Time for the Create with Connie and Mary Challenge! This week it is a color challenge. I decided to use the Painted Harvest stamp set for this challenge. Here's the colors we were to use for the challenge. Isn't it a great color combination? Love the way these colors look together especially the Blueberry Bushel…
Had a fun play with the Beautiful Baubles stamp set and Detailed Baubles thinlit dies using a non traditional color combination of Gorgeous Grape and Granny Apple Green. The ornaments were stamped in VersaMark ink not quite 2 times and then heat embossed with gold embossing powder. The sweet little baubles were then colored using ink…
If you haven't figured it out, I am in deep with the Peaceful Poinsettia stamp set and the coordinating Detailed Poinsettia thinlits, aka the bundle. I think I have made more cards using this set than any others, so far from the 2018 Holiday catalog. It was the set that came to mind when I…
What can I say, I could not longer resist the adorable Signs of Santa stamp set. One thing led to another and I also had to order the Santa's Workshop Specialty DSP. Besides being absolutely adorable the DSP has flocking on it. On my sample above the white stripes are flocked. It both looks and…
I have another half pocket card this time using the Country Home stamp set and the coordinating Country Lane DSP. Did you notice that I used Early Espresso ink to stamp the vase and the flowers? This was an experiment to see if i could use the Classic ink pads with Stampin' Blends. This…
The Dashing Deer stamp set and coordinating Detailed Deer thinlits were on the top of my list of must haves from the Holiday catalog. On today's card I paired it with the Under the Mistletoe DSP for a fun split front card. Love mixing and matching the fun patterns in the Under the Mistletoe DSP. Here's…
I am using the gorgeous Country Home stamp set for today's Create with Connie and Mary Color Challenge. Here are the colors for this week's challenge. I used an Aqua Painter with ink refills and played with varying amounts of water to achieve the different intensities of color. It was fun to see how…
This week the Try Stampin' On Tuesday Challenge is a Tic Tac Toe Challenge. I decided to use the diagonal of Green, Die Cut, and Dimension for the win! The green I used is Call Me Clover which is one of the 2018-20 In Colors. I love how bright and cheerful it looks paired with…
Oh my, the Santa's Workshop Suite is so cute! I finally broke down and ordered a lot from the Suite including the Santa's Workshop Memories & More Card Pack. These cute little cards can be used for memory keeping/pocket scrapbooking and cards! Here's the sketch for this week's Create with Connie and Mary Thursday Challenge. Using…
Today is the day! You can now order from the new Stampin' Up! Holiday catalog! Yay! If you haven't seen the new Holiday catalog you can click on the link on the right hand side of my blog or CLICK HERE. Right about now you are thinking that the Peaceful Poinsettias bundle is the only…