It is SOOOOO cold today…all the schools in the area have closed. My studio is in the front of the house and I’m seeing hardly ANY traffic go by from our neighbors! Good day to stay inside! I just can’t get enough of these critters in the Hey Love stamp set! I used it on… [Read More]
Valentine
CCMC Saturday Blog Hop – Love Me Tender
Happy Saturday! This week on Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop we are moving into the new Occasions Catalog and Sale-A-Bration items and showing off our musical theme inspirations for the next few weeks! This week our theme song is “Love Me Tender” by Elvis Presley, featuring romantic cards! I had bits… [Read More]
CCMC544 – Meant to Be
We are back with a sketch challenge today on Create with Connie and Mary! Isn’t it fun? One of my downline recently promoted to SILVER! So, I used this sketch as a basis for the card I mailed to her. You really can’t tell how pretty this is with the Silver Foil heart cut with… [Read More]
CCMC Saturday Blog Hop – Celebrating Love
It’s time for a new Saturday Blog Hop! This week our Design Team will be CELEBRATING LOVE…this can be Valentine’s Day, Weddings, or whatever special occasion creates LOVE in your life! For this card, I’ve combined two sets, Labels to Love and Flying Home! I’m glad it turned out the way it did… [Read More]
IM6 – Bloomin’ Love
Today’s Inspiration Monday photo is a beautiful wedding cake! I love the colors, so appropriate for a Valentine wedding, don’t you think? Stampin’ Up! really doesn’t have a silvery blue color, so I opted to use silver accents. SO shiny and pretty, especially with the embossed background that really doesn’t show up in the… [Read More]
CCMC Saturday Blog Hop – Red/White/Pink Colors
It’s time for a new Saturday Blog Hop! This week our Design Team will be featuring Red/White/Pink color combination! With Valentine’s Day coming up quickly, it wasn’t hard to pull my card together! I love the set Heart Happiness in the Occasions Catalog and I think it has been overlooked a little because… [Read More]
CCMC Saturday Blog Hop – Favorite Framelits
It’s time for a new Saturday Blog Hop! This week our Design Team will be featuring our Favorite Framelits/Thinlits! I really had a HARD time deciding what to use this week! But, I decided to use the Sure Do Love You framelits this time. It is the one set that has gotten the most… [Read More]
IM4 – Party Pandas
Today’s Inspiration Monday photo could have led me in several different directions, but for some reason a black color scheme stood out to me. And that led me to finally ink up my Party Pandas stamp set…one of the FREE Sale-A-Bration selections! It has been a popular one! Here’s my card. I supposed I… [Read More]