SUO Challenges: Oktoberfest

Happy Tuesday, y'all!  This is my only day off this week so as soon as I get this blog post written, I'm running up to my craft room so I can play with paper until time to pick up my kiddo :)  And it's time for a new challenge at SUO Challenges!

Our theme this time is Oktoberfest!  I've lived in Germany for just over a year now and I haven't gotten to go to any Oktoberfestivities (Germans like to squish words together to make new giant words, I'm getting in the spirit of things).  Last year and this year, Oktoberfest has been canceled due to *waves hand around* you know what I mean.  But that doesn't mean we can't celebrate in our crafting spaces or our own houses!  So here's what I made:

Once again I have reached for a long-retired stamp set!  I bought Cheers to You specifically for a scrapbook layout (see it here) and I've used it a few times since then, which is amusing to me because I don't drink alcohol as a general rule.  I don't have anything against it, I just don't like it ;)  Anyway, when I was working on today's card, I started with Bumblebee cardstock because it's beer-colored, and I thought what color would go well with that?  And I chose Poppy Parade, and then I used black for the stamps and whaddya know, my card is also inspired by the German flag!  I used the chalk marker for the foam on top of the beer glasses.

Your turn!  Celebrate Oktoberfest with your own paper craft and show it off on the SUO Challenges blog.  As they say in Germany, PROST!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Cheers to You
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, chalk marker
Paper:  Poppy Parade, Bumblebee, Basic Black, Thick Basic White
Accessories:  square punch, scalloped square punch, Dimensionals

Friday Flashback: Cheers to You

Happy Friday and welcome to this week's Friday Flashback!  Today's randomly chosen stamp set is Cheers to You, and it's kinda funny that I own this set because in general, I don't drink alcohol.  But they have festivals for everything in Japan, and I just had to get Cheers to You to finish off my scrapbook layout for the Orion Beer Festival:

When I was working on this, I called my friend Amber (this was when we both lived on Okinawa) and asked, "Do you have any beer stamps?" and she was like, "Um, noooo, what do you want that for?!"  It was so wonderful having a local stampy friend because we did trade stamps back and forth from time to time.

So while I got the stamp set specifically for that scrapbook layout, I did use it again!  And for Saint Patrick's Day.  Go green beer!  (Only not for me, 'cause I hate beer.)

This one was a birthday card for a friend of mine, and another combo SCS sketch/color challenge card, but one I think was a bit less successful.  Bleargh.  I like today's brand new card better:

Sorry the pic is a teensy bit blurry, I took two and this was the better of the two.  So I know I just recently used that same awesome floral DSP for a recent Flashback, but it was on top of my scraps and it just worked with these stamps.  Sometimes you just gotta go with your first idea, know what I mean?  The layout is courtesy of Retro Sketches:

Ooh dang, once again I'm a little bit off from the original sketch.  Oh well, too late now.  And that's all she wrote!  Have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by for today's Friday Flashback!

Supplies, last card only:
Stamps:  Cheers to You (retired)
Ink:  Basic Gray, Tempting Turquoise, Cool Caribbean, Peach Parfait, Pumpkin Pie, Regal Rose, Rose Red
Paper:  Tempting Turquoise, Rose Red, Whisper White, Island Oasis DSP (retired)
Accessories:  Paper daisy (soon to retire), Triple Flower punch (retired), rhinestone, Dimensionals