The Clue in the Diary

It's my favorite day of the week which means it's time for another Nancy Drew challenge.  I'm actually thinking about starting a blog just for the book analysis part of this and then just sharing my cards here with the book covers and a short blurb, because if I have a separate book blog I can blather on all I want and just share the cards here.  Because it seems like I have more and more to say about each book as I go along : )  Anyway, for today today we're tackling #7, The Clue in the Diary!

Yes, I now own three copies of this book and they all have the same cover.  The one on the left is the OT version (with dust jacket) that I just got in the mail earlier this week, the middle one I bought a few weeks ago hoping it was an OT but it's not, and the one on the right is the RT that's been in my collection for years.

Case file:  The OT and the RT for this book are very similar so one synopsis will do.  Nancy, Bess, and George witness a country mansion explode and burn down, and then Nancy becomes involved in exonerating an inventor who has been accused of murdering a shady businessman who fleeced him out of money (he supposedly died in the house explosion).  She proves that the businessman faked his death and in the RT was going to have his wife collect his life insurance money, so in this one we get both mail fraud and insurance fraud.  In the OT he faked his death but his wife didn't know that, and yet was still happy to throw the inventor under the bus for it.  Also, Nancy meets Ned Nickerson who is destined to be her main man through many more mysteries.  Ned is adorable in this book, he has such cute interactions with Nancy and that's my favorite part.

So here's my card for The Clue in the Diary:

My vast stamping hoard is curiously deficient when it comes to images of burning buildings.  Weird.  So instead I picked out the colors of Nancy's outfit for the main colors of my card, and I chose the greenery images because of the bushes on the cover of the book into which the innocent-but-looks-guilty inventor is fleeing.  I chose a Cajun Craze strip for the color of the roof behind Nancy.

The Splendid Autumn DSP Stack continues to be a gold mine for patterns to coordinate with the Nancy Drew book covers.

Drop a comment below if you'd like to participate, I would be delighted to find more Nancy Drew card-making friends out there.  I am so very tickled that Tracy was not only inspired to read her very first Nancy Drew book, but she made a card for The Secret of the Old Clock!  I just love that.  If you'd like to play along too, feel free to play along for any of the books I've covered thus far (no time limit), and next up is Nancy's Mysterious Letter!  And if you want a spoiler of what the covers look like, you can check out this website.  I'd love to see if you're inspired to make a Nancy Drew card.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Nature's Prints
Ink:  Old Olive, Garden Green, Azure Afternoon
Paper:  Azure Afternoon, Thick Basic White, Splendid Autumn DSP Stack
Accessories:  Natural Prints dies, Matte Decorative Dots, Dimensionals

Shells on a Shelf

Mornin' y'all!  Daphne dragged me out of bed at 5:30 this morning but I did (eventually) get to go to sleep for a while before she made me get up AGAIN, this time aided by Ryan who wanted me to get him breakfast.  How old does he have to be before he can get cereal for himself?  But we have a lazy day ahead of us except for Ryan's baseball game tonight.

For the past couple of days I haven't been super thrilled with what I've been making in my craft room, I just seem to be having a block when I sit down to stamp, but here's one of the things I made:

I got Earthen Textures (the vase on the right) when it hit the retirement list last year I think; Stippled Shells and All-Year Cheer have been in my collection since pretty close to the beginning of my stamping career.  I put them together for the challenge at The Card Concept:

This is the first time I've used Earthen Textures and I'm just not sure I'm pleased with it.  I wish I had put the "shelf" lower or...something.  I don't know.  Anyway, I think my card falls into the clean and layered category which is mostly where I live.

Instead of trying to force things to happen in my stamp room yesterday, I brought out a cross stitch work in progress and stitched on that for a while; maybe if I stitch for a few days my stampy mojo will reappear.  Worth a shot anyway.

