Good morning, Friends! And Happy Father's Day to all those special guys in our lives! We have already started our day off just super as we slept in! Ahhh!! That was really nice! It's cloudy and overcast so it is not quite as hot as it has been. Just wish we could get the rain that we really need! We will be going out for a nice dinner at one of Pat's favorite places - yum! Can't wait for that! Then we have to watch the NBA finals!!
Today's card was inspired by one in the new catalog. I don't have the set that they used so I substituted the Delicate Doilies. I haven't used this set in a long while and thought it was time! I used my Color Coach to help me with the colors on this. So I started by embossing a piece of Crumb Cake with the Chevron TIEF and then adhering it to a card base of Crumb Cake. Then I stamped the largest doily from Delicate Doilies in Melon Mambo onto Whisper White and punched it with the 2 1/2" circle punch. This is popped up onto the card. The second doily is stamped in Rich Razzleberry and punched with the 1 3/4" circle punch and then popped up onto the card. The third doily is stamped in Crisp Cantaloupe and punched with the 1 3/8" circle punch. I put a silver brad into the center before popping this up onto the card. Then I stamped the sentiment from Four You in Rich Razzleberry onto a strip of Crisp Cantaloupe and flagged the end. The other end is tucked behind the doilies! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Delicate Doilies, Four You; Paper- Crumb Cake, Crisp Cantaloupe, Whisper White; Ink- Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry, Crisp Cantaloupe; Accessories- Chevron TIEF, 2 1/2" circle punch, 1 3/4" circle punch, 1 3/8" circle punch, silver brad, dimensionals
Good morning, Friends! It's Thursday and time for the Create with Connie and Mary Thursday challenge! This week we are being challenged with color. Take a look at these fabulous colors!
Real Red, Calypso Coral, and Island Indigo are the colors to use this week! I never thought I would put Real Red with Calypso Coral but I like the way it really goes together! Check it out!
This is a very simple card but I thought it worked well for these challenge colors. I used the layout from Mama Elephant - a very simple layout and I love it! I layered a piece of Real Red onto a card base of Calypso Coral. Then on another piece of Calypso Coral I stamped the doilies from Delicate Doilies in Calypso Coral (I stamped off once before stamping onto the card stock). Then I ran a strip of Island Indigo through the Big Shot using the Argyle embossing folder. This is adhered to the side of the stamped panel. Then I stamped the greeting from Perfectly Penned in Real Red. I added three silver brads and popped the panel up onto the card. Then I punched a flower from Real Red using the itty bitty shapes punch pack. This is adhered to the card and a rhinestone was added to the flower center.
Be sure to visit the Create with Connie and Mary website to see what the other fabulous designers did with these beautiful colors. I hope you are inspired to play along with us this week! We always love to see what you do with our challenges!!
Don't forget about the Create with Connie and Mary Card "Create"tions for All Occasions! We are well into our first week and the ideas are overflowing!! You will only get to see these great ideas by being a subscriber so don't delay! I hope to see you over there! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Delicate Doilies, Perfectly Penned; Paper- Calypso Corals, Real Red, Island Indigo; Ink- Calypso Coral, Real Red; Accessories- Argyle embossing folder, silver brads, itty bitty shapes punch pack, rhinestone, dimensionals
Good Sunday morning everyone! We are still in Vail. The boys lost both games yesterday but played really well! The teams we lost to were exceptional! This is the first 3v3 tournament our boys have participated in so I think they are doing very well!! It's a great warm-up for our team tournament next weekend. Can't wait to get out of town again!! Today they have one game this morning and if they win they can keep playing. Otherwise we will be home early! Works for me - lol!!
Today's card was inspired by a card I saw on the Hero Arts blog. Mine looks way different as I used all Stampin' Up! products. I pulled out a set I haven't used in quite a while, Delicate Doilies. I stamped the doilies onto a Sahara Sand card base with Sahara Sand ink (I stamped off once before stamping onto the card). Then I took a piece of Sahara Sand and stamped the largest doily in Sahara Sand. I added a piece of Sahara Sand designer paper that I had scalloped the edge of using the scallop edge border punch. Behind this panel I added two strips of Cajun Craze that had been punched with the dotted ribbon scallop punch and popped this up onto the card. I stamped the smallest doily in Pacific Point onto Whisper White card stock and punched it out with the 1 1/4" circle punch. I added an antique brad and popped this up onto the card. I stamped the greeting from Sweet Essentials in Cajun Craze on a strip of Whisper White and flagged both ends. I popped this up onto the card as well. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Delicate Doilies, Sweet Essentials; Paper- Sahara Sand, Cajun Craze, Whisper White Neutrals designer paper stack; Ink- Sahara Sand, Pacific Point, Cajun Craze; Accessories- antique brads, dotted ribbon scallop punch, 1 1/4" circle punch, scallop edge border punch, dimensionals
Good morning everyone! Are you glad it's the weekend? It was so nice to sleep in. And I could have stayed in bed for a long time as the weather has taken a turn for the bad! It is breezy and rainy and later it is supposed to snow - even here in the valleys! Yuck! Why does it have to be so early? And my poor husband will be working in it all day today. Hmmm... Maybe I will fix something hot and comforting for dinner tonight!! I also feel a head cold coming on. I would really like to nip that! No soccer game today, so I don't have to worry about getting cold and wet! We will see if the team we are supposed to play tomorrow comes over the mountains.
