Tiger Thoughts

Mornin' y'all!  I did my first workout in about six weeks this morning and I bet I'll be feeling it tomorrow.  I usually play workout videos on the Mac and work out in the living room, so when the old Mac went kaput so did my workout routine.  But now I'm back in it AND Daphne and I walked Ryan to school this morning.  He's still on spring break this week, but he's doing a film camp thing where they're making a movie based on Peter Pan, which means Daphne and I still get our girl time in the mornings.

Anyway, we were in Telluride for most of last week so yesterday was my first time back in my craft room and I made this:

I hadn't used Along These Lines in a while and every single time I've ever used it, it's been this tiger stamp but that's okay because the tiger is precisely why I bought the stamp set.  I'm entering this at Color Hues:

I used Blackberry Bliss and Peach Pie for the colors.  Next up is the AAA Cards Challenge:

I think my card still counts as CAS, there's a limited amount of patterned paper and lots of white space.  Next up is the Addicted to CAS challenge:

It was this challenge combined with the colors that made me think of the tiger stamp, and just in case the tiger wasn't stripey enough on his own I added a little bit of purple stripey paper for him to recline on in all his regal glory.  I added a bit of color with watercolor pencils and a blender pen.

I'm going to finish my cuppa tea while I look at some card blogs and then I'll probably try to work on something in my craft room until it's time to pick Ryan up.  Cheers, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Along These Lines, Branching Out
Ink:  Peach Pie, Blackberry Bliss
Paper:  Peach Pie, Basic White, Blackberry Bliss DSP
Accessories:  Textured Notes dies, watercolor pencils

Tranquil Tiger

Mornin' y'all!  Had to take a brief pause to start my morning tea brewing.  But now I'm ready to share today's card:

I've only used the Along These Lines stamp set twice and both times it's the tiger, but honestly the tiger is the whole reason why I bought this stamp set.  Anything tiger-related reminds me of my friend Neelu, who loved tigers and was one of my very favorite people ever, and she's the reason why my Facebook profile pic is a tiger and why I wear a tiger necklace every day.  Yay tigers.

Sooo today's tiger was inspired by the TGIF Challenges color palette:

I only added a bit of black because a tiger has to have black stripes.  At first I was thinking about adding some more Peach Pie to the tiger by coloring with Blends, but I decided I liked him in his simple majesty on the patterned paper.  

I paired the colors with the CAS Colours & Sketches sketch:

That one's a classic, love it.

That's it for me today, peeps.  I'm going to finish my tea (Adagio's vanilla this morning) and go write up my review of a Nancy Drew book for my other blog.  Right after I let Daph-Daph outside for the twentieth time today.  I think it's a game to her, to see how many times she can make me get up to let her in and out the back door.  Cheers, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Along These Lines, Sweet Blooms
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper:  Crumb Cake, Shy Shamrock & Peach Pie DSP
Accessories:  Stitched Shapes dies (retired), Dimensionals, Neutrals Matte Dots

Tiger Stripes

Mornin' y'all!  How's your Sunday going?  I have a fun card to share today:

I got Along These Lines a while back and this is the first time I've used it.  I had a dear friend who loved tigers so I tend to buy stamps (and cross stitch patterns) with tigers in memory of her.  I used this week's Freshly Made Sketch:

And the Color Throwdown:

I went with Crumb Cake, Magenta Madness, and Pumpkin Pie for the colors, with a healthy shot of Basic Black to ground the bright shades.  I wasn't too sure about combining these two challenges this time but I am loving that tiger.

Anyway, I need to go scramble some eggs.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Along These Lines, Terrific Toadstools
Ink:  Versamark, Magenta Madness
Paper:  Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, Magenta Madness, Crumb Cake DSP
Accessories:  Stitched Shapes dies, black EP, white EP, Dimensionals, Black Rhinestones