I have been enjoying the Sweet Soiree Embellishment kit and used it for the Create with Connie and Mary Challenge #502. The kit contains lots of die cuts that are embossed with silver foil. I used the cake die cut and colored in the flowers with markers to mimic the colors in the flower bouquet…
Time for the Try Stamping on Tuesday Challenge! Every other Tuesday I get to design a card for the design team for this fun challenge. This week it is a sketch challenge. I used the beautiful Blossoming Basket stamp set which is part of the second release of Sale-A-Bration items. This stamp set has…
It is time for the Create with Connie and Mary Challenge # 501! This week it is a color challenge. Color challenges are often harder for me than sketch challenges, not this time. Why? The answer is Bubbles & Fizz Designer Series Paper. Yes, this DSP is one of the many options available as a…
WOOHOO!!! It's a party! Create with Connie and Mary is celebrating their 500th Thursday Challenge! Can you believe it? And…how can we CELEBRATE? How about some BLOG CANDY!!! Have you tried the Create with Connie and Mary Collections yet? Connie and Mary have a few PDF tutorials that they will be giving away…your choice! You'll…
Do you know how to play tic tac toe? This week the Try Stampin' on Tuesday challenge has a fun challenge based on the game of tic tac toe. You have to create a card based on the items listed in the box and how you want to "win", horizontal, diagonal, or vertical. Can you…
It is time for the Create with Connie and Mary Challenge #499 and oh my, what a challenge it is or at least it was for me! I am using the beautiful new stamp set, Blossoming Basket. This lovely stamp set is a bundled with the Basket Weave Dynamic Textured Embossing folder and is one…
Love the sketch for the Create with Connie and Mary Challenge #CCMC498. Here's what I made for the challenge. There's very little stamping on this card and instead the Petal Passion DSP is doing all the work. I colored the flowers from the Petal Passion DSP using Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive and Daffodil Delight Stampin'…
Time for the Try Stampin' on Tuesday Challenge #357. Here's what I made for my design team entry. Here is the sketch for the week with an optional theme of Shaker Card. I enjoy stamping with the Charming Cafe stamp set and Cafe Builder thinlits. I love creating these scenes which remind me of good…
It is Thursday which means it is time for the Create with Connie and Mary Challenge. This week it is a color challenge. So when you saw the color combination what did you think? At first I was a little leery of this combination but after working with it I do like the mix of…
It is Thursday and time for the Create with Connie and Mary Challenge! I used the lovely Graceful Garden stamp set from the 2017-18 Stampin' Up! Annual catalog. I love the coloring this beautiful rose image. The image was embossed with White Embossing Powder and colored using an Aqua Painter, Calypso Coral and Old Olive…