Lucky Horseshoe

Mornin' y'all!  I'm still a bit under the weather and my voice is so croaky that the hubs and the kid both say they can't understand when I try to talk, but I'm feeling better enough that I did a barre workout this morning and so far don't feel the need to take a 3-5 hour nap, so I'll take it.  I'm planning to take Daph out for our daily tour of the neighborhood and then go up to my craft room : )

I did take a bit of time in there yesterday and made this which is why we're not doing Scrappy Monday today because I wanna get back into the card-making groove and here it is:

I used a non-SU! stamp, GASP!  I do buy some non-SU! stuff periodically, and I recently found Whimsy Stamps and bought a few things (they have GRUMPY DRAGONS, how could I not?).  Most of the time, Stampin' Up! doesn't do much St. Paddy's Day stuff and I really liked this stamp set with the horseshoe shapes.  Anyway, here's the Festive Friday challenge:

I used green, gold, metallic thread, and cloverleaf.  I'm also entering this at Color Hues:

I used Garden Green for my green shade, plus a bit of gold for accents because any St. Paddy's Day card needs gold.  I like those gold swirl accents because they remind me of gold coins.

So yep, my plans for today while Ryan is in school include doing laundry, walking Daph, and spending time in my craft room.  And I should probably vacuum up all the Daphne hair in the living room, it's starting to take over everything.  Cheers!

Supplies:
Stamps:  Lucky Horseshoe from Whimsy Stamps
Ink:  Garden Green
Paper:  Thick Basic White, Garden Green DSP scraps
Accessories:  Everyday Arches dies, gold cord, Gold Swirl accents

She Lives...Mostly

Hey y'all.  I had an unplanned hiatus last week because I've been under the weather (far, far under).  I went to urgent care on Monday with a sore throat and the doc and I were both surprised when I tested negative for strep.  Whatever I have, it's persistent, so I've spent the last week hanging out with my new besties, DayQuil and NyQuil, and sleeping a lot.

I do have one card to share that I made before I started hibernating, take a look:

Let's check out the Hand Stamped Sentiments color challenge:

Those are all in the Friends of the Ocean DSP, but I wanted to do something different than the lobster and crab so I pulled out the baby Sea Turtle instead.  Paired that with the CAS Colours & Sketches sketch:

I have not been in my craft room at all for the past week except to put up the postage stamps I ordered, so I'm hoping that I can get back in there soon and start stamping, I've missed it.

That's it for me today, peeps.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Sea Turtle, Everyday Arches
Ink:  Calypso Coral, Lemon Lime Twist, Summer Splash
Paper:  Lemon Lime Twist, Unbounded Beauty, Thick Basic White
Accessories:  2 1/2" circle punch, Perennial Postage dies, Mini Dimensionals, In Color Shimmer Gems