Lavender Love & Wishes

Mornin' y'all!  I tried to get to bed earlier last night, I really did, but...BOOKS.  Again.  Well, I only stayed up til 10:30 instead of 11 last night, so that's an improvement, right?  One of these days I'll get smart, but I'm not going to hold my breath.  In the meantime I'm having a cuppa tea in my new favorite mug, which has Disney's Robin Hood on it : )

Anyway, I have a card to share:

It's been super overcast here lately (and is currently snowing) so the lighting isn't great on this picture but I did what I could.  I used two stamp sets currently on the Last Chance list and one that retired a while back.  Check out this week's Freshly Made Sketch:

And the Color Throwdown:

I used Highland Heather, Soft Sea Foam, and Lemon Lolly for the colors.  And this also fits with the tic-tac-toe challenge from the Paper Players:

This time it's down the left, flowers - die cut - lavender, and across the bottom, lavender - glitter - sentiment.  There's glitter in the purple shimmer gems and I also painted Wink of Stella on the lavender, though of course it doesn't show up in the picture because it never does.

I just gave Daphne a new rope toy so maybe she won't insist that I take her out for a walk in the snow : )  She's having a good old time chomping on the toy so maybe.  Cheers, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Painted Lavender, Perennial Postage, Sketched Plaid
Ink:  Lemon Lolly, Highland Heather, Soft Sea Foam
Paper:  Lemon Lolly, Highland Heather, Basic White
Accessories:  Painted Lavender dies, Purple Shimmer Gems, Lemon Lolly twine, Dimensionals

Hopeful Butterflies

Who else has a blizzard happening?  I can't really tell how much snow is coming down because the wind is so strong that it's just kicking the snow everywhere.  Poor little Daphne tried to nope right back into the house when I let her out this morning.  We get snow blowing inside every time I open the door for her, I feel like we're on Hoth, but luckily I haven't seen any wampa around.  Hubs asked what my plans for today were, and I said they include standing at the window with a giant cup of tea, talking about how bad the weather is, and not being out in it : )  I was very surprised that they didn't cancel school for Ryan today.  Well, probably the roads are just fine because the wind is keeping the snow from settling at all.

Anyway, I have another springy butterfly card to share today.

Check out the colors from Hand Stamped Sentiments:

And the sketch from Atlantic Hearts:

I really wanted to do butterflies instead of greenery but it took me a couple of tries before I ended up with the die cuts and I'm not sure how much I like it.  Ah well, not every card can be your favorite.

Think I might order some tea while I'm sitting here at the computer...I mean, what if it snows for days and I run out of tea???  Okay, so we'd have to be snowed in for like a year and it probably still wouldn't happen, but WHAT IF.  Thankfully I already have enough unread books to keep me busy for about 10 years and lots of paper crafting and stitching projects, so I can keep myself entertained.  And I have a cute little Daphne to snuggle with.  Okay, I'm going upstairs to the craft room for a bit.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Sketched Butterflies, Sketched Plaid
Ink:  Lemon Lime Twist, Pebbled Path
Paper:  Petunia Pop, Pebbled Path, Lemon Lime Twist, Highland Heather, Thick Basic White, LLT DSP
Accessories:  Sketched Butterflies dies, Nested Essentials dies, Stylish Shapes dies, Dimensionals, Purple Fine Shimmer Gems

Blueberry Picnic Birthday

Hey hey, y'all!  Well, I wasn't quite as productive yesterday as I was hoping to be, and today is probably going to be busy--Ryan has a couple of games at his soccer camp this morning that I'm going to watch, and then we're supposed to have lunch with my dad.  But that gives me most of the afternoon to get stuff done, so here's hoping.

Anyway, I did manage to take pictures of my scrapbook pages yesterday and then I made a card:

Here's this week's Freshly Made Sketch:

I stamped a couple of extra leaves from the other blueberry bunch stamp and cut them out for the smaller element on the sketch, I popped the larger image up on top of the leaves and I colored those leaves darker so you can see they're two pieces.  Here is this week's Color Throwdown:

I used Sweet Sorbet, Azure Afternoon/Blueberry Bushel, and Granny Apple Green for my colors, with a bit of Mossy Meadow for shading.  I thought the Sketched Plaid background would give the impression of a blanket for a picnic, and I used Sweet Sorbet instead of Real Red because Sweet Sorbet is just a touch softer and plays nicer with the other colors.

