Balloon Bonus

Bonus post!  When I made my hot air balloon card earlier this week, I had at first stamped the greeting in Night of Navy before switching it to Gorgeous Grape, but then I decided I should make another balloon card with the navy greeting so here we are:

The CAS on Friday challenge is to use only dies and a greeting stamp, so I went with the big balloon dies and added a few clouds for good measure.  And this still fits in the Addicted to CAS challenge:

And that's it for me today, I have the kettle on and I'm going to go eat lunch.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Lift Me Up
Ink:  Night of Navy
Paper:  Coastal Cabana, Night of Navy, Whisper White, Full of Life DSP Stack
Accessories:  Up & Away dies, Stylish Shapes dies, Dimensionals

Girl Put Your Records On

Mornin' y'all and happy Friday.  This post would have been up a while ago but for some reason I had to take FOUR pictures of today's card, there was some random bit of black something on it but I finally got a clean picture!  And today's card has me singing a song by Corinne Bailey Rae where she sings, "Girl put your records on, play me your favorite song!"  Here it is:

I missed the deadline for the Just Us Girls challenge but that's okay, I enjoyed making this card anyway.  Here's that challenge:

Which I paired with the new Color Hues Challenge:

I don't know why but I do associate black, white, and red with musical images.  Anyway, I had a good time playing with more of my retired stamp sets and that's the important thing.

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  For the Record, Soft Swirls
Ink:  Real Red, Versamark, Real Red Blends
Paper:  Real Red, Basic White
Accessories:  Layering Circles dies, black embossing powder, Dimensionals

Ryan had his last day of Lego bot-builders camp yesterday and here we are tailgating on Wednesday:

The lady who ran the camp came out and asked to take our picture because we were just SO CUTE together.  Speaking of cute...

Daphne's adorable when she's sleeping.  That is all.  Byeeee!

Hot Air Balloon Ride

Mornin' y'all!  I have about an hour until it's time to take lunch to Ryan at his camp so I'm going to type fast and try to get some work done in my craft room before I have to leave.  So here's today's card:

I pulled out the long-retired Lift Me Up stamp set for a variety of challenges today.  Let's start with the Shopping Our Stash color challenge:

My colors are a little off from the inspo pic but I had to use that Petal Pink cloud pattern.  I used Pool Party, Petal Pink, Highland Heather, and Gorgeous Grape; that smaller balloon is dark purple though it looks black in the photo.  Next up is this week's Freshly Made Sketch:

I changed it from a square card to a standard A2 size so my middle panel stretched to a rectangle as well.  Last up is Addicted to CAS:

And this is the challenge that inspired me to ink up Lift Me Up for the first time in seven years.  As much as I love new stamps, it's fun to play with the ones that have been in my collection for a while.

That's it for now, peeps.  Check ya later!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Lift Me Up
Ink:  Highland Heather, Gorgeous Grape
Paper:  Pool Party, Thick Basic White, Lighter Than Air DSP Stack
Accessories:  Up & Away dies, Stylish Shapes dies, Nested Essentials dies, Dimensionals, Solid Faceted Gems

Palm Breezes

Mornin' y'all!  I did get some cards made yesterday but today I have to go back to Ryan's camp early because they're showing off what they've been working on (it's a Lego bot-builder camp) so I think this morning will just be writing out this weekend's Nancy Drew and Paper Players posts since I have cards done for them and not really enough time to make something.  And also, this morning I finally found a copy of one of the paperback Drews that I've been looking for for the last year and a half!  Woo!

Anyway, today's blog post title sounds like the name of an apartment complex, doesn't it?  But here's my Palm Breezes:

I zeroed in on the palm trees in the Hand-Stamped Sentiments mood board:

I was already thinking about this challenge when I saw the new sketch from Retro Rubber:

I've had Balmy Breezes (the little palm tree postage stamp) for at least two years though I used it for the first time last year (I've used it for two Nancy Drew challenges so far), and Timeless Tropical is six years old.  I was going to do the palm tree from Balmy Breezes but the pair in Timeless Tropical were just a bit narrower and worked better with the sketch.  Maybe I should have looked for a more saturated pink/orange color wash, but Butterfly Bijou was the first DSP that I thought of so I went with it.  The darker coral on the postage stamps is actually the part of the DSP I cut off for the card front, it's much darker pink in that one corner.  Easy-peasy card with some retired punches and stamping directly on DSP.

That's it for now, peeps.  My second cuppa tea just finished steeping : )  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Balmy Breezes, Timeless Tropical
Ink:  Early Espresso
Paper:  Calypso Coral, Basic White, Butterfly Bijou DSP Stack
Accessories:  1" square punch, postage stamp punch, Pearls of Beauty

Beach Umbrellas

Mornin' y'all!  Still trying to adjust to Ryan's schedule this week but by the time I do, it will change for next week : p  As soon as I write this blog post, it will be time to pack up lunches and go pick him up for a car picnic, then I'll be back at the house for about two hours before I pick him up again.