Gotta go let Daphne outside for at least the tenth time this morning.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Earthen Textures, Stippled Shells, All-Year Cheer I
Ink:  Pecan Pie, Night of Navy, Wild Wheat, Boho Blue
Paper:  Pecan Pie, Very Vanilla, Timeless Plaid DSP Stack
Accessories:  Earthen Textures dies, Stylish Shapes dies

Crustacean Crew

Mornin' y'all.  Yesterday afternoon Ryan was playing with some other kids in the neighborhood and they found a wolf spider, and then Ryan woke us up TWICE last night because he was having nightmares about giant spiders in his room.  So none of us got a good night's sleep last night except possibly Daphne.

Anyway, I had some quality craft room time last night and I have a couple of cards to share today that I made with Ocean Friends.  Is that still on the Last Chance List or is it gone?

I stamped a colorful lobster for the Color Dare Challenge:

I used Pumpkin Pie, Berry Burst, and Pretty Peacock for my colors.  I chose a watercolor pattern for behind my lobster so I could enter this at Inspire. Create.:

And then I didn't want the crab to feel left out so I had to make another card:

This time I used the colors from Color Hues:

I used Groovy Guava and Blueberry Bushel for my colors, with some Calypso Coral for a darker peach on the crab.  I think maybe I should have used Pale Papaya instead, apparently my Groovy Guava ink pad was still plenty juicy because ol' Crabby came out darker than I expected.  I also used the sketch from As You See It:

I made the three panels larger since I had to accommodate Crabby behind the greeting banner but I think they'll forgive me for altering the sketch a bit.

Okay, time to go get Ryan up and ready for his last day of engineering camp.  Cheers, y'all!

Supplies, lobster card, all SU!
Stamps:  Ocean Friends
Ink:  Pumpkin Pie, Berry Burst, Pretty Peacock
Paper:  Pretty Peacock, Thick Basic White, Bright & Beautiful DSP Stack
Accessories:  Ocean Friends dies, Dimensionals

Supplies, crab card, all SU!
Stamps:  Ocean Friends
Ink:  Groovy Guavy, Calypso Coral, Blueberry Bushel
Paper:  Blueberry Bushel, Thick Basic White
Accessories:  Ocean Friends dies, Dimensionals, Calypso Coral twine

Crazy Quilt

Mornin' y'all!  Once again, I stayed up way too late last night reading a book (I will never learn my lesson on that score), and then Daphne got me up to go outside somewhere around 4am and I just kinda started the day a bit discombobulated.  But Ryan is at his engineering camp until 3:30 this afternoon so I'm going to take Daph out for a walk as soon as I write this and then go work on some projects in my craft room.  Maybe do laundry.

So here's today's card:

Which I made for this week's Atlantic Hearts sketch:

I didn't worry about following the sketch exactly, I just built my collage with the scraps I had on hand and I could probably do three or four more cards just with the Bright & Beautiful DSP Stack because I have a lot of scraps of it.  This was a great way to use up the littlest scraps too, and the long skinny strips.  I had my card front all done and then I had to figure out what greeting to put on it...well, what would go better with a crazy quilt type card than a quilt-related sentiment?  And believe it or not I have two different stamp sets with quilty sentiments, so for this card I chose Christmas Quilt and a flower from that set.

Okay, Daphne is more than ready for her tour of the neighborhood so I'm going to go take her.  She does make sure I get out to enjoy the beautiful Colorado weather almost every day whether I want to or not...okay we didn't go yesterday because it was raining, but almost every day we go!  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Christmas Quilt
Ink:  Blueberry Bushel, Berry Burst, Bubble Bath
Paper:  Bubble Bath, Berry Burst, Thick Basic White, Bright & Beautiful DSP Stack
Accessories:  Quilt Builder dies, Mini Dimensionals, Opaque Gems

A Pear of Fruity Puns

Actually there are no pears on today's cards but I couldn't resist an extra layer of pun.  I made two CAS cards yesterday:

I have a lot of that Fruit Salad DSP Stack left and it's just perfect for the current challenge at the Paper Players:

