You're Delightful

Hey, Saturday post!  I'm going to type this fast as Ryan seems very angry this morning and hubs hasn't been able to make him happy.  Love to start the day with a cranky baby :p

So let's go for a delightful card!

I used this week's Freshly Made Sketch:

I liked how Jennifer Timko had watercolored her banner, so I decided to try doing the same.  I paired the sketch with the color challenge from Cupcake Inspirations:

I used watercolor paper and Very Vanilla for the cream color, then Berry Burst and Basic Black for the other two colors.  I cut a piece of Color Theory DSP to fit the entire card front for a nice little ombre look behind the main image panel.  The flower centers are the black rhinestones from the holiday catalog, which I know are retired but I happened to find them when I was digging in a drawer and hadn't used any of them yet, so now was the time.

Okay, let's go entertain the baby.  Cheers, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  You're Delightful, Colorful Seasons
Ink:  Berry Burst, Basic Black, Crumb Cake
Paper:  Very Vanilla, watercolor paper, Color Theory DSP
Accessories:  Seasonal Layers Framelits, black rhinestones, mini Dimensionals

Brave Sir Ryan

So yeah, I've named the knight from Magical Day after my kiddo.  Because why not!

The knight is stamped on Shimmery White cardstock, and the camera kinda caught the shimmer so the knight doesn't look quite as good as he does in person.  Trust me, he's super cute.  In the interests of speed, I colored him in with markers instead of doing watercolor pencils or just watercoloring.  Even with regular markers as opposed to alcohol markers like Stampin' Blends, he still turned out pretty adorable.  I found the greeting stamp in the hostess set You're Delightful, which seemed like a great sentiment to pair with brave Sir Ryan.

I used this week's sketch from Global Design Project:

And I paired that with this week's color combo at Color Throwdown:

Yesterday was my birfday!  Hubs and babe took me out to dinner last night and then baby ended up going to bed almost an hour late so he's still asleep right now.  Still, it's time to get my own brave Sir Ryan up and fed so we can go to the gym.  Yoga day!

Cheers, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Magical Day, You're Delightful
Ink:  Basic Gray, Smoky Slate, Peekaboo Peach, Pool Party
Paper:  Pool Party, Smoky Slate, Tangerine Tango, Shimmery White, Myths & Magic DSP, Painted Autumn DSP
Accessories:  Magical Mates Framelits, Lots of Labels Framelits, Mini Dimensionals

You're the Best

Happy Tuesday, y'all.  We have a teething baby in the house and he's grumpy a lot so now his parents are getting a little grumpy too.  Bleargh.  At least baby naps a lot...

I made a MAN card for today!  I had book club last night, and since the hubs can't pick up the baby due to his back surgery, I asked Bennet to come over here and babysit the hubs.  And I made him this card and inside it says IOU one pumpkin coffee cake.  (YUM.)

I wanted to make a card for the Global Design Project theme challenge, but I stared at my stamps blankly for a few minutes before I decided exactly who I was making the card for and then it all came together pretty quick.

For the Cupcake Inspirations color challenge, I used Tangerine Tango and Bermuda Bay with a healthy dose of black and white.

Add in the sketch from Just Add Ink and voila!  Card done.  Got to bust out some new stamps too; I got the hostess set You're Delightful and the holiday catalog set Pick a Pumpkin on my last SU! order and this is the maiden voyage for both.  I watercolored "You're the Best" with Bermuda Bay ink and intentionally made it darker in some areas and lighter in others, just to add a bit of interest so the giant sentiment.

Hope you have a great day, y'all.  I think this might be one of those days where I just wanna take a nap...but I also have some books to read...and other stuff to do :p  So probably no nap for me but that's okay.  Cheers, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  You're Delightful, Pick a Pumpkin, Work of Art
Ink:  Basic Black, Bermuda Bay, Tangerine Tango
Paper:  Thick Whisper White, Bermuda Bay, Whole Lot of Lovely DSP
Accessories:  Stitched Shapes Framelits, Patterned Pumpkin Thinlits, Dimensionals