Hydrangea Hue Hydrangeas

Mornin' y'all.  I didn't have time to get this post written before I took Ryan to his summer camp this morning, but we're here now so let's go:

I pulled out some very retro stamp sets for the Inspired By... Challenge:

And I colored in my hydrangeas with Hydrangea Hue : ) I don't know why this specific hydrangea popped in my brain for this challenge, I have several other ones, but it was nice to play with it again.  I can't even remember what I was looking for when I came across Painted Petals, which I used for the stripes and the greeting, it just seemed to be a good idea.  One die cut from Textured Notes, a bit of fussy cutting, and she's done.

I have about 45 minutes until I need to leave to pick Ryan up...and I think I might have to take a nap in that time.  I have been a zombie all summer thanks to a change in my thyroid medication and it's been miserable.  Hoping I can get that changed soon.

Cheers, y'all.

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Flower Garden, Painted Petals
Ink:  Basic Gray, Soft Sea Foam, Hydrangea Hue, Stampin' Blends in Soft Sea Foam & Hydrangea Hue
Paper:  Hydrangea Hue, Basic White
Accessories:  Textured Notes dies, Dimensionals, In Color Dots

Holyhead

Mornin', y'all.  I'm extra sleepy this morning and the dogs are uncooperative and Ryan just flipped his lid because he spilled Vader's food all over the floor and my hubs put Ryan in his playard to clean up dog food and Ryan thought that was Not Acceptable.  So ya know, it's a Monday morning here.  But I still have a layout to share!

This layout is from our road trip through Wales; see the original pictures here.  I really like how this layout turned out, though I did have to completely redo the yellow strip on the right where the title is.  I'd started out with a different flower on it and I just didn't like it, so I did it over.

Today's color palette includes lots of retired colors:  Elegant Eggplant (it's purple, even if it looks black on the computer screen), Regal Rose, Rose Red, So Saffron (not retired), Lucky Limeade, and Whisper White (also not retired, because why would we retire WHITE).  Anyway, my colors were inspired by the pretty flowers in front of the church and I love them.

I'm going to go find myself something for breakfast and hopefully start waking up a bit more.  Cheers, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Jayne's Type Alphabet, Painted Petals
Ink:  Elegant Eggplant, Rose Red, Lucky Limeade, Basic Gray marker
Paper:  Elegant Eggplant, Rose Red, Lucky Limeade, Sweet & Sour Specialty DSP, Lovely Flowers DSP
Accessories:  None

Amsterdam

Scrappy Monday, y'all!  Today's layout is one of the last few I made before Ryan was born, and it's pretty springy so I thought it was appropriate to share now that we're in April.

Hubs and I visited Amsterdam in April of 2013; you can see the original pictures here.  The main draw was going to see the tulips (more pages of those are forthcoming), but we also visited the Anne Frank House, the Rijksmuseum, a Van Gogh exhibit (the Van Gogh museum was being renovated, so they had an exhibit at the Hermitage I think, and apparently there's more than one Hermitage museum in the world), and did a couple of walking tours of the city (and went through the Red Light District multiple times).

Thought I'd accent my title with some tulips.

We didn't take any pictures of people on bikes, but that is the main mode of transportation in Amsterdam, so I had to put the bicycle on here.

And some butterfly die cuts because I needed another accent and couldn't think of anything else ;)

Today's color palette is taken straight from the Painted Blooms patterned paper:  Blushing Bride, Blackberry Bliss, Rose Red, Wild Wasabi, Daffodil Delight, Softy Sky, and Whisper White.

Tulip pages coming soon.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Sweet Shoppe Alphabet (upper & lower), Painted Petals, Timeless Talk
Ink:  Rose Red, Blackberry Bliss, Wild Wasabi, Garden Green marker
Paper:  Blushing Bride, Rose Red, Blackberry Bliss, Wild Wasabi, Daffodil Delight, Soft Sky, Painted Blooms DSP
Accessories:  Bold Butterfly Thinlits

Baby Books: May

You know what y'all, I'm glad I decided to do baby book posts on Saturdays.  It's nice to get these pages out there because then I get to look at them again.