I have a variety of stamp sets I could have used too, but the paper won out.  Here's my first card:

Those two patterns are the same sheet, just different sides, and I had a couple of smallish scraps of it and I couldn't resist doing a watermelon tag.  Second card:

There was a Paper Pumpkin kit a while ago that was all food-related puns and I HAD to have it and this might be the first time I've used any of the stamps.  This was simple, I just die-cut the banana paper and found a good place to put my a-peel-ing pun : )

Time to get Ryan to engineering camp, how can it take him this long to get ready??  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Cute Fruit, My Paper Pumpkin
Ink:  Early Espresso
Paper:  Pool Party, Pecan Pie, Thick Basic White, Fruit Salad DSP Stack
Accessories:  Stylish Shapes dies, Nested Essentials dies, sequins, Dimensionals

June 2021

Scrappy Monday, y'all!  I got Ryan off to camp this morning (engineering camp this week) and it's basically the same length as a school day from now until Thursday, which means more crafty time for me!  And I can go to the grocery store without "help", ha.  Hope he has a good time with that camp this week.

Anyway, I do have a layout to share today:

This is a monthly catch-all layout and I had to go with red, blue, and lime green for the shirts that Ryan and I are wearing in a couple of the pictures.  Sometimes it's tricky to come up with a color scheme for this type of layout since the pictures are taken on different days throughout the month, but I think it works here.  And even though it's a June layout and not July, I still added stars for accents because I like stars.  And striped paper.

There's my bright, summery color palette:  Pacific Point, Parakeet Party, Real Red, Cool Caribbean, Tempting Turquoise, and white.

Time to take Daphne for her tour of the neighborhood and then get crackin' with the craftin'.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  My Paper Pumpkin, Be the Star
Ink:  Pacific Point, Versamark, Night of Navy marker
Paper:  Pacific Point, Cool Caribbean, Tempting Turquoise, Real Red, Thick Basic White, Flowers & More DSP
Accessories:  White EP, Stars dies

Happy Father's Day!

Mornin' y'all!  We went to the movies last night; the boys saw the live action How to Train Your Dragon and since I have zero interest in seeing that, I saw an anniversary screening of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, which was awesome.  The hubs and Ryan enjoyed their movie and I had a blast watching Indy and his dad take on the bad guys.

It's Father's Day here and I have a few cards to share.  I was helped out by this week's Freshly Made Sketch:

And here's the card I made for the hubs:

It says "Happy Father's Day" on the inside, I need to get Ryan to write in it.  The hubs is still asleep though and the card is in the next room so I don't want to wake him up.

Now here's the one I made for my dad:

I had never used the Sale-a-Bration Trusted Toolbox DSP from last year but I like it here.

Last up, I made a card for my brother who has two kiddos:

I still have quite a bit of that Classic Garage DSP so this was a good way to use some of it.  Adam and my dad both love orange since they're graduates of Oklahoma State University, so I made Adam's card orange.  Didn't use the same paper on Dad's card since I had just recently sent him a card with it.

The mouse batteries are about to give out, so I'd better charge it and take Daphne for her walk.  She's extra crazy this morning.  Cheers, y'all!

Supplies, plane card:
Stamps:  Adventurous Sky
Ink:  Night of Navy, Stampin' Blends in Smoky Slate & Darling Duckling
Paper:  Night of Navy, Thick Basic White, Take to the Sky DSP
Accessories:  Adventurous Sky dies, Stylish Shapes dies, Dimensionals

Supplies, tool card:
Stamps:  Geared Up Garage
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin' Blends in Smoky Slate & Lost Lagoon
Paper:  Lost Lagoon, Basic Black, Thick Basic White, Trusted Toolbox DSP
Accessories:  Garage Gears Thinlits, Stitched Shapes dies, Dimensionals

