It is Thursday and time for the Create with Connie & Mary Challenge. This week it is a super fun color challenge. You know I love a Black, White, Gray with a pop of color palette. I chose for my two colors Poppy Parade and Old Olive. Are you wondering where that sentiment and images…
It is Thursday and time for the Create with Connie and Mary Challenge. The challenge generally alternates every week between a sketch and a color challenge. This week it is a sketch challenge. I will admit that my card isn't very faithful to the sketch. It started out a lot closer to the sketch and…
It is Thursday which means it is time for a new Create with Connie & Mary Challenge. This week it is a sketch challenge. The challenges generally alternate between a sketch and color challenge. When I saw this sketch I thought it would be perfect one to use the Perfectly Penciled DSP from the 2022-23…
Have you ever wanted a stamp set but stopped yourself because it didn't have coordinating dies? I debated about getting the This Birthday Piggy set. It is so cute but I wished it had coordinating dies and then… Perfect Partners happened. YAY! What is Perfect Partners? Stampin' Up! debuted on September 1st, six new dies…
It is time for another Festive Friday Challenge! Grandparents Day is the festivity we are featuring on the Festive Friday Challenge. What is the Festive Friday Challenge? The Festive Friday Challenge is a bi-weekly challenge that has an Inspo List. What is an Inspo List? Every challenge has an Inspo list aka as an inspiration…
It is Thursday and time for the Create with Connie & Mary Thursday Challenge. This month all the challenges are Case the Catalog challenges. What is that? Each week a new sample is chosen from the 2022-23 Annual Catalog and you can choose to be inspired by the layout, stamp set, color combination or…
Happy July 1st! It is a big day! The 2022 July-December Mini Catalog is now live AND so is the 2022 July-August Sale-A-Bration. If you do not have these catalogs and want them, please let me know. One of the cutest Sale-A-Bration choices is the Hippest Hippos. What that means is during Sale-A-Bration (Juy-August )with…
I needed to make some birthday cards and wanted to play with the Cottage Rose bundle. This is a fabulous bundle and you know I love a stamp set that has images and sentiments. The large rose is a beautiful flower and it is a fun one to color. I heat embossed the flower using…
Have you checked out the Rays of Light background stamp? I think it is a gem and maybe a hidden one. You can find it on page 116 of the 2022-23 Annual catalog. I have used it just a couple of times and it is so fun! Here I paired the Rays of Light stamp…
Time for another fun Create with Connie & Mary Challenge! This week it is a color challenge and you get to choose your own color adventure. I chose to use Daffodil Delight for the yellow and Tahitian Tide as the blue. Daffodil Delight Tahitian Tide These colors are bright and happy which led me to…