Anyway, I had started a card during yesterday's chaos and didn't finish, so I had to get that done this morning and here it is:

I had to pull out Rolling Waves for this Time Out Challenge:

I tried to make this look different than the other cards I've made with these stamps and dies, and if you look at the edges of the white foam, they overlap the edges of the main image panel just because I thought it was fun that way.  I got my colors from the Inspired By... Challenge:

I used Tahitian Tide, Strawberry Slush, Tangelo Twist, Crushed Curry, and I needed a sandy color so I used Crumb Cake for that.  I do love those die cut umbrellas!

That's it for now, peeps.  I have several ideas that I want to get down on paper this afternoon so here's hoping my PM session will be productive.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Rolling Waves
Ink:  Tahitian Tide
Paper:  Tahitian Tide, Crumb Cake, Tangelo Twist, Strawberry Slush, Crushed Curry, Whisper White
Accessories:  Rolling Waves dies, Dimensionals, In Color Pearls in Tahitian Tide

Friends Frame

Mornin' y'all!  This week is going to be a little hectic; Ryan has a camp in the morning and a camp in the afternoon, and they're in the same place, but I have to go up there at lunchtime and grab him for an hour or else pay an extra $10 a day.  So I suppose we'll be having picnic lunches this week, and I have to really watch how I use my time with having that two-hour break in the middle (because it takes at least 20 minutes to get to where he is).  Ah well, such is the life of the Mom Taxi.

Anyway, I have a very simple card to share today.

I was thinking about my friend Missy's birthday, which is today (HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MISSY!) and she loves the show Friends, and this idea popped into my head with the frame from Elementary Elegance.  So it doesn't look a *lot* like the famous frame around the peephole on Monica's door, but I think with the colors you can kinda guess at the reference?  Anyway, the current AAA Birthday challenge is cards for girls:

And despite Ryan's propensity for calling her Uncle Missy, I am fairly certain that she is in fact a girl, so I'm entering over there.

Okay, I'm off to start some laundry and get to work on my to-do's for today because I have to leave in less than an hour and a half for the lunch break.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Elementary Elegance
Ink:  Versamark, Highland Heather
Paper:  Crushed Curry, Highland Heather
Accessories:  Crushed Curry embossing powder

A Fizzy Color Combo for The Paper Players

Mornin' y'all!  Sunday means it's time for a new challenge from The Paper Players, and this week the fantastic Jaydee has a sweet summery color combination for us, check it out:

For my SU! shades, I used Calypso Coral, Flirty Flamingo, Granny Apple Green, and Daffodil Delight.  I must confess that in general I don't care for pink and coral together, so my thought process started with how I could separate those two colors on my card.  Happily, a long-retired pack of patterned paper came to my rescue, and here's what I made:

I started off by ink blending a diagonal of Daffodil Delight on a white card front, then did Flirty Flamingo and Calypso Coral in opposing corners, and that's when I recalled that the Bubbles & Fizz DSP has three of my colors in it and wouldn't you know, some of the lighter Calypso Coral bits actually match Flirty Flamingo pretty well.  Huzzah!  I cut the bottles and bottle caps from patterns in the pack and then that greeting from Terrific Toadstools just popped into my head (hee) and I ended up with a card I like, even with pink and coral sharing screen space.  And that is what challenges are for, is to stretch your creativity.

Fun fact:  while I was pregnant with Ryan, the hubs and I kept his name a secret from everyone until he was born and his code name was Baby Sodapop.  I used the Bubbles & Fizz DSP on a layout in his baby book, and I wish I had gotten the coordinating stamps and dies but I didn't.  (Somebody keep me away from eBay...)  At least I have two packs of the paper to play with.  Question:  what do you call carbonated drinks?  Where I grew up, we called everything a Coke regardless of brand.  I don't ever call it pop (except on today's card, ha!), but now I do occasionally say soda.

Check out the other design team creations on the Paper Players blog, and you can hop through their individual blogs to leave some comments too:

The Paper Players Design Team

Jaydee

LeAnne Pugliese

Claire Broadwater

Joanne James

Anne Marie Hile

Ann Schach

Jan Clothier

Stef Perry

you are here --> Christy Stanford

And then upload your card at the Paper Players blog!  Keep in mind a few simple rules:
1.  Create a new paper project
2.  Upload your creation to your blog with a link back to us and provide a direct link to the post featuring your challenge submission
3.  Please link your card to no more than four challenges, TOTAL
4.  Have fun!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Terrific Toadstools
Ink:  Flirty Flamingo, Daffodil Delight, Calypso Coral, Basic Gray, Versamark
Paper:  Calypso Coral, Basic White, Bubbles & Fizz DSP
Accessories:  Dimensionals, Dots for Days