Supplies, steering wheel card:
Stamps:  Geared Up Garage
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin' Blends in Smoky Slate & Pumpkin Pie
Paper:  Pumpkin Pie, Thick Basic White, Classic Garage DSP Stack
Accessories:  Garage Gears Thinlits, Stitched Shapes dies, Dimensionals

The Secret of Red Gate Farm

Time for another Nancy Drew challenge!  In the past few weeks, I went from having never owned or read the original 1930s versions of ND books a month ago to now owning...um, TWENTY-ONE.  Actually I think it's more, I have a few that are shipping right now.  That means I have at most 13 left to track down, woohoo!  Anyway, today's book is #6, The Secret of Red Gate Farm, and I just got my OT version of this one in yesterday's mail (along with four other books but don't tell the hubs, haha!).

The OT version on the left has a dust jacket, but obviously the cover art is the same, which works nicely for me since I only have one card made.

I read the book yesterday afternoon (y'all know I'm a voracious reader) but this time the OT version and the RT version are very similar, so I won't do an entire case file this time.  So here's the RT:

Case file:  Nancy, Bess, and George take a train trip to go shopping and meet Joanne Byrd, who's on her way to the big city to find a job so she can literally save the family farm.  Nancy insists on helping her and driving her to an interview where the man conducting the interview acts weird and Nancy senses there's a mystery in the offing.  To help their new friend, Nancy, Bess, and George go back with her to Red Gate Farm and become boarders there to help keep Joanne's grandma from selling it.  There they learn that there's a weird cult that leases some land with caves on it from Joanne's grandma and naturally Nancy has to go check them out.  The girls help out on the farm and manage to attract a few more boarders while also learning that there's a rash of counterfeit $20 bills in the area.  After spying on the Black Snake Colony members who dance around like weirdos in the moonlight (it's another Scooby-Doo episode!), Nancy decides the natural course of action is to make their own fake robes and join the dance party.  They follow the cult members into the caves and discover that's the base for the counterfeiting operation, and their goose is almost cooked until some MAN comes and rescues the girls (he's the son of one of the other boarders on the farm).  Once they're all safe and the counterfeiters are behind bars, Nancy convinces Joanne and her grammy to make the counterfeiters' cave a local tourist attraction and thus save the family farm.  

Notes: Aww, Nancy comes up against her first fake cult but really, she needs some guy to come save her in the end???  For shame, Detective Drew.  I will say that there was more than the usual effort put into giving the other boarders at Red Gate Farm a bit of personality.  It doesn't make much sense to me that the counterfeiters would pretend to be a cult and do the dancing in the moonlight thing that is sure to attract attention their way, you'd think they'd be trying to fly under the radar and not have people looking in their direction...but it's a Scooby Doo episode.  Nancy's dad doesn't have much to do in this case other than occasionally talking to Nancy, giving her a couple of twenties that turn out to be counterfeit, and then getting name-dropped by the girls because he's a Famous Attorney and there's no way Carson Drew's daughter would knowingly be trying to pass off counterfeit bills (as if rich people's kids never behave badly).  George once again is mean to Bess about her weight and her mama should have taught her better manners and it's George's fault I knocked a half a star off my rating.  The cover of this book is more 40s to me than any of the others so far, I think it's the hair.  Victory rolls!  I think The Secret of the Old Clock looks distinctly 60s with the hair and the dress and I am Here For It.  I will agree with my sister Adrienne, I love mid-century modern style when it comes to clothes.  Three and a half stars because I'm mad at George.  If you can't say something nice, George, stick a sock in it.

