Happy first day of Spring! I am ready for it. I look forward to seeing the flowers budding and blooming and the grass and leaves turning green. This beautiful display is the allergy sufferers reward. Today's card started with a leftover, in fact a couple more cards that I will be sharing soon started as…
I needed a manly birthday card. We are doing some traveling so I have just an armful of stamp sets with me. I couldn’t find a stamp set that felt right for the person I was sending the card to. I do have the He’s the Man Specialty DSP with me and knew it…
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…
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…
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…
On Thursday I shared that I cut out all the flowers from the Hues of Happiness DSP. Why did I do this? One thing I realized when I packed up my craft room was I had a LOT of paper especially patterned paper. I mean a lot. I love paper and honestly I am not…
Just a few more days left in 2023 which means we are also closer to the start of the new 2023 January-April Mini catalog and Sale-A-Bration. Both of which start on January 5th. Did you catch that? The mini catalog will be available for 4 months instead of 6 months and Sale-A-Bration is in effect…
It is time for me to get serious about our Christmas cards. I don't want to be an alarmist but there are only 36 days until Christmas!. Yikes! This is the Leaves of Holly bundle along with the Merry Melody 3D Embossing folder. Real Red CS -4-1/4" x 11" (card base scored at 5-1/2"), 2-3/4" …
It is Thursday and time for a new Create with Connie & Mary Challenge. This week it is a color challenge. Another great color combination that I would have never put together on m own. I am working on getting more Christmas cards made so I turned to the Cottage Wreaths bundle. The wreath is…
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. Every month we create a tutorial bundle. We also offer a quarterly stamp camp. The next stamp…