You're Cool

Mornin' y'all, I've got to type fast if I want to finish this before I take Ryan to his last day of STEAM camp.  So let's go!

I forgot that Cool Treats has dies that cut INSIDE the stamped image so there's no white border on the stamped images, not sure I like that.  Anyway, I used this week's Freshly Made Sketch:

The Color Throwdown:

I went with Daffodil Delight, Strawberry Slush, and both Basic Gray and Smoky Slate.  I think I'm too late to join the Festive Friday challenge:

But I did use it for inspiration.  I worked in pink, yellow, swirls, a cone, ice cream, a bowl, and sort of a food related sentiment.

Okay, gotta get going.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Cool Treats
Ink:  Daffodil Delight, Strawberry Slush, Basic Gray, Smoky Slate, Cinnamon Cider
Paper:  Daffodil Delight, Thick Basic White, Smoky Slate, Celebratory Sips DSP, Floral Delight DSP
Accessories:  Frozen Treats Framelits, Stylish Shapes dies, Glossy Dots, Mini Dimensionals

Hey There, Frond

Mornin' y'all!  For once, Ryan is ready to go a couple of minutes early so he's watching some show that was talking about the Bermuda Triangle and I have enough time to write a blog post.  Hooray!

Today's card came together so fast that it feels like I'm cheating somehow:

Just had to get my old favorite Artfully Layered out for the CAS Colours & Sketches challenge:

I simply stamped the frond on a Soft Sea Foam card base with Shaded Spruce ink, and then used an Aquapainter to smooth out the ink a little bit.  I added a sentiment and a few glitter dots and dude, I think this card was done in about three minutes.

Yesterday while Ryan was at STEAM camp learning about physics, I took a nap : ) and in the afternoon I worked on making index sheets for my most recent stamp purchases, but didn't actually make any cards.  But now that that bit of housekeeping is done, I have a clean slate to make something today.  I also need to make up a picnic lunch because when I pick Ryan up, we're going to eat lunch at the picnic tables and then actually go visit the Western Museum of Mining and Industry.  Might as well since that's where his camp is this week, but I don't think they've gone in the main building.  Should be interesting!

Okay, time to go.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Artfully Layered
Ink:  Shaded Spruce, Soft Sea Foam
Paper:  Soft Sea Foam
Accessories:  Clear Glitter Gems

A Drink In Each Hand

Mornin' y'all!  Once again as I type this, I am waiting for Ryan to get dressed and brush his teeth before we leave for camp.  We'll see if we get out the door on time today : p  We did make it yesterday but it was close and I haaaaaate being late!

Anyway, I said that I had spent part of the weekend fussy cutting a whole bunch of drinks from the Celebratory Sips DSP and I made another card with the pieces:

They both look delicious.  Once again, I used the "cheers" from Scenic Adventure, though I am leaning towards maybe possibly getting the Cheers & Sips bundle sometime.  We'll see how my impulse control is doing.  Anyway, say hello to the sketch from Hand-Stamped Sentiments:

I like this sketch.  I got to use a couple of other patterns from the Celebratory Sips DSP, I do like this whole pack.  It's fun!

That's it for now, peeps.  I'm off to chauffeur Ryan to camp.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Scenic Adventure
Ink:  Strawberry Slush
Paper:  Timid Tiger, Strawberry Slush, Celebratory Sips DSP, Pretty in Pink DSP
Accessories:  Textured Notes dies, Strawberry Slush baker's twine, Strawberry Slush gems, Dimensionals

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

Cheers to Missy!

Mornin' y'all!  I've gotta type fast, I have orange scones in the oven : )  Happy birfday to my friend Missy!  Here's the card I made for her:

Ryan and I had dinner with Missy and her family last night (the hubs was volunteering at the rodeo so he missed out, but he did get hit on by an older cowgirl so he had that going for him).  Yesterday afternoon I decided to take the Celebratory Sips DSP sheet with the larger drinks on it and cut them all out, then chose three to use for this card.  I don't know that I would put Timid Tiger, Blackberry Bliss, and Cloud Cover together on my own but I hope I made it work here??  And now I have a stack o' drinks to use on other cards too.

I used the Atlantic Hearts sketch:

I didn't buy the Cheers & Sips stamp bundle, but I built my own greeting using Scenic Adventure.  I took "cheers to" from "cheers to another" and the "you" is part of "you're amazing".  Cutting out that "you" was more difficult than all the drinks on that entire 12x12 sheet of paper : p

That's it for now, y'all.  Orange scones are calling.  Cheers to you!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Scenic Adventure
Ink:  Blackberry Biss
Paper:  Blackberry Bliss, Cloud Cover, Basic White, Celebratory Sips DSP
Accessories:  Textured Notes dies, Blackberry Bliss stitched satin ribbon (retired), Dimensionals

Password to Larkspur Lane

Happy Saturday and welcome to the TENTH Nancy Drew challenge!  Today's book is Password to Larkspur Lane:

There's the OT on the left and RT on the right, and again a slight change in titles.  Also, we're back to the trend of the OT covers being to be brighter than the RT versions, but I like them both for this book.  