That's it for me today, I'm going to go be a soccer mom : ) Have a great one, peeps!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Blueberry Bunches, Sketched Plaid
Ink:  Night of Navy, Sweet Sorbet, Azure Afternoon, Stampin' Blends in Azure Afternoon, Blueberry Bushel, Granny Apple Green, Mossy Meadow
Paper:  Granny Apple Green, Night of Navy, Thick Basic White
Accessories:  Dimensionals, Wink of Stella, Tinsel Gems

Berries & Plaid

Mornin' y'all and GUESS WHAT, I finally inked up some new stamps yesterday!

I don't know why but I love the new Blueberry Bunches stamp set and the Just Add Ink inspo challenge gave me a great excuse to ink it up:

Totally loving the bright greens and blues in this inspo pic, so I used Lemon Lime Twist, Granny Apple Green, Azure Afternoon, and (surprise) Blueberry Bushel for my card.  I kept it really simple here and let the blueberry image be the star of the show here.  And I worked in a die from the Everyday Details dies too so more new toys :)

Okay, I took pictures yesterday of all my scrapbook layouts but I want to redo it.  I haven't figured out a good place in this house to take pics of layouts, in my craft room the pictures reflect the overhead light and it's annoying.  So I'll see what I can figure out with that.  And make more tea ; )  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Blueberry Bunches, Sketched Plaid
Ink:  Blueberry Bushel, Granny Apple Green, Stampin' Blends in Azure Afternoon, Blueberry Bushel, Lemon Lime Twist, Granny Apple Green
Paper:  Azure Afternoon, Blueberry Bushel, Thick Basic White, Bright & Beautiful DSP Stack
Accessories:  Everyday Details dies, Dimensionals, Tinsel Gems

Danse Macabre with SUO Challenges

Hey y'all, get ready for a new color challenge from SUO Challenges!

Aren't those colors great together?  Halloween is the obvious choice for using these colors, but that doesn't mean you *have* to make a Halloween card--check out the SUO Challenges blog to see what I mean.

I did make a Halloween card though, I love Halloween cards : )

I cut Deckled Rectangles of the three challenge colors and stamped tone-on-tone for all three, the top two with stamps from Bag of Bones and the bottom is Sketched Plaid.  For the Pumpkin Pie rectangle, I put all the assorted bone stamps on a block together and just stamped them all at once, easy peasy.  One dancing skeleton later, I had a card!

I hope you will be inspired to play along with these colors, I can't wait to see what you create!  Don't forget to link up at the SUO Challenges blog, and have fun!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Bag of Bones, Sketched Plaid
Ink:  Gorgeous Grape, Pumpkin Pie, Parakeet Party, VersaMark
Paper:  Basic Black, Gorgeous Grape, Pumpkin Pie, Parakeet Party
Accessories:  Deckled Rectangles dies, Deckled Circles dies, white EP, Dimensionals, Matte Dots

Silver Fox

Mornin' y'all!  I'm missing last week's rainy days, we're back up in the 90s this week and I'm just ready for fall to get here already.  But I can have a rainy day in my craft room anytime, and that's what I did yesterday.

I took four pictures of this card in various lighting situations, and this was the best I could get.  I was intrigued by the mood board challenge at Inkspirational:

So. Cool.  I decided to pull the colors and went with Pool Party, Berry Burst, Smoky Slate, and Pumpkin Pie.  I was going to color the fox in with Pumpkin Pie and then decided to make him gray instead, I like it.  And then I needed more Pumpkin Pie accents, so I used my dark Blend to color in some clear rhinestones to use on my card.

I also had to play along with the Cupcake Inspirations challenge:

I always love me a good plaid, and this was just the excuse I needed to use my new Sketched Plaid background stamp.  Actually it took me like five tries to get a look I liked; I tried it in Pool Party ink, and then Smoky Slate ink, then I settled on white but it still took me two tries to get the raindrops to look right.  I added some Wink of Stella to Mr. Fox's umbrella but it doesn't show in any of the pictures so you'll just have to take my word for it.

I think today I might have to do some scrapping...though I'm not sure if I'm brave enough to start my big project.  The hubs and I have our twentieth wedding anniversary coming up next month, and guess who has NOT made a scrapbook from our wedding?  I thought that would be a great surprise for when my hubs can rejoin us (he's deployed) but I definitely have pre-project paralysis happening.  Wish me luck.

Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Playing in the Rain, Sketched Plaid
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Whisper White, Pool Party, Stampin' Blends in Smoky Slate, Berry Burst, Pumpkin Pie
Paper:  Pool Party, Berry Burst, Smoky Slate, Thick Basic White
Accessories:  Playing in the Rain dies, Deckled Rectangles dies, Dimensionals, Wink of Stella, Basic Rhinestones