Reindeer Holiday

Mornin' y'all!  Well, Ryan's winter break started with a bang this morning, he wasn't feeling good and got me up at 5:45 this morning.  A couple hours later he was feeling much better and asked for Cap'n Crunch for breakfast so hopefully it's all good now.

I used my crafty time yesterday morning while Ryan was in school to play some more with the Reindeer Days DSP and I made this:

The only stamping is the greeting; the deer and the lights are both from the Reindeer Days DSP.  I put some red Wonderful Gems in the Christmas lights so they're a rather subtle embellishment on the card.  Check out the Inspired By... challenge:

Specifically, I was inspired by the top middle piece with the words in white on dark green, so that's how I stamped my greeting.  I used the sketch from CASE-ing Tuesday sketches, which is a new-to-me challenge that's based on Facebook:

They even give measurements for the card:

I just had to decide which side of the DSP I wanted to use for my card, but the Christmas lights won out.

In the afternoon, I actually worked on a scrapbook layout for the first time in a long time.  I've been hit or miss on doing scrapbooking since we got to Colorado, not sure why, but it was fun to work on some pages again.  I have a stack that I started months ago that just need journaling.

Daph is full of beans so I'm going to take her out for a walk and use up some of her energy.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Christmas Labels
Ink:  Versamark
Paper:  Real Red, Garden Green, Reindeer Days DSP
Accessories:  Christmas Labels dies, white EP, Dimensionals, Wonderful Gems

You Two, Deer

Mornin' y'all!  I just ate the last of the pumpkin pie for breakfast (it has...vitamin A?) so after I write this blog post I need to take Daphne for a walk.  She's been giving me judgmental looks.  Typing is a little bit of a challenge as I managed to give myself a paper cut on the tip of my left index finger...trying to grab a sweetener packet for my tea.  Tea shouldn't hurt, y'all.  At least it's quit bleeding.

Anyway, this week's Paper Players challenge is a fun and different take on seasonal cards:

So here's what I made:

That Winter Meadow DSP is definitely doing the heavy lifting here, but I thought of it immediately when I saw the Inkspirational mood board challenge:

No deer in the mood board, but the colors match--I had to do green for that green sprig in the lower left (and also I don't like doing cards that are ALLLLL neutrals).

But I didn't stop there.  Ann Schach talked in her post about how much she likes revisiting old favorite stamp sets and that made me think of one I got in the first year or two after I started stamping, so I had to dig it out and make a second card:

Reindeer Print has probably been in my collection for around 20 years and I enjoyed getting it out again for this challenge.  It's also a challenge to get a big stamp like that inked up all the way, so I stamped it 3-4 times to get good coverage.  Then it was taking a long time to dry (I smeared the first one I did so I had to stamp it again) so I covered it with clear embossing powder.  I kept the same Winter Meadow DSP for this one but more colorful patterns.

I'm also entering these at Shopping Our Stash, where they want to see winter cards that aren't Christmas, and Critter Crazy Challenges, where it's anything goes featuring a critter.  Last week when my parents were here, we spent some time in Manitou Springs and ate lunch.  We were sitting inside the restaurant next to a big window that looks out onto the patio, which has tables they use when it's warmer weather.  While we were sitting there, two deer came dashing through the patio not 10 feet from where we were sitting!  They dodged the tables and hopped the 4-foot wall at the end of the patio with no visible effort.  I'm glad there were two because I said something when I saw the first one and everyone else looked in time to see the second one.

Okay, Daph has escalated to barking at me so I definitely need to take her for a walk and get some energy out.  Cheers, y'all!

Supplies, Winter Wishes card:
Stamps:  Christmas Labels
Ink:  Versamark
Paper:  Garden Green, Winter Meadow DSP
Accessories:  Christmas Labels dies, white EP, Dimensionals, Basic Gray 3/8" taffeta ribbon

Supplies, Reindeer Print card:
Stamps:  Reindeer Print
Ink:  Garden Green, Lost Lagoon
Paper:  Lost Lagoon, Garden Green, Basic Beige, Winter Meadow DSP
Accessories:  Clear EP, Blue Sparkling Gems, Dimensionals

SUO Challenges: SHINY!

Hey hey, happy Tuesday!  Yesterday did not go to plan...less than 30 minutes after I dropped Ryan off at school, I got a call from the school nurse that he was throwing up.  So I went back and got him and then we both took a nice long nap and I only did one load of laundry yesterday.  But he's feeling better now so hopefully we can get things done today!

And first up is a new challenge from SUO Challenges!

Here's our month-long challenge to end out the year:

I recently bought a pack of In Color Glimmer Paper just with this challenge in mind, so here's what I made:

All of the newest In Colors appear in the Unbounded Beauty DSP so that was an easy pair to make with the glimmer paper.  I started out with the pink version:

This card started with the Inspired By... challenge:

That's why I chose Pretty in Pink as the main color, with some red and a gingerbread man.  I had forgotten the peppermint swirls in the inspo pic when I made my card, but I chose those accents anyway so it works!

One glittery card just was not enough so I had to make a purple version:

I used Petunia Pop and a little bit of Shy Shamrock for this one.

Okay, it's time for me to get the kiddo off to school and he said his tum is much better so I'll be able to do more laundry (yay?) and go grocery shopping.  Don't forget to add your card to the SUO Challenges blog.  Cheers!

Supplies, pink card, all SU!
Stamps:  More than Autumn, Christmas Labels
Ink:  Early Espresso, Pretty in Pink, Real Red, Stampin' Blends in Pretty in Pink, Real Red, Pecan Pie
Paper:  Real Red, Thick Basic White, Unbounded Beauty DSP, In Color Glimmer Paper
Accessories:  More than Autumn dies, Christmas Labels dies, Stylish Shapes dies, Peppermint accents, Dimensionals

Supplies, purple card, all SU!
Stamps:  More than Autumn, Christmas Labels
Ink:  Early Espresso, Petunia Pop, Stampin' Blends in Petunia Pop, Shy Shamrock
Paper:  Petunia Pop, Thick Basic White, Unbounded Beauty DSP, In Color Glimmer Paper
Accessories:  More than Autumn dies, Christmas Labels dies, Stylish Shapes dies, In Color Glimmer Dots, Dimensionals

Merry Reindeer

Okay, okay, I give.  I'll start making Christmas cards : )

I bought both the Reindeer Fun and Christmas Labels bundles a while back and this is the first card I've made with either of them.  Check out the beautiful inspiration challenge from Hand Stamped Sentiments:

I took something from each of the three sections:  the bright blue, deer (well, reindeer), and pink with snowflakes on it.  Who would have thought Azure Afternoon + Pretty in Pink + Pecan Pie = Christmas card?  But I like how it turned out.

That's it for me today, peeps.  Think I need to make some more fall creations while I still can.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Reindeer Fun, Christmas Labels
Ink:  Early Espresso, Pretty in Pink, Versamark, Stampin' Blends in Pecan Pie, Pretty in Pink, Ivory
Paper:  Azure Afternoon, Pretty in Pink, Thick Basic White
Accessories:  Reindeer Fun dies, Christmas Labels dies, Dimensionals, White EP, Rainbow Dots