Happy 4th of July! It is hard to believe it is already July! During the month of July the Create with Connie & Mary Challenge is a Case the Catalog challenge. What does this mean? Every week a sample will be chosen from the catalog and you can use the sketch, color, stamp set, basically…
Have you seen the Experience Creativity brochure? It is a new Stampin' Up! brochure that focuses on kits and quick & easy stamping. I think this new brochure is great. In it there is are 3 exclusive stamp sets. I used one of the stamp sets for my card today for the Festive Friday Challenge…
Time for the Create with Connie & Mary Challenge #CCMC567! This week we have a lovely color combination. This color combination is definitely one to remember! Have I told you before that I keep a little ring of color combinations on my stamping desk? Well, this one is going on that ring. I used the…
Ready for another Create with Connie & Mary Challenge? This week it is a sketch challenge. I saw this sketch and thought it was the perfect time to use Beautiful Friendship. Beautiful Friendship is a great stamp set, perfect for a new stamper as well as an avid stamper. Beautiful images and great sentiments…
June is flying by and soon we will be celebrating official start of summer on June 21 and the 4th of July. These are the themes for the Festive Friday Challenge #FF0036! I chose to focus on the 4th of July aka Independence Day. In the USA we celebrate the 4th in lots of different…
It is Thursday and time for Create with Connie & Mary Challenge! This week #CCMC565 is a color challenge. This is such a classic and pretty combination. I used the Stitched Lace dies and To A Wild Rose bundle for today's card. The Stitched Lace die set has 2 dies, one that cuts out a…
It is Thursday and time for the Create with Connie & Mary Challenge #CCMC564! This week's sketch challenge had me cutting into the Mosaic Mood Specialty DSP. Here is the sketch #CCMC564 for this week's challenge. We received the Mosaic Mood Specialty Designer Series Paper as an all attendee giveaway at the Stampin' Up! On…
It is time for the Festive Friday Challenge #FF0035. When you participate in the Festive Friday Challenge you have some options. You can use the "festivity" theme (Father's Day) or the optional theme (Blue) or both. I chose to use both themes. I used the Sailing Home stamp set which will be available for…
It is Thursday and time for another Create with Connie & Mary Challenge. This week it is a color challenge and I found it to be a tough one. I like all of these colors but I am not sure I would have every put them together. Yes, I took the easy way out! The…
Thursday and time for the Create with Connie & Mary Challenge! This week it is a sketch challenge. May is always a tough time of year for me as a Stampin' Up!® demonstrator. I am torn between playing with products that are retiring and the new products that will be in the 2019-2020 annual catalog. …