Peachy Keen

Mornin', y'all!  You ready for a sweet little card today?

I bought the Sweet as a Peach bundle and I DON'T EVEN LIKE PEACHES, it was the DSP that sold me on this suite.  And now it's on the retiring list and I feel like I should have used it more.  Oh, I put Pale Papaya rhinestones in the centers of the stamped flowers and they did not photograph well, I promise they look better in person.  For the peach, I inked it up with Pale Papaya ink and then used a sponge dauber to add a bit of Calypso Coral, which gave me some nice color depth on the peach.  When I stamped the flowers, I inked them up with Calypso Coral and used that same sponge dauber to take off a bit of the ink so the images would stamp a little bit softer.

I thought that peach and the coordinating papers would be great for the Hand Stamped Sentiments sketch:

I even found a die with the same shape for the sentiment part :)  The Tasteful Labels dies are also on the retiring list, I don't even know if they're still available or if they're sold out.  I'm glad I've had them for a while.

And another plug for the SUO Challenges theme to use a favorite bundle:

Cheers, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Sweet as a Peach
Ink:  Pale Papaya, Calypso Coral, Pear Pizzazz, Early Espresso, Balmy Blue
Paper:  Balmy Blue, Thick Basic White, You're a Peach DSP
Accessories:  Peach dies, Tasteful Labels dies, In Color rhinestones, Dimensionals

Miss Piggy

Mornin' y'all!  How's your week going so far?  I'm back today with another card I made for the Paper Players color challenge this week.

This was actually the first card I made for the challenge, but then I started getting impostor syndrome and worried that it wasn't good enough.  I think I need to play with this stamp set more and figure out how to make something I love with it.

Here's the color challenge:

I used both Gray Granite and a wee bit of Cinnamon Cider for neutrals.

Hope you have a great day!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Peekaboo Farm, Sweet as a Peach
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Calypso Coral, Stampin' Blends in Pale Papaya, Calypso Coral, Cinnamon Cider, Gray Granite, Just Jade
Paper:  Pale Papaya, Calypso Coral, Thick Basic White, Just Jade DSP
Accessories:  Hippo Friends dies, Rectangles Stitched dies, Dimensionals

Snowman Celebration

Hey y'all, happy hump day :)  Uh, I just realize I'm pretty sure I do not have a camel stamp so sometime in 2022 I need to fix that, haha!  Anyway, I baked about a zillion cookies on Monday and then yesterday I worked a half day and spent the other half in my craft room, which was lovely.  It's been so long since I got to spend much time in there (I made yesterday's hedgehog card probably a couple of months ago) that for a while I just had to look around everywhere in confusion before my brain kicked in and I got to creating.  Anyone else have that happen?

Anywha, I did eventually make a card to share today.

Remember the Peaceful Prints DSP that was in the fall Sale-a-Bration catalog?  This is the first time I've cut into any of it and I am loving this pattern with the plaid and the snowflakes.  Also I loved the idea of a red backdrop for my celebrating snowman :)  I played around with the layout a bit before deciding to go super-simple and low-key reminiscent of a snow globe.  Appropriate for the image, no?

I'll be entering this at Global Design Project:

Just so happens that the SUO Challenges theme is *also* celebrations, so that's fun :)  I'm also entering this at Cupcake Inspirations:

Thanks, Cupcake Inspiration, for giving me an excuse to ink up Snowman Season, I really enjoyed the creative process on this card.  Here's hoping I get a bit more time in my craft room this afternoon :)

Cheers, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Snowman Season, Sweet as a Peach
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Coastal Cabana, Stampin' Blends in Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Gray Granite, Just Jade
Paper:  Coastal Cabana, Thick Basic White, Peaceful Prints DSP
Accessories:  Stitched Shapes dies, Rectangles Stitched dies, Potted Succulents dies, Dimensionals

Georgia Peach

Howdy, folks!  Today's card marks the maiden voyage for one of my new stamp sets, Sweet as a Peach:

One of my friends (and frequent opponent on Words with Friends) lives in Georgia so I'll have to send this card to her.  Confession:  I don't actually like peaches.  I don't even like peach tea (and you know I love all kinds of tea).  But I just could not resist the Sweet as a Peach stamp set...partially because of the coordinating paper which is gorgeous and will be making appearances on my scrapbook pages for sure.

Anyway, this particular card was inspired by the color combination from As You See It:

You know I love me some autumnal colors!  But I thought they would be just perfect for a peachy card, too.  I inked up the large peach stamp with Crushed Curry, then tapped a sponge on top to get rid of a bit of excess ink (seems like I have to do this pretty frequently with photopolymer stamp sets), and then I used a sponge dauber to add some Calypso Coral ink before I stamped it.  That gave me a two-toned effect on the peach, and then I lightly sponged some Crushed Curry ink so my peach has a bit of a warm haze around it.

And that's all she wrote today.  Hope your day is peachy keen, jellybeans!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Sweet as a Peach
Ink:  Crushed Curry, Calypso Coral, Garden Green, Cajun Craze
Paper:  Calypso Coral, Cajun Craze, Garden Green, Thick Basic White, You're a Peach DSP
Accessories:  Layering Circles dies, Dimensionals