Hang In There, Rusty

Mornin' y'all.  Moving slow this morning since Ryan was up in the middle of the night for a while but as soon as I get this post written, I'm going to do my workout and get the day started.  Ryan really enjoyed his first day of farm camp, which involved meeting lots of animals, picking up duck eggs (he loves ducks, so he was super excited about that but a little sad that they wouldn't give him an egg to take home), cleaning poop out of the birds' enclosure (doesn't sound like fun to me but whatever), and starting to prepare orange marmalade (hopefully they washed their hands after the poop thing).

So, I actually have two cards to share this morning.

I was working on them both at the same time the other night and Resourceful Rusty is on the Last Chance List (or at least, he was the last time I looked), so go snatch him up now.

I need some "hang in there" cards and I found the perfect greeting in Inspiration Squad.  I used the Hand-Stamped Sentiments color challenge for both cards:

Plus a bit of Pecan Pie and Ivory for Rusty himself.  Next up is the Paper Players challenge:

I went diagonal, CAS - die cut - masculine, and down the right side, square card - embossing - masculine.  You might not be able to tell, but the appley background is stamped with Versamark and clear embossed.

One good Rusty card deserves another so here's the other one:

I actually started this one first for last week's CASE-ing Tuesday Sketch:

I missed a couple of weeks playing along with them and I really enjoy it, so even if this card is a bit late (their new challenge just dropped) I'm glad I made it anyway.

Alright, time for me to get my workout on so I'll have time to get cleaned up before taking Ryan to day 2 of farm camp.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Resourceful Rusty, Inspiration Squad
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamark, Strawberry Slush, Stampin' Blends in Pecan Pie, Ivory, Granny Apple Green, Strawberry Slush
Paper:  Coastal Cabana, Strawberry Slush, Granny Apple Green, Thick Basic White
Accessories:  Stylish Shapes dies, clear EP, Dimensionals

Make Your Choice for SUO Challenges

Like the White Rabbit, I'm running late today and it's time for a new challenge from SUO Challenges!

Easy peasy this time too:

That means anything goes as long as it's Stampin' Up! only!  (I tried to type anything TOES and I don't even know what that would mean!)  I had to break out a brand new online exclusive stamp set and here's what I made:

Get yourself to the online store and buy your own Resourceful Rusty, I love him so much : )  We had a blizzard come through last night so Ryan is off school today, Daphne woke us up to go outside three times between 2am and 6am, and the vacuum cleaner gave me blisters on my hand so this is definitely me today.  I mailed this card out yesterday to a fried that I know will appreciate it.  Also, I CASEd a Friendly Seagulls card by Julie Davison for the layout (the last card on the post linked).

Have some crafty fun time and upload your SU Only card at the SUO Challenges blog.  Have fun!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Resourceful Rusty
Ink:  Early Espresso, Stampin' Blends in Cajun Craze, Ivory, Calypso Coral, Old Olive, Wild Wheat
Paper:  Wild Wheat, Cajun Craze, Thick Basic White, Timeless Plaid DSP
Accessories:  Stylish Shapes dies, Mini Alphabet dies, Faux Glass Dots, Dimenisonals