Blog — Great Stamping with Connie

Enjoy Every Moment

Enjoy The Moment is a stamp set from the new Mini Catalogue that goes live on January 5, 2021. It is a wonderful stamp set with seed pod images and some lovely sentiments.

Birthday, CardsConnie DouglasDecember 29, 2020Enjoy The Moment, Old World Paper 3D Embossing Folder, #greatstampingwithconnie, #wasagabeachstamping, #wasagacrafting, #wasagabeach, #stayner, #collingwood, #stampinupComment

More Prized Peony Colouring

Recently I showed you how to add colour to the Peony Garden Designer Series Paper using ink and sponge daubers. Today I’m back at adding colour, but this time I used my Stampin’ Blend Markers.

Birthday, Cards, ColouringConnie DouglasNovember 28, 2020Prized Peony, Peony Garden DSP, By The Dock, colouring, coloringComment

Fall Birthday Wishes

Do you have a special friend or family member celebrating a birthday in the fall? Here is a perfect card to celebrate the season and their special day.

Birthday, CardsConnie DouglasOctober 22, 2020Gilded Autumn SDSP, Autumn Punch Pack, Itty Bitty Birthdays, #greatstampingwithconnie, #wasagabeachstamping, #wasagacrafting, #wasagabeach, #stayner, #collingwood, #stampinupComment

World Card Making Day

Today is World Card Making Day. Why not join the fun and spend some time crafting today, making a lovely hand made card to send someone. It will absolutely brighten their day, and you get to have fun creating.

Birthday, CardsConnie DouglasOctober 3, 2020Sailing Home, Itty Bitty Birthdays, World Card Making Day, #greatstampingwithconnie, #wasagabeachstamping, #wasagacrafting, #wasagabeach, #staynor, #collingwood, #stampinup, #makeacard, #makeacardsendacardComment

Gilded Autumn Meets Forever Fern

If you follow my blog, you know I love Designer Series Paper, and this card is no exception! Today I used the Gilded Autumn Specialty Designer Series Paper. It is stunning, with it’s pretty colours and patterns, and Copper Foil accents.

Birthday, CardsConnie DouglasSeptember 15, 2020Forever Fern Bundle, Guilded Autumn Specialty Designer Series Paper, Peaceful Moments, Brushed Metallic Cardstock, #greatstampingwithconnie, #wasagabeachstamping, #wasagacrafting, #wasagabeach, #staynor, #collingwood, #stampinupComment

Feels Like a Fancy Birthday

The Feels Like Frost 6 x 6 Specialty Designer Series Paper is a returning favourite in the mini catalogue. I loved it last year, and I love it again this year! There are some beautiful photo images, some frosty scenes, and the other side of each sheet features silver foil patterns.

Birthday, Cards, ChallengesConnie DouglasSeptember 10, 2020Peaceful Moments, Dandelion Wishes, Feels Like Frost, #GDP257, #greatstampingwithconnie, #wasagabeachstamping, #wasagacrafting, #wasagabeach, #staynor, #collingwood, #stampinup Comment

Awesome At Any Age

I love celebrating birthdays with friends and family. I also love celebrating how awesome we all are, with our unique qualities that make us the special person we each are.

Birthday, CardsConnie DouglasAugust 18, 2020Good Morning Magnolia, Magnolia Memory Dies, Itty Bitty Birthdays, #greatstampingwithconnie, #wasagabeachstamping, #wasagacrafting, #stampinupComment

Forever Greenery - Fun Fold Tutorial

If you know me, you know I love Designer Series Paper. It is so easy to work with. You can do all sorts of things with it, not just cards. If you are making a card, you can use DSP as your focal point for a super quick and easy card, or you can do something a bit more fancy.

Birthday, Cards, TutorialsConnie DouglasJuly 23, 2020Forevery Greenery Suite, Forever Fern Bundle, Forever Greenery DSP, By The DockComment

A Happy Little Birthday Wish

Looking for some quick and pretty cards to give to friends to wish them a happy birthday? Reach for the Make Beautiful Things brochure from Stampin’ Up! and you have the answer!

Birthday, CardsConnie DouglasJuly 11, 2020Make Beautiful Things brochure, Four Season Floral, Flowers For Every Season Cards & MoreComment

Summer Flowers

It’s summer, it’s hot, and the flowers are bursting in blooms everywhere! I love flowers, and I love seeing all the different flowers that bloom throughout the growing season.

