To the Moon & Back

Mornin' y'all!  We had a thunderstorm move through last night and I wonder if Daphne is scared of the thunder...I'll keep an eye on her next time we get severe weather.  I'm happy to snuggle her if she does get scared.

Anyway, it's Ryan's turn to choose Sunday breakfast so naturally it's pumpkin cake; that's in the oven now and I have a card to share.

I don't make too many baby cards since I don't have much call for them right now, but Moon Baby popped in my head immediately when I saw this week's Freshly Made Sketch:

Another idea just popped in my head so we'll see if I have time to make it.  For this card, I used some of the colors from the current Retro Rubber Challenge:

I used the top color and the bottom two, which I interpreted as Pale Papaya, Soft Sea Foam, and Lost Lagoon.  Think I should have gone with Pear Pizzazz for the green but too late now.  Also I'm a wee bit obsessed with the Textured Notes dies--I didn't get the coordinating stamp set but these dies are GREAT on their own.  I like the different designs on the edges.  And Claire reminded me to say that Moon Baby is the same age as my human baby—eight : )

Think we're doing more painting today...we painted the Harry Potter closet under the stairs yesterday.  Wish I could wiggle my nose Samantha-style and have all the painting done.  At least I get to eat pumpkin cake before we commence painting.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Moon Baby
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Lost Lagoon, Stampin' Blends in Pale Papaya, Soft Sea Foam, Lost Lagoon, Cinnamon Cider, Petal Pink
Paper:  Lost Lagoon, Thick Basic White
Accessories:  Textured Notes dies, Wink of Stella, In Color Gems

Meeting Mimi & Grandpa

Scrappy Monday, y'all!  We had a super low-key weekend...well, they've tightened back down on the restrictions again so it's not like we can do much, but also Ryan had the sniffles so he was content to hang out on the couch, playing on the iPad and watching movies (Indiana Jones FTW!).  Ryan says he doesn't feel bad, but he's definitely not as energetic as usual.  Quiet weekend is just fine :)

So!  On to today's layout from when Ryan was super tiny and adorable.

He's still adorable, but he's not super tiny anymore ;)  You see that baby blanket on the couch behind my mom?  My childhood friend Melissa made that for Ryan, and it dictated the colors for several scrapbook layouts from Ryan's first year.

Today's color palette:  Coastal Cabana, Blueberry Bushel, Lemon Lime Twist, and Granny Apple Green.  Every once in a while I make a layout that doesn't use any white cardstock :)

Cheers, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Brushwork Alphabet, Calendar Alphabet & Numbers, Moon Baby
Ink:  Coastal Cabana, Blueberry Bushel, Lemon Lime Twist, Basic Gray marker
Paper:  Coastal Cabana, Blueberry Bushel, Lemon Lime Twist, Granny Apple Green
Accessories:  None

Introducing Ryan Luke

Trucking right along with Ryan's baby book!  When he was 8 days old, we had a professional photographer come to our house to do newborn photos.  I loved them all so much, I did THREE layouts of them for Ryan's book...and I just did four MORE for my regular chronological album too.

There's Ryan's birth announcement on the left, we used one of the newborn photos.

I kept that Yoda hat (and the R2-D2 hat) and I love them and if Ryan ever has kids, I will ask him to take some pictures of his kid(s) in those hats because they're so adorable.  I love the picture of our hands with Ryan's teeny-tiny little baby feet!

We even did some Baylor pictures!  We have that tin bucket that says Baylor on the side, so the photographer put some pillows and blankets in it to take the pictures.  We had some bottles of Dr Pepper because Waco is where Dr Pepper was invented--and Baylor has Dr Pepper Hour once a week where students can go to the Student Union Building for a free Dr Pepper float.

Today's color palette:  Pistachio Pudding, Coastal Cabana, Baked Brown Sugar, Hello Honey, Handsome Hunter, and a little bit of Brilliant Blue (not pictured), plus Whisper White.

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Moon Baby
Ink:  Pistachio Pudding, Coastal Cabana, Handsome Hunter marker
Paper:  Pistachio Pudding, Coastal Cabana, Handsome Hunter, Brilliant Blue, Lullaby & Best Year Ever DSP
Accessories:  Sunshine Wishes Thinlits

Super Dogs!

Happy Halloween!  When I did Monday's blog post, I forgot that I had this Howl-oween layout of my puppers, so I'm posting it today instead (and also, I didn't end up making another Halloween card yesterday).

I miss my sweet boy Vader so much.  As long as he got all the pets and we told him what a good boy he was, then he was perfectly happy to go along with anything, including Halloween costumes.  Sadie, on the other hand, has perfected the art of the silent doggo protest in regard to dressing up.  (If you can't tell, Vader was Superdog and Sadie was Batdog.)

