Wengen

Scrappy Monday, y'all!  The hubs did NOT sleep last night so that means I didn't get much rest either, so that means I'll have to drink lots of tea today.  The high today is in the 60s here so that's tea weather as far as I'm concerned : )  Ryan has soccer practice this afternoon so I'll be taking a traveling mug with me for that.

Looks like it's going to be a beautiful day here in Colorado and for today's scrapbook layout I have a beautiful day in Switzerland!

This is finally the last of my Swiss-Capade pages as the picture on the bottom right is Ryan pulling a face on the train ride back to Germany.  The last thing we did on our last evening in Switzerland was take the train partway up a mountain to Wengen, which is an adorable little mountain town.  You can buy a wooden ball in town and then they have a bunch of Rube Goldberg machines all around to play with the ball, Ryan loved that.  I used gnomes as my page accents because why not?

Today's color palette:  So Saffron, Granny Apple Green, Starry Sky (love this color), Evening Evergreen, and Whisper White.

Time to go wake Ryan up to get ready for school...and then I'll be brewing my first cuppa : )  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Taffy Alphabet, Friendly Gnomes
Ink:  Starry Sky, Evening Evergreen marker, Stampin' Blends in So Saffron, Pretty in Pink, Cinnamon Cider, Pecan Pie, Orchid Oasis, Starry Sky, Granny Apple Green, neutrals
Paper:  So Saffron, Starry Sky, Evening Evergreen, Basic White, Celebrate Everything DSP
Accessories:  None

Interlaken

Scrappy Monday, y'all!  Hope you had a good weekend.  We went to see the latest Fantastic Four movie yesterday, I liked it okay.  Not my favorite superhero movie, but a good way to spend some time on a Sunday.

Anyway, I'm still working through my Switzerland layouts, and here's the next one:

We took the train from Lauterbrunnen to Interlaken and kinda tooled around the town for a bit.  We had fun watching the paragliders come in for a landing at a nice park and check out the mountain views!  Those were even better from the top of the Ferris wheel.

Today's color palette:  Sweet Sorbet (I still love this color), Lucky Limeade, Marina Misty, Basic Gray, and white.  Bright and fun, I think.

That's it for now, I'm going to enjoy a piece of pumpkin coffee cake and then get started on my projects for the day.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Taffy Alphabet, Fabulous Flowers
Ink:  Pebbled Path, Marina Mist, Basic Gray marker
Paper:  Sweet Sorbet, Pebbled Path, Marina Mist, Basic White, International Bazaar DSP
Accessories:  None

Saint Beatus Caves

Scrappy Monday, y'all!  And it's my favorite Monday ever because it is Ryan's first day of school : )  The house is all nice and quiet...or it would be except I started some music so I am enjoying Chicago's If You Leave Me Now while I drink my tea.  Love that song.

Anyway, I just figured out this morning that I've been sharing the Swiss-capade layouts in the wrong order but whatever, they're all from the same trip.  And here is today's layout:

We do tend to like doing underground touristy things.  We had to wait in line a while before we got to go in the caves, which were pretty cool and we took the opportunity to teach Ryan to be a responsible and respectful tourist and keep his grubby little fingers off the rocks because that damages them (which we know because we've been to caves in several different countries now).  Then we had lunch at a restaurant next to the monastery started in St. Beatus' honor, and we had a PHENOMENAL view of Lake Thun--can you believe that picture in the lower right corner?!  It was a quick snap I took with my cellphone!  I think I need to print that one out giant size and frame it...if only I had more open wall space, ha!

Today's color palette:  Island Indigo, Starry Sky, Sweet Sorbet, Garden Green, and white.  Normally I wouldn't think to pair those two blues together, but I was pulling colors from the photos and I think they work together pretty well here.  I haven't worked on scrapbook pages in a long time since I've been busy with having Ryan home for the summer and working on other projects, but I'm starting to get the itch to get back to scrappin'.  Should be easier to make that happen now that he's back in school.

