Thoughtful Floral

Mornin' y'all!  I got to spend some time in my craft room yesterday making a few cards and working on some scrapbook pages.  Hooray!  So here's my card for today:

Okay what kind of flowers are these??  My brain was saying agapanthus and maybe they are, but my brain also says they should be bright pink and Google says agapanthus are bluish purple.  Well, paper flowers can be any color I want, so pink it is!  Also I loved the inspo pic from Just Add Ink:

I had a scrap of Blueberry Bushel striped paper which I thought echoed the stairs nicely, and when I was sticking things down I decided to do the opposite side of the paper for the middle panel just to add some interest.  That giant floral stamp from Best Thoughts popped in my head as soon as I saw this inspo pic.

Had to have another go at the Freshly Made Sketch this week too:

This card came together super quick except for the coloring, which was fun anyway.  That's it for me today, peeps, I've got to go get Ryan up and moving.  Usually he wakes up on his own before 7 but not today...school here starts really late in my opinion, we don't leave the house until about 8.  At least it's less drama if he's getting himself up.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Best Thoughts
Ink:  Night of Navy, Stampin' Blends in Polished Pink, Berry Burst, Lemon Lime Twist, Granny Apple Green
Paper:  Granny Apple Green, Thick Basic White, Blueberry Bushel DSP
Accessories:  Potted Succulents dies, Dimensionals, brass butterflies

Cozy Cuppa

Mornin' y'all!  I didn't get quite as much craft room time as I wanted to yesterday (I need to work on my time management skills...I get distracted) but I did make a card for today!

Check out this week's fun sketch from Freshly Made Sketches:

And the Color Throwdown:

The inspo pic just looked so COZY and it 100% drove what I chose for stamp sets today.  I used Boho Blue, Very Vanilla, and Crumb Cake for my colors, with a bit of Pecan Pie for the coffee (even though I don't drink coffee, I'm a tea girl).  Some In Color dots from last year's catalog and my card was finished.  Like I said, I don't drink coffee, but a lot of my friends do so I'm sure this will get sent out soon!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Latte Love, Drizzling Droplets
Ink:  Crumb Cake, Boho Blue, Pecan Pie, Stampin' Blends in Boho Blue & Pecan Pie
Paper:  Crumb Cake, Thick Very Vanilla
Accessories:  In Color Dots, Dimensionals

Speaking of cozy, while the hubs and I were out antiquing on Tuesday, I found this:

It's a little quilt about 3 feet square and I bought it to go on my dining table or island counter to decorate for Thanksgiving (I like to host Thanksgiving with as many people as I can because more people = more PIES to make!) and it was only $6.  I recently bought three cross stitch patterns that are quilt inspired and done in fall colors, so yesterday I went out and bought the thread for all three of them:

Most of the reds are on the bottom I think.  Anyway, at some point, I will have those cross stitched pieces done and framed to go on the little quilt.  Most likely not for this Thanksgiving since I haven't started yet, but maybe next year's.  Gotta love starting new projects!

Blueberry Salutations

Hey y'all, happy Wednesday!  The hubs is back at work today and while we did enjoy checking out antique stores yesterday on a mini-road trip, I'm looking forward to having the house to myself when Ryan goes to school so I can spend some time in my craft room today ; )  I managed to make this card on Sunday in between other activities:

Check out the Paper Players challenge:

I chose Blueberry Bunches for my stamp set just because it was easy to find on my current stamps shelf, though I could easily do this challenge with a myriad of other fruit because I have quite a few fruity stamp sets on the shelves of retirement.  I paired this challenge with the sketch from Sunday Stamps:

To make it more CAS but keep the integrity of the sketch, I made a mask and sponged a square on my card base to cut down on the number of layers.  Then I die cut a scrap of Lemon Lime Twist DSP and layered my fussy cut blueberry bunch on top, et voilà!  One cute card that I'm sure will be going out in the mail pretty soon.  I have no fewer than 8 cards on my craft table right now that I'm going to write in and mail out today : )

That's it for me today unless I crank out a few more fruity cards after Ryan goes to school.  Have a great day, peeps!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Blueberry Bunches
Ink:  Night of Navy, Coastal Cabana, Stampin' Blends in Azure Afternoon, Blueberry Bushel, Lemon Lime Twist, Granny Apple Green
Paper:  Coastal Cabana, Thick Basic White, Lemon Lime Twist DSP
Accessories:  Stylish Shapes dies, Dimensionals

Vintage Halloween

Mornin' y'all!  Hubs took yesterday off work so we did a bunch of running around, looking at light fixtures for our living room and stuff like that.  He's off today so we plan to go look at some antique shops while Ryan is at school.  And that kinda fits in with the challenge I played in today from As You See It:

 The challenge graphic is all creams and pastels but I decided to go vintage Halloween for my card : )

To me, vintage and shabby chic mean lots of layers, lots of sponging, lace trim, and All The Bling.  So first I dug out some black crochet trim and remembered the spiderweb doilies that I've had for years at this point.  Back in 2020, when the holiday catalog came out, we were in the big fat middle of moving to Germany and so I didn't get the Halloween stuff that year because I knew I would be craft room-less for several months.  Well, this year I bought that Halloween stuff on a Facebook group : )  And this is the maiden voyage for Hallows Night Magic; I did buy the Magic In This Night DSP back in 2020.  I used a couple of patterns and then stamped my Halloween greeting on white cardstock and sponged it with Smoky Slate and Basic Gray.  The spider is embossed with shimmery black embossing powder, do you remember that stuff?  I love it.  I also added a bit of Wink of Stella to the flowers just for more bling, and added a few black rhinestones.  I had so much fun making this, I am ready to start Halloween crafting!