Lately I have been inspired by cards and projects I see on the Hero Arts blog. And I decided to make a few of them using Stampin' Up! products. So they had a card that used a doily stamp for a wreath. I thought, how clever! So I pulled out my doily stamps and made a wreath, too! I stamped the doily stamp (from Delicate Doilies) onto Crumb Cake with Always Artichoke ink. Then I punced out the center with the 1 1/4" circle punch and then cut around it. Then I sponged some Always Artichoke ink around the edges to make it a little more green (I also sponged some ink on the inside of the wreath). Then I tied a bow with Cherry Cobbler seam binding ribbon and adhered it to the top of the wreath. The wreath is popped up onto a square of Crumb Cake which is adhered to a square of Cherry Cobbler which is then popped up onto a card base of Crumb Cake. I stamped the greeting in Crumb Cake and rounded the bottom corners of my card base. The final thing I did was to add the "berries" to the wreath. I used by sharpie pen and colored a few rhinestones before adhering them to the wreath. All in all a pretty simple card! Thanks for stopping by and have a most wonderful day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Four the Holidays, Delicate Doilies; Paper- Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler; Ink- Always Artichoke, Crumb Cake; Accessories- Cherry Cobbler seam binding ribbon, rhinestones, 1 1/4" circle punch, sponge, dimensionals
Good morning, Friends! It's Monday once again! It's a short week for Nick this week. They have Friday off and it is the first short week since Labor Day. I think I look forward to the weekends as much as Nick - lol! I didn't sleep so well last night so I am really tired, too! But this week the quarter will end. I can't believe it has gone that fast!
Today's card is one that I made a while ago. I know that I got my inspiration somewhere but can't remember right now. Could have been a combination of things, too. It's pretty simple! Lots of patterned paper and then the strip that I embossed with clear emboss powder. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Bring on the Cake, Delicate Doilies; Paper- Whisper White, Melon Mambo, Pretty in Pink, Flirtatious designer paper; Ink- Melon Mambo, VersaMark; Accessories- Whisper White satin ribbon, clear emboss powder, 1 3/4" circle punch, basic rhinestones, corner rounder, dimensionals
Good morning everyone! I hope your weekend is getting off to a fabulous start! We just had breakfast and now we are getting ready to go to the first soccer game. We are in Edwards and will drive to Avon for the games. And boy! It is so pretty out here! The trees are so brilliant in the mountains! And our hotel has spectacular views! It is going to be an awesome weekend!
Today's card is one that was inspired by a sketch from that magazine! I hope you are not tired of me saying that, but that is where it came from. Some of the sketches really pulled me out of my "box" but I do like the way they turned out! I hope you enjoy them, too! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Delicate Doilies, Thank You Kindly; Paper- Wisteria Wonder, Elegant Eggplant, Whisper White, Flirtatious designer paper; Ink- Elegant Eggplant; Accessories- antique brads, postage stamp punch, dimensionals
Good morning, Friends! Well, here I am, up early to get Nick off to school. It sure would be nice if he would wake up to an alarm clock, get ready himself, and then wake me up when he was ready to go. Ha!! I do hope that someday he will learn to wake up to an alarm. That boy would sleep through a fire alarm! It's crazy! You can definitely tell fall is coming! The temperatures are slowly cooling down and I have noticed that the days are getting shorter. Usually the sun would be just coming up over the mountains but it is still pretty dark! Wow!
Today's card is one that I did over the long weekend. I really like this layout and you will probably get to see more of it. It is a pretty simple card! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Delicate Doilies; Paper- Whisper White, Melon Mambo, Pink Pirouette, Flirtatious designer paper; Ink- Pink Pirouette, Melon Mambo; Accessories- Whisper White satin ribbon, Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, silver brads, 2 1/2" circle punch, dimensionals
Good morning, Friends! I hope you all are having a wonderful weekend! We have been in Colorado Springs while Nick's team is playing in a soccer tournament at the Air Force Academy. It is just so beautiful here! His team won their first two games yesterday!! They have one more this morning and if they win, they should be playing for the championship later today! That would be really exciting and a super way to start off the season! So we will be thinking good thoughts!!
Today's card is one that I did a while back. I was trying to copy a card out of the Holiday mini catalog. It turned out o.k. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Delicate Doilies, Friendly Phrases; Paper- Whisper White, Pool Party, Island Indigo; Ink- black StazOn, Pool Party; Accessories- Pool Party ruffled ribbon, Houndstooth embossing folder, silver brad, dimensionals
Good morning, Friends! Wow! We are halfway through another week! School is not that far away! I may have to start training myself to get up early. And we need to finish up the school supply shopping. I always hate to go when I know that there will be a huge crowd doing the same thing. Reminds me of Christmas shopping. Yuck! I like to go and look and take my time without people pushing me. Well, I guess I will have to deal with it.
