My Paper Pumpkin March 2021

Hey y'all, this is a pseudo Friday Flashback post.  I subscribe to the Paper Pumpkin kits but...gasp...this is the only one that I've ever put together!  Okay, I took at least a dozen kits and did all the stamping, then sent the pieces to my friend Tiana and her daughters, but this is the only kit that I've ever put together myself.  I know I should cancel the subscription since I haven't been using it (don't even ask how many unopened kits I have) but FOMO is real, y'all.  So here's the cards I made with the kit.

Pretty printed backgrounds and the kit is easy to put together, I'm just usually focusing on something else.  Those were the cards as designed in the kit.

I think the floral pattern was an envelope or something else but I liked it for a card panel, so I made this one with other pieces of the kit.  Maybe one of these days I'll do something with the other kits...

Cheers, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  My Paper Pumpkin March 2021
Ink:  Calypso Coral, Shaded Spruce
Paper:  stuff from the kit, Seaside Spray, Thick Basic White
Accessories:  stuff from the kit, Stitched Nested Labels dies

Oceans of Love

Hey y'all, how's your Wednesday going?  Got a quick card to share today.

I had made this for the SUO Challenges red white and blue color challenge, but then I decided to go with Adventurous Sky instead.  But that left me with an extra card to share today : )  How do you like the white sequin bubbles?  It took me a while to play around with the layout of this card because I was trying to use a specific scrap of that Azure Afternoon wash from the Bright & Beautiful DSP stack.

That's it for me today.  Have a good 'un!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Submarine Life
Ink:  Real Red, Gray Granite, Blueberry Bushel
Paper:  Azure Afternoon, Blueberry Bushel, Thick Basic White, Bright & Beautiful DSP Stack
Accessories:  Nested Essentials dies, white sequins, Dimensionals

Having a Grand Time in Texas

Scrappy Monday, y'all!  This is our last Monday in Texas, so I thought I'd share a Texas layout from right before we moved to Germany in 2020.

This one goes right next to my Fort Worth Zoo layout, so I kept the Crumb Cake page base and changed up the supporting colors.  And I went punny for my title because this is mostly pictures of Ryan with his grandparents.

Today's color palette:  Crumb Cake, Mango Melody, Shaded Spruce, and Gorgeous Grape, with some Whisper White but I didn't put that in the palette for some reason.  I got to sneak in a bit of purple because I was wearing a purple shirt in one photo : )

Have a great day, peeps!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Calendar Alphabet & Numbers, Schoolbook Serif Alphabet, Takeout Treats
Ink:  Gorgeous Grape, Shaded Spruce, Mango Melody
Paper:  Crumb Cake, Shaded Spruce, Gorgeous Grape, Thick Basic White, Dandy Designs DSP
Accessories:  Takeout dies

Friday Flashback: Array of Sunshine & A Big Thank You

Today is the day, y'all!  The hubs will arrive later this morning and then the three of us are going to stay at Great Wolf Lodge for a couple of nights, which Ryan doesn't know about yet.  So glad this deployment is OVER!

And I have a celebratory Friday Flashback to share today.  Today's sets are Array of Sunshine and A Big Thank You.

I chose sunny Daffodil Delight for my cards today because yellow makes me happy.  It's Ryan's favorite color after he changed it from red.

I got like a half a dozen packs of those glitter dots because I was making a set of invitations for my friend Sarah and I seriously overestimated how many I would need.  So I used up several on today's cards and those glitter dots are where I got my color combination.

One last fun floral card.  Again, two stamp sets that I like but hadn't used in a long time, so this was fun.  Have a great day, peeps!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Array of Sunshine, A Big Thank You
Ink:  Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green, Coastal Cabana, Gorgeous Grape
Paper:  Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green, Coastal Cabana, Gorgeous Grape, Thick Basic White
Accessories:  Glitter Enamel Dots, Dimensionals

A Study in Blue

Mornin' y'all, happy Wednesday!  Today's card is brought to you by the color blue.

I had originally made this card for an SUO Challenges CASE the Catty challenge, but then we changed the challenge and this one never got posted.  Until now.  I loved Softly Sketched from last year's catalog, it has three pretty images and several great sentiment stamps.  What do you think of it stamped in blue?

Have a great day, y'all.

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Softly Sketched
Ink:  Misty Moonlight, Boho Blue
Paper:  Boho Blue, Misty Moonlight, Thick Basic White, Countryside Inn DSP
Accessories:  Deckled Rectangles dies, Deckled Circles dies, Tinsel Gems, Night of Navy ribbon, Dimensionals

SUO Challenges: The Colors of Freedom

Happy Tuesday y'all and get ready for a new challenge from SUO Challenges!

This time it's a color challenge:

It might be the colors on the American flag, but you don't have to do a patriotic card.  I mean, that would be a great choice for my mom's birthday card (HI MA, happy birthday!) but you can choose your shades of red and blue and make it your own thing.  So here's what I made:

I added a bit of gray with the cloud pattern from the Take to the Sky DSP floated on a Perennial Postage die shape.  I did make the die cut a little bit shorter than the original die, which is easy enough to do because you just line up the dimples to make it shorter.  Then I added a couple of simple red biplanes, a sentiment, a few retired Milky Dots, and it's done!  I keep using embellishments even after they're retired because why not.  I have a photo box full of fun things and I always write the colors on the packaging so I know what they match.

Anyway, I chose Blueberry Bushel and Real Red for my shades, so what are your red and blue combo?  Make sure you share your card at the SUO Challenges blog and as always, have fun!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Adventurous Sky
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Blueberry Bushel
Paper:  Blueberry Bushel, Thick Basic White, Take to the Sky DSP
Accessories:  Adventurous Sky dies, Perennial Postage dies, mini Dimensionals, Milky Dots

Stars & Stripes Forever

Scrappy Monday, y'all!  Ryan and I are very excited that it's July--today we'll have our FINAL monthly ice cream date and we can count down the days until our reunion with the hubs on ONE HAND.  So today's layout is a celebration too!

We were allowed to have fireworks at our house in North Carolina, so the hubs bought some and we had a little fireworks show in our driveway in 2020.  This time the hubs gave Ryan some headphones to cut down on the noise so he wasn't scared like he had been the year before--he loved it!  And I had fun choosing fireworks and stars images for this layout.

Today's patriotic palette:  Real Red, Pool Party, Blueberry Bushel, Night of Navy, and Whisper White.

Have a great day, peeps!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Red White & Blue, July Fourth, Simply Stars, Christmas Star
Ink:  Real Red, Blueberry Bushel, Night of Navy marker
Paper:  Real Red, Blueberry Bushel, Pool Party, Night of Navy, Thick Basic White, Pool Party DSP
Accessories:  Large Star punch, circle punches