That's it for me today, peeps.  I can't wait to break out all the rest of my Halloween crafting supplies : )  We're already having pumpkin coffee cake for Sunday breakfast because Ryan thinks it's great year-round (I have to agree with him on that).  Have a great day, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Hallows Night Magic
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Smoky Slate, Basic Gray, Versamark, Stampin' Blends in Cajun Craze and Pretty Peacock
Paper:  Basic Black, Thick Basic White, Magic In This Night DSP
Accessories:  Halloween Magic dies, shimmery black EP, spiderweb doily, black crochet trim, black rhinestones, Dimensionals, Wink of Stella

Eagle's Nest

Scrappy Monday, y'all!  Hope you had a good weekend.  Ours was good up until we went on a bike ride yesterday and Ryan took a spill; he skinned one knee pretty good.  So then we spent the rest of the afternoon on the couch and watched a movie together.

Anyway, how about a scrapbook layout for today?

I put together all my Alpine Adventure layouts and then went back and added the titles, embellishments, and journaling.  When I first put together this one, I had intended to do a beer glass for the embellishment to go with the pic of the hubs and Ryan with the beer, but I forgot and ended up doing feathers to go with the Eagle's Nest page title.

Today's palette:  Dapper Denim, Garden Green, Delightful Dijon, Soft Suede, and white.  The patterned paper I used is from the Painted Christmas DSP, I liked the pine branches to go with all the trees in the pictures.

That's it for me today, peeps.  Hope your week is off to a good start!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Alphabest, Fine Feathers
Ink:  Garden Green, Soft Suede, Night of Navy marker
Paper:  Dapper Denim, Garden Green, Delightful Dijon, Thick Basic White, Painted Christmas DSP
Accessories:  Stylish Shapes dies

Testing 1-2-3

Happy Friday, y'all!  Ryan is off school today for some unknown reason, but he's just hanging out quietly with his iPad for now.  In a little bit we'll have to go grocery shopping which I'm sure he won't like, but it's gotta be done--we're having friends over for dinner tomorrow and I'm making lasagna : )

So here's my retro card for today:

Anyone recognize that stamp set?  I've been considering whether or not I want to add the new Tune In bundle to my collection, but I've had Stay Tuned since 2007 and only used it once before this.  It is very retro--17 years!--for the Retro Rubber Challenge:

I have three tic-tac-toes: diagonal from top right, bottom row, and right column.  I dug out a bunch of DSP scraps for the background and just kept cutting out shapes until I liked it.  The TV screen is embossed with clear powder to give it a bit of shine even if it doesn't show up in the picture.  A couple of silver Festive Pearls on the TV dials counts for metallics, and I used another taffeta ribbon since I had the box out for yesterday's card.  And I suppose I'll count fussy cutting for the "your choice" block.

I also used the mood board from Inkspirational:

Love the fun colors on this one!  I used Coastal Cabana, Pumpkin Pie, Granny Apple Green, and Daffodil Delight, with Early Espresso for my TV and a light Pool Party blend to color the screen.

So that's it for me today.  I have several things I want to do around the house as well as wrangling Ryan to go grocery shopping, so I'd better get with it.  Then Ryan is going to a parents' night out at the local community center and the hubs and I are going on a date : )  Cheers, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Stay Tuned
Ink:  Early Espresso, Granny Apple Green, Pool Party Blend, Versamark
Paper:  Granny Apple Green, Thick Basic White, DSP scraps in Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Coastal Cabana
Accessories:  Nested Essentials dies, white taffeta ribbon, clear EP, Festive Pearls, Dimensionals

GrumPEA

Mornin' y'all!  Hope your week is going well.  I'm feeling pretty good, I've started working out again this week, starting slow with some yoga and stretching and then a more intense workout today.  It's good to get back in that routine again!

I also love getting back in the stampin' groove and for today's card I *finally* got to break in a stamp set I got ages ago and just hadn't inked up yet!

This is me whenever I have to pick up my kid from school, not because I don't want to see him but because it's so chaotic and the school administration does nothing to make it work better.  Anyway, I left my little grumPEA on a pretty CAS design lifted from this week's Freshly Made Sketch:

And I was happy to see green in this week's Color Throwdown:

I used Daffodil Delight, Crumb Cake, and Garden Green for my colors, though the blends are Shaded Spruce because we don't have Garden Green blends.  Why??  I busted out some old kraft taffeta ribbon; it is my favorite ribbon ever and I've got an entire photo box of it so I might as well use it.  The die I used is long-retired too.

That's it for me today, peeps.  I've already got a card for tomorrow's post too so maybe I can work on a scrapbook layout today!  After I finish that cookbook project from yesterday...cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Sweet Peas
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin' Blends in Shaded Spruce and Crumb Cake
Paper:  Garden Green, Thick Basic White, Daffodil Delight DSP
Accessories:  Deco Labels dies, kraft taffeta ribbon, Dots for Days, Dimensionals