Thinking of the Seaside

Hey y'all, how's it going today?  Once again I am reaching back for some retired sets to make my card :)

I had so much fun with last week's Freshly Made Sketch that I had to give it another whirl.  I liked this week's theme challenge at the Paper Players:

I paired that with the Color Throwdown:

I used Crumb Cake, Gray Granite, and Whisper White.  I'll be honest, I don't like gray and brown together, so it was definitely a challenge to me to come up with a way to combine them that didn't make my eye twitch ;)  I stamped the Seaside Notions stamps with Gray Granite and then sponged the edges of each panel with Crumb Cake, and for a finishing touch I added some highlights with a chalk marker.  When I added the sentiment, it seemed like it was much too bright for the rest of the card so I sponged on a bit of Crumb Cake ink there too.

Hope you have a great day, peeps!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Seaside Notions, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink:  Crumb Cake, Gray Granite
Paper:  Crumb Cake, Thick Basic White
Accessories:  Word Window punch, mini Dimensionals

Poppy Power

Howdy, folks!  How's it going?  Yesterday I placed a big fat order from the SU! holiday catalog and then I had a wee bit of time in my craft room before I had to go pick up the kiddo.  Wanna see what I made?

I actually had to leave it half-done to go pick Ryan up, and then finish it after I got him back home.  I've been working on organizing and cataloging my dies and punches lately, and it occurred to me that I don't think I had ever used the Poppy Moments dies to, ya know, make a die-cut poppy.  So here's two!  I cut out the poppies and then built the rest of my card around them.  Poppy season around here has pretty much been and gone; now it's sunflowers and something else--maybe gladiolus?--in the blumen fields on the edge of town.  We should go back out there and take pictures.

Anyway, I was inspired by the Global Design Project theme challenge:

POPPY POWER!!!  Which actually makes me think of Scrappy on the Scooby-Doo cartoons (his catchphrase was "Puppy Power") but I like these poppies better than Scrappy.  He was always the most annoying character :)

Cheers, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Ornate Thanks
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Real Red
Paper:  Pool Party, Real Red, Poppy Parade, Basic Black, Garden Green, Old Olive, Thick Basic White
Accessories:  Poppy Moments dies, Tailored Tag punch, Dimensionals

SUO Challenges: School Days

Who's ready for a new challenge from SUO Challenges?  Because that's what we have today!

If the stores are anything to judge by, kids will be going back to school soon...so our theme this time around is school days!  I didn't have any current stamps that really fit that theme, but I do have a retired stamp set that I had never played with before (oops).  So this challenge gave me a great excuse to finally ink up Check You Out!  In fact, I had so much fun I made three things.

My coworker Faith is going to school for a degree in nutrition science, and she had some finals last week so I made this card for her.  I know her favorite color is orange, which is why I chose Tangelo Twist (also retired) for the card base, and I added Call Me Clover and Chocolate Chip just because I liked them together.

For this one, I was inspired by the color combination of a scrapbook layout I shared recently (which also partially inspired my first card, but I didn't have anywhere to put Daffodil Delight on that one).  This time around I used Call Me Clover for the main color and let Tangelo Twist and Daffodil Delight be supporting colors.  And I managed to use up some small scraps of DSP!

Last up is this bookworm-y bookmark, how cute is he?  I knew I wanted the bookworm to be Granny Apple Green, so I just chose other Brights colors for his stack o' books:  Magenta Madness (okay it's an In Color but it is definitely bright), Gorgeous Grape, and Pacific Point.  And now I have a one-of-a-kind bookmark :D

Hope you'll join us for our new challenge at the SUO Challenges blog.  Don't forget to check out the rest of the design team's cards, they're so creative and cute!

