep adding to mine…simple just doesn’t look finished! lol! I used the sweet stamp set,… [Read More]
By the Bay
The house overlooking the water Sale-A-Bration stamp set, By the Bay, really appeals to me. Maybe because I’ve always wanted to live by the water. It just looks so appealing! I went with a “simple stamping” type card…nothing but stamps, inks and paper. This set just seems to inspire that style! Stampin’ Details: The… [Read More]
CCMC Saturday Blog Hop – Favorite New Occasions Stamp Set
FLOWERING DESERT Welcome back! This week on Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop we are moving onto the new Occasions Catalog and showing off our favorite new stamp set! Of course…right now there are TOO many that I like, so it is very hard to choose just one. I went with Flowering… [Read More]