For right now, I think I'll brew a second cuppa tea and go write out some cards to go out in the mail, then get to work on something crafty.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Taffy Alphabet, Calendar Alphabet & Numbers, Blossoms in Bloom
Ink:  Island Indigo, Starry Sky, Sweet Sorbet, Garden Green
Paper:  Island Indigo, Starry Sky, Garden Green, Basic White, Blooms & Bliss DSP
Accessories:  none

Piz Gloria

Scrappy Monday, y'all!  I'm back with another Swiss-capade scrapbook layout today:

Since we didn't get great mountain views on our first visit to the summit of the Schilthorn, so we went back the next day and actually DID see some mountains.  We also visited Piz Gloria, the restaurant at the top of the mountain, and all the James Bond stuff up there.  Ryan liked the helicopter simulator : )

I chose Tangerine Tango for my page base because of Ryan's fox jacket, Dapper Denim for the hubs' jacket, and a cool pattern from the Sycamore Street DSP just because I liked it with the pictures.  Today's color palette is Tangerine Tango, Dapper Denim, Sahara Sand, and Whisper White.  What do you think, does the orange work with snow photos?

I was super nice and gave Ryan the last of the waffles for breakfast this morning so he'd better appreciate it : p  He starts his last summer camp this afternoon--another robotics one.  He starts school two weeks from today, isn't that crazy?!  Cheers, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Taffy Alphabet, Artfully Folded
Ink:  Dapper Denim, Sahara Sand, Night of Navy marker
Paper:  Tangerine Tango, Dapper Denim, Sahara Sand, Basic White, Sycamore Street DSP
Accessories:  3/4" and 1" circle punches

Trummelbach Falls

Scrappy Monday, y'all!  Wish me luck getting Ryan out the door on time today, he is being super slow this morning.  So aggravating, I swear he's going slower on purpose because he knows how much I hate being late and he has STEAM camp today.  Arrrrgh.

Anyway, I have another Switzerland layout to share today:

Trummelbach Falls is a series of waterfalls inside the mountain near where we stayed in Lauterbrunnen.  It's all glacier water and it was amazing to me that as we walked along the trail, we turned a corner to where the water was and the air temperature dropped significantly because the water was so cold.  It moves FAST too so we kept a firm grip on Ryan to make sure he didn't do anything crazy.

Today's color palette started with inspiration from Ryan's fox sweater and if they had that in adult sizes I would totally buy it, just sayin'.  Colors are Baked Brown Sugar, Tangerine Tango, Blueberry Bushel, Coastal Cabana, and Very Vanilla.

Gotta get out the door.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Calendar Alphabet & Numbers, Taffy Alphabet
Ink:  Baked Brown Sugar, Coastal Cabana, Blueberry Bushel marker
Paper:  Baked Brown Sugar, Blueberry Bushel, Tangerine Tango, Coastal Cabana, Very Vanilla, Retro Fresh DSP
Accessories:  1 1/4" and 1 1/2" circle punches

The Schilthorn

Mornin' y'all!  Here we are in July and I'm sharing a scrapbook layout with snow on it, but that's what happens when you go up in the mountains even in the summertime, so here it is:

Continuing our Swiss adventure, we took four gondolas up to the top of the Schilthorn, which has a restaurant that was featured in the James Bond movie On Her Majesty's Secret Service.  We went up there twice and the first time it was so cloudy that we were playing peekaboo with the surrounding mountains, though it was pretty funny to watch a gondola go down and just disappear into the clouds.

Today's snowy palette:  Blueberry Bushel, Coastal Cabana, Taken with Teal (that looks very, very off in the palette photo), and white.  All the blues : )

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Taffy Alphabet, Frosted Gingerbread
Ink:  Pebbled Path, Blueberry Bushel, Basic Gray marker
Paper:  Blueberry Bushel, Coastal Cabana, Taken with Teal, Basic White, Best Year Ever DSP
Accessories:  Gingerbread dies

In other news, the hubs put together the two new bookshelves this weekend, so on Saturday I had to reorganize all my books.

That's not all of them and this is after several big book purges.

