Blog — Great Stamping with Connie

Stamparatus To The Rescue

So here is my story. While skiing in March I fell and sprained my thumb. It seemed to take a long time to heal, and is still rather weak, but I didn’t think too much of it. I recently found out I have a torn ligament. The extent of the damage isn’t known yet, I have to go for an MRI, but it may need surgery to fix. On the bright side, the doctor couldn’t believe I’m not in great pain, which thankfully I am not. However it they did give me a splint which I am to wear all the time. Did I mention that this is on my right hand? How will I stamp???

Summertime Friendship Bird

It’s summer and the birds are everywhere, enjoying my bird feeders, and the trees in the yard. The cute bird in my card today is on one of the pieces of Designer Series paper from the Bird Ballad Suite of products. This is a whole suite of wonderful items so watch for more of these in upcoming cards.

How Lovely is Garden Lane

Each year when the annual Stampin’ Up! catalogue is coming to an end I feel a bit sad. All the gorgeous Designer Series Papers that retire will be missed. But then the new catalogue comes and WOW there are is a whole new bunch of gorgeous DSP to play with. Today my card features the Garden Lane Designer Series Paper, and I must say, it is lovely!

Birthday, Cards, ChallengesConnie DouglasJuly 9, 2019Garden Lane DSP, Itty Bitty GreetingsComment

Sometimes We All Miss

Sometimes we all miss a birthday. Life can be hectic and we may not get a card sent or delivered in time for that special day. That doesn’t mean we can’t still send a card to let someone know we were thinking of them and hope their day was special. Here is a card for just such an occasion.

Birthday, CardsConnie DouglasJuly 6, 2019Butterfly Gala, Butterfly Duet Punch, Stitched Shapes FramelitsComment

Have a Wild Birthday

I love combining bits and pieces from different stamp sets and dies, and that is exactly what I have done for today’s card to wish someone a ‘wild birthday!’.

Birthday, CardsConnie DouglasJuly 4, 2019Animal Outing, Animal Friends, Smooth Sailing Dies, Itty Bitty BirthdaysComment

Beautiful Days

My Sweet Husband (MSH) and I recently celebrated our 5 month anniversary! I am enjoying being a newlywed, and loving how beautiful our life is together. This is the card I made to celebrate, and give him on our date night.

CardsConnie DouglasJuly 2, 2019Sailing Home, Smooth Sailing Dies, Floral Essence, High TideComment

Another Wedding Thank You

Now that I am living at my cottage for the summer, I’m meeting up with ‘summer friends’. Many of them knew I was getting married in January, and have given me gifts to celebrate the occasion. A perfect opportunity to create another Thank You card!

Cards, Thank You, WeddingConnie DouglasJune 29, 2019Smooth Sailing Dies, Flourishing PhrasesComment

Sailing Away With Pretty Peacock

Have you seen all the fabulous new InColours yet? I am really liking them, along with the coordinated products like the ribbon on my card today.

Delicate Flower

The Floral Essence stamp set has some lovely flower images, and coordinating punches to make card making easy. I used the flower and leaf punches to create this delicate flower card for the Case This Sketch challenge.

Birthday, Cards, ChallengesConnie DouglasJune 25, 2019Floral Essence, Itty Bitty GreetingsComment

It’s a Suite Week

Okay, I admit I may have a small (or not so small) infatuation with the Come Sail Away Suite right now! Let’s just call this Come Sail Away Suite week, and then it all makes sense. Have I mentioned I can justify anything??

A Great Big Happy Birthday

I have a great big Happy Birthday wish for the Case This Sketch challenge. I used bold colours and made my greeting big and filled with good wishes!

Birthday, Cards, ChallengesConnie DouglasJune 19, 2019Come Sail Away Suite, Sailing Home, Smooth Sailing Dies, #CTS326Comment

Best Wishes Every Day

One of the best things about a new annual catalogue is the fantastic new InColours we have to play with. Today I’m celebrating a beautiful new InColour, Rococco Rose, and I have used the new Floral Essence stamp set to show it off.

Any Occasion, Cards, ChallengesConnie DouglasJune 18, 2019Floral Essence, Rococco Rose Comments

Sailing Home With Simple Stamping

I love the new Come Sail Away suite of products, and although there is lots to choose from in this suite, and some great embellishments to really step up your card, I kept this one simple with some #simplestamping.

Cards, Simple Stamping, Thank YouConnie DouglasJune 15, 2019Come Sail Away Suite, Sailing Home, #simplestampingComment

Bold Butterflies

The Global Design Project has a great colour challenge for us this week. Bright and happy colours make card making so much fun. I went for bold and bright for my colouring on this one!

Cards, Thank You, Challenges, Global Design ProjectConnie DouglasJune 13, 2019Butterfly Gala, Butterfly Duet Punch, #GDP193Comment

Floral Essence

Here is card that features another great new stamp set, Floral Essence. It has some pretty flower images, some lovely sentiments and a coordinating punch. It is a perfect place to start if you are new to stamping, as you get both images and sentiments in one set. There is also some gorgeous Designer Series Paper that goes with this suite that I featured in a couple of sneak peaks.

Any Occasion, Birthday, CardsConnie DouglasJune 11, 2019Floral Essence, Perennial FlowerComment

Masculine Card With a Twist

The Stampin’ Up! Only Challenge is to create a masculine card. I love making masculine cards, as they are very different than the ones we tend to make with flowers. (Although I love those too!!) I like to add a little extra challenge sometimes, and today I have added a twist to my masculine card. Can you find something on my card that may not be considered masculine?

A Little Note and Some New DSP

A new catalogue is an exciting time, as we pull out new products, look at wonderful new colours, papers, embellishments and so much more. Today I’m showing off some new Designer Series Paper.

It's Here!!

The brand new annual catalogue from Stampin’ Up! is now live, with all the fantastic products inside and available to you! There are so many great new things it is hard to know where to start, but here is a card that showcases a few new items for you.

Anniversary, Any Occasion, CardsConnie DouglasJune 4, 2019Sailing Home, Smooth Sailing Dies, Come Sail Away DSPComment

A Beautiful Birthday for FabFriday

The FabFriday challenge is a colour challenge, and it is a beautiful combination of soft and bright. I love these colours together to make a beautiful birthday card.