Sic 'Em Bears

Scrappy Monday, y'all!  And I'm very excited about today's scrapbook pages; this is probably one of my favorite layouts ever.

OH YEAH.  It's Missy's Sic 'Em Bears picture on the Great Wall!  I say Missy's because she's the one who wanted us to all wear those shirts on this particular day so she could get that picture.  And then she sent it in and we got published in the Baylor Alumni magazine.

So a couple months ago I saw a stamp set at mumblemumble that had a bunch of animal tracks in it (and also feet and hand prints) and I didn't get it.  Then I started working on the Great Wall layouts and suddenly I HAD TO HAVE IT but it had been long enough that I didn't find it at the same place I did the first time so I had to go to a second store but I got it and I cackled gleefully and then I made this layout with the bear prints.  And I had to include the bear from Thankful Forest Friends because I love him.

The color palette is the same as it was for last week's layout:  Handsome Hunter, Summer Sun, Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip, and Very Vanilla.  Since I finished my five Great Wall layouts, I don't have a whole lot of Handsome Hunter or Summer Sun cardstock left...well, except the Summer Sun 12x12, I have a lot of that.  But I think I was hoarding the Handsome Hunter specifically for these layouts so I'm a happy camper :)

Cheers, y'all!  (Sic 'em Bears!)

Supplies:
Stamps:  Rough Type, Thankful Forest Friends, bear print by Hero Arts
Ink:  Handsome Hunter, Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake
Paper:  Handsome Hunter, Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake, Summer Sun, Very Vanilla
Accessories:  Lots of Labels Framelits, lettering template

Nacho Blog Hop: Mother's Day & Graduation

Happy Sunday,  y'all!  It's time for this month's Nacho Average Challenges blog hop, and this month it's all about moms and graduates.  I don't have any new or recent graduates in my immediate circle, but I did make some Mother's Day cards so that's what I have for you today.

First up is a CAS monochromatic card:

This was for my mom; the white layer is actually Shimmery White and it was made to go with her present:

It's a special edition Starbucks mug for Disneyland's Diamond Anniversary (my mom was born the same year Disneyland opened, so it's her diamond anniversary too!).  There's a gemstone in one of the Occasions catalog sets, but I don't have that one, so I looked in my past Paper Pumpkin stamp sets and found the one I used which I thought was perfect.  One die cut word and stamped sentiment later, and that card was done!

Next up is something tea-riffic:

We got my MIL some herbal teas from a tea shop in Old Town Alexandria, so I made a tea-related card to go with.  The sentiment is from a recent Paper Pumpkin kit (because I might not put the kits together, but I DO use the stamps pretty often!)

Last up is a picture frame for my SIL's desk at work:

She's a new mama, so I thought I should get her something for her first Mother's Day.  She can put a 4x6 photo on there and have it on her desk when she goes back to work full time.  How do you like the ladybugs?  They're made with two circle punches (1/2" and 1") and the sweetheart punch turned upside down.  I loved how they turned out.  I tried stamping the spots all over the heart but decided I liked just a few sprinkles of spots better.




Supplies, first card:
Stamps:  Crazy About You, past My Paper Pumpkin
Ink:  Pacific Point
Paper:  Pacific Point, Shimmery White
Accessories:  Hello You Thinlits

Supplies, second card:
Stamps:  My Paper Pumpkin
Ink:  Basic Gray, Blushing Bride, Old Olive
Paper:  Pool Party, Blushing Bride, Sahara Sand, Birthday Bouquet DSP
Accessories:  Cups & Kettles Framelits, Circles Framelits, Dimensionals

Supplies, picture frame:
Stamps:  Larger than Life Alphabet, All About Everything, Made with Love (spots), Watercolor Wings (antennae)
Ink:  Garden Green, Basic Black, Real Red
Paper:  Pear Pizzazz, Basic Black, Real Red, Whisper White, Real Red DSP
Accessories:  1/2" and 1" circle punches, Sweetheart punch, Deco Labels Framelits

A-Team Baby Book: June

Happy Saturday!  Time for another baby book layout.

I love the colors on this one, which were taken straight from the Best Year Ever DSP from last year.

I kinda wish I'd colored the puppy differently, like making his ears and spot over his eye dark and the rest of him light, but what can ya do.  He's still super cute.

I may have a silly number of different paw print stamps.  In fact, I just had to buy a stamp set and mumblemumble because it had a bear paw print in it!

Since Clara's nursery is ladybug-themed, I thought this little plant with the ladybug on it made a sweet little accent for the journaling block.

Today's color palette:  Coastal Cabana, Crushed Curry, Watermelon Wonder, Island Indigo (shading on the pocket), Soft Suede, Sahara Sand, and Whisper White.

Cheers, y'all!

Supplies:
Stamps:  Flower for All Seasons, Pocket Pup from Whipper Snapper, paw print from Inkadinkado?
Ink:  Basic Black, Soft Suede
Paper:  Coastal Cabana, Crushed Curry, Watermelon Wonder, PTI White, Best Year Ever DSP
Accessories:  Sizzix alphabet, Lots of Labels Framelits, Prismacolor Pencils

Friday Flashback: Spring Garden

Happy Friday, y'all!  Ready for a Friday Flashback?  Today's retired stamp set is Spring Garden.  And today's Flashback is a short one.

Also features Sage Advice, Print Pattern

Uh, that's it?  Sometimes I wonder if maybe my archives are incomplete and I'm missing projects from somewhere, but I couldn't find anything else I'd made with Spring Garden in my Splitcoast gallery either so maybe this was really it.  So here is today's fresh new Spring Garden card:

I am LOVING Emerald Envy, y'all.  I used this week's Pals Paper Arts sketch:

And the inspiration pic from Retro Rubber:

Not only did I used the colors from the photo, I picked some tulip-y looking flower stamps too.  The colors I used are Emerald Envy, Daffodil Delight, Rose Red, Pumpkin Pie, and Elegant Eggplant.  I started out with the background strip being Daffodil Delight stamped with butterflies, but it was just too much so I switched it out for some Whisper White sponged with Daffodil ink.