There's the finished job in the downstairs bookshelves.  I left some open spaces on the left because I've already preordered three hardback books that will be released later this year, and the top left shelf has extra space for my growing Hardy Boys collection.  The right shelf, meanwhile, is all my Nancy Drews, finally spread out where I can see all of them instead of being double-stacked.  Makes my little book dragon heart happy : )

And here's the upstairs shelves, which aren't organized as well and are also still double-stacked but that's what I've got for now.  I need to clear out a few more books for sale but not right now, I was stupid when I was moving books around and hurt my back.  It's getting better but still not great.

Gotta take Ryan to camp.  Cheers!

Swiss Capade 1

Scrappy Monday, y'all!  I keep forgetting that I have several layouts done that I need to take pictures of, but today I thought I'd start a series of scrapbook pages from our first trip to Switzerland.  So here's the first layout of what I called the Swiss-capade : )

We took the train (several, actually) to Lauterbrunnen, which is in the Valley of 72 Waterfalls.  We did not see all 72, but we did see several!

Today's springy color palette:  Lavender Lace (how's that for an old color?!), Garden Green, Evening Evergreen, Polished Pink, and white.

I'm going to start a workout and see how far I can get before Ryan wakes up.  His camp this week is Lego engineering, but it's in the afternoons so he can sleep in.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Taffy Alphabet, Hydrangea Haven
Ink:  Evening Evergreen, Stampin' Blends in Polished Pink, Highland Heather, Evening Evergreen
Paper:  Lavender Lace, Evening Evergreen, Polished Pink, Basic White, Peaceful Prints DSP
Accessories:  Hydrangea dies

Wilkommen in Deutschland

Scrappy Monday, y'all!  Hope you have a good day off for Labor Day.  Today's scrapbook layout is from our arrival in Germany at the end of August 2020:

This is a mishmash of pictures from the first couple of weeks that we were in Germany, when we were staying in a hotel suite and looking for a house.  Also we were locked in there for two weeks because of all the Covid restrictions, people from the hubs' work had to buy groceries for us and bring them to us, it was a crazy time.  So all those pics are in the hotel room.

Today's color palette:  Crushed Curry, Tangelo Twist, Azure Afternoon, Pecan Pie, and white.  I really liked Tangelo Twist as an orange and I think I'm almost out of cardstock in that color, at least in the 12x12.  Not sure how much 8.5x11 I might have.  Azure Afternoon and Pecan Pie ended up being great matches for Ryan's bear jammies!

That's it for me today, peeps.  I'm going to do my workout and then most likely do dishes because that never stops.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Taffy Alphabet, Calendar Alphabet & Numbers, Sweets & Treats, All Boxed Up, bear from Whipper Snapper
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Tangelo Twist, Azure Afternoon, Pecan Pie, Stampin' Blends in Pecan Pie, Ivory, Smoky Slate, Mossy Meadow, Pool Party, Pumpkin Pie
Paper:  Crushed Curry, Azure Afternoon, Pecan Pie, Thick Basic White, Tangelo Twist DSP
Accessories:  None

Snow Much Fun!

Mornin' y'all and finally the first Scrappy Monday of 2024.  Right now we're smack in the middle of a cold snap and we got just a little bit of snow last night, so Ryan has been out playing in it this morning.  So I picked a snowy layout to share today, this one from four years ago.

That was our house in NC and there was enough snow for a little snowman on the picnic table.  That deck area was nice (though it deteriorated quickly because the landlord didn't seal it properly, not from anything we did to it) and I kinda miss it, I know Ryan misses the duck pond out back.  He wants a duck pond at our next house and refuses to believe that won't be tops on the list of requirements as we look at houses.  Anyway, back to 2020, we didn't have real snow gear for Ryan so to keep his feet dry we tied some plastic bags around is feet and legs.  Silly looking, but it worked!  And then he wanted to eat the snow, so we brought in a chunk of it and he had a snack.  Now he does have actual snow boots and instead of eating the snow, he's drinking some apple cider.

Today's wintry color combination:  Balmy Blue, Pacific Point, and Whisper White.

