Ryan: Happy Birthday!

I have a two-fer today for Ryan's baby book because I'm up to his first birthday celebration!

The week before Ryan's birthday, we were moving out of our house in Virginia and prepping to move into the new house in North Carolina, so Ryan spent his first birthday in a hotel.  We did a birthday celebration at the Virginia hotel so that Missy and Bennet could be there too (and Missy's mom), and both my parents were in town to help us with the move.  That turned out to be a Very Good Thing because once we got to NC, all hell broke loose:  the day we got our household goods delivered, the hubs had the flu and a 105-degree fever, Ryan was coming down with it too, and I was in the hospital emergency room, waiting to be admitted for emergency gallbladder surgery.  That was the most exciting move we've ever had, and definitely worse than either of the overseas moves.  (As I type this, we haven't gotten to Germany yet, so I'm hoping that move isn't as heinous as this one was even though I know we're in for a two-week quarantine when we arrive).

So anyway, I got a cheap tablecloth to put on the floor and we got a Red Velvet cake from Wegman's for Ryan's first birthday cake.  I picked another favorite DSP and chose the colors based on that.

Pacific Point isn't in the DSP but works well with the other colors, which are Bermuda Bay, Crushed Curry, Tangelo Twist, Mossy Meadow, and Whisper White.  I bought multiple packs of this DSP because I loved this pattern so much.

Cheers, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Letters for You, Weather Together, Big Day
Ink:  Bermuda Bay, Night of Navy, Tangelo Twist, Crushed Curry, Versamark
Paper:  Pacific Point, Tangelo Twist, Crushed Curry, Bermuda Bay, Thick Whisper White, Birthday Bash DSP
Accessories:  Hello You Thinlits, Large Letters dies, Stitched Shapes dies, clear EP

Baby Books: One Year Old

Mornin', y'all.  I did work on my own scrapbooks some last week, and while I have several layouts in progress I don't have a new one to share quite yet so baby books it is!

Here's the first birthday spread from the baby books.  I don't know, it seems a little plain to me :(

The cake image was from last year's Sale-a-Bration set Big Day, and it's cute but...I don't know.  And even though the patterned paper is festive and has balloons all over it I think maybe I should have used a different one.  But hey, not every layout can be your favorite, right?

Today's color palette includes Bermuda Bay, Night of Navy, Tangelo Twist, Mossy Meadow, and Whisper White.  There's some metallic gold on the patterned paper too.

Well, I've got places to go, things to do, and people to see, so cheers peeps!

Supplies, mostly SU!
Stamps:  Big Day
Ink:  Bermuda Bay, Night of Navy, Tangelo Twist
Paper:  Bermuda Bay, Night of Navy, Tangelo Twist, Whisper White, Birthday Bash DSP
Accessories:  Sizzix Alphabet

Birthday Confetti

Mornin', peeps!  It's a rainy day here in Alabama but that's okay, I think my card today could be a stand-in for the sun it's so bright.

Am I right?  That, my friends, is Tangelo Twist in action.  It should almost come with a warning label ;)  But I do like it for birthday cards.  This one is a triple threat too, the confetti paper on the bottom means it counts for Around the World's confetti challenge:

And I used the color combination from The Color Throwdown:

Tangelo Twist, Night of Navy, and a bit of a stretch to call that Calypso Coral (really, it looks more Regal Rose to me, but I was going with the Birthday Bash papers).

I also used the Mojo Monday sketch for this week:

Yep, triple challenge.  So that's it for this rainy Thursday, but I'll be back tomorrow to finish off the week with the Friday Flashback.  Cheers, peeps!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Big Day
Ink:  Tangelo Twist, Night of Navy, Calypso Coral, Smoky Slate
Paper:  Tangelo Twist, Night of Navy, Whisper White, Birthday Bash DSP
Accessories:  Stars Framelits, Itty Bitty Punch Pack star, Dimensionals

Birthday Bash

It is all gray and overcast here--and actually cold, for a wonder--so today I bring you a very BRIGHT and summery card to counteract the winter chill.  Behold!

(ignore the part where the main image stamp is slightly crooked) Meet Big Day, one of the stamp sets available only during Sale-a-Bration.  There are five stamps in the set, and I managed to use every one of them on this card.

The candle is a separate stamp from the cake, so you can make it have as many or as few candles as you like.  I used my blender pen to color in the images a little bit.  I love that Birthday Bash DSP, such fun colors, and that particular pattern reminds me of birthday candles.

I also used the current sketch from Sketch Frenzy Friday:

Somehow I missed that white ribbony layer, oops.  Other than that, and moving the main image panel up a bit, I was fairly true to the sketch.

That's it for me, folks.  I've got to catch up on last night's episode of NCIS :)  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Big Day
Ink:  Night of Navy, Tangerine Tango, Bermuda Bay, Crushed Curry, Calypso Coral
Paper:  Tangerine Tango, Bermuda Bay, Whisper White, Birthday Bash Specialty DSP
Accessories:  Word Bubble & Starburst Framelits, circle punch, scallop border punch, Dimensionals