It is Thursday and time for a new Create with Connie & Mary Challenge. This week it is a sketch challenge. At first this sketch stumped me. I just had no idea what to do with it. After thinking about it I decided that I would use patterned paper for the larger pieces. Once this…
Like most stampers I love patterned paper aka Designer Series Paper (DSP). I buy a lot of it and have been trying to use it more. I am breaking up with the idea of saving it for just the right, special project. It sounds easy but the tendency to hoard is real. I am always…
It is Thursday and time for another Create with Connie & Mary Challenge. The challenge alternate between sketch and color challenges. This week it is a color challenge. What a perfectly springy combination of colors! Once again this is not a color combination I would have come up with myself. I am slightly obsessed with…
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It is Thursday which means it is time for a new Create with Connie & Mary challenge. The weekly challenge alternates between color and sketch challenges. This week we have a sketch challenge. When I saw this sketch I knew it would be a great one to use two Sale-A-Bration choices, Beautifully Happy stamp set…
I enjoyed looking back and doing the 2022 Year in Review posts. I am going to try and remember to do it monthly. Here goes the first 2023 Month in Review. I tried to pick a card using products from the different catalogs, 2022-23 Annual Catalog, 2023 January-April Mini Catalog and the 2023 January-February Sale-A-Bration…
Ready for another Festive Friday challenge? What is the Festive Friday challenge? The Festive Friday challenge is a bi-weekly challenge that is inspired by a holiday/festivity. An Inspo list of 10 items is created using the festivity as its inspiration. To play in the challenge you need to use 3 items from the Inspo list…
It is Thursday which means it is time for a new Create with Connie & Mary Challenge. This week it is a color challenge and it is a good one! Sometimes I am a little slow on the uptake but could it be that the color challenge colors are taken from Stampin’ Up!’s Designer Series…
I have been working on using my patterned paper (Designer Series Paper aka DSP) instead of hoarding it. I want to enjoy creating with it instead of saving it for the perfect project. Does this resonant with you? One thing that I do not do enough is color my patterned paper. The Abigail Rose…