Fintastic Fishes

Mornin' y'all!  I think we're getting into the swing of school days here, and since it's still pretty warm out there I started taking Daphne for her daily perambulation at around 6:30 in the morning and doing my workout before taking Ryan to school.  Day 3 of 3rd grate is now underway and I think he likes it so far.  Third grade was my favorite year of elementary school, I had a great teacher.

Anyway, we're going retro for today's card!

Anyone else remember Fishy Friends and Fintastic?  I pulled them both out for the Retro Rubber sketch:

I didn't get Fishy Friends when it first debuted, but I did buy it several years ago on eBay so I've had it for 4 years.  I bought Fintastic on the Splitcoast BST boards (it has a mermaid in it!) and it has been in my collection for something like 14 years now.  I've been using my retired stamps a lot this year and I only bought two new stamp sets when I did an order yesterday...I'm ready to dive into fall and Halloween cards!

I digress.  For today's card, I couldn't resist the color challenge from Color Dare: 

I used Night of Navy for my neutral, and Balmy Blue, Pumpkin Pie, and Daffodil Delight for the colors.  I dug out some iridescent pearls for accents, not sure how I like those but they're stuck down now.

I think it's about time for a second cuppa tea and then I have some projects to work on.  Cheers, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Fishy Friends, Fintastic
Ink:  Night of Navy, Stampin' Blends in Balmy Blue, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight
Paper:  Daffodil Delight, Thick Basic White, Dandy Designs DSP, Pumpkin Pie DSP
Accessories:  Layering Circles dies, 3/4" circle punch, Countryside Corners dies, Iridescent Pearls, Mini Dimensionals

Friday Flashback: Fintastic

Happy Friday, everyone!  Today's Friday Flashback is for the cute little set Fintastic.

Aaaand there you go, that's all of the Flashback.  I got this set after it retired and was happy to use it on my friend Sarah's baby book for her daughter, but that's the only time I've used it.  Until now!

I resisted the urge to color her in like Ariel :)  Side note:  have you ever noticed that Ariel is the only one of Triton's daughters whose shell bra doesn't match the color of her tail?  True story.

I thought this week's colors from ColourQ would be perfect for an underwater scene:

I did think about using the Tangerine Tango for her hair (like Ariel), but then I decided to make my mermaid a brunette.  I stamped the image with Versamark and Midnight Muse, then embossed with clear EP so that I could watercolor without the ink smudging.

I also used this week's Mojo Monday sketch:

I like sketches with tilty layers.  Maybe because I always seem to take pictures crooked :)

Cheers, y'all!

Supplies, last card only:
Stamps:  Fintastic, Stippled Shells
Ink:  Versamark, Midnight Muse, Tangerine Tango, Melon Mambo, Coastal Cabana, Early Espresso, Sahara Sand, Soft Suede, Skintone Blendabilities
Paper:  Coastal Cabana, Midnight Muse, Tangerine Tango, Thick Whisper White, Tangerine Tango DSP
Accessories:  Circle punches, Dimensionals, Clear EP

Friday Flashback: Confetti

Man, I was doing really good this week with having posts written and scheduled the day before they were to go up, but I think I'm coming down with something right now :(  So I made my card yesterday but didn't get the post done.  Anyway, welcome to this week's Friday Flashback, which features the background stamp set Confetti!

Also features Baby Tees, Sweet Essentials

There are six stamps in the Confetti stamp set, and I love that little alphabet one for baby cards.  I don't know why I think that baby stuff should have the alphabet on it?  But I do.  Hey, I like the layout on this card, I should use that again.

Also features Fintastic

If you click on that pic to see it bigger, you'll see the little polka dot bubbles on the background paper on this one.  I think that's about the only time I used Fintastic, but I was super excited to get it and I'm sure I'll use it again somewhere else.

Also features Baby Bundle

One last baby card for the Flashback part, I'm not sure how all my projects with Confetti ended up being baby-centric, but as it turns out my new card is also baby-riffic as well!

I did try to let Confetti be the star of the show on this one, with the polka dots on the Pistachio Pudding piece and the heart background underneath.  I used the sweetheart punch to cut a heart out of the Pistachio layer so you see the card base through it.  The "baby" is from All-Year Cheer II and I just hand-wrote "hey" next to it.  Seems like everyone I know is having boys right now, but sooner or later the pendulum will spring back and someone will have a girl and I'll have this card all ready and waiting.

I used the color combo from Colour Me...!

And the awesome sketch from Freshly Made Sketches, super easy to work with this week:

So there's your Friday Flashback for this week!  Hope you have a great weekend, peeps.  Cheers!

Supplies, last card only:
Stamps:  Confetti, All-Year Cheer II
Ink:  Blushing Bride, Pistachio Pudding, Rose Red
Paper:  Blushing Bride, Pistachio Pudding, Whisper White
Accessories:  Sizzlits labels (I think they're retired), Sweetheart punch, Dimensionals