Once again, this was for twin boys but I figured May is Mother's Day so I could girly it up just a little bit.  (That, and I wanted to play with Watercolor Wings!)

I took the colors straight from the Painted Blooms paper, and added Early Espresso for butterfly bodies.

The layout needed another butterfly on the right side, but it only looked right if it overlapped the photo a bit.  So I included the butterflies (loose) when I sent the books to my friend Jen, and wrote her a note that she could adhere the butterflies after she put in pictures.  Or leave them off and I probably wouldn't know because we don't live near each other anymore.

Usually I go for smaller stamped designs on the journaling blocks, but those watercolor flowers just fit with the butterflies so giant flowers it is.

My all things bright and beautiful color palette today is Daffodil Delight, Rose Red, Blackberry Bliss, Wild Wasabi, Pacific Point, Early Espresso, and Whisper White.

Happy Saturday, y'all!

Supplies, mostly SU!
Stamps:  Watercolor Wings, Painted Petals, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink:  Daffodil Delight, Rose Red, Blackberry Bliss, Wild Wasabi, Pacific Point, Early Espresso
Paper:  Daffodil Delight, Rose Red, Blackberry Bliss, Whisper White, Painted Blooms DSP
Accessories:  Bold Butterfly Framelits, Butterfly Thinlits, Sizzix Alphabet

Happy Spring

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  It sure is spring here in 'Bama, we've had quite a few thunderstorms the last several days.  I actually missed them when I was in England; I like a good thunderstorm.  So anyway, let's go for a spring card today:

Yep, these bright colors make me happy.  They're kinda like Baylor colors, so I think I know who I should send this to :)  I used the sketch from Retro Sketches:

Here I thought I had a good handle on the sketch and was following it pretty well, but somehow I ended up with the larger border on the bottom of my main image instead of the top.  Whoops.  I tried!

I also used the inspiration photo collage from Stampin' Celebration!:

This might be the first time I've ever played along over there, though I've lurked for a long time.  I just loved that one pic of the daffodils, those definitely remind me of England.  In the springtime, daffs would pop up all over our village, including our backyard.  Good thing they pretty much take care of themselves because I've got a black thumb.  I do love flowers, though!

Anyway, that's it for me today, peeps.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Painted Petals
Ink:  Daffodil Delight, Pear Pizzazz
Paper:  Daffodil Delight, Pear Pizzazz, Garden Green, Whisper White, Trim the Tree DSP Stack
Accessories:  Hello You Thinlits, On Film Framelits

Easter Tulips

Man, am I running behind today.  I haven't been feeling too well today; I didn't even get out of bed until very nearly eleven o'clock.  I'm feeling a little better after taking my doglets for a walk...it is beautiful weather today.  And I just finally got a quick CAS card finished to share today.

I used the sketch from Create with Connie and Mary, and I missed the linky cutoff by a few hours, darn.

I knew exactly what I wanted to do with the Painted Petals tulips, so I just picked a punch that would accommodate them and the sentiment, and this card was finished in about five seconds.  Easy peasy lemon squeezy.

Cheers, peeps!  Hope you're having a great afternoon.