Today's color palette isn't obviously Halloweeny, but it worked with the pictures:  Basic Black, Real Red, Crushed Curry, Smoky Slate, and Whisper White.

Happy Halloween!  Have fun, y'all.

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Taffy Alphabet, Headline Alphabet, Moon Baby
Ink:  Smoky Slate, Real Red, Crushed Curry, Basic Black marker
Paper:  Basic Black, Real Red, Crushed Curry, Smoky Slate, Whisper White, Toil & Trouble DSP
Accessories:  None

Showers of Happiness

Hey y'all!  So hubs got the Mac back yesterday and spent quite a bit of time getting it set back up...and this morning found that it had done a restart on its own overnight.  So it's going back to the Apple store and I'm still on the laptop and I just discovered if you have the fingers on one hand one key to the left of where they're supposed to be then you can't type in English :)

But I made a pretty card yesterday to share today!

Okay I know the Myths & Magic suite is far and away my favorite in the Occasions catalog...didn't use any of the stamps this time, but I did use the patterned paper and washi tape!  (Lookit me using washi tape!)  And I busted out Weather Together, which I got a long time ago and haven't used nearly as much as I thought I would.

I used the Fab Friday sketch:

I'm just under the wire to enter this over there!  And this fits in with the Global Design Project theme too:

I think this could be used as a baby shower card OR a bridal shower card.  Either way, that's a new beginning.  And finally, check out the Color Throwdown:

I used Berry Burst, Lemon Lime Twist, Daffodil Delight, and Pool Party.  I had actually intended to use Melon Mambo, but I was kinda on autopilot and didn't think about it until I had already cut the Berry Burst scalloped circle and stamped the sentiment, so I just decided to go with it at that point.  I did the umbrella twice though...the first time I colored it with markers, and it just seemed to harsh, so I restamped it and watercolored instead, then just glued the new piece on top of the markered one.  I'm driving my computer crazy, it doesn't think that things like "restamped", "watercolored", and "markered" are words.  I laugh in the face of wavy red lines under my words!

That's it for me today, y'all.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Weather Together, Moon Baby
Ink:  Basic Black, Pool Party, Berry Burst, Lemon Lime Twist, Daffodil Delight, Smoky Slate
Paper:  Pool Party, Berry Burst, Thick Whisper White, Myths & Magic DSP
Accessories:  Umbrella Weather Framelits, Layering Circles Framelits, Mini Dimensionals, Myths & Magic washi tape

Moon Baby Pair

Mornin' y'all!  How's it going?  Still no word yet on our Mac...they'd better hurry up and fix it, we leave in less than two weeks!

I made a pair of super-fast cards to share today.  Pretty soon I'll have to start packing up my ink pads and prepping stuff for the move :p  Anyway, the color on here is still a bit wonky but you get the idea.  My "other sister" (she and her husband are my brother's and sister-in-law's best friends, they're pretty much part of our extended family) is finding out the sex of her baby on February 1 and now I'm prepared!  These came together super fast thanks to the Fall-To Layout from Clean & Simple Stamping:

My image was a little smaller than shown in the sketch, so I just made it a panel on the front of my card.  These also fit in this week's theme challenge at Global Design Project:

I suppose I could have shared the China layout I'm almost finished with, it's from the very beginning of our trip.  Well, I suppose I could still do that tomorrow or Friday!

Cheers, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Moon Baby
Ink:  Pool Party, Island Indigo, Powder Pink, Berry Burst
Paper:  Pool Party, Island Indigo, Powder Pink, Berry Burst, Whisper White
Accessories:  Iridescent Sequins

Bold Baby

Hey, y'all, how's it going?  I got this card made yesterday evening but I woke up a little late this morning so I didn't have time to do a blog post before Ryan and I headed off for yoga.  So here it is now:

The stamps in Letters for You are so large that they necessitated a 5x7 card.  I rotated this week's Freshly Made Sketch 90 degrees:

I thought the current Global Design Project theme challenge was interesting:

Lots of ways to interpret that, but in our house, well...we have a baby so that seemed like a natural fit :)

Here's this week's Color Throwdown:

I used Real Red, Bermuda Bay, and retired Cucumber Crush for my card.  I've said it before, but it's fun to play with bold colors for baby cards.

And finally, here's this week's What Will You Stamp? challenge:

I got this stamp set for scrapbook pages but so far it's only made one appearance.  I would have done a scrapbook layout for this challenge, but it's getting harder for me to do scrapbook pages while Ryan naps.  I keep trying though.

Speaking of my little one, looks like he's about ready to get up from his nap.  Cheers, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Letters for You, Moon Baby
Ink:  Bermuda Bay, Cucumber Crush, Real Red, Basic Black
Paper:  Bermuda Bay, Real Red, Thick Whisper White, watercolor paper
Accessories:  Layering Circles Framelits, Dimensionals

Moon Baby Love

Happy Friday, y'all!  I had a bit of an unplanned vacation this week--after hosting book club on Monday I was feeling a little punky for a couple of days and didn't get down to my craft room at all this week until yesterday afternoon.  But I finally made a card!

