SUO Challenges: CASE the Catty for Spring

Mornin' y'all!  It's time for a new challenge from SUO Challenges, and it's time to CASE the catty:

I chose the card on the top left and I thought I'd do something for Easter, so here's what I made:

I got the Easter Time Mix & Match Ephemera, thinking it would probably coordinate with the Easter-themed DSP but NOPE, which is annoying.  The colors do coordinate with some of the colors in the Love Notes DSP Stack, so that's what I used for the purple polka dot DSP.  the only stamping is the greeting from the retired Easter Friends stamp set because I didn't buy any Easter stamps this year, and I used a retired die for the cutout shape behind the egg and wreath too.  So yeah, retired SU! stuff is still good for SUO Challenges :)

Your turn now!  Pick a card from the catalog picture to CASE, and upload your creation to the SUO Challenges blog.  And most important, have fun!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Easter Friends
Ink:  Highland Heather
Paper:  Flirty Flamingo, Basic White, Love Notes DSP Stack
Accessories:  Easter Time Mix & Match Ephemera, Labels Collection Framelits, Stylish Shapes dies, Dimensionals, Rainbow Dots

A Brace of Bunnies

Mornin' y'all and happy Friday!  At long last, Ryan's tooth came out last night--a full week after all the drama started with it wiggling so much that he couldn't hardly eat.  Pretty sure that kid has more holes than teeth at the moment!

Anyway, with Easter so close I just had to squeeze in a couple more bunny cards, take a look:

I thought of this sweet bunny in Easter Friends as soon as I saw the Just Add Ink challenge:

I inked up the bunny stamp with VersaMark, then Pebbled Path, and stamped it on my cardstock, and then I embossed with clear powder so I could watercolor without it bleeding.  I thought of the Stitched So Sweetly dies as soon as I saw the sketch at Atlantic Hearts:

And all the pretty yellows in the Floral Delight DSP brought my card together quick like a bunny : )  Except for the sentiment part, actually.  I spent over 20 minutes looking through my enormous stamp library for a good sentiment to put on there and finally decided on ribbon instead and put a sentiment from Easter Friends on the inside of the card.  And of course that stamp set was sitting on my table the entire time I was searching all my other stamp sets.

I have a bonus bunny card:

I wanted to see how she would look in Pecan Pie.  What do you think, Pebbled Path or Pecan Pie for this sweet bun-bun?  I like them both.

Anyway, time to get Ryan off to school and hope they don't do an early dismissal because of SNOW.  Yes, snow.  Again!  On the up side, that means I will be drinking lots of tea today and it's hard to have a bad day with a cuppa tea in hand.  Ha!  Cheers, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Easter Friends
Ink:  Pebbled Path, Pecan Pie, Old Olive (on the inside)
Paper:  Pebbled Path, Pecan Pie, Thick Basic White, Floral Delight DSP
Accessories:  Stitched So Sweetly dies, Clear EP, Old Olive polytwill ribbon

Spring Bunny

Mornin' y'all.  It's Ryan's first day back at school after two weeks of spring break so naturally there was drama this morning.  He wanted to take in a 3D printed plane to show his friends at school, but it fell off his backpack as I was moving it and a piece broke off and he is Big Mad at me about it.  We tried to glue the piece back on but I think the hubs will have to fix it tonight.  Sigh.

Anyway, I am going to enjoy the quiet while he's at school and I have a spring card to share today.

Believe it or not, I hit three challenges with this CAS card, starting with Inkspirational:

The stamp I used on the bunny actually says "my friend" but that didn't fit as well so I only stamped the second word.  Next up is the Festive Friday challenge:

I hit purple, pink, yellow, bunny, and flowers (there are flowers on the Pretty in Pink DSP scrap I punched out).  Not bad!  Finally is the AAA Cards Challenge:

It's like a scaled-down tic-tac-toe, so you do the middle bubble and one of the outside bubbles.  I chose pets and figured that a punch was the easiest way to do a silhouette.  I actually had a pet rabbit when I was a kid, her name was Candy.

I'm very pleased to report that I worked on scrapbook pages yesterday!  I have a layout that's about 90% done and like six other ones that need journaling, that was where I stopped the last time I scrapped.  So maybe I'll get all of those done today.  The next set of pictures I have to scrap are some of my very favorites so I am excited to jump back in.

That's it for now, peeps.  Try to stay out of the Easter candy ; )

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Easter Friends
Ink:  Fresh Freesia
Paper:  Lemon Lolly, Fresh Freesia, Pretty in Pink DSP
Accessories:  bunny punch, 2 1/2" circle punch, Dimensionals, Rainbow Dots

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

SUO Challenges: Animal Kingdom

Salutations, stampers!  It is time for a new challenge at SUO Challenges!

Our theme this time is animals!  There are a lot of Stampin' Up! animal sets to choose from, so this will be fun!  Here's what I made:

This sweet little bunny is from Easter Friends, and I decided on the baby sentiment because one of my coworkers is pregnant, so this card is for her.  I used a piece of Hand-Penned DSP for a background panel and chose colors based on that--Blushing Bride, Pale Papaya, and Cinnamon Cider.  I absolutely adore Cinnamon Cider, time to stock up now before it retires.  The Stitched So Sweetly dies are also retiring, but you'd have to pry them out of my cold, dead hands to get me to quit using them ;)  Though I'm sure there will be fabulous new dies in the upcoming catalog.

Make your own animal card and share it with us at the SUO Challenges blog.  Have fun!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Easter Friends, Happy & Heartfelt
Ink:  Cinnamon Cider, Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper:  Blushing Bride, Pale Papaya, Thick Basic White, Hand-Penned DSP
Accessories:  Stitched So Sweetly dies, Dimensionals, Polished Dots

Spring Colors for the Paper Players

Springtime greetings, stamping friends!  Is it beginning to warm up where you are?  We've had some beautiful sunny weather of late but it's still a bit chilly.  Happily I have a sunny color challenge from the Paper Players to warm up my craft room!

I admit, anytime there's a color challenge featuring any shade of green, my brain immediately yells FLOWERS but I'm stubborn so frequently I try to make something different :)  I still have several new stamp sets that I haven't inked up yet, so I chose one of them and made this:

Ryan's very favorite stuffed animal/companion is a stuffed duckling named Peking (yes, Peking Duck); if you've seen any of my scrapbook layouts of Ryan then you've likely seen Peking as well.  Given that, I couldn't resist the Easter Friends stamp set from the mini catalog and this happy little duckling!  I inked up the stamp with Versamark and Cinnamon Cider, then stamped on Basic White and embossed with clear embossing powder.  That allowed me to watercolor without smudging the lines.  When I stuck everything down on the card, I think I rotated Peking's circle a bit and now it looks like he's waddling down a hill but I like it like that :)

Hope you enjoy playing with these colors as much as I did.  Don't forget to upload your card on the Paper Players blog!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Easter Friends
Ink:  Cinnamon Cider, Daffodil Delight, Mango Melody, Pear Pizzazz, Versamark
Paper:  Mango Melody, Thick Basic White, You're a Peach DSP, Best Dressed DSP Stack
Accessories:  Stitched Shapes dies, clear EP, Dimensionals, Subtles & Brights Candy Dots