Blog — Great Stamping with Connie

Love You (Lots) For CTS319

Today MSH (My Sweet Husband) and I are celebrating 3 months of marriage! If you have been married for many years, congratulations! Relationships take work, and I commend you on working throgh the tough times. You also know that the early days mean adjusting to new routines, and being with the one you love each and every day. MSH and I are settling in to our new routines very nicely, and I love how our days play out. As newlyweds, we celebrate each passing month, making it our special date day. Of course this is the man that bought me flowers every month we were dating, so his romantic side is not new to me! Each month I make a special card for him to celebrate.

Anniversary, Cards, Challenges, MasculineConnie DouglasApril 26, 2019#CTS319, masculine, Well Written Framelits, WaterfrontComment

Spring Has Sprung, Merry Christmas

I know it is early spring, so I can’t even say I’m doing Christmas in July, but I do have a Christmas card for you today. I was playing with my Stamparatus, and wanted to use a stamp in a non-traditional way, and following my nose (or my stamps, ink and paper), I ended up at Christmas!

Cards, Christmas, Global Design Project, Tutorials, StamparatusConnie DouglasApril 24, 2019#GDP186, Stamparatus, tutorialComment

A New Challenge For Me

If you follow my blog, you have seen cards that I post to various challenges, and today I’m playing along with a new one. I have seen cards posted to the Fab Friday Challenge in the past, but this is the first time I decided to play along, and it is a great one. Here is the card I made to share.

One More For #simplestamping

I have had fun making some #simplestamping cards with the retiring In Colours. Today my card combines my two favourite retiring In Colours, Lemon Lime Twist and Fresh Fig, along with one of my favourite fun stamp sets, This Little Piggy. I’m so happy that this stamp set will still be available when the new annual catalogue comes out. It makes great happy and fun cards.

Celebrating Lemon Lime Twist with #simplestamping

If you follow my blog, you have seen that I am celebrating some of the soon to retire In Colours. Today I have another #simplestamping card for you in Lemon Lime Twist. This is one of my favourite In Colours, and I will be sad to see it go. The blow has been softened a little though, with the new Granny Apple Green that Stampin’ Up! introduced in last year in the colour refresh!

Cards, Simple Stamping, Thinking of YouConnie DouglasApril 18, 2019#simplestamping, Rooted in Nature, lemon lime twistComment

Celebrating Fresh Fig with #simplestamping

We are moving close to the end of the Stampin’ Up! catalogue year, and that means the 2017 - 2019 In Colours will be retiring soon. I wanted to celebrate some of these colours, starting with Fresh Fig, and some simple stamping. Anyone can make beautiful hand made cards, using very few products, creating quick cards to send to friends and family.

Any Occasion, Cards, MasculineConnie DouglasApril 16, 2019#simplestamping, Geared Up Garage, masculineComment

Celebrating Berry Burst

Today I am celebrating another In Colour that will be retiring soon, Berry Burst. I had the perfect opportunity to really showcase this colour for the Global Design Project challenge this week.

Cards, Global Design Project, Thinking of YouConnie DouglasApril 15, 2019Graceful Garden, Sheltering Tree, Berry Burst, #GDP185Comment

Cards From Bits and Pieces

In my post on Thursday I mentioned that I was using up bits and pieces of card parts at my Girls Get Away Weekend (GGAW). Some of the bits I gathered had been waiting for a while to be turned into beautiful cards, and have actually retired!! No worries though, they still make lovely cards.

Any Occasion, CardsConnie DouglasApril 13, 2019cardsComment

Now That's Wild

I hosted a Girls Get Away weekend in March, and we had a blast! It is a great time for socializing, crafting, girl fun, and just general de-stressing from our busy lives. Everyone brings whatever craft they want to work on, and we share ideas and inspiration. We have lots of scrap bookers, card makers, those that knit, crochet, read, do flower arrangements, and we had our first quilter at the event in March! It was a wonderful crafting weekend, and I’m already looking forward to the next one.

Any Occasion, CardsConnie DouglasApril 11, 2019Animal Expedition, Animal OutingComment

Spring Butterflies

Spring is in the air - - at least the last few days, although I suspect we will have some more cold weather and probably some more snow. But let’s not think about that for now. Instead, let’s think spring and pretty colours. That’s what I did as I created this card.

Getting Crafty

I’m off to the Spring Stamp-a-Stack, and I’m totally excited!! We will enjoy a great afternoon of crafting and socializing as everyone makes 16 beautiful hand made cards.

Any Occasion, Birthday, CardsConnie DouglasApril 6, 2019Dandelion WishesComment

You Are The Cat's Meow

There are dog people, and there are cat people, and there are those that love both. I like dogs, but I am definitely a cat person. I have owned cats for most of my life, and love their unique personalities. My cat Pogo is a beautiful Siamese cat who turned 18 last month. He certainly has a personality, and for the most part he is the boss in our house! He gets pampered and catered to, because after all, he is old!!!

Any Occasion, Cards, StamparatusConnie DouglasApril 4, 2019Nine Lives, StamparatusComment

Colouring Therapy

Did you love to colour when you were young? Do you still love to colour? Maybe you haven’t done it in a long time, but it is really very relaxing and therapeutic. Stampin’ Up! has lots of different ways we can colour, each giving some different results, and different kinds of fun.

Cards, Thinking of You, ColouringConnie DouglasApril 2, 2019Beautiful Day, Wonderful RomanceComment

Using It All

As a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator I get to hang out with some pretty awesome people. One of the demonstrator groups I belong to shares creative ideas as well as business tips, and we like to challenge each other in our crafting.

Out In The Wild

The Global Design Project has a sketch challenge this week that I am wild about!! I love the layout and decided to be wild with it. Okay, changing from landscape to portrait may not be all that wild, but I wanted tall trees for my jungle so decided to switch it up a bit.

Sale-a-Bration - Don't Miss Out

Have you collected all the SAB goodies you want? There are only a few days left to get all the great stamps, papers and embellishments being offered for free with any $60 order. Here is a card I made with the beautiful By The Bay stamp set I got Free with my order.

Cards, Thinking of You, Join My TeamConnie DouglasMarch 28, 2019By The Bay, Sale-a-Bration, Join NowComment

Thank You Garage Gears

I’m behind on sending some thank you’s to customers that have placed online orders recently, so I got down to work as I need to get caught up. Here is one of the cards I made to coordinate with an order for the Classic Garage Suite products.

Cards, Thank YouConnie DouglasMarch 26, 2019Classic Garage DSP, Thankful ThoughtsComment

Spring Has Arrived

That’s right, it’s spring . . . well at least on the calendar!! This is the time of year where we do get some lovely sunshine and warmer days, letting us know we are past most of the winter, and warmer days are coming. Where I live we will still get some more snow, but I do love those warmer days we are treated to. My card today has a real spring feel to it with butterflies and flowers.

You Jump Start My Heart

It’s almost Spring, and soon (we hope) the weather will be warm enough for the motorcycles to come out of winter storage. I don’t ride, but MSH (my sweet husband) does, and I know he has a buddy at work that wants the snow to go away and the nice weather to start so they can ride together. It is those thoughts that inspired today’s card.

Have an Amazing Birthday

It is always nice to have some extra birthday cards on hand, because let’s face it, sometimes we forget someone’s birthday until the last minute. It is then that you really appreciate the fact that you made a few extras a while ago, and have a beautiful handmade card ready to send!

Birthday, CardsConnie DouglasMarch 16, 2019Humming Along, Hummingbird Framelits Dies, Birthday cardComment