Lavender Note

Hey y'all, happy Saturday!  And it WILL be a happy Saturday, I finally got to do my first order from the holiday mini catalog and it's supposed to arrive today.  After I do some yoga this morning and then run some errands (that grocery shopping ain't going to do itself...) I can reward myself with some new stamping toys!  : )

I promised that I would have a Color Throwdown card to share this week and here it is:

And here's the challenge:

I went with Bermuda Bay, Gorgeous Grape, and Shaded Spruce for my colors, which just begged for me to get out Painted Lavender and have some fun.  I had started out with a white card base but then decided to just go for it and do lots more purple.  The thing that took the longest on this card?  Placing the die-cut sprigs behind the lavender bunch.  A simple "just a note" from Musical Jamboree and there's my card.

Okay, I'm going to get started for the day and hopefully my nice fat SU! box will be here by the time I'm done running errands.  Have a great day, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Painted Lavender, Musical Jamboree
Ink:  Gorgeous Grape, Highland Heather, Shaded Spruce, Bermuda Bay
Paper:  Gorgeous Grape, Shaded Spruce, Bermuda Bay, Thick Basic White, Butterfly Brilliance DSP Stack
Accessories:  Painted Lavender dies, Stylish Shapes dies, Purple Shimmer Gems, Dimensionals, Wink of Stella

Mouse Hugs

Happy Friday, y'all!  We've got a busy day ahead with hopefully having the new tile floor laid in our shower, and I am working on taking pictures of a whole bunch of stuff I want to sell.  Wish me luck on that, we really want to get rid of stuff!

But not any of my stamps and crafty supplies ; )  Here's today's card:

I got Hearts & Hugs before we moved this summer but this is the first time I've inked up any of the cute huggy animals.  I'll be entering this at the Anything Goes challenge at Critter Crazy Challenges; my mouse may be small, but she's the main focus of the card.

Next up is a great sketch from Hand Stamped Sentiments:

And finally the colors from Creative Colour Challenges:

I figured Gray Granite and Melon Mambo were perfect for my heart-holding mouse, and the Night of Navy made a good contrast to the other two colors.  And I even have Melon Mambo embossing powder in my stash from back when we had lots of different color options.  Fun!

That's it for me today, peeps.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Hearts & Hugs
Ink:  Night of Navy, Versamark, Stampin' Blends in Gray Granite, Melon Mambo, Pretty in Pink
Paper:  Night of Navy, Thick Basic White, Gray Granite & Melon Mambo DSP
Accessories:  Hearts & Hugs dies, Hearts Collection Framelits, Melon Mambo EP, white dots

Bold & Bright Submarine

Hey y'all!  How's your Thursday going?  It's been raining here since yesterday afternoon and pretty soon I think we'll need one of these...

I was joking yesterday that we should paint the outside of our house yellow and call it the Yellow Submarine.  Ryan was all for it since yellow is his favorite color : )  But this time I've got a lime green sub!  I think my Lemon Lime Twist ink pad is extra juicy because it almost looks Granny Apple Green when I stamp with it.  Anywha, I wanted the boldest stripes and spots in my paper arsenal for this week's Paper Players challenge:

I managed to use all scraps for this card, too.  I almost entered yesterday's dragonfly card there because it has spots and stripes too, but I really wanted to go for the gusto.  And I also really want to dig up my one stamp set with Dalmatians in it too because of that inspo pic on the lower right.

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

Usually I pair this challenge with the Color Throwdown, but fear not, I have a Color Throwdown card coming up soon.  I just really wanted to get my bold bright submarine card made before I tackled that challenge ; )

Glad I get to stay nice and dry in the car when I drop Ryan off at school.  Ha!  Stay toasty, folks!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Submarine Life
Ink:  Lemon Lime Twist, Azure Afternoon, Berry Burst
Paper:  Azure Afternoon, Thick Basic White, Bright & Beautiful DSP Stack
Accessories:  Submarine builder punch, Stylish Shapes dies, Rainbow Dots, Dimensionals

Dragonfly Friend

 Mornin' y'all!  Gotta write this quick because it's almost time to take Ryan to school.  So here's today's card!

Playing around with more retired stamps for today's card.  Take a look at the Inspire. Create. sketch:

Getting in just under the wire there : )  Next up is Cupcake Inspirations:

I entered a card for their 600th birthday challenge and found out on Monday that I won a drawing for a $50 gift card!  Woohoo, so exciting!

Finally I'm entering this at the Color Hues challenge:

I used Copper Clay and Shaded Spruce, which I thought were good colors for my friendly dragonfly.  Gotta run now, cheers peeps!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Dragonfly Dreams
Ink:  Shaded Spruce, Copper Clay
Paper:  Shaded Spruce, Thick Basic Vanilla, Shaded Spruce DSP, All About Autumn DSP Stack
Accessories:  Dragonfly dies, Lots of Labels dies, Brushed Metallic Dots, Dimensionals, Wink of Stella

Harvest Blessings

Hey y'all!  Did you have a good long weekend?  Ryan had both Friday and Monday off of school, but with the hubs mostly out of commission while we await a surgery date, we just hung out at the house.  I did take Ryan to the pool at the local rec center yesterday though.