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Painted Blooms, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink:  So Saffron, Pistachio Pudding, Wisteria Wonder
Paper:  Whisper White, All Abloom DSP stack
Accessories:  Decorative Label punch

Nachos: Family Friends

Top o' the mornin' to ya!  Except for that part where I hate Daylight Savings Time and think we should kill it with fire.  Anyway, we have an appropriately green and gold St. Patrick's Day color combo for you today from the Nacho Average Challenges crew:

And I only just right this minute realized that I used the wrong light green on here--I wrote it down as Pistachio Pudding instead of Pear Pizzazz.  So just imagine the right side of my card is Pear Pizzazz, ok?  Here it is:

I really liked last week's Nacho sketch, so I used a modified version of it for today's card.  I put a Garden Green Candy Dot in my flower center, and on the right are two gold brads because I needed some gold on that side of the card, it just didn't photograph well.  Anyway, here was last week's sketch if you forgot:

And now it's your turn to make something green and gold!  Check out the Nacho blog and upload your creations there.  Cheers, peeps!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Flower Patch, Painted Petals
Ink:  Garden Green, Pistachio Pudding, Versamark
Paper:  Garden Green, Pistachio Pudding, Whisper White, Gold Soiree DSP
Accessories:  Blossom punch, gold EP, gold brads, Regals Candy Dots, Dimensionals, corner rounder punch

Painted Pink

It rained all day long yesterday, and it's still gray, gray, gray today, but here at Snapdragon Stamps we're in the pink.

Yay pink!  I love pink.  Who am I kidding, I love color, period.  So anyway, I used the gorgeous springtime color palette from the Color Throwdown:

I used Rose Red, Pink Pirouette, Old Olive, and Crumb Cake.  Seems like I hadn't used Rose Red in a long time, at least until it showed up in the Painted Blooms DSP (which I didn't use on my card, since I stamped my own patterned paper).

Just for something different, I tried out the Mojo Monday Tall & Skinny sketch:

And apparently I paid insufficient attention when I jotted down the sketch, I totally missed that one background layer.  Too late now!  Anyway, for funsies, I also made this card over in the standard A2 size:

It's like a security blanket, the card proportions I'm used to.

And there they are together, tall & skinny and short & fat.  Hope no one ever thinks that when they see me standing next to the hubs...

Anyway, hope you have a great day, peeps!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Painted Petals
Ink:  Pink Pirouette, Rose Red, Old Olive
Paper:  Pink Pirouette, Rose Red, Old Olive, Whisper White, Crumb Cake
Accessories:  Circles Framelits, Dimensionals

Nachos: Birthday Sunshine

Morning, peeps!  Hope y'all had a good 3-day weekend and that you're ready for another most excellent Nacho sketch challenge!

I have to say I really, really like this sketch and I think I may need to use it again this week.  Here's what I made for today though:

Still having some fun playing with Occasions Mini stuff :)  Do you like the bright colors?  I went with colors from the Painted Blooms DSP though the pattern I used is just the Daffodil Delight/Whisper White stripe.  I had everything done on the card except the sentiment and that one from Ray of Sunshine just seemed to be perfect for my card.

So enough of my yammering, it's your turn now!  Check out the Nacho blog for more goodies and post your own card creation there.  Happy stamping!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Painted Petals, Ray of Sunshine
Ink:  Rose Red, Wild Wasabi, Pacific Point
Paper:  Pacific Point, Rose Red, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White, Painted Blooms DSP
Accessories:  Bracket Tag punch, Banners Framelits, Dimensionals

More Amazing Nachos

It is once again time for a sketch from the Nacho Average Challenges team!  Take a look:

Interesting, yes?  Funny story about my card:  I spent about 10 minutes looking through all my stamps to figure out what I wanted to use for today's card, and then ended up going with a brand new stamp set that was already sitting on my desk.  And here's my creation:

I think "amazing" is my tag word for 2015.  The stamps are from the set Painted Petals, premiering today!  And the paper is from the Painted Blooms Designer Series Paper, and I am sure to confuse those two names from here on out even with the Occasions Catalog sitting right in front of me.  Anyway, once I'd decided on the stamps and paper, this card came together in an easy 5 minutes.

Your turn next!  Cheers, peeps!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Painted Petals
Ink:  Blackberry Bliss, Daffodil Delight
Paper:  Blackberry Bliss, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White, Painted Blooms DSP
Accessories:  corner rounder punch, Blackberry Bliss ribbon