So for Retro Rubber we have to say how old the stamps are...I've had Spring Garden for 9 years, Absolutely Fabulous for 8, and Work of Art for a year and a half or two years (Work of Art is the long skinny scribble that I used for the "ground" on my main image).  Retro all around!  Plus the new In Color because like I said, I love Emerald Envy.

Hope you have a great weekend, y'all!  It's wet outside, but I think it's not raining right this minute so I'm going to make Sadie happy and take her out.  And then we'll probably all have to wash mud off our feet when we get back.  Cheers!

Supplies, last card only:
Stamps:  Spring Garden, Absolutely Fabulous, Work of Art
Ink:  Emerald Envy, Elegant Eggplant, Daffodil Delight, Rose Red, Pumpkin Pie
Paper:  Emerald Envy, Elegant Eggplant, Thick Whisper White
Accessories:  Brights Candy Dots, hexagon punch, Dimensionals

Applejack

So, this week I've shown you cards featuring four of the new In Colors:  Emerald Envy, Sweet Sugarplum, Dapper Denim, and Flirty Flamingo.  The last new In Color is Peekaboo Peach, and when I saw the cardstock I was stumped for what to do with that color.  And then I watched an episode of My Little Pony (which is a great show) and I realized one of my favorite ponies is Peekaboo Peach colored.

Hi Applejack!  (My other favorite pony is Pinkie Pie.  And also Apple Bloom.)  So in honor of Applejack, I pulled out the stamp set Apple of My Eye...

And made a peach card ;)  The new In Color DSP wasn't on the demonstrator preorder, or else I would have used that, but I think the So Saffron actually does look pretty good with Peekaboo Peach (and those are Applejack's two main colors).  I also do really like Peekaboo Peach with Real Red.

I used this week's Freshly Made Sketch:

And because I've never done an APPLE card with Apple of My Eye, I made a second one.

Hey, finally an apple!  The proportions of the layers are slightly different just because I was using scraps and the Chocolate Chip scrap was thicker than the Emerald Envy scrap I used on the peach card.

So whaddya know, this stamp set DOES make apples after all.  I haven't made a pear yet though.

Cheers, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Apple of My Eye
Ink:  Peekaboo Peach, Real Red, Emerald Envy, Chocolate Chip
Paper:  Thick Whisper White, Peekaboo Peach, Real Red, Emerald Envy, Chocolate Chip, So Saffron DSP
Accessories:  Dimensionals

Ridiculously Happy Butterfly

Okay, y'all.  I don't know about you, but I'm getting really tired of cloudy and rainy weather.  It's been like two weeks since we saw the sun here and everything is soggy and it's making me grumpy.

Grump grump grump.

Okay, card.

Soooo meet the new Dapper Denim and Flirty Flamingo.  I also used Mint Macaron and some stamped-off Tip Top Taupe, and this week's Retro Sketch:

I even tried scattering some pearls around like is on the sketch.  Other than the butterfly, this is a single-layer card; I just used stamped elements for the border at the top and the scribbly circular element behind the butterfly on the sketch.  It had been too long since I last inked up Awesomely Artistic so I paired that with a sentiment from the new stamp set Love & Affection.  That sentiment (and the font) make me ridiculously happy.  Now if they could just get rid of the cloudy rainy weather for me....

Cheers, peeps!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Awesomely Artistic, Love & Affection
Ink:  Dapper Denim, Mint Macaron, Tip Top Taupe
Paper:  Thick Whisper White, Dapper Denim, Flirty Flamingo
Accessories:  Bold Butterfly Framelits, Butterflies Thinlits, Pearls

New Schtuff

Guess what?  I got my new catty preorder yesterday...but I didn't get a copy of the new catty because apparently I opted out of it somehow when I did the order???  Arrrgh.  Anyway, I didn't order a whole lot, just the new In Color ink pads, cardstock, and markers, plus just one new stamp set.  Oh, and one roll of ribbon in my new favorite green.

Kids, meet Sweet Sugarplum (the purple) and Emerald Envy (I think you can figure that one out).  Sweet Sugarplum is a warm purple and will make a great Dynamic Duo with Rich Razzleberry, which is what I did here and my RR ink pad is way too juicy and that's why the stamped edges on the RR parts are uneven.  Emerald Envy is a beautiful jewel tone green with some bluish undertones and I think I'm gonna love it for scrapbooking.  I'll have to do something with the other three colors (Dapper Denim, Peekaboo Peach, and Flirty Flamingo) later this week.

Anywha, for today's card I used the latest sketch at As You See It:

It's been a while since I played along over there.  Sometimes I have a problem in that there are too many challenges for me to get to all of them, even though I post things here six days a week.  Granted, two of those days are for scrapbook pages and baby books, but still.

Well, I'm off to walk the doggos (oh yeah, remember I said it wasn't raining and it was a minor miracle?  By the time I got the dogs outside to start our walk, it was sprinkling.  Because of course it was.  We went anyway and just got wet.) and then this afternoon I have a dental appointment I am very much not looking forward to.  Ugh.

Cheers, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Love & Affection
Ink:  Sweet Sugarplum, Rich Razzleberry, Emerald Envy
Paper:  Thick Whisper White, Sweet Sugarplum
Accessories:  Decorative Dots Embossing Folder (retiring), Circles Framelits (retiring), Dimensionals (never retiring because they're awesome), Emerald Envy ruched ribbon