Time for me to go get in my cocoon of blankets on the love seat and watch some shows with Ryan.  I'm already several cups of tea into the day so far : )

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Larger Than Life Alphabet & Numbers, Taffy Alphabet, Yeti to Party
Ink:  Pacific Point, Balmy Blue, Night of Navy marker
Paper:  Balmy Blue, Pacific Point, Thick Basic White, Storybook Gnomes DSP
Accessories:  None

Hairy Holidays! 2010

Scrappy Monday!  I've been working through my Maine scrapbook pages, but now that it's December, I'm going to switch over to holiday pages and I'll pick back up on Maine in January.  So to start with, I have a cute layout featuring my much-loved fur babies.

I miss them so much.  Anyway, I had already done some Christmas pages for this year (2010), but I had several pics left over with Sadie and Vader, so I made a layout for their album.  Yeah, Sadie and Vader will have their own scrapbook album once I finally take all my completed pages and actually put them in albums.  For this layout, I used a couple of different packs of patterned paper and just had fun with it.  Usually I'm trying to cram in a lot more pictures on a single layout but this time I could let it breathe with the fun patterns.

Today's festive color palette:  Garden Green, Real Red, Old Olive, and Very Vanilla.  And of course black for my doggos.

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Taffy Alphabet, Snow Swirled
Ink:  Garden Green, Real Red, Old Olive, Basic Black Marker
Paper:  Garden Green, Real Red, Old Olive, Thick Very Vanilla, Merry Moments DSP, Cerise DSP
Accessories:  1 3/8" circle punch, Circles Framelits

So, last week I spent some time getting all my loose scrapbook pages organized.  I don't necessarily make pages in chronological order, and I haven't put my pages into albums in quite a while, so I had two or three paper holders of scrapbook layouts that needed to be organized into their proper years.  It took me a couple of hours to get it all done:

I already had a lot of containers labeled with different years, I just needed to file the newer pages into place.  But this gives you an idea of how many layouts I have done...

Yeah this went pretty much around the whole craft room.

And here they are, all properly labeled and organized!  I got several more paper storage containers the week of Thanksgiving when they were on sale for $4; I still have four empty ones at the top so I'll need to work on that ; )  Then there's two containers that have some supplies and odds and ends, and every single other one of these containers has completed scrapbook pages in it.  I'm going to need a whole room just to house my scrapbooks when we get our forever house.  And now that I have all the pages organized, I think Sadie and Vader are going to get at least two albums, because I have a very large stack o' pages for them.

Today I need to start wrapping some Christmas presents for Ryan while he's in school and maybe I'll get to do some more scrapping.  Like I said, I have those four containers that need to be filled with more completed pages.  Cheers, y'all!

Here We Go Again!

Scrappy Monday, y'all!  I was the busiest little bee last week.  I completed 7 scrapbook layouts and then on Saturday I took pictures of no fewer than TWENTY-ONE layouts so I have a bunch more draft posts waiting to go now.  Yesterday I finished another layout and started a new one so it doesn't look like I'm going to slow down much this week : )  I like it when I find a scrappin' groooove!

So today's layout is one that I made just last Friday.  Take a look:

I did order several more packs of that amazing Enjoy the Journey DSP so I was okay with cutting into this pack ; )  I wanted to do pink for this layout because of Vader's tongue in two of the pictures and this orange-and-pink chevron pattern just makes me happy.  Pics are from when we were getting them ready to go for their last overseas move, from the UK back to the States, in 2014.  Once I decided what the title was going to be, this came together super fast and I like it.  I added the hearts from Country Bouquet because that stamp set was still sitting on my table and I just liked it on here.

Put on your sunglasses for today's color palette:  Polished Pink, Melon Mambo, Mango Melody, Pumpkin Pie, Pacific Point, and Whisper White.  Cheerful, right?  I like it.

I'm off to work today for the only day in the next two weeks.  I'm also dropping off some (more) things to be framed, as if we don't have enough framed art/photographs to wallpaper the entire house.  Taking advantage while I work in a frame shop to get that done.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Taffy Alphabet, Headline Alphabet, Country Bouquet
Ink:  Polished Pink, Melon Mambo, Pacific Point, Merry Merlot marker
Paper:  Polished Pink, Pacific Point, Mango Melody, Thick Basic White, Enjoy the Journey DSP
Accessories:  Country Bouquet punch, Layering Circles dies

Howloween Heroes

Scrappy Monday and HEYYYY it's my favorite month of the year!  Fall foliage, sweater weather, pumpkin everything...what's not to love?  And then we cap it all off with Halloween!