Birthday, CardsConnie DouglasJuly 7, 2020Small Bloom Punch, Prized Peony, By The Dock, World Map Dies, #greatstampingwithconnie, #wasagacrafting, #wasagabeachstamping, #stampinupComment

Quilting Anyone?

Here is a bright and colourful card that any quilters out there are sure to love. Even if you are not a quilter, the happy colours in this card are sure to make everyone smile.

Birthday, CardsConnie DouglasJune 23, 2020Flowers For Every Season DSP, quilting, #greatstampingwithconnie, #wasagabeachstamping, #wasagacraftingComment

Missing My Boy

My son turned 30 yesterday. Yikes!! He hasn’t been a boy for a while, he is a man, but as a Mother, he is my first born, so he will always be my boy. I’m just glad I made the decision when I had kids that since they would be getting older, I no longer need to!!!!

Birthday, Cards, Any OccasionConnie DouglasJune 2, 2020In Good Taste DSP, Covid-19 Giveback, #greatstampingwithconnie, #wasagacrafting, #wasagabeachstampingComment

New In-Colours - Sneak Peek

The new Stampin’ Up! annual catalogue goes live on June 3rd. That means some of the products, papers, colours, etc. will be retiring, but it also means new products, papers, colours, etc!!!! Today I have a sneak peek for you, the new In-Colours that we will have for the next two years.

Birthday, CardsConnie DouglasMay 23, 2020In Colours, Ornate Floral 3D Embossing Folder, Peaceful Moments, Stitched So Sweetly DiesComment

Love The Poppies

The Peaceful Poppies Designer Series Paper has so many beautiful designs it can be hard to decide which one to use for your next card. Today I chose the one with the Pool Party background and lots of different images that I could cut out for my card.

Birthday, CardsConnie DouglasApril 11, 2020Peaceful Poppies Designer Series Paper, Peaceful Moments, Stitched Nested LabelsComment

Simple Stamping - New or Vintage

Just because a card is simple to make doesn’t mean it will be plain or boring. There are so many great stamps and colours to choose from, the possibilites are endless.

Any Occasion, Birthday, Cards, Simple Stamping, ChallengesConnie DouglasApril 7, 2020#simplestamping, Magnolia Blooms, Crafting Forever, #greatstampingwithconnie, #wasagacrafting, #wasagabeachstampingComment

Happy Birthday With Simple Stamping

It is almost the end of March already, and although every day seems to bring a weeks worth of changes around the world, time is actually passing quickly. The March #simplestamping challenge is to create a birthday card using stamps, ink and paper, including Designer Series Paper, so I wanted to share this with you before the month runs out!!

Birthday, Cards, Sale-a-Bration, Simple StampingConnie DouglasMarch 28, 2020Perennial Essence DSP, Happy Birthday To You, Sale-a-Bration, SAB, #simplestamping, #greatstampingwithconnie, #wasagacrafting, #wasagabeachstampingComment

For The Kid In Us

Regardless of your age, it is tough to deny how cute some of our animal stamps and images are. Cute animals have a way of taking us back to our childhood, and bringing out the aaaawwwww factor!

Any Occasion, Cards, Birthday, BabyConnie DouglasMarch 3, 2020Special Days Dies, Special Someone, Birthday Bonanza DSP, #greatstampingwithconnie, #wasagacrafting, #wasagabeachstamping Comment

Masculine Birthday With Mountain Air

Remember I mentioned I was having fun playing with the Mountain Air stamp set? There is so much you can do with this stamp set, using the front or the ‘back’ of the reversible stamps.

Birthday, Cards, MasculineConnie DouglasFebruary 29, 2020Mountain Air, Itty Bitty Greetings, #greatstampingwithconnie, #wasagacrafting, #wasagabeachstamping Comment

Lovely Day

It’s a lovely day to celebrate, and that’s super easy to do with the February Paper Pumpkin Kit, and all the wonderful goodies inside.

Birthday, Cards, Paper PumpkinConnie DouglasFebruary 25, 2020Paper Pumpkin, #paperpumpkin, #greatstampingwithconnie, #wasagacrafting, #wasagabeachstampingComment

Happy Birthday With Lots of Cake

Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating a birthday this month. Here’s some cake for you!!! This beautiful cake and birthday sentiment is from the Happy Birthday To You stamp set. This is a set you can earn for FREE with any $60 order during Sale-a-Bration.

Birthday, CardsConnie DouglasFebruary 8, 2020Happy Birthday To You, Happy Birthday Dies, Coordinating Products, #greatstampingwithconnie, #wasagacrafting, #wasagabeachstampingComment