Joyful Cardinal

Mornin' y'all!  I am tired this morning, Daphne has been getting me up three times a night for the past couple of nights so she can go outside.  Hope her tummy feels better soon.  Anyway, I got a bit of crafty time yesterday after running errands and writing in cards, so here is my card for today:

I had to dust off my long-retired stamp set A Cardinal Christmas for the Hand-Stamped Sentiments challenge:

I also couldn't resist the plaid, I love me a good plaid!  Or two : )  I used up several scraps of the Wrapped in Plaid DSP Stack for this card, thanks to the layer-iffic sketch from As You See It:

I didn't want to cover up my cardinal image, so instead of the wide strip for the sentiment, I used some gold cord and stamped the greeting on the circle.  And I just now realized that I copied down the sketch a bit incorrectly, that plaid pattern on the right should be narrower, but oh well.  I think it's obvious that I was using this sketch anyway, despite the vagaries of my creative process.  I think maybe I could have added some gold accents on this, but it's already out in the mail so too late now.

I've got a giant cuppa tea this morning and Daphne is waiting impatiently for me to finish it so she can do her daily tour of the neighborhood.  Have a great day, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  A Cardinal Christmas, Fancy Flexible Phrases
Ink:  Night of Navy, Shaded Spruce
Paper:  Cherry Cobbler, Night of Navy, Thick Basic White, Wrapped in Plaid DSP Stack
Accessories:  Layering Circles Framelits, gold cord, watercolor pencils

Rose Parade Practice

Scrappy Monday, y'all!  We spent most of last week in Vail with friends, skiing (everybody who is not me or Lynn) and enjoying Thanksgiving together.  I managed a full Thanksgiving meal in our hotel suite kitchen : )  It was a lot less effort than I usually do, too, because I got heat and eat options for almost everything (but my homemade pies are much tastier than the frozen ones!).  I did a turkey breast in the crockpot that turned out much better than I expected, I will definitely use that recipe again.  I did use an entire can of chicken broth instead of a half cup, and Ryan and I didn't measure the mustard either, just coated everything he could reach with it.  Then I flipped the turkey breast a couple of times during the cooking process so that we wouldn't end up with one side much juicier than the other--this turned out great!

Okay, enough turkey talk.  How about a scrapbook layout?

These pics are 15 years old, oof.  My high school band was invited to march in the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, and I happened to be in Texas that December so I went out to watch them practice with my sister. (I call my brother's wife my sister; their besties are my other brother and sister, and the hubs' sister and her husband are my SIL and BIL.  Keeps everything straight in my head!)  We never got to do anything that cool when I was in high school, but on the other hand I got to be snug in my house watching the parade that year.

Today's sorta-Christmas palette includes Certainly Celery, Real Red, Blueberry Bushel, and white.  My high school colors are orange and black, so not Christmasy at all but you can see the balloons where Adrienne and I had our picture taken on the bottom right.  I found some Christmas DSP with roses on it and I thought that was just perfect for this.

That's it for me today, peeps.  The hubs is coming down with a major cold or something and I am trying very hard not to do the same...but my girl Daphne still wants to go for a walk and it's been a week since I last took her since we were in Vail last week and she was with a dogsitter.  We got our first snow last night too so we have to go out : )  I swept snow off the driveway this morning and I think most, if not all, of this will melt by tomorrow so we'll enjoy it while we can.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Broadsheet Alphabet, Calendar Alphabet & Numbers, Wreath of Roses
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Blueberry Bushel, Poppy Parade; Mossy Meadow & Blueberry Bushel markers; Mossy Meadow, Poppy Parade, Petal Pink, Calypso Coral Stampin' Blends
Paper:  Certainly Celery, Poppy Parade, Thick Whisper White, Christmastime is Here DSP
Accessories:  None