Happy Snapdragons

Mornin' y'all and happy Mother's Day to all the mamas out there.  My spawn is currently playing video games while the hubs makes us breakfast : )

I have a nice floral card to share today:

Y'all know that with a blog called Snapdragon Stamps that of *course* I bought Inspiring Snapdragons last year.  Up to now I've always done them in pink, but they come in a whole range of colors so today I chose dark red.  Say hello to the Retro Rubber Challenge:

I asked the Google and snapdragons bloom in the spring and the fall so they count : )  Inspiring Snapdragons is just one year old, so not as retro as I usually do for this challenge, but the stamps and dies hit the last chance list a few weeks ago at a deep discount so go check that out if you're so inclined.

I used this week's CASE-ing Tuesday Sketch:

And I'm hoping to squeak my card in before the deadline at Creative Colour Challenges:

And one more for good measure, check out the Festive Friday challenge:

I used red, white, something shiny (the Low Profile Dots are very shiny IRL but it surprisingly doesn't show up much in the picture), and stitched edges.  I got out the Radiating Stitches dies for my layers.

Okay kids, I get to have waffles with strawberries and cream for breakfast.  Have a great day and don't forget to check out yesterday's Nancy Drew post, I'm still excited about that!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Inspiring Snapdragons, Charming Duck Pond
Ink:  Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive
Paper:  Petal Pink, Cherry Cobbler, Thick Basic White, Cherry Cobbler & Old Olive DSP
Accessories:  Inspiring Snapdragons dies, Radiating Stitches dies, Dimensionals, Low Profile Dots

Two for the Boys

Mornin' y'all!  I feel like I've been having a Very Productive Week in the craft room and it's making me happy : )  I have lots of challenges to enter this week so I've got a two-card post coming at you right now.

First up is a card for the hubs:

He's a pilot and I can't believe I haven't used Adventurous Sky more since I got it last year.  It's a perfect stamp set for the Paper Players challenge:

I paired that with the sketch from AAA Cards:

While I was perusing stamp sets for my first card, I had another idea and just had to make it too:

Here's one for my duck-loving child!  And I think this is the first time I've stamped any of the ducks from Charming Duck Pond, gasp!  I stamped the greeting in Lemon Lolly bit it didn't show up super well, so I stamped over it slightly offset in Copper Clay (and it's slightly crooked because that's how you know it's handmade).  I had to stamp my duck family in the colors from Creative Colour Challenges:

I used Early Espresso for the outline stamps; Mama Duck is filled in with Pecan Pie and the babies are Copper Clay.  Then Mama's beak and feets are colored with the darker Lemon Lolly Blend and the babies' with the lighter one, though it didn't show up well in the photo.  I lightly sponged some Pecan Pie ink along the bottom of the Very Vanilla panel to give the ducks something to walk on.

I'm not going to say for sure that that's it for me today, peeps.  I've got quite a few cards to share and I might double up blog posts...we'll see!  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!, plane card:
Stamps:  Adventurous Sky
Ink:  Smoky Slate, Memento Tuxedo Black, Calypso Coral & Smoky Slate Blends
Paper:  Boho Blue, Thick Basic White
Accessories:  Adventurous Sky dies, Mini Dimensionals

Supplies, all SU!, duck card:
Stamps:  Charming Duck Pond
Ink:  Early Espresso, Copper Clay, Pecan Pie, Lemon Lolly Blends
Paper:  Copper Clay, Very Vanilla
Accessories:  Charming Duck Pond dies, Mini Dimensionals

Peking Duck

Hey y'all!  Today is Ryan's birthday and I made him a birthday card featuring his favorite stuffie friend, Peking Duck!

Yeah I 100% got Easter Friends for that duckling image.  I used the sketch from Retro Rubber Challenges:

Easter Friends is 3 years old; the birthday greeting is from Charming Duck Pond which I think is a year old now.  Ryan's favorite color is yellow so I made sure to use lots of that on the card too.  I also followed the recipe from As You See It:

Birthday celebration, white embossed greeting, ribbon for my die-cut tag, and a trio of pastel colors.  The tag die cut I used (from Merriest Trees) isn't long enough to accommodate the circle I put on top of it, so I spliced together two tags to make it longer and hid the seam with the circle.  One of my favorite tricks.

I'm off to celebrate with Ryan (and Peking).  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Easter Friends, Charming Duck Pond
Ink:  Pecan Pie, Versamark, Stampin' Blends in Lemon Lolly, Peach Pie, Pool Party
Paper:  Lemon Lolly, Peach Pie, Thick Basic White, Lighter than Air DSP
Accessories:  Stitched Shapes dies, Merriest Trees dies, white taffeta ribbon, white EP, Rainbow Dots, Dimensionals

Rainy Day Fox

Alas, it is not a rainy day where I am, it is bright and sunny and the light reflecting off a bright white house outside my window is not helping my headache.  Ugh.  I had a busy morning and the hubs was using the computer before I left the house and since he doesn't feel good I didn't want to arm wrestle him for it, so here we are with an afternoon post.  And a cuppa tea, because I can.