Consulting detectives:  As I said, the storylines in the two books are quite similar this time, with a few extra scenes and more description in the OT version.  I think the biggest difference is that the girl they're helping in the OT version is Millie Burd, who becomes Joanne Byrd in the RT.  Curiously, the RT version has George get bitten by a snake while out exploring the farm with the other girls, but no lasting damage, and that doesn't happen in the OT at all.  Otherwise not much changed between the versions.  This book, along with numbers 1-4, didn't have a "picture cover" in the OT version, that was only printed on the older versions with a dust jacket.  I now have the dust jacket versions for this one and #4, The Mystery at Lilac Inn, which I haven't read yet so my plan to read all the books in chronological order turned out to have some twists and turns in it : )

So here is my card for The Secret of Red Gate Farm:

There's a scene in the book where Nancy has to go looking for a wayward cow and uses the opportunity to try snooping in the counterfeiters' cave, so I chose a cute cow for my card.  Weeks ago I saw someone else who had done a card with Peekaboo Forest and that greeting from Terrific Toadstools, but I lost my browser tab for where I saw the card and I can't remember who it was so thank you to whoever that was.

I colored my stone wall to look like the one on the book cover and used Rococo Rose to match Nancy's sweater.  Why does the Rococo Rose Stampin' Blend come out more hot pink??

Feel free to join in the fun by making a card and leaving a comment here, I'd love to see your take on this book.  Next up:  The Clue in the Diary!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Peekaboo Farm, Terrific Toadstools
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Old Olive, Stampin' Blends in Ivory, Cinnamon Cider, Rococo Rose, Old Olive, Smoky Slate, Pebbled Path
Paper:  Rococo Rose, Thick Basic White, Paper Blooms DSP
Accessories:  Textured Notes dies, Dimensionals

Island Thoughts

Good EVENING, y'all!  Ryan had his first baseball game tonight and we really thought we were going to get rained out (the game prior to his did), but they did play a couple of innings.  Ryan got a good solid hit at one of his at bats, too.

But anyway, I wanted to get a quick little CAS card posted today so here it is:

My dad suggested I make a get-well card for a family friend who had surgery on her thumb for trigger finger, so here it is.  I started with the mood board from Inkspirational:

I was inspired by the colors (of course) and the big, bold flower in the middle.  Island Blossoms is an old favorite stamp set : )  Next up is the AAA Cards Challenge sketch:

The rainbow lines immediately made me think of the lines stamp from Dream Come True, which is another stamp set I've had for ages.  Then I just had to hunt up an appropriate greeting and pop on a few Glossy Dots, and now it's ready to mail tomorrow.

It's past 9pm which means I'm about to turn into a pumpkin.  Night, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Island Blossoms, Inspired Thoughts, Dream Come True
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Azure Afternoon, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive
Paper:  Summer Splash, Thick Basic White
Accessories:  Glossy Dots, Dimensionals

Stay Cool, Popsicle

Mornin' y'all!  Happy Friday!  I didn't get much time in my craft room yesterday since I was out at the soccer fields all morning, but I did make a card to share today:

I just discovered that I've only used Sweet Ice Cream ONE TIME before this, how is that possible?!  It's so cute!  Anyway, check out the Retro Rubber Challenges sketch:

Sweet Ice Cream is 4 years old, and the greeting is from a Paper Pumpkin kit and who knows how old that is, but I'm sure it's over a year.  I really wasn't sure what to do with this sketch until the Inspired By... challenge popped up yesterday:

And I thought YESSSS I can work with that!  The coaches gave all the kids these popsicles yesterday at soccer practice only they called them Otter Pops, not freezies or popsicles.  Maybe that's one of those regional things as to what they're called?  Anyway, I liked the bright colors and the icy theme so I went with Azure Afternoon, Strawberry Slush, Peach Pie, and Gorgeous Grape for my colors.

