It is Thursday and I am back with a card for the Create with Connie & Mary Challenge. This week the challenge is a color challenge, Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, and Pecan Pie. I have been wanting to play with the Enduring Beauty bundle, coming in the 2024 January-April Mini Catalog. This bundle contains a…
Welcome to the Creativity Abounds Blog Hop! We are an international group of 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. This month we are focusing on Birthdays. Every month we create a tutorial bundle. The tutorial bundle…
It is Thursday and time for a new Create with Connie & Mary Challenge. This week it is a sketch challenge and it is for two weeks. This is one of the rare times that I knew what supplies I wanted to use and what I was going to make for the challenge. Pretty Peacock…
Today's project features something from the 2023-24 Annual Catalog, an Online Exclusive, and something coming in the upcoming 2024 January-April Mini Catalog. The card base is Basic White Thick Cardstock 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" scored at 4-1/4". The Basic Black layer is 4-1/8" x 5-3/8". The Basic White layer is embossed using the Sweet Citrus Hybrid…
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 a new Create with Connie & Mary Challenge. This week it is a color challenge. Here's what I do when starting to work on a color challenge. I pull out the cardstock for the colors in the challenge. I look through the DSP (Designer Series Paper) to see if…
It is Thursday and time for a new Create with Connie and Mary Challenge. This week we have a sketch challenge and it is another good one! This sketch is another one to remember. I followed the sketch pretty closely. I used the Handcrafted Elements dies to…
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 a new Create with Connie & Mary Challenge. This week we have a color challenge. Honestly when I first saw this combination I was stumped. Hmmm, then it dawned on me that these are the same colors in the Tartan Foil Specialty Designer Series Paper (DSP). The Tartan Foil…