It is Thursday and I am back with the Create with Connie & Mary Challenge #CCMC569. The challenges this week is to make a project inspired by the card on page 132 of the Stampin' Up!® catalog. You can use the sketch, colors , stamp set , basically any aspect of the sample to inspire…
It is a tough time of year in my craft room. I have gone through my room and separated out the stamp sets and dies that are retiring. I want to stamp with all of them before they retire on June 3rd. I am not sure if I will accomplish this but I am going…
I am back from a fun weekend away at the Stampin' Up! On Stage local in Vancouver BC. Stampin' Up! sure knows how to put on an event. One of the fun perks is that we received the new 2019-20 Stampin' Up! Annual catalog. This just might be my favorite catalog yet! In anticipation of…
This week for the Create with Connie & Mary Challenge I am using one of the Sale-A-Bration 2nd release stamp sets, All Adorned. This was a fun set to use for this week's color challenge. The All Adorned stamp set is an 8 piece photopolymer set. This set is a great set to play with…
There were so many fabulous stamp sets and bundles in the 2018 Stampin' Up! Holiday catalog. So many sets I am going to miss. I had so much fun with the Signs of Santa stamp set and the coordinating dies and wanted to play with them for this week's Create with Connie & Mary Challenge….
Today for the Create with Connie and Mary Challenge I am using the All the Good Things stamp set. The challenge this week is to create a project using the colors Tranquil Tide, Gray Granite and Copper Foil. This is a very quick and easy card to recreate. The sentiment and image are on one stamp so…
It is Thursday which means it is time for the Create with Connie and Mary Challenge. This week it is a sketch challenge. I like that the challenge alternates between color and sketch challenges. I created this sample a few weeks ago and at that time the Joyous Noel Specialty Designer Series Paper was still…
This week the Create with Connie and Mary Challenge is a color challenge. Isn't this a lovely color combination? I love getting new ideas on colors! The Country Home stamp set is a great one to use for color challenges. I used Stampin' Blends to color the image except for the pitcher. I stamped the…
It is Thursday and time for the Create with Connie & Mary Challenge! This week we have a color challenge and oh what a timely color combination it is! Isn't this combination perfect for Halloween? I used the Takeout Treat Box to make this cute Halloween treat. One of the dies in the Takeout Thinlits…
Time for the Create with Connie and Mary Thursday Challenge! This week the challenge is this sketch. We have been experiencing the most beautiful fall weather here in the Pacific Northwest. It is the perfect mix of bright blue skies, sunshine and the hint of chill in the air. The changing colors of the leaves…