Oh, how I miss my fur babies.  My mom bought the costumes for them as we were in Japan that year (way back in 2009), so Sadie was Wonder Woman and Vader was Spider-Pup.  That's my dad's dog Ginger up next to the page title; she test-drove the Wonder Woman costume before my mom mailed it to me for Say-Say.  Superhero costumes gave me an excuse for a bold, bright color palette:

Yoyo Yellow (how's that for a blast from the past?!), Tempting Turquoise, Real Red, Blueberry Bushel, Basic Black, and Whisper White.

Hope your week is off to a great start, peeps.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Taffy Alphabet, Simply Stars
Ink:  Blueberry Bushel, Real Red, Tempting Turquoise, Basic Black marker
Paper:  Yoyo Yellow, Blueberry Bushel, Real Red, Thick Whisper White, Big Top Birthday DSP
Accessories:  Large star punch

December 2005

Scrappy Monday, y'all.  Ughhh, I'm so tired!  We're taking care of our neighbor's dog and cat while they're traveling, and doggo has kept us awake the last two nights.  I know part of it is just getting used to being in our house overnight rather than her own house (she goes back to her house during the day when we leave to go to work or run errands or whatever, and the cat stays there all the time) but yeah, I could use some more sleep.  Here's hoping that the third night is the charm!

In the meantime, I have a seasonal layout to share.

Looking at this picture right now it looks like my letters kinda slightly trend upwards towards the end of "December".  Oh well, that's part of the charm of handmade stuff, right?  We only had a couple of pictures from different events in December, not enough for each one to get their own layout, so I combined them here.  I used the same DSP pack as I did for the Christmas Treats layout I posted a while back.

Today's color palette is straight from the DSP:  Baja Breeze (still my favorite), Blushing Bride, Real Red, Wild Wasabi, Garden Green, and Whisper White.

I'm off to get ready for work, yawning all the way....cheeeeeeers!

Supplies:
Stamps:  Taffy Alphabet, Endless Wishes, numbers from Unity
Ink:  Garden Green, Baja Breeze, Basic Gray marker
Paper:  Baja Breeze textured, Real Red, Garden Green, Blushing Bride, Wild Wasabi, Whisper White, Candy Cane Christmas DSP
Accessories:  None

Christmas Treats

Scrappy Monday, y'all!  Wow, I haven't worked on scrapbook pages in a really long time.  I won't get the chance this week either since the hubs asked me to make 65 Christmas/holiday cards for his work.  No rest for the crafty!

These photos are from all the way back in 2008; we always gave Sadie and Vader some kind of treat or toy when we first started opening Christmas presents so they would be distracted by the treats and not try to "help" with opening the other stuff.  Man, I miss those two.  Anyway, I've got some nontraditional colors happening here thanks to the Candy Cane Christmas DSP and I like it.

Island Indigo, Blushing Bride, Real Red, Wild Wasabi, my favorite Baja Breeze, and Whisper White.  Well, there is a red and a green on there.

Christmas cheer, kids!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Taffy Alphabet, Endless Wishes, Tags Til Christmas
Ink:  Real Red, Wild Wasabi, Basic Gray marker
Paper:  Island Indigo, Wild Wasabi, Baja Breeze, Real Red, Blushing Bride, Whisper White, Candy Cane Christmas DSP
Accessories:  None

Ryan's First Haircut

Scrappy Monday, y'all!  We had a pretty low-key weekend, which was fine, and yesterday the hubs and Ryan got their hair cut.  So today I thought I'd share a layout from Ryan's very first haircut when he was a wee babe!

My friend Tiana cut his hair for us :)  This kid had *multiple* haircuts before his first birthday.  I use a lot of blue on Ryan's layouts, and this time around I used several patterns from the Fresh Prints (...of Bel Air, I will never not say that) DSP stack because I love it.  It's only 4.5x6.5" so I have to be creative when it comes to using it for scrapbook pages.