We get to have a nice, leisurely morning today and Ryan's only activity is a baseball game in the late afternoon.  Need to take Daphne for a walk and go to the grocery store though and I should be getting multiple Nancy Drew books in the mail today : )  Hoping I get to do some crafting today and I need to mail out my dad's Father's Day card.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Sweet Ice Cream, My Paper Pumpkin
Ink:  Peach Pie, Strawberry Slush, Pecan Pie, Gorgeous Grape
Paper:  Azure Afternoon, Gorgeous Grape, Peach Pie, Thick Basic White, Azure Afternoon & Strawberry Slush DSP
Accessories:  Textured Notes dies, Dimensionals, Strawberry Slush gems

Posy Pair

Good afternoon, y'all!  Usually I post in the mornings but Ryan wanted me to stay for his entire 4-hour soccer camp today so that's what I was doing.  While they were practicing, I finished reading one Nancy Drew book and started another, and then I watched him play in two scrimmage games.  He won a prize for the longest kick in his age group this week.

Anyway, I'm finally here with a pair of purple posy cards.

The carnation is the January flower and that's my birth month, so that's why I chose it for today's card.  The sketch is courtesy of CAS Colours & Sketches:

And it was hard to keep this sketch CAS, you know?  I chose a patterned paper for the nine blocks, but I made sure it was a more subtle pattern that kinda blends in with the card base and I did just straight cuts instead of anything with a fancy edge to keep it more CAS.  I chose the failed prior In Color Purple Posy for the Hand-Stamped Sentiments challenge:

A gorgeous array of pastel shades there.  I used both purple and pink on my first card, and then I had three more of the little rectangles left over so I thought I'd make another quick floral card:

I really love Painted Lavender.  Purple Posy was a failed In Color because the ink would darken and not match the cardstock properly, so I used different purples on this.  The flower is stamped in Fresh Freesia and the greeting is stamped in Highland Heather, I know it looks more like dark gray but I recently inked up that pad so it's extra dark.

So there's my two Purple Posy cards.  Looks like it's about to rain and Ryan needs to do his daily reading time, so we're about to both curl up with some good books.  Cheers!

Supplies, carnation card:
Stamps:  Year of Flowers
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin' Blends in Pretty in Pink & Soft Sea Foam
Paper:  Purple Posy, , Thick Basic White, Playing with Patterns DSP Stack
Accessories:  Year of Flowers dies, Stylish Shapes dies, Mini Dimensionals

Supplies, lavender card:
Stamps:  Painted Lavender, Lovely & Sweet
Ink:  Fresh Freesia, Soft Sea Foam, Highland Heather
Paper:  Purple Posy, Thick Basic White, Playing with Patterns DSP Stack
Accessories:  Painted Lavender dies, Mini Dimensionals

Proud Lion

Mornin' y'all!  I was down with a bad headache yesterday so I hope today is better.  Ryan is at soccer camp until one o'clock so I'm going to try to get some quiet craft time in after Daphne and I take our walk : )

I did get one little card made yesterday:

I love Inspiration Squad, the images area adorably cute and who doesn't love a good punny greeting?

Now for the challenges, starting with the Paper Players:

Those colors would be perfect for a floral card, but like Mary Mary I'm quite contrary so I went with a lion instead.  I used Peach Pie, Balmy Blue, and Lemon Lime Twist for my colors.  Plus a bit of Pecan Pie and Basic Black but neutrals are allowed.

Next up is the Festive Friday challenge:

I've got brown, black, ribbon, an animal, and...maybe an animal-themed sentiment?  An animal-adjacent pun?  Not sure if it counts.

Last up is this week's fun sketch from Atlantic Hearts:

Another excuse to use my Textured Notes dies : )  And this time I got out a circle die from Spotlight on Nature too.  I think I should take those out of the stamp case and put them with my dies so I remember to use them more frequently.

Okay, Daphne officially has the zoomies so it's time to take her for our walk.  Gorgeous day for it so we're off.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Inspiration Squad
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin' Blends in Peach Pie & Pecan Pie
Paper:  Balmy Blue, Lemon Lime Twist, Basic Black, Thick Basic White, Lemon Lime Twist DSP
Accessories:  Textured Notes dies, Spotlight on Nature dies, Dimensionals, white taffeta ribbon, Party Dots

SUO Challenges: Summer Floral

Mornin' y'all!  I got Ryan off to soccer camp this morning (it's a day camp thing for the next couple of days) so he's happy and I get a bit of quiet time.  And it's time for a new challenge at SUO Challenges!