Case file:  A wounded carrier pigeon falls in Nancy's yard with a weird message, and a doctor friend of the Drews is abducted to care for a woman at a huge estate and afterwards told to forget the whole incident.  Nancy uncovers a criminal group who trick rich old ladies into moving to their fake sanatorium and then they coerce the women into signing all their money over to them.  Nancy busts the criminals and frees all the little old ladies.  Hooray!

So here's my card for the OT version, The Password to Larkspur Lane:

I wanted to work in the pink of Nancy's top on this card, and I kept the main color Balmy Blue to go with the larkspur, sky, and the old lady's cardigan.

I'm not sure if Nancy's wearing a shirt and skirt combo or if it's a color block dress situation, but I want it.  She looks so cute but for this cover that hair had to come out of a dye bottle.  You may have noticed that the color of Nancy's hair is inconsistent to say the least, not just on the book covers but in how it's described in the text--sometimes she's blonde, sometimes she's "titian" or strawberry blonde, and sometimes she's a redhead.

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Soft Spring, Sweet Strawberry
Ink:  Night of Navy, Balmy Blue, Garden Green
Paper:  Balmy Blue, Night of Navy, Thick Basic White, Balmy Blue & Pretty in Pink DSP
Accessories:  Dimensionals, Matte Decorative Dots

Next up is the darker, moodier RT Password to Larkspur Lane:

Case file:  The RT version still has the elder abuse story line from the OT version, and adds a subplot where Helen Corning's grandparents keep seeing a ring of blue fire outside their lake house and it's creeping them out.  Nancy finds out that the Cornings' houseman (I wonder how that's different from a butler) had been affiliated with criminals in the past but had gotten out of the criminal life.  His old gang is trying to coerce him into stealing from the Cornings, and coincidentally it's the same group running the fake sanatorium.  Two very different versions of theft going on.

So here is my card for the RT version, Password to Larkspur Lane:

I made this card before I got the OT version of the book and I had to use Wisteria Wishes for my larkspur this time.  I used some Darling Duckling DSP to match Nancy's yellow dress on the cover.

I like her pink-and-navy outfit on the OT better, but this dress is pretty too and I'd love to have Nancy's wardrobe even though I almost never wear anything but T-shirts, jeans, and workout clothes.

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Wisteria Wishes
Ink:  Orchid Oasis, Starry Sky, Garden Green
Paper:  Orchid Oasis, Thick Basic White, Orchid Oasis & Darling Duckling DSP
Accessories:  Stitched Rectangles dies, Stylish Shapes dies, Dimensionals, In Color Pearls

If you'd like to participate in the challenge, leave a comment below with a link to your creation, I'd love to see!  Next week I'll be looking into The Clue of the Broken Locket.  

Also, if you'd like a more in-depth discussion of the books, I did what I threatened I would and started another blog.  Visit Hey, Nancy Drew here.  New posts on Tuesday (Drews-day).  Cheers!

Lovely Yellow Flowers

Mornin' y'all.  I just had a minor mishap and I'm not sure how it happened, but my water bottle got knocked over across the computer desk.  Luckily for me it seems to have spilled in the open space between the computer base and the keyboard; the bottom of the keyboard was a bit wet but I don't think any water actually got IN it.  I have a pile of wet kitchen towels sitting next to me but the keyboard works, and the mouse was completely out of the puddle.  Glad it wasn't my tea that spilled!

Anyway, here's my card for today:

I just had to try the Thankful Garden flower masks *without* stamping the outline, what do you think?  This took me a couple of tries...take my word for it and put some scratch paper down on the sides of the masks because I kept ending up with ink where I didn't want it.  I had one image panel done but I flubbed the stamping (the "you're" is a piece of a larger stamp) so I had to do it over.  The advantage to that is that the third try I ended up with no ink where I didn't want it and I got the one single word stamp done right.  Sometimes it just takes extra tries to make it work.

Anyway, I used this week's Freshly Made Sketch:

And the colors are from Cupcake Inspiration:

I used both Lemon Lolly and Daffodil Delight for yellows, with Pecan Pie for brown.

That's it for now, peeps.  The hubs will be here in a little bit and we're going to a picnic thing his work is doing, and tonight we're going to the rodeo.  I went to a rodeo once when I was a kid so now I'm looking forward to telling anyone I can, "This ain't my first rodeo!"  I am easily amused, it's true.  Think I might use the next hour or so to work on my stitching.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Sweet Blooms
Ink:  Lemon Lolly, Daffodil Delight, Pecan Pie
Paper:  Daffodil Delight, Pecan Pie, Lemon Lolly, Thick Basic White, Floral Delight DSP
Accessories:  Thankful Garden masks, Sweet Blooms dies, Textured Notes dies, Faceted Gems