I am SO HAPPY that it's Pre-October (a.k.a. September) now.  The temps are still in the 80s but I'm wearing a cozy sweatshirt anyway and today's card is cozy too!

Bringing back some old favorites today!  The stamps, DSP, and most of the inks and cardstock are all retired but that doesn't stop me enjoying them anyway.  Check out the Festive Friday challenge:

I used fruity colors (Lucky Limeade, Raspberry Ripple, More Mustard...okay mustard isn't a fruit but anyway), gingham, scalloped edges, and fruit.  Perfectly Preserved came out when die sets for SU! stamp sets were pretty new, so the dies are a lot simpler than what we get nowadays but it is still one of my favorite bundles ever.  I also busted out the Stitched So Sweetly dies for the nice scalloped edge.

Next up is As You See It:

And believe it or not, this was my time:

I went through my Orchard Harvest DSP scraps and picked out my pieces (I only had to trim down the mustard gingham pattern after I started the timer, I used the others as they were) and got all the stamps and ink pads lined up and ready to go before I started the timer.  After I finished and stopped the timer, I thought my card needed something else, so I added some long-retired Candy Dots:

The sentiment is stamped in Island Indigo so I wanted to bring more of that color in.  What do you think, dots or no dots?  Even if I add an extra minute to the timer to get the dots on there, I'm still well under 10 minutes.  Speedy McSpeederson here.

Time to get Ryan off to school even if he's complaining about it.  And then we're having a contractor come out here to start ripping out the floor in our shower, hooray!  Can't wait to have that replaced.  Have a good day, peeps.

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Perfectly Preserved, Country Home
Ink:  Raspberry Ripple, Lucky Limeade, Island Indigo, Early Espresso
Paper:  Lucky Limeade, Thick Very Vanilla, Orchard Harvest DSP
Accessories:  Cannery dies, Stitched So Sweetly dies, Dimensionals, Island Indigo Candy Dots

Wilkommen in Deutschland

Scrappy Monday, y'all!  Hope you have a good day off for Labor Day.  Today's scrapbook layout is from our arrival in Germany at the end of August 2020:

This is a mishmash of pictures from the first couple of weeks that we were in Germany, when we were staying in a hotel suite and looking for a house.  Also we were locked in there for two weeks because of all the Covid restrictions, people from the hubs' work had to buy groceries for us and bring them to us, it was a crazy time.  So all those pics are in the hotel room.

Today's color palette:  Crushed Curry, Tangelo Twist, Azure Afternoon, Pecan Pie, and white.  I really liked Tangelo Twist as an orange and I think I'm almost out of cardstock in that color, at least in the 12x12.  Not sure how much 8.5x11 I might have.  Azure Afternoon and Pecan Pie ended up being great matches for Ryan's bear jammies!

That's it for me today, peeps.  I'm going to do my workout and then most likely do dishes because that never stops.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Taffy Alphabet, Calendar Alphabet & Numbers, Sweets & Treats, All Boxed Up, bear from Whipper Snapper
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Tangelo Twist, Azure Afternoon, Pecan Pie, Stampin' Blends in Pecan Pie, Ivory, Smoky Slate, Mossy Meadow, Pool Party, Pumpkin Pie
Paper:  Crushed Curry, Azure Afternoon, Pecan Pie, Thick Basic White, Tangelo Twist DSP
Accessories:  None

It's Pumpkin Time!

Happy Pre-October, y'all!  Usually I make a pumpkin coffee cake for the first Sunday breakfast in September, but the hubs spotted some cinnamon rolls in the fridge and asked for those instead and since he's got an unending nasty headache while we await his surgery date, he gets what he wants.

I did get some time this afternoon to play in my craft room and I couldn't let today go by without posting something pumpkin-related.  You should see my outfit, too--I'm Halloween Stitch from head to toe (Stitch from Lilo & Stitch) because I found some Halloween pajama pants at Walmart last week.  I already had the shirt and the socks : )

Anyway, card!

I absolutely adore Pick of the Patch from last year's fall offerings so I had to get it out for the first day of pumpkin season.  I took a few liberties with the Just Add Ink sketch but I promise that's what I started with:

And there's a lovely fall palette at Sunday Stamps:

I used Balmy Blue, Lemon Lolly, Peach Pie, Pumpkin Pie, and Cajun Craze, and added a bit of Pecan Pie for a neutral.

Last up is the theme challenge from Retro Rubber Challenges:

I think a trip to the pumpkin patch falls under the category of the great outdoors, right?  (My idea of camping is a cabin that has indoor plumbing, no tents for me thanks!)  Pick of the Patch is a year old so it's just now entered its retro era.

When Ryan finishes the art he's working on, I think I'll see if he wants to watch a movie with me.  I've been battling a cold all week so sitting on the couch for a bit sounds like a good plan to me.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Pick of the Patch
Ink:  Peach Pie, Lemon Lolly, Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craze, Pecan Pie
Paper:  Lemon Lolly, Pecan Pie, Thick Basic White, Balmy Blue DSP
Accessories:  Mini Dimensionals, Milky Dots