Today's card was another one that we did for stamp club this past Monday. I really love the way this one turned out. The center part of this card can actually be punched out with the Doily triple layer punch. I cut mine out, but at the workshop, we tried the punch. There is a trick to it, but it does work! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Delicate Doilies, Teeny Tiny Wishes; Paper- Elegant Eggplant, Wisteria Wonder, Whisper White, Flirtatious designer paper; Ink- Elegant Eggplant, Wisteria Wonder; Accessories- Wisteria Wonder ruffled ribbon, silver brad, Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, word window punch, doily triple layer punch, silver brad, 1 3/4" circle punch, scallop edge border punch, dimensionals
Good morning everyone and Happy August! Wow! It's really August! I will be making this post very quick as we are headed out the door for Nick to go to goalie camp. And to think, that we will be getting up earlier than this for school! Yikes! I hope we can train ourselves before that happens - lol!
This is a card that I made for a recent swap that I participated in. I thought it was very fun and it really is super easy! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Delicate Doilies, Friendly Phrases; Paper- Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy, Sahara Sand; Ink- Basic Black, VersaMark, Poppy Parade, Baja Breeze, white gel pen; Accessories- Poppy Parade poly twill ribbon, Stripes embossing folder, black emboss powder, silver brad, dimensionals
Good morning, Friends! Are you all ready for a wonderful holiday weekend! I will apologize ahead of time but I won't have a patriotic card for the day. Sorry. I should have thought about it sooner but it just didn't happen. I hope you will enjoy the other cards that I will post for you. I will make this quick as we are getting leaving for breakfast! Yum!
This was my swap card for the Control Freaks sneak peek swap last month! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Delicate Doilies, Teeny Tiny Wishes; Paper- Chocolate Chip, Baja Breeze, Very Vanilla, Calypso Coral, Flirtatious designer paper; Ink- Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight, Chocolate Chip; Accessories- silver brads, Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, Perfect Pennants die, word window punch, dimensionals
Good morning, Friends! I am typing this from my hotel room. Soon we will be up and at 'em to drive another six hours to my parents house. Nothing exciting but Nick is excited to get there! It has been two years since we have been there for the Fourth of July. I was able to get a lot of stamping done before we left so I could post cards while I was gone. And I used a lot of new product! I did pack some stamping stuff to take to my parents, so we will see if I can create anything this week.
Today's card was inspired by the sketch at Clean&Simple. This sketch is the current one. I do like the way it turned out but boy, was it time consuming! First I stamped the doilies and then colored them and then cut them out! I just love this new In Color, Wisteria Wonder! It is such a pretty purple!! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Delicate Doilies, Happiest Birthday Wishes; Paper- Wisteria Wonder, Basic Black, Whisper White, Flirtatious designer paper; Ink- black StazOn, Wisteria Wonder; Accessories- silver brads, dimensionals
Good morning everyone! Here we are at the last week of June! I really hate to remind my son, but the summer is already 1/3 of the way over. I think he has been enjoying it, though! And a reminder to all of you that this is the last week (up through Thursday) that you can order off the retiring list! If there is something you want be sure to give me a shout! I am really studying the new catalog to figure out what I will be ordering first! Too many things I want!!
Anyway, here is a card that I made using the sketch from Clean&Simple. It is actually last week's sketch but I liked it and wanted to try it. I am not completely happy with how it turned out but it's o.k. I will have to try this sketch again and do it a little differently. The greeting is from a new hostess set. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Delicate Doilies, Happiest Birthday Wishes; Paper- Whisper White, Pink Pirouette, Melon Mambo, Flirtatious designer paper; Ink- Melon Mambo; Accessories- basic pearls, Perfect Pennants die, 1 3/4" circle punch, dimensionals
Good Monday morning, Friends! Wow!! Are we really in the latter part of June? Because it is rainy and dreary and very cool! Now I really don't mean to complain but this is really odd! We got home late last night. The last game did not end the way we wanted. The other team scored in the last seconds of the game and it seemed to be that they should have had an off-sides call but it was never made. So we lost 1-0. Still the boys should be proud of their accomplishments. They played teams that were at least a step up (if not two) from their division! So now we start another week and I have to wake Nick up early for basketball camp. Yeah, he will not be a happy camper - lol!
So today's card was one that I was trying to work up for a swap that I am in. This one did not make the cut, but I still liked it. So I thought I would start showing some new stamps this week to get you all excited about the upcoming catalog to debut on July 1! Thanks for stopping by and have a super week!
Catalog Recipe: Stamps- Delicate Doilies, Teeny Tiny Wishes; Paper- Melon Mambo, Pretty in Pink, Whisper White, Flirtatious designer paper; Ink- Melon Mambo, Wisteria Wonder; Accessories- Perfect Pennants die, Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, word window punch, silver brad, dimensionals
