Time for the Create with Connie & Mary Challenge! This week it is a color challenge. Mango Melody Pineapple Punch Shaded Spruce I started off thinking that I would use the Accented Bloom stamp set and do a little coloring. I got everything out to do that and them my brain went…
This week the Create with Connie and Mary Challenge is a sketch. I like this sketch a lot especially once I turned it. I am using this rich color combination of Merry Merlot and Mossy Meadow. Both of these colors are now part of the Stampin' Up! Color Collections. Merry Merlot is a Neutral and…
Time for the Create with Connie and Mary Challenge #503. This week it is a Color Challenge. Can you guess the colors? If you guessed Night of Navy, Tranquil Tide and Crumb Cake, you are correct! These colors are prominently featured in the True Gentleman Designer Series Paper aka DSP. Love the plaids, stripes and…
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…
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'…
It is Thursday and that means it is time for the Create with Connie and Mary Challenge! Every week the challenge alternates between a sketch or color challenge. This week it is a color challenge. Can you guess the colors? If you guessed, Tranquil Tide, Calypso Coral and So Saffron, you are correct. I wanted…
It is time for another Create with Connie and Mary challenge. If you follow the challenges you know that this week it is a color challenge! My stamp sets from the Annual Stampin' Up! catalog have been feeling a little neglected. I do feel sorry for them. It seems like they have such a short…
Thursday and time for the Create with Connie and Mary Challenge # 466. Here is the super fun sketch for this week's challenge. Here's what I made. Even though I have a few, okay maybe more than a few, new stamp sets I decided to pull out the Vertical Greetings set. I just love the…
I have been trying to limit the sneak peeks I share but I just couldn't help myself when I saw this week's Create with Connie and Mary Challenge sketch. I immediately thought of using the Daisy Delight stamp set, coordinating Daisy punch and the Lovely Words Thinlits. Since I was already sharing some sneak peeks…
Today is Thursday which means it's time for the Create with Connie and Mary Challenge! Yes, it is a color challenge. Between you and me I both love and hate the color challenges. The weird thing is I probably like and dislike them for the same reasons. I love that it forces me to stretch…