Did you know that World Art Day is celebrated on April 15th? This festivity is the focus and inspiration for the Festive Friday Inspo List. What is the Festive Friday Challenge Inspo List? The Inspo list consists of 10 item inspired by the chosen festivity. To participate in the challenge you need to use 3…
It is Thursday and time for the Create with Connie & Mary challenge. This week it is a sketch challenge. I used the Simply Elegant DSP, Elegantly Said stamp set , and the Peony dies. All of these items are on the retiring list which means they are only available while supplies last. You can…
The Create with Connie & Mary Challenge this week is a beautiful color combination and it made me think about the beautiful florals in the Blessings of Home stamp set. I knew this would be great choice to show off the colors in the challenge. What are the colors? Let me say I never thought…
Over the weekend I finally got out and played with the Waves of Inspiration bundle (this bundle is an early release and will be available in the upcoming Annual catalog) and the Waves of the Ocean DSP (this is paper is only available while supplies last). Here's the first thing I made. The DSP is…
I recently made a bunch of blended backgrounds and decided to play with different techniques to finish them into cards. I used the color combination of Polished Pink, Mango Melody, and Daffodil Delight. In addition to blending the ink with the Blending Brushes, I added some flicks of watered down White Craft ink to this…
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 and time for the Create with Connie & Mary Challenge. This week it is a sketch challenge. Sometimes I follow the sketch very closely, like I did this week and other times very loosely. The only stamping is the sentiment (I love this one) from the Pansy Patch stamp set. Everything else…
Welcome to the Creativity Abounds Blog Hop! We are a group of international Stampin' Up!® demonstrators. We hop together on the third Wednesday of every month. Our hops focus around a particular bundle, holiday, occasion or product suite. We also do a quarterly stamp camp and have one coming up April 29th & 30th (Symbols…
Welcome to the Stampers Dozen Blog Hop! We are a group of Stampin' Up! Demonstrators who gather together every month on the 14th, to blog hop. We have recently changed to a no theme hop so everyone can share what they are currently loving. We try to make sure everything we use is available but…
It is Thursday and time for the Create with Connie & Mary Challenge. This week it is a color challenge. This color combination reminded me of the Flowering Fields 12" x 12" DSP. Now I realize that Evening Evergreen is not listed as one of the colors in the DSP. I think it was an…