This week's challenge at Global Design Project is to CASE the Designer, Brian King:

Brian is king of the layers, so I picked a sketch from CAS(E) this Sketch and added lots and lots of mats and layers:

I used the same patterned paper on my card as Brian did, and I added a heart accent too.  The images on the baby panel are all stamped with Early Espresso + Versamark, then embossed with clear powder so I could color them without the ink running.  I used a variety of methods to color it in; old Blendabilities for the baby's skin, Aquapainter and ink pad lids for the baby's hair, umbrella, and onesie, blender pen for shadows on the baby's onesie, watercolor pencils for the stars, and finally I sponged a light layer of Soft Sky ink over the panel.

This is a bit of a spite card....my cousin sent us an Amazon gift card for the baby, and she wrote a note that NO ONE makes their own thank you cards and I should just send her a message on Facebook when I get it.  So of course I'm like YEAH HUH PEOPLE MAKE CARDS LOOK AT THIS I MADE YOU A CARD.  I even still had one of the baby thank you cards I made months ago that I could have sent, but nope, I made one special.  (It says thank you on the inside.)

Well, I've got ten minutes before kiddo and I head out the door to the gym.  Cheers, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Moon Baby, Lift Me Up, One Big Meaning
Ink:  Soft Sky, Early Espresso, Garden Green, Pear Pizzazz, Versamark
Paper:  Soft Sky, Early Espresso, Thick Whisper White, Coffee Break DSP
Accessories:  Clear EP, watercolor pencils, Blendabilities, Up & Away Framelits, Dimensionals

Thanks, Baby

Mornin', y'all!  How's it going?  We're still super-busy with the wee baby, but hubs kept an eye on him for a bit and I got to go down to my poor neglected craft room and make some cards.  And they're still baby-related because I needed more thank yous!

Still totally loving Moon Baby.  I made a dozen of these, so I kept it very simple and ignored the urge to add some baker's twine or do Wink of Stella on the little star.  Because I didn't want to wait for Wink of Stella to dry--I sent off at least half of the cards I made already.  And they count for this week's Paper Players challenge:

I am really, really missing my paper crafting time (though wee baby snuggles are fun too), so I think on the weekends when the hubs is home and enjoying his own baby snuggles that I should make a concerted effort to get in the craft room.  I suppose I could try to do that in the evenings, but it seems like once hubs gets home we make dinner and then it's time to try to convince the kiddo to fall asleep so we can go to sleep too.  Anyway,  I reallyreallyreally want to work on some scrapbook pages but first I need to print off some photos like this one...

TINY BABY FEETS!!!  This was another shot from the newborn photo session when Ryan was 8 days old; as of today he's five weeks old.  He's already changed a lot from the newborn photos, but he's still absolutely adorable with all that crazy hair.  We blow dry his hair after baths! (Low heat and very carefully, rest assured we aren't doing anything that will hurt him.  Bonus:  it all sticks straight out from his head after we dry it, which is totally hilarious.)

Anyway, wee lad is asleep right now so I need to get cleaned up.  Our adventure for the day:  Imma try taking him to the grocery store.  Wish me luck.  Cheers, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Moon Baby, One Big Meaning
Ink:  Marina Mist, Pear Pizzazz, So Saffron
Paper:  Thick Whisper White, So Saffron DSP
Accessories:  None

Over the Moon, Baby

Hey, kids.  I know it's been quiet around here for a bit but I have a really good reason!  But first up, a card.

I fell in love with the Moon Baby stamp set as soon as I saw it, and this is its maiden voyage Chez Snapdragon.  I did a mirror image of a Fab Friday sketch:

I actually made the card in time to post over there, thinking I'd be able to get this blog post done before the challenge expired, buuuut that didn't happen.  I think you'll agree that my reason for not getting it posted is pretty good, though.

Meet our new addition, Ryan Luke!  I was *hoping* (since he was so late already) that he'd arrive on February 14 (and share a birthday with his dad), but this squirt had other ideas and didn't make an appearance until the wee sma's of February 15.  He weighed in at 8 pounds, 10 ounces, and as of yesterday he's at 9 pounds, 3 ounces.  Which feels more like 90 pounds when I'm trying to schlep him around in his car set.

The hubs took this picture and I just love it.  Sure, it might be nice if the depth of field was a little deeper so both eyes were in focus, or if I hadn't been wearing glasses (the blurry bit at the top of the photo) but despite its imperfections this is one of my favorite pictures ever.

So when will I get to stamp again?  Guess that depends on Ryan and getting him established with a good sleep schedule!  In the meantime, he's about to wake up and demand some food.  Cheers, y'all!