Check out this inspiration pic:

And here's what I made:

For realsies, that inspo pic is what convinced me that I *needed* the Pretty Florals dies.  Well, that and a whole bunch of beautiful cards I've seen other stampers make with them ; )  I die cut my flowers and greenery in colors to echo the inspiration pic, and then played with the arrangement until I liked it.

We hope you'll join in the fun at SUO Challenges!  Get out your Stampin' Up! supplies and share your card over on the challenge blog.  Have fun!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Sweet Blooms
Ink:  Secret Sea, Peach Pie, Petal Pink, Soft Sea Foam
Paper:  Thick Basic White, Garden Green, Lemon Lolly, Peach Pie, Petal Pink, Soft Sea Foam, Florals in Bloom DSP
Accessories:  Pretty Florals dies, In Color Flat Pearls

Technik Museum Sinsheim

Scrappy Monday, y'all!  We had a pretty relaxing weekend and didn't really do much, and sadly my French toast casserole experiment yesterday didn't turn out all that great (way too eggy).  But I'll look for other recipes and see if I can find one we do like.

Since Father's Day is this weekend (and oops, I haven't made cards for it yet), I thought I'd share a manly man layout today:

This museum was an hour or an hour and a half from where we lived in Germany, and even I, not a car nut at all, enjoyed it.  Ryan got bored because 4-year-olds don't like to just look at things, no matter how cool the things are.  They had quite a collection of cool cars and also several planes that you could tour, including a Concorde.  One plane perched on top of the museum has a three-story slide in it so you can slide down from the plane to the first floor of the museum, so that's pretty cool and definitely fun for little dudes.

Today's color palette is in the Man Rainbow, though that light blue might be pushing it ; )  The Man Rainbow is gray, black, navy blue, and khaki and admit now that the wardrobes for the guys you know are 90% those colors.  The colors I used are Boho Blue, Smoky Slate, Night of Navy, Basic Gray, and white.

That's it for now.  The hubs is working some later shifts this week which means he's here to walk Daphne with me, so that's what we're going to do as soon as I finish my cuppa.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Back to Basics Alphabet, Metro Type Alphabet, Geared Up Garage
Ink:  Boho Blue, Smoky Slate, Night of Navy, Basic Gray marker
Paper:  Boho Blue, Night of Navy, Basic Gray, Thick Basic White, Take to the Sky DSP
Accessories:  Garage Gears dies

GRRReat Day

Mornin' y'all!  I was reading a cozy mystery book last week and it had some recipes in the back (that's a thing with some cozy mysteries) so last night I prepped a strawberry and cream cheese French toast casserole.  Now I'm just waiting for my boys to get out of bed so I can put it in the oven : )  Hope we like it!

I got a chortle out of today's card so here it is:

I'm always making dinosaur cards for my dino-loving pal Krissy and I think she'll like this one.  I was inspired to use this chomping T-Rex by this week's Freshly Made Sketch:

Rexie is kinda large and I don't like making square cards, so I turned the sketch into a standard A2 card.  I was experimenting with a bunch of different Garden Green DSP scraps and when I found that bold stripe I just HAD to have Rexie chomp the corner of it!  I used this week's Color Throwdown too:

I used Garden Green, Island Indigo, and Pumpkin Pie.  I kept the Island Indigo card base plain since the green stripes are bold and I wanted the focus to be on chompy Rexie there.  I think Krissy will like it : )

That's it for now, peeps.  Have a GRRReat day!

Supplies:
Stamps: Roarsome Rex from Whimsy Stamps
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin' Blends in Pumpkin Pie & Shaded Spruce
Paper:  Island Indigo, Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, Thick Basic White, Garden Green DSP
Accessories:  Roarsome Rex Outline Dies, Dimensionals, In Color Flat Pearls