Pure Awesome

Hey there, peeps!  This week I started working on a new set of baby books for my friend who's expecting twin boys, so you might start seeing those layouts here and there.  But I managed to tear myself away from the baby books long enough to make a card for today, and here it is:

I love that awesomeness stamp from Big News.   I just realized that this card has a couple things in common with yesterday's card, which is pure coincidence :)  But alas, no unicorns.  I think SU! needs some cool unicorn stamps.

I used this week's Color Throwdown:

The closest I could get with current SU! colors is Rich Razzleberry, Melon Mambo, Basic Black and of course the silver glimmer paper for the required added sparkle.  Kinda wish I'd added some glitter on the letters or something, but it's pretty sparkly already.

I also used this week's Mojo Monday sketch:

I went pretty literal with my interpretation of the sketch, I even used a star.

That's it for me today, peeps.  I'm off to work on more baby book layouts and tomorrow's Friday Flashback card.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Big News, Be the Star
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Rich Razzleberry, Melon Mambo
Paper:  Basic Black, Rich Razzleberry, Melon Mambo, Whisper White, Silver Glimmer
Accessories:  Stars Framelits, Dimensionals

Non-Fussy Birthday Fuss

I did it and here it is, the first new card made in my new craft room.

Today happens to be my mom's birthday (HI MOM!) so I decided to make a birthday card.  Since it's been probably at least a month since I last stamped, I decided to keep it simple and make a non-fussy card.  And then I stamped "enjoy the fuss" inside the card :)

I used this week's Freshly Made Sketch:

And the color combo from Pals Paper Arts:

I think those colors make a great birthday combination for anyone, boy or girl, young or old.  Sure, Watermelon Wonder is sorta pinkish, but it's not necessarily feminine I think.  That's my story and I'm sticking to it!

Still have a few more things to do before my new crafting space is 100% go for launch, so I supposed I'd better go organize some punches.  Cheers, peeps!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Big News
Ink:  Cucumber Crush, Watermelon Wonder, Night of Navy
Paper:  Cucumber Crush, Night of Navy, Whisper White, Cherry on Top DSP Stack
Accessories:  1/2" circle punch

Nachos: Bold Baby Card

Tuesday once again, Nacho fans!  Are you ready for a Nacho Average Sketch Challenge?

I won't lie, this sketch made me go hmm.  I had to think about it for a while, but here's what I made:

I recently bought Something for Baby (and the matching Framelits, which I didn't use on this card) so this is its maiden voyage.  I figure it seems like half the ladies I know are pregnant right now, so I could use a few more baby cards.  According to my mom, the current trend is for bolder, brighter colors in baby nurseries as opposed to pastels, so I went with the Cherry on Top DSP stack and used it for color inspiration.

Your turn next!  Be sure to upload your sketchariffic card to the Nacho blog.  Cheers, peeps!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Big News, Something for Baby
Ink:  Bermuda Bay, Tip Top Taupe, Pool Party, Watermelon Wonder, Crushed Curry, Cucumber Crush
Paper:  Pool Party, Crushed Curry, Watermelon Wonder, Whisper White, Cherry on Top DSP Stack
Accessories:  Sweetheart punch, Dimensionals

Nachos: Big News, Baby

Happy Nacho day, peeps!  This week, Nacho Average Challenges has a perfectly wonderful, springy, Easter-iffic color combination for you to try:

I thought this combo was so easy to work with, I finished my card in probably about ten minutes.  So here's what I made:

Figured  I might as well continue to stock up on baby cards!  :)  Sure, there's pink on here, but I don't think that keeps this from being a good boy baby card.  The inside says "Congratulations" from the same stamp set; I might need to make a couple more of these.  The button and twine are both SU!, but are retired styles.  I'm very slow about using up buttons in particular.

So now it's your turn!  Check out the Nacho blog for more cute card creations, and then make your own.  Cheers, peeps!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Big News
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Pool Party, Blushing Bride, So Saffron
Paper:  Pool Party, Blushing Bride, So Saffron, Whisper White
Accessories:  Sweetheart punch, Chevron EF, Dimensionals, retired button & twine

Nachos: Unlimited Awesomeness

Eeek!  I forgot to set up this post before I went to bed last night so I'm a teensy bit late.  But I'm here now with an awesome Nacho Average Color Challenge!

I think I might have been the one to suggest this particular combo, I've already used it a couple of times.  But for today's card I wanted to do something different than fall or Halloween, so...

How about superheroes!!  I love the photopolymer set Calling All Heroes; I had to order it just as soon as it was released but this is the first time I've played with it.  And I figured my superheroine and city skyline went perfectly with the awesomeness stamp from Big News!  Hmm, you know what I just noticed though?  I did the bright red hair and green mask so now my superheroine looks like Poison Ivy from Batman instead of someone else like Batgirl.  Ever notice how there's a LOT more redheads in books and movies and comics than there are in real life?

Anyway, go check out the other pretties at the Nacho blog and then try out this awesome color combo for yourself.  Can't wait to see what you come up with!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Calling All Heroes, Big News
Ink:  Blackberry Bliss, Mossy Meadow, Tangelo Twist, Raspberry Ripple
Paper:  Smoky Slate, Mossy Meadow, Whisper White
Accessories:  Apothecary Accents Framelits, Itty Bitty Accents punch pack (star), Dimensionals

Overwhelming Awesomeness

I'm baaaaaaack!  Ok, so, for a while all the blog posts here have been of projects I made while we were still in England; I had posts scheduled out until last week.  But today I can share the first card I made after we got to Alabama!  And none too soon, since I was out of scheduled posts :)

Yeah yeah, I got the greeting on there crooked, but we all know that pretty much everything I do is a teensy bit crooked :)  I was trying to start off easy so I used a CAS card sketch to focus on the pretty colors, which I got from the Colour Me Card Challenge:

I wanted to do something with fall leaves, but I only have a limited number of stamp sets with me at the moment and none of them are leafy I don't think.  I got the Flower Patch stamps and Framelits right before we packed out in England so I hadn't had a chance to play with them at all yet, so that was a good reason to choose them for my first card.

So for the moment, I have a makeshift tiny stamping space in the closet of my future craft room:

(Everything in this house is brown.  I so wish I could paint it all.)  It's a little claustrophobic...that table is actually a sewing machine that I inherited from my great-grandmother (I own at least two sewing machines and I don't know how to use them!).  The work space is so tiny that every time I use the paper trimmer, the trimmed paper falls on the floor--the top of the sewing machine table is *just* big enough for the paper trimmer and my grid paper, that's it.  After I made this card, I pulled out the sewing machine into the room so it feels less claustrophobic, but then I don't have all my blocks right next to where I'm working either so I have to keep getting up to get things from the closet and I've got stuff strewn all over the floor.

It's all going to get better on Wednesday though:  we're finally getting the rest of our stuff!  We've been in this house almost exactly a month, sleeping on an air mattress and using two uncomfortable metal folding chairs, so I am super excited to get a real mattress and our couch back.  Not to mention my craft table...never thought I'd miss a cheapo plastic table, but I do!

Anyway, I've got to run...I've got to clean up the craft room so I can fit all the furniture in there when it gets here on Wednesday :)  Cheers, peeps!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Flower Patch, Big News
Ink:  Tempting Turquoise, Tangelo Twist
Paper:  Whisper White, Tempting Turquoise
Accessories:  Flower Fair Framelits, rhinestone, Dimensionals