Friday Flashback: Delight in Life

Happy Friday, Flashback fans!  Which I think is just my mom but that's okay :)  This week's randomly chosen retired stamp set is Delight in Life, which was a Sale-a-Bration stamp set back in the day when it was still called Sell-a-Bration.  So let's flash back...

This old card was done with the white crayon resist technique....I know for me, the white crayon was always the only one that was still pristine and untouched while all the rest of my crayons were well-used.  So here's an idea to use the white crayon too--stamp on glossy white cardstock (might work on regular cardstock, I don't know?) and use the crayon to draw in highlights, then sponge ink over.  Easy peasy.

Welllll I thought this flashback was going to be a lot longer, but somehow that's the only old sample I had!  So here's my all-new card for today:

I used last week's SCS sketch challenge and this week's Color Throwdown, and this card came together in maybe 15 minutes.  I was tempted to swap out the Soft Sky for my personal favorite Baja Breeze, but I was a good girl and stuck to the challenge colors.  Although the way my photo turned out it almost looked like I used Baja Breeze anyway, hmph.  The ribbon is pale pink; I'm not real sure where it came from since I found it in a bag of loose ribbon and I thought it might look okay on here.  It seems a teensy bit heavier than SU's taffeta ribbon, but who knows where I got it.  Anyway, here's the color challenge:

That's a beautiful inspiration pic too.  I had fun using Regal Rose again, I miss that color.

Thanks for stopping by today, and have a great weekend!  I'm off to work on another scrapbook layout so I actually meet my goal of 10 pages for January :)

Supplies, last card only:
Stamps:  Delight in Life, Fancy Flexible Phrases
Ink:  Regal Rose, Baked Brown Sugar, Soft Sky
Paper:  Shimmery White, Soft Sky
Accessories:  Circle Framelits, Argyle EF, ribbon of questionable provenance, Subtles Candy Dots, Dimensionals

We're All Mad Here

I've been working on this for the past two days:

In March, I'll be hosting a Mad Hatter tea party like I did last year.  I had ideas for decorations last year that I never got around to, so I'm starting early this time and I've got two helper bees this year where I did it all by my onesies last year.

So anyway, I'm mad here because I hand-cut every single letter and almost all of the flowers (the smallest pink and yellow flowers were punched out), which is why this took me two days to make.  But I like how it turned out, what do you think?  I once again used my favorite Bodacious Bouquet and a variety of other bold flower stamps, and the letters are a template from a company I kinda think is no longer in business (at least, that's what Google seems to be telling me).

Have a great day!  I'm off to my next mad idea...which is probably walking the dogs :)

Supplies:
Stamps:  Bodacious Bouquet, Eastern Blooms, Fabulous Flowers, One of a Kind, Paradise
Ink:  Daffodil Delight, Garden Green, Melon Mambo, Pacific Point, Pumpkin Pie, Rich Razzleberry
Paper:  Tempting Turquoise, Melon Mambo, Basic Black, Whisper White, Kaleidoscope DSP (the old one, not the one that's out in the Occasions catty now)
Accessories:  non-SU lettering template

ETA for Mom:  The frame size is 16 by 20, and the opening is 11 by 14, so I started with a 12x12 piece of cardstock and added the patterned paper to the top and bottom to get 14 inches.  I happened to have this empty frame sitting around because I'd planned to do some kind of home decor with it and just hadn't gotten around to it, so it's been put to use now!  I can always switch this out for something else later if I want to.

Graduation Day

So I've been doing this thing where I draw slips of paper out of a hat (actually it's a Tupperware container, but same idea) for what to scrap next, which is why my pages have spanned from 2003 to present for the last few months :)  This time I drew my brother's college graduation in 2004, so here it is:

I cut up the graduation announcement for the left page so that I could show both the front and the inside of it.  For the right side, I found an image of Pistol Pete online (he's Oklahoma State's mascot) and took it to a local print kiosk and hat it printed as a 4x6 photo, and then cut it out.  It was just the accent I needed for these pages :)

For this one, I included the newsletter my mom wrote at the time (it was sitting in the page protector in my scrapbook for 9 1/2 years!) and then did my own journaling about our t-shirts.  They all say I'm Adam's Sister, I'm Adam's Mom, I'm Adam's Girlfriend (though now she needs one that says I'm Adam's Wife), etc.  Hubs' was funny, his says I'm Adam's Brother-in-Law but it's so long that the ends of the text kinda don't show up.  I just did pics of us all goofing off on graduation day...the pic on the bottom right is in the university bookstore, where one of the staff members made his own "shirt" from a plastic bag worn like a bib and bearing the legend "I'm Adam's Cashier".

Not only are these pages finally done after languishing for 9 1/2 years, this is also the maiden voyage of an old stamp set called Occasionally!  I think maybe it was a SAB set years ago?  Or maybe a hostess set.  Anyway, I've never liked it too much but it seemed to be perfect for this so it finally got used, hurrah!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Supplies:
Stamps:  Occasionally
Ink:  Tangerine Tango, Brilliant Blue, Basic Black
Paper:  Tangerine Tango textured, Brilliant Blue, Basic Black, Whisper White, retired Basic Black DSP
Accessories:  corner rounder & small star punches, scallop square dies

Sale-a-Brate with the Nachos

Happy Nacho Day everyone!  It's time for a Nacho Average Color Challenge:

I think I'm in love with that color combo, isn't it gorgeous?  Here's my card:

