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…
Does this happen to you? I have a few, okay maybe more than a few new things from the 2019-2020 Stampin' Up!® catalog. I am excited to get stamping but feel overwhelmed. What should I use first? What colors? The questions go on and on. I find that sometimes limiting the possibilities really helps me…
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…
Just a quick post to share one more sneak peek of the Floral Essence bundle. Isn't the Perennial Essence DSP just too dreamy? I love it and have plans to frame it. Did you notice the vellum leaves? Yes it is in the 2019-20 catalog. The Perennial Essence Vellum card stock comes in Old Olive…
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. …
Ready for another sneak peek? I created my own black and white striped background paper and used the Floral Essence stamp set. These blooms do not have dies to cut them out but they are not very intricate so they are easy to cut by hand. The leaves were punched out using the Perennial Essence…
I took a little time today and played with To a Wild Rose stamp set which is gorgeous! This stamp set is kind of a magical. Good job Mary Ellen Byler! This is Mary Ellen Byler's Million Dollar stamp set and it is both Two-Step and Distinktive which equals beautiful! The outline is stamped full…
Oh my, it is getting real. So many favorite things are being retired! Today's card for the Create with Connie & Mary Challenge #CCMC561 uses so many retiring products that it would be way easier to tell you what isn't retiring. First here is what this week's theme is for the Create with Connie &…