Today's color palette:  Real Red, Pacific Point, Coastal Cabana, and Whisper White.  Huh.  Usually I put the color of the page base first, but for some reason I did it backwards here.  Oh well.

Hope your week is off to a great start!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Taffy Alphabet, Calendar Alphabet & Numbers
Ink:  Pacific Point, Real Red
Paper:  Pacific Point, Real Red, Coastal Cabana, Thick Whisper White, Fresh Prints DSP, Best Year Ever DSP
Accessories:  None

Water Baby

Scrappy Monday, y'all!  Actually I haven't been doing much scrapping lately; I've been more focused on playing with my retired stamps, but that's okay.  As long as I'm spending time in my craft room and getting inky, and ENJOYING it, I'll call that a win.  But I do still have lots of layouts to share and when I start to run low I'm sure my scrappy mojo will return.

Yep, this kid loves the water!  Still does, in fact.  Wish we hadn't missed doing swim lessons last year and this year (thank you 'Rona) but hopefully we'll figure out something.  I want Ryan to be much more proficient at swimming than I am; I didn't learn how until I was 12 and while I can keep myself afloat, I am not very comfortable in the water and you can forget about me swimming in the ocean.  Anyway, we got Ryan this super cheap plastic pool and he loooooooooooved playing in it!  I found some long-retired DSP with bright colors that I thought paired well with the pictures.  Dang, Ryan was so little!

And here is my mostly retired color palette:  Only Orange, Green Galore, Pixie Pink, Tempting Turquoise, and Whisper White.  All of those colors are retired now!  Okay Whisper White got replaced by Basic White which is pretty much the same ;) But all the other colors retired a long, long time ago.  But I still use them.

Cheers, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Taffy Alphabet, Simply Circles
Ink:  Tempting Turquoise, Blueberry Bushel, Green Galore
Paper:  Only Orange, Pixie Pink, Green Galore, Thick Whisper White, Kaleidoscope DSP
Accessories:  Circle punches

Feed Me Now!

Scrappy Monday, y'all!  I'm pleased to report that I am almost back to normal (or what passes for normal in these parts) after my second vaccine shot, and Ryan is doing fine with his newly perforated noggin.  We made him take it easy over the weekend, which he did not much like, and I had to dig through all his clothes to find shirts with buttons so he wouldn't have to pull a shirt on/off over the cut on his head.  But he's doing fine :)

I've got a funny layout to share today.

I seem to have a LOT of pictures of Wee Ryan eating, and that's because that was pretty much the only time he sat still long enough for a photo, and he is (still) occasionally very demanding when it comes to food.  So of course I had to make a scrapbook layout about it.  I read once that a lot of restaurants are decorated with orange because supposedly that color makes you hungry, so I picked a patterned paper that's a mix of orange and red, Ryan's favorite color.

Today's color palette:  Pineapple Punch, Pumpkin Pie, Real Red, Pacific Point, and Whisper White.  I never thought I'd be gaga about a super bright yellow, but man, I love me some Pineapple Punch!  I pulled out a real oldie for the accents--I'm pretty sure I got Tart & Tangy my first year as a stamper!

Hope your week is off to a great start, peeps.  I'm starting off with a nice yoga workout :)  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Taffy Alphabet, Larger Than Life Alphabet, Tart & Tangy
Ink:  Pineapple Punch, Pumpkin Pie, Real Red, Granny Apple Green, Chocolate Chip, Night of Navy marker
Paper:  Pineapple Punch, Pumpkin Pie, Pacific Point, Thick Whisper White, See a Silhouette DSP
Accessories:  circle punches

Disney Cruise: Towel Art

It was rainy most of the weekend so here we are, minding our own business and messing around in the house when the hubs asks me to come upstairs because he thinks he smells gas.  So he called the landlord and luckily we have very nice neighbors who let us go hang out at their house while we waited for someone from the gas company (I think?) to come take a look--yep, big honkin' gas leak on the top floor where the water heater is.  Someone is supposed to come fix it sometime today but in the meantime we have no hot water and no heat--the radiators are all run by gas.  I'm really missing my shower this morning!

