Ryan's First Christmas

Scrappy Monday, y'all!  My parents left for Texas about a half an hour ago, Ryan is at school, and I am sitting down with my breakfast sweet potato casserole and a cuppa before I take Daphne out for her walk.  My plan for the rest of the day is to do laundry and maybe sneak in some crafty time : )

I was feeling nostalgic for when Ryan was a wee babe so I chose Ryan's first Christmas to share today.

D'awww, he was such a cutie (I mean, he still is, he just argues more). 

Oops, the page on the right is sideways and I didn't even notice until I was editing photos!

Okay, much better now that it's not sideways.  I made sure to include the pictures of Vader peeking around the tree at what's happening--I still miss him and Sadie, but I am so glad to have a dog again.  Daph is very different than Sadie and Vader but I love her.  Anyway, I chose a favorite pattern from the Under the Mistletoe DSP for my pages and then a few simple stamped accents to keep the focus on my bébé (and the hubs).

Today's festive color palette:  Real Red, Shaded Spruce, Old Olive, Night of Navy, and Whisper White.

Okay, I'm going to go take the pupper for a walk.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU:
Stamps:  Season of Joy, Christmas Punch
Ink:  Real Red, Old Olive, Early Espresso, Night of Navy
Paper:  Real Red, Shaded Spruce, Thick Whisper White, Under the Mistletoe DSP
Accessories:  Rectangle Stitched dies, Stitched Shapes dies

Friday Flashback: Christmas Punch

It's Friday!  And that means Friday Flashback.  This week's featured stamp set is Christmas Punch, a hostess set from 2009-2010, and it's yet another example of my bad track record for actually using hostess sets.  (At least they're free?)  This Flashback is a bit on the short side.

Also features Weather or Not (mittens)

Yep, that's it.  The snowflakes on the background are from Christmas Punch.  As you might guess from the name of the stamp set, every stamp in it coordinates with a punch, and they're pretty cute even if I never got around to using them much.  But I did make a new card today:

That Santa stamp (haha, it's a stamp that looks like a postage stamp) is, I think, supposed to coordinate with the postage stamp punch but the outline didn't line up correctly.  So I punched out the image part with a 1" square punch and then put it on plain white cardstock that I punched out with the postage stamp punch.  Can't have the stamped image and punched edges not line up, it would offend my OCD.

Anyhow, I used this week's Nacho Average Challenges sketch because it's just perfect for showcasing smaller stamped images.

Well, peeps, that's all I've got for you this week.  Hope you have a great weekend; hubs and I will be volunteering for the Humane Society tomorrow so I get to play with puppies (sadly, the hubs already said I can't bring any of them home).  And then I need to write my Christmas letter and start getting cards in the mail, so busy busy!

Christmas cheers, peeps!

Supplies, last card only:
Stamps:  Christmas Punch, More Merry Messages
Ink:  Riding Hood Red, Blushing Bride, Marina Mist, Early Espresso
Paper:  Old Olive, Whisper White, Letters to Santa DSP
Accessories:  Riding Hood Red taffeta, 1" square & postage stamp punches, Dimensionals