Celebrating the 4th with CC2C

Welcome back to another cross country creating adventure with Karen Hallam in CA and myself here in PA. This month we’re traveling West to East, so Karen chose our direction. She chose to celebrate our country’s 250th birthday with a patriotic theme. Here’s Karen’s celebratory card…you can head over to Karen’s blog to get all the details HERE. And here’s what I came up with… To create this 8″x 3 1/2″ slimline card, I once…

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Fun Fold Birthday for #tttc295

It’s Tic Tac Toe Thursday once again! Karren is hosting our challenge board this week and I know you’ll find a ton of inspiration there. Let’s take a look… And here’s how I was inspired… I chose the first row down: Floral, Pink, Birthday To be completely honest, I already had the birthday cake colored and cut from quite a while ago. Probably from when the (SU) Happy Birthday to You stamp and die bundle…

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Celebrate Freedom for #tttc294

It’s time for a new Tic Tac Toe Challenge. Take a look at the fun challenge board Cindy created this week. I chose the bottom row across: Gems, Stencil, Word Die With Memorial Day designated as the “unofficial” start of summer, we here in the US celebrate a few patriotic holidays. I don’t send out patriotic cards nor do I receive any. However, I do make one each year to display at home. So here’s…

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Artisan Sketched Garden Get Well – CC2C

For our monthly cross country collaboration, Karen Hallam in CA and myself here in PA are creating with Stampin’ Up! products featured in the new May-August catalog. I didn’t purchase much from the catalog but Designer Series Paper is something I find hard to resist. The Artisan Sketched Garden DSP is one that caught me eye immediately, especially when I saw all the coloring opportunities! I haven’t been doing much coloring lately and it was…

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