Supplies, first card:
Stamps:  Check You Out, So Happy For You
Ink:  Tangelo Twist, Chocolate Chip, Call Me Clover, Versamark
Paper:  Tangelo Twist, Call Me Clover, Thick Basic White
Accessories:  Stitched Shapes dies, Rectangles Stitched dies, white EP, Dimensionals

Supplies, second card:
Stamps:  Check You Out
Ink:  Chocolate Chip, Call Me Clover, Daffodil Delight, Tangelo Twist
Paper:  Call Me Clover, Daffodil Delight, Tangelo Twist, Thick Basic White, Daffodil Delight & Tangelo Twist DSP scraps
Accessories:  Circle punches, Dimensionals

Supplies, bookmark:
Stamps:  Check You Out
Ink:  Granny Apple Green, Pacific Point, Gorgeous Grape, Magenta Madness
Paper:  Magenta Madness, Thick Basic White
Accessories:  retired double rectangle punch, retired Lemon Lime Twist ribbon

We Heart Sadie

Mornin' folks, and scrappy Monday!  We spent last week in Switzerland (but I was able to make cards before we went so I had posts here, hee) but today it's back to our regular programming.  On our train back from Switzerland (well, one of them, I think we rode on at least four), there was a very well-behaved dog sitting not too far from us and I wanted to pet her SO MUCH.  So today I'm sharing a layout of our beloved Sadie girl.

Back when she was a teeny pupster!  When we first got her at 16 weeks old, she had a line of fur going down her spine that was a slightly different color than the rest of her and it was CURLY.  So cute.  When she grew up, that fur was still a different color (her sides had a bit more brown while her skunk stripe was black), but she lost the curl.  Man, I miss our girl.

I went with a classic pink and green color palette here:  Mint Macaron, Regal Rose, Tranquil Tide, and Basic Black.  The only stamping is the title; that heart was a sticker accent in the Loves Me Simply Scrappin' kit.  So yeah I've had that for a while.

Anyway, better get with the morning routine.  Cheers, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Notable Alphabet
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Basic Black marker
Paper:  Mint Macaron, Tranquil Tide, Loves Me SSK
Accessories:  Sticker from the SSK

Vibrant Bloom

Hey y'all!  How's it going?  Hubs, Ryan, and I got back on Friday night from spending the week in Switzerland--it was amazing!  But I think we're all glad to have a low-key weekend to relax before we get back in the swing of things tomorrow.  Had to check out what challenges were posted while we were gone, and then of course I had to make a card!

And today I'm just GOING FOR IT with ALL THE COLORS!  It's bold, but I like it.  I tried the color blocks and flower on a white card base and it just didn't seem to work quite right, so I went with the green.  Have I mentioned how much I love Just Jade?

Also love this sketch from Freshly Made Sketches:

Okay yes, I did pile a few elements on top of the sketch, but I definitely started here!  And if I wanted to go more CAS, I think it would have worked to just do the color blocks and add a sentiment to it.  I sponged a bit of ink around the edges of the blocks and added Wink of Stella to the flower because I always add Wink of Stella.

The fabulous colors are courtesy of the Color Throwdown:

I used Magenta Madness, Pumpkin Pie, Bumblebee, and Just Jade for my colors, though Granny Apple Green might have been a good choice too.  I'm sure this card will be on its way somewhere soon!

Have a great Sunday, peeps!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Art Gallery
Ink:  Just Jade, Bumblebee, Pumpkin Pie, Magenta Madness
Paper:  Just Jade, Bumblebee, Pumpkin Pie, Magenta Madness, Thick Basic White
Accessories:  Floral Gallery dies, Dimensionals, Wink of Stella

Friday Flashback: All I Have Seen & Heard From the Heart

Hey hey hey, happy Friday and guess what?  I have a Friday Flashback post ON a Friday this time!  When I pulled out All I Have Seen to play with, I decided to make some monochrome cards and used Heard from the Heart for the sentiments, so this flashback post covers both of those sets.

Dang, I didn't write down what colors I used when I made these and now I can't remember.  Pretty sure the card bases are Mint Macaron, Just Jade, and...wow I have no idea for that pink.  I made these cards weeks ago and I can't remember what I used!  Note to self, write down the recipe when I make the cards...

Oh well, whatever colors I used, I did like how they turned out!  And this is when I discovered my Soft Sea Foam ink pad was totally dried out, and I had to get a new set of ink refills because the last time I bought Subtles ink refills was before the last color refresh.  Soft Sea Foam isn't a color I use much anyway, but at least now I CAN use it.

Cheers, peeps!

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