I'm not 100% sure I did the color combo justice, I may have to give it another whirl just for funsies.  I used an SCS sketch for this, kind of expecting not to like it because of all the layers, but I ended up liking it quite a bit.  I think that my little "hi" tag is a bit *too* small to compete with those flowers, but other than that I think it works.  I used Midnight Muse as a neutral to go with the yummy colors--my first thought was to use shells, but I feel like I do that a lot and since today is the first day of Sale-a-Bration I thought I'd break out some SAB stamp sets.  I actually made this one before I made yesterday's card but you'll just have to accept two Petal Parade cards in a row : )

Thanks for stopping by!  Go see what the other Nachos have done, and then show us what you've got and make your own creation.  Can't wait to see!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Petal Parade, Banner Blast, Best of Sale-a-Bration
Ink:  Crisp Cantaloupe, Coastal Cabana, Bermuda Bay, Midnight Muse
Paper:  Crisp Cantaloupe, Bermuda Bay, Midnight Muse, Whisper White, In Color DSP in Coastal Cabana
Accessories:  Houndstooth EF, banner punch, Dimensionals

Petal Parade

Wow, Monday again already!  I had a good birthday on Friday; first there was lunch with several friends (during which I think I had several gallons of tea), then I watched The Princess Bride during the afternoon because it's one of the best movies ever.  When hubs got home, he brought me beautiful flowers (he even remembered no lilies; I think they're beautiful but I'm pretty sure I'm allergic to them) and I got to open prezzies, and then he took me to dinner at my favorite pub.  There was even sticky toffee pudding for dessert, so not too shabby!

So now I need a few post-birthday thank you cards : )

Hubs' parents got me a bunch of baking-related stuff like several tea towels and a bunch of silicone spatulas and the CUTEST cupcake apron, and it's all in this color combo.  I shoulda used a cupcake image on here instead of the flowers, but oh well.  This card came together in a snap thanks to Freshly Made Sketches:

It's a great sketch!  And I stuck to it pretty well too :D

Thanks for stopping by today and have a wonderfully stampy week!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Petal Parade, Best of Sale-a-Bration, Four You
Ink:  Coastal Cabana, Chocolate Chip, Real Red
Paper:  Coastal Cabana, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Fresh Prints of Bel Air
Accessories:  Deco Labels & Perfect Pennants Framelits, rhinestone, Dimensionals

Friday Flashback: Bodacious Bouquet

Happy Friday!  I wrote this post from the wifi hotspot last night and it was a bit of a pain but I was BOUND AND DETERMINED to get this up because it's my birthday!  Then sometime around midnight last night, the Internet returned--it's a birthday miracle!  And to add to all that happy, today's featured stamp set is one of my all-time faves, Bodacious Bouquet.  So let's take a peek through the archives!

I think I used a coordinating wheel on the left side of this card but I can't remember the name of it.  The sentiment is from one of the All Year Cheer stamp sets.

This one's a newer creation and was on the Best Yet Friday Flashback.

This was one of my absolute favorite cards with this stamp set; the sentiment is from Polka Dots & Paisley.

I made this one for a Hawaiian-themed baby shower!  The sentiment is from Warmest Regards.

Here's a tent topper card; birthday greeting from It's Your Birthday.

Another favorite, I think I'm one of the few people who *liked* Glorious Green.  This one also features Happy Everything (another all-time fave) and Paisley.

An Okinawa scrapbook page : )

And a bold baby book layout; I really liked that primary color scheme and used it several times.  These bold flowers just cry out for bold colors!

Haha!  I love this layout, it was our first house in Okinawa.  Don'tcha love the Indiana Jones-style letters?

So that's it for the Flashback, and it would have been longer if I'd posted every single thing I've ever made with Bodacious Bouquet but I picked my faves.  So here's today's new card:

The original sketch had the banner on the top pointing down, but it just didn't quite work once I had everything else on the card front so I did a horizontal one instead.  First time I've used Happy Watercolor, too!  I chose some of my favorite colors for this card--Bermuda Bay, Elegant Eggplant, Strawberry Slush, Garden Green and Daffodil Delight.  Quite the vivid bouquet.

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed today's Friday Flashback, and have a great weekend!

Supplies, last card only:
Stamps:  Bodacious Bouquet, Happy Watercolor
Ink:  Bermuda Bay, Elegant Eggplant, Strawberry Slush, Garden Green, Daffodil Delight
Paper:  Bermuda Bay, Strawberry Slush, Whisper White, retired Elegant Eggplant DSP, Attic Boutique DSP, Quatrefancy DSP
Accessories:  Circle Framelits, Dimensionals

Hearst Castle

So on Monday, the Internet went out at hour house right as hubs and I were (finally) in the middle of planning our next trip.  Here it is Thursday evening and it's still not fixed yet and I'm going slightly bonkers because I'm addicted to the Internet and I haven't been able to get online at all for DAYS.  So I finally packed up the laptop and found a wifi hotspot this evening so I can get some things done.

So, pages for today!  These are more old 'uns, check it out:

And for once I used background cardstock that was neither blue nor green!  The pictures are from a 2006 visit to Hearst Castle in California.

I'd love to stay and chat but I need to go check my email.  Tootles!

Supplies, first layout:
Stamps:  Letterpress Alphabet, Spencerian Alphabet, Noteworthy, Mosaic Madness
Ink:  Brilliant Blue, Calypso Coral, Lucky Limeade, Basic Black marker
Paper:  Daffodil Delight textured CS, Brilliant Blue, Whisper White, Calypso Coral & Lucky Limeade DSP
Accessories:  None

Supplies, second layout:
Stamps:  Mosaic Madness
Ink:  Brilliant Blue
Paper:  Cameo Coral textured CS, Lucky Limeade, Whisper White, Attic Boutique & Brilliant Blue DSP
Accessories:  Mosaic punch