Christmas Lights

Mornin' y'all and Merry Christmas!  Ryan was Most Insistent that we all had to get up and go downstairs together to see what Santa brought us.  The hubs and I got chocolate oranges, Daphne got a toy, and Ryan got a bunch of things.  What was he most excited about?  DUCK UNDERWEAR.  My duck-obsessed child can now be fully outfitted in duck items:  duck socks and underwear, duck jammies, a duck hat.  And he can wrap himself up in multiple duck blankets to snuggle with his duck stuffies.  Ducks everywhere.

We opened Christmas presents last night and I got literary tea (can't wait to check that out!) and a book called To Die For:  A Cookbook of Gravestone Recipes which the hubs thinks is terribly weird (it was from my mom) but for reals I am looking forward to reading it.  Ryan got lots of duck things and lots of STEM/building-related things; the hubs got stuff for his RC plane and a new backpack to wear while skiing.  Best of all, none of us got eaten by the Yule Cat because we all got clothes.

Anyway, on to today's card:

I love the lights in the Merry & Bright bundle but I am hoarding the coordinating paper for scrapbook pages (...if I ever get back to making scrapbook pages, I made fewer than 50 this year and usually I'm well over 100), so I paired my lights with some fun stripes from the Snowy Scenes DSP.  This is another card the hubs took into work.

Well, I told the hubs I wanted to relax today, but...I still need to do the dishes.  Maybe sneak another Christmas cookie while I'm at it.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Merry & Bright
Ink:  Garden Green, Real Red, Pool Party, Blueberry Bushel, Pretty in Pink
Paper:  Garden Green, Pool Party, Thick Basic White, Snowy Scenes DSP
Accessories:  Merry & Bright dies

Blue Christmas

Today it's good afternoon, stampy friends!  My inability to manage my time this week continues...don't know what the deal is but I just can't seem to get myself organized this week.  I didn't go in my craft room at all yesterday so I made a couple of cards this morning.

It's all about the blues this week at the Color Throwdown:

I chose Blueberry Bushel, Azure Afternoon, and gold foil for my colors, I love that those two blues are now a part of the permanent SU! color lineup (at least until the next color refresh).  And here is this week's Freshly Made Sketch:

And let's check out the theme challenge at Inspire. Create.:

I pulled out all my current Christmas stamps and have them spread across the floor in my craft room (but hopefully off to the side enough that I won't trip on them) and Merry & Bright won out for today's card.  Those little light bulbs are just so fun and I love the sentiments too.

I think when I finish my lunch, I'm going to go do a bit of Christmas shopping for Ryan this afternoon and maaaayyybe consider looking at embroidery floss at Michael's while I'm out.  I bought several new (huge) cross stitch patterns and it really makes me want to buy the floss to make them, but they're all so big that even if I started today it would take me YEARS to finish them :)  I'll never be bored!  Unmotivated and disorganized occasionally, but never bored...cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Merry & Bright
Ink:  Azure Afternoon, Blueberry Bushel
Paper:  Azure Afternoon, Blueberry Bushel, gold foil, Bright & Beautiful DSP Stack
Accessories:  Merry & Bright dies, Stylish Shapes dies, Dimensionals, Brushed Metallic Dots

SUO Challenges: Get Into the Christmas Spirit

Hey hey, happy Tuesday!  Are you ready for a new challenge from SUO Challenges?

This will be our last challenge of the year and our theme will probably come as no surprise, it's all about Christmas!

I know several other challenge blogs are running with the same theme right now, but there's no rush on ours as it will run for the next four weeks.  So maybe I'll be able to use all the Christmas stamp sets that I bought from the holiday mini before they retire!  (As a Christmas present to me, I did my preorder this morning for the new mini catalog that goes live in January!)

I've used Merry & Bright a couple of times already, but this was the first time I got out the coordinating Merry Bold & Bright DSP, and I had to try out the Melon Mambo foil sheets too.  Not gonna lie, it took me a couple of tries to get the bulb looking how I wanted it!  I don't have any of the adhesive sheets, so I was using Tombow adhesive to glue the filament on, and yeah it was a challenge to not have extra glue squidging out from under there.  I think I need to invest in some of those adhesive sheets.  Anyway, I kept the card pretty simple because who has time for elaborate cards when the holidays are rushing toward us like a runaway freight train?  The only stamping is the sentiment, which I then cut out with the Stylish Shapes dies.  I chose Lemon Lime Twist and Shaded Spruce from the DSP to go with my Melon Mambo light bulb.

Your turn!  Make a Christmas card (or maybe more than one?!) with all SU! products and upload it over on the SUO Challenges blog.  Have fun!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Merry & Bright
Ink:  Shaded Spruce
Paper:  Lemon Lime Twist, Shaded Spruce, Melon Mambo, Thick Basic White, Merry Bold & Bright DSP, Melon Mambo foil
Accessories:  Merry & Bright dies, Stylish Shapes dies, Dimensionals

Get Lit

Good morning party people!  And today is going to be a VERY good day, the hubs is getting in this morning to surprise our kiddo who thinks he's arriving tonight.  We're all very excited.

I have a quick card to share that I managed to squeeze in between making pecan pie and pumpkin pie last night (two apple pies and a lemon pie are on the list for today).

I didn't think I was going to be making another card but I saw the CAS Colours &Sketches challenge and thought I could make something fast with it.  And I did!

I paired it with the colors from Global Design Project:

I kept my card very CAS by not die-cutting any of the parts and pieces for the Christmas lights, they're all stamped directly on the card base.  It was super easy to snip out the sentiment bits since it's all straight lines.  There is something wrong with my Poppy Parade ink pad and this is at least my second one, the top of the ink pad looks weird and it stamped pretty blotchy.  I did order a new one in the recent sale which is supposed to get here on Friday.

Anyway, I've got to get to it so I'll be ready to go see the hubs on time.  Much excitement!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Merry & Bright
Ink:  Lemon Lime Twist, Poppy Parade, Pool Party
Paper:  Thick Basic White
Accessories:  Mini Dimensionals, Rhinestone Waves basic jewels

Bright Lights

Mornin' y'all!  I did get to talk to the hubs on the phone yesterday for our anniversary, and then Ryan and I went out to dinner at a hibachi place, which was Ryan's choice because he thinks he's in charge of everything ; )  That's okay, I like hibachi, and as it turned out we were the only ones at our table, so we got our own personal show with extra fire per Ryan's request.  And now I have enough food to last me through the weekend with all the leftovers I have.

Anywha, I did get to spend some enjoyable time up in my craft room yesterday ANNNND I got a nice big SU! order yesterday too so you just know I busted out some brand new stamps and dies for today's card.

I thought Christmas lights as soon as I saw this week's Freshly Made Sketch:

Usually I pair the sketch with the Color Throwdown, but I have other plans for the colors this week.  What's funny is, I just went over to the FMS blog to grab the link and Jennie beat me to posting a Christmas lights card with this sketch!  Our cards still look different but we were definitely on the same crafty wavelength : )

Okay, once I finish my morning cuppa (English Breakfast today, yesterday was Ceylon orange pekoe), I'm going to do a bit of stitching and then go up to my craft room.  I have more new goodies to play with : )  Have a great day, peeps!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Merry & Bright
Ink:  Garden Green, Lemon Lolly, Crushed Curry, Pool Party, Azure Afternoon, Flirty Flamingo, Melon Mambo
Paper:  Thick Basic White, Smoky Slate
Accessories:  Merry & Bright dies, Dimensionals