So here's today's card:

The latest Freshly Made Sketch:

The Color Throwdown:

I used Poppy Parade, Daffodil Delight, Blueberry Bushel, and some Pecan Pie for a quick brown fox today.  I was going to go for fall leaves on a blue background and then I couldn't resist the fox strolling with her umbrella instead.  Also I really want to do like eleventy-billion Halloween cards but couldn't figure out how to make this color combination into Halloween.  I was looking through some non-SU! stamps yesterday and I have An Idea, not specifically Halloween but for a movie that I like to watch around Halloween, so I may have another go at this : )

I'm also entering over at Critter Crazy Challenges because I love making critter cards and buying critter stamps.

Anyway, I've got less than two hours before it's time to pick up Ryan from school and then he's off tomorrow and for the next TWO WEEKS so who knows how much stamping time I'll get.  Hoping my headache goes away quickly so I can work in my craft room for a bit as I didn't get to yesterday...I listed some things for sale online and I was kept hoppin' with that for hours.  But now I can treat myself to...something...haven't decided what yet : )  Have a good day, y'all, hopefully headache-free!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Playing in the Rain, Charming Duck Pond
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamark, Stampin' Blends in Poppy Parade, Pecan Pie, Daffodil Delight
Paper:  Blueberry Bushel, Thick Basic White, Winter Meadow DSP, Bright & Beautiful DSP Stack
Accessories:  Playing in the Rain dies, Stitched So Sweetly dies, Dimensionals, white EP, Noble Peacock Rhinestones

Friendly Duck

Mornin' y'all!  Quick post today as I have an appointment that got moved up by an hour, so I'm squeezing a bit this morning to get some things done.  Today's card is all about Ryan's favorite animal:

Ducks!  Seriously, my kid loves ducks.  He brought home multiple writing assignments from school this year extolling the virtues of ducks.  His favorite stuffie is his friend Peking Duck (do not tell him that is Chinese food, he will get upset...I named the duck before Ryan could talk).  He gets excited when we see real live ducks--a couple of days ago, we saw two playing in a puddle in front of his school, so we had to go cruise through the parking lot so he could take a picture.  All that to say, you know the Charming Duck Pond suite was on my first new catalog order.  For today's card, the cute DSP is doing the heavy lifting--the background is one sheet of patterns, and I cut the duck buddies out of another sheet.  Doesn't the one on the right look like he is totally spilling the tea to his friend?

I'm entering this at a new-to-me challenge, Critter Crazy:

It's anything goes with a critter as the main focus of the card.  One or two stampers I follow play along in this challenge, which is how I became aware of it, and who doesn't need a good excuse to use more critters in their crafting?

Next up is the Paper Players theme challenge:

I picked Charming Duck Pond off my new stamp shelf fully intending to stamp some duck buddies, but the ones on the DSP were just too funny to ignore so the only stamping on my card is the greeting.  I backed it with some cattail die cuts and a bit of ribbon for interest.

That's it for me today, peeps.  I'm going to go work on some things before I have to head out.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Charming Duck Pond
Ink:  Balmy Blue
Paper:  Granny Apple Green, Pretty Peacock, Thick Basic White, Lily Pond Lane DSP Stack
Accessories:  Charming Duck Pond dies, Nested Essentials dies, Natural Polka Dot Trim, Dappled Dots, Dimensionals

Sparkly Snapdragons

Mornin' y'all, happy Friday!  Ryan and I will be heading to Waco today with my parents for a promotion ceremony.  I got up and did my workout this morning (okay, it was restorative yoga) but Ryan is still asleep.  Lucky him, 'cause I didn't sleep much.

Anyway, I have a card to share today with NEW stamps!

You totally knew that with a blog named Snapdragon Stamps that I would absolutely get the new Inspiring Snapdragons bundle.  The Snapdragon name actually comes from my high school band director, who was a little obsessed with his garden during my senior year and liked to compare us kids to different plants.  He called me a snapdragon and it's what popped into my head when I was naming my blogs.  (One of the other kids got a skunk cabbage, so I definitely count myself lucky with snapdragon!)

Anyway, I'm glad I got to bust out this new stamp set (and Charming Duck Pond for the sentiment) thanks to this challenge from Hand Stamped Sentiments:

I took my photos after dark last night so the colors aren't coming across as vibrant as they are in real life, and I can't fix them right now because it's so overcast, but I chose the colors Bubble Bath, Lost Lagoon, Soft Sea Foam, and a teensy bit of Berry Burst sponged onto the Bubble Bath flowers.  I'm also entering this card at Shopping Our Stash for the How Does Your Garden Grow challenge.  Paper gardens are the only ones growing around here!

I got a new Wink of Stella pen and you can actually see it in a picture for once!

Here's my kiddo yesterday on the last day of school:

I parked my car and went in to get him, and I was not at all prepared for the literal weeping and wailing I witnessed in the hallways!  I don't remember ever getting that way at the end of school, but it's been a long time since I was in elementary school.  Ryan was not a weeper or a wailer, though he did tell me yesterday morning that he wasn't looking forward to the last day of school because he would miss his teacher.  He was a bit downcast so I took him to Sonic for ice cream.

Okay, I need to go get him up and start getting ready for our road trip today.  Cheers, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Inspiring Snapdragons, Charming Duck Pond
Ink:  Bubble Bath, Berry Burst, Lost Lagoon, Soft Sea Foam
Paper:  Bubble Bath, Soft Sea Foam, A Latte Love DSP
Accessories:  Inspiring Snapdragons dies, Nested Essentials dies, Milky Dots, Dimensionals, Wink of Stella