Fluttering By

Mornin' y'all!  Yesterday the new SU! catty went live, and I placed a big fat order...that will be the last one I do before we move, so I got most of my must-haves right up front.  For the past couple of years I've limited myself to one or two stamp sets when the new catalog debuts, and I liked that because it let me focus on just a couple of stamp sets and have some fun with them.  Sometimes if I order a whole bunch of sets at one time, it takes me forever to work my way around to all of them.  (Uhh, I have a few newly-retired sets that I haven't inked up yet and I got them last month.)

But for today, I pulled out a stamp set I've had for a while and got to work on a summery card:

I started with the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches:

I subbed in the Stitched Nested Labels dies for the diamond since SU I don't think has done diamond dies yet.

I was inspired by the Retro Rubber Challenge, they're what made me pull out an "older" stamp set:

Butterfly Gala has been in my collection for over a year, so it counts as retro.  I figure being outside and watching for butterflies is a perfect summer activity provided it's not eleventy-billion degrees outside with a zillion percent humidity.  Happily, choosing summery colors was a snap thanks to the Color Throwdown:

I used Granny Apple Green, Pumpkin Pie, and Real Red for my colors, with a healthy pop of Basic Black for contrast.

Hope you have a great day, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Butterfly Gala, Thoughtful Blooms (retired SAB)
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Granny Apple Green, Pumpkin Pie, Real Red
Paper:  Thick Whisper White, Granny Apple Green, Basic Black
Accessories:  Stitched Nested Labels dies, Butterfly Duo punch, Dimensionals

Zoo Pals

Hey y'all!  I didn't get to do anything in my craft room on Tuesday, so no card yesterday, but I did manage to get one made during yesterday's quiet time.  Here it is:

 I started with the theme challenge from The Paper Players:

I was thinking about using a retired set for this challenge, and I opened my personal stamp catalog to look through my animal stamp sets, and then I didn't get past Animal Outing :)  I haven't used this stamp set in a YEAR so it was past time to ink it up.  The sentiment was from the very first My Paper Pumpkin kit, and it just seemed perfect for these zoo pals.  The flower and leaf stamps are from the recent SAB set Thoughtful Blooms because I hadn't inked it up yet and it seemed like a good idea with everything else.

I loved the bright colors for this week's Color Throwdown:

I used Pumpkin Pie (the giraffe's spots), Granny Apple Green (I used the darker Blend for the frog, lighter for the leaves, and then used Versamark to stamp the leaves on the Granny Apple die cut layer), Melon Mambo (sentiment, because who doesn't love a pop of pink), and Daffodil Delight (I think you can guess where this is).

Last up is this week's Freshly Made Sketch:

I think I own some non-SU diamond dies, but I didn't feel like digging them out so I just used the Stitched Nested Labels dies for the diamond shape (and the sentiment, for that matter).

Hope y'all have a great day.  I need to get this card in the mail...

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Animal Outing, Thoughtful Blooms, My Paper Pumpkin
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo, Versamark, Stampin' Blends in Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green, Pumpkin Pie, and Soft Suede
Paper:  Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green, Thick Whisper White
Accessories:  Stitched Nested Labels dies, Mini Dimensionals, retired Glitter Enamel Dots