HaPEA

Hey hey, who else is still in a food coma today?  Getting the turkey prepped yesterday morning was a 4-person job (Ryan, the hubs, my mom, and me) and although it got a bit black on top it turned out pretty well for only my second or third attempt.  We also had ham from the Honey-Baked Ham Company, sweet potato casserole, mashed potatoes, turkey gravy and brown gravy, stuffing, green beans (I heartily dislike green bean casserole so I don't make it), corn casserole, homemade cranberry sauce, homemade rolls, salad & veggies and I feel like I'm missing some things but I can't think what.  Then a few hours later we had Dutch apple pie with chai spice, pumpkin praline pie, creamy lemon pie, pecan pie, cherry cobblestone cake, and pumpkin coffee cake.  My dad gave me my grandmother's recipe for pecan pie and he said she would be proud of how I made it.  (I haven't tried it; pecan pie is Dad's favorite but he's the only one who really likes it out of our family.  He's talking about getting a cooler so he can take any leftovers back to Texas.)  So I'd say the food coma was well-earned...and then I slept in until 6:45 this morning : )

Okay, enough chitchat, here's my card for today:

This is my weekly combination of the Freshly Made Sketches and Color Throwdown challenges, but I had a tough time with this combination.  I got another card halfway done before deciding that it didn't work at all and then I landed on the peas.  Here's the Freshly Made Sketch:

And the Color Throwdown:

I used Crushed Curry, Shy Shamrock, and Azure Afternoon.  I like the sketch, I like the colors, I just had trouble combining them.

Anyway, that's it for me today.  We cleared out a space in the living room and might be putting up the Christmas tree later today.  Cheers, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Sweet Peas
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Azure Afternoon, Blends in Shy Shamrock, Daffodil Delight, Azure Afternoon
Paper:  Shy Shamrock, Crushed Curry, Thick Basic White, DSP in Crushed Curry, Shy Shamrock, Azure Afternoon
Accessories:  Countryside Corners dies, Stylish Shapes dies, Dimensionals, Dots for Days

HapPEA Birthday

Mornin' y'all and happy Friday.  Ryan is off school today and we all slept in a bit so that was nice :)  But now I'm ready to get the day started so how about a fun card?

I love the Sweet Peas stamp set that debuted in the main catalog this summer but it took me a while to get it inked up.  Couldn't resist using these party peas for this week's Freshly Made Sketch:

And here's a fun color combo from the Color Throwdown:

I used Lemon Lolly, Pretty in Pink, and Shy Shamrock for my colors, plus a little bit of Shaded Spruce for the top of the pea pod just for more contrast.  Love these colors together.

Anyway, it's time for me to get my workout done and then I have errands to run, so that's it for me, sweet peas.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Sweet Peas
Ink:  Night of Navy, Stampin' Blends in Pretty in Pink, Lemon Lolly, Shy Shamrock, Shaded Spruce
Paper:  Pretty in Pink, Lemon Lolly, Thick Basic White, Shy Shamrock & Pretty in Pink DSP
Accessories:  Stylish Shapes dies, Nested Essentials dies, Dimensionals, In Color Dots

GrumPEA

Mornin' y'all!  Hope your week is going well.  I'm feeling pretty good, I've started working out again this week, starting slow with some yoga and stretching and then a more intense workout today.  It's good to get back in that routine again!

I also love getting back in the stampin' groove and for today's card I *finally* got to break in a stamp set I got ages ago and just hadn't inked up yet!

This is me whenever I have to pick up my kid from school, not because I don't want to see him but because it's so chaotic and the school administration does nothing to make it work better.  Anyway, I left my little grumPEA on a pretty CAS design lifted from this week's Freshly Made Sketch:

And I was happy to see green in this week's Color Throwdown:

I used Daffodil Delight, Crumb Cake, and Garden Green for my colors, though the blends are Shaded Spruce because we don't have Garden Green blends.  Why??  I busted out some old kraft taffeta ribbon; it is my favorite ribbon ever and I've got an entire photo box of it so I might as well use it.  The die I used is long-retired too.

That's it for me today, peeps.  I've already got a card for tomorrow's post too so maybe I can work on a scrapbook layout today!  After I finish that cookbook project from yesterday...cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Sweet Peas
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin' Blends in Shaded Spruce and Crumb Cake
Paper:  Garden Green, Thick Basic White, Daffodil Delight DSP
Accessories:  Deco Labels dies, kraft taffeta ribbon, Dots for Days, Dimensionals