Anyway, on to this week's scrapbook layout--the last of the Disney cruise.

I always love the towel creatures they leave in the cabin when they come to tidy up every day, so I just collected all the pictures for one layout here.  The cruise ended on a very sad note though--as soon as we got into port in Miami and had cell service again, we found out that our dog Vader had died while we were on the cruise.  He had been sick before we left, but I think we were in denial about how sick he was, so it was a big shock.  I miss him and our Sadie, we lost her last year.

Anyway, here's the color palette for today--Creamy Caramel (which has been retired for a very long time), Cherry Cobbler, Night of Navy, Buckaroo Blue (one of the very early In Colors) and Whisper White.  This layout was a great excuse to use up some of the Nautical Expedition DSP I still have ;)  Never know when a particular bit of patterned paper will come in handy, right?

Cheers, y'all!

Supplies:
Stamps:  Taffy Alphabet
Ink:  Cherry Cobbler, Night of Navy marker
Paper:  Creamy Caramel, Night of Navy, Buckaroo Blue, Thick Whisper White, Nautical Expedition DSP
Accessories:  Mickey punch

Disney Cruise: Beach Bums (Castaway Cay)

Scrappy Monday, y'all!  Quick post as I need to leave in about 10 minutes to get Ryan to the babysitter and then me to WORK!

The final port of our Disney cruise was Castaway Cay, Disney's private island in the Bahamas.  We spent the day on the beach--I even did a yoga class, which meant I got covered in sand :p and had a good barbecue lunch on the island.

Today's tropical color combination:  Blueberry Bushel, Calypso Coral, Cucumber Crush, Mango Melody, and Whisper White.  Cheers y'all, and wish us luck on our first day!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Taffy Alphabet, Seaside Shore
Ink:  Blueberry Bushel, Calypso Coral, Mango Melody
Paper:  Blueberry Bushel, Mango Melody, Cucumber Crush, Very Vanilla, By the Seashore DSP
Accessories:  None

Disney Cruise: Splish Splash!

Scrappy Monday, y'all!  The hubs took Ryan for most of the day yesterday so I got to spend time in my craft room, YESSSSS!!!!  I really need that time with paper and ink to maintain my mental and emotional balance and I haven't been getting it much lately.  So I tried to use my time wisely yesterday and I made nine cards and finished up the two layouts that have been sitting on my table for weeks.  My favorite author has a new book coming out this month, so last week I started rereading some earlier books in the series and it makes me so happy to spend time with those characters again.  So all in all, I am starting this week off feeling pretty dang good!  I just finished my workout today too and in a bit I'll be eating the last piece of yesterday's coffee cake :)

So, today's layout!  Still doing Disney cruise pictures and this layout is happy too:

The page base is Pineapple Punch, a.k.a. the happiest shade of yellow EVER, it's even brighter in real life than it shows in the picture.  When we went on this cruise, Ryan had just turned two and wasn't potty trained yet, so he wasn't allowed in any of the pools even with a swim diaper on.  They had a small splash pad area with water jets and he LOVED it.  Like, this day we spent over two hours there and he still didn't want to leave when it was time to go back to our cabin for a rest.

Initially I stamped the page title in Balmy Blue with a few letters in Night of Navy, but when I put the whole layout together I decided that the title just needed a bit more oomph.  I stamped one S in red and fussy cut it, then just glued it on top of what I had already stamped.  I don't know why but my brain insisted I needed a bit more red up there.

Today's color palette is your basic Superman triadic color scheme with the addition of a bit of green.  Pineapple Punch for the page base, Night of Navy, Call Me Clover, Real Red, Balmy Blue, and Whisper White to round out the palette.

Hope your week is off to a good start too, peeps.  Cheers!

Supplies:
Stamps:  Taffy Alphabet
Ink:  Balmy Blue, Night of Navy, Real Red
Paper:  Pineapple Punch, Call Me Clover, Real Red, Thick Whisper White, Happiness Blooms DSP
Accessories:  Mickey punch, 1 3/8" circle punch, Layering Circles dies