Moon's Out, Brooms Out

Mornin' y'all!  I did my workout this morning (my arms are going to be sore tomorrow) and now I'm relaxing with a cuppa tea : )  Later today I plan to take Ryan out to Target to look at some new sheets...I have no idea how, but when we moved this summer all the fitted sheets disappeared.  Like, I have two or three flat sheets and no fitted sheets??  And I want to look at what they have for comforters too.

But first, a card to share!  I was intrigued by the sketch from Sunday Stamps:

I actually gave it an abortive try with Painted Lavender before my brain kicked in and said HALLOWEEEEEEEEEEN so here's what I made instead:

The broom stamp is from Cauldron Bubble; I've never even used it before and today it gets to be the star of the show.  My current Halloween cross stitch project is this one from Autumn Lane Stitchery and I love the "Moon's Out, Brooms Out" sentiment : ) I stamped my trio of brooms on a Wild Wheat wash from the Splendid Autumn DSP Stack and used the Deckled Rectangles dies for the main panel and the sentiment.  I actually started this card with the "Bubble, Bubble, Toil & Trouble" stamp for the sentiment but I decided later that that only made sense with the cauldron image, not the broom, so I managed to detach it from the card and put Happy Halloween on there instead.

That's it for me today, peeps.  I'm going to go try to figure out my fitted sheet situation : )  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Cauldron Bubble
Ink:  Early Espresso, Wild Wheat
Paper:  Old Olive, Early Espresso, Thick Very Vanilla, Splendid Autumn DSP Stack
Accessories:  Deckled Rectangles dies, Dimensionals, Neutrals Matte Dots

Wolfstein

Scrappy Monday, y'all!  We had a good time yesterday visiting with our friends Krissy and Jessie who were in town for an indoor hockey game.  Then the hubs and I watched Across the Spider-Verse in the evening and that's always fun : ) Today we're taking a day trip to a small town in Colorado to see the fall colors and just get out and do something.

And today's scrapbook layout is from our visit to a small town in Germany.

Wolfstein is just one or two train stops from where we lived in Katzweiler and has not one, but two castle ruins (we only saw one though).  I bought the stamp set simply called Wolf during our time in Germany (twice actually, because the inept post office lost it the first time) and I used it here just because of the town name and also I like it.

Today's color palette:  Berry Burst, Starry Sky, Daffodil Delight, Smoky Slate, and white.  The Berry Burst is from the plaid pattern on my shirt and I was happy that it looked good for the page base here as I almost never use the pink colors like this for page bases.  Starry Sky matches the hubs' jacket and Daffodil Delight matches Ryan's, and then the Smoky Slate matches the castle walls.  And that's how I chose today's color palette.

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

Supplies:
Stamps:  Wolf, Just My Type from Unity
Ink:  Starry Sky, Smoky Slate
Paper:  Berry Burst, Starry Sky, Daffodil Delight, Thick Basic White, Them Bones DSP
Accessories:  None

It's a Full Moon

Happy Sunday, y'all!  I got to play in my craft room yesterday and made several cards and just generally enjoyed myself and look what I have for today:

It's the Sanderson sisters!  I've already watched both Hocus Pocus movies this year but I might do it again : ) (I watched the Eddie Murphy Haunted Mansion yesterday!)  I couldn't resist inking up this stamp set from The Ink Road when I saw the challenge from Festive Friday:

I used orange, shaped embellishments, die cuts, full moon (well...the words full moon anyway!), and of course witches.  I turned the TGIF Challenges sketch on its side to accommodate the three witches:

This is such a fun sketch, love it.  The three rectangles gave me the opportunity to use up some scraps of Gorgeous Grape DSP to go behind my fussy-cut images.

That's it for me today, peeps.  My friend Krissy is coming to visit later today and I'm so excited to see her in person!  Hope you have a great Sunday too.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Full Moon from The Ink Road
Ink:  Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Early Espresso, Gorgeous Grape
Paper:  Lemon Lime Twist, Thick Basic White, Gorgeous Grape DSP
Accessories:  Nested Essentials dies, Mini Dimensionals, Star Sequins

What Did You Do, Ray?

Happy Saturday, y'all!  We went out to breakfast this morning at a nearby diner.  The French toast was okay but the bacon was amazing.  Good thing all three of us ordered our own bacon or there might have been a scuffle : )

Anyway, I've been in my craft room for a bit and I just had to make a card based on one of my favorite movies ever:

IT'S THE STAY-PUFT MARSHMALLOW MAN!!!!  I have two Ghostbusters-themed stamp sets from The Ink Road and this is the first time I've inked them up.  (The stamps are now retired so you can't buy them, sorry.)  I made this for the Color Throwdown:

I've just been waiting for the perfect time to ink up these Ghostbusters stamps, so I'm a happy stamper now.  : ) And also I really want to rewatch the OG Ghostbusters now.  And the Haunted Mansion.  There's my afternoon sorted.

Have a great day, peeps!

Supplies:
Stamps:  Slime & Slime Icons from The Ink Road
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamark, Stampin' Blends in Real Red, Blueberry Bushel, Flirty Flamingo
Paper:  Blueberry Bushel, Real Red, Thick Basic White, Real Red & Daffodil Delight DSP
Accessories:  Stitched Rectangles dies, Stitched Shapes dies, white EP, Dimensionals, Matte Dots

October Anniversary

Happy Friday, y'all!  We just had a parent-teacher conference with Ryan's teacher and she said he's very smart (no surprise there) and wiggly (also not a surprise).  She had good things to say about him and said that she's going to give him opportunities to do more challenging stuff, which is good because he gets bored easily.

Anyway, I made a card yesterday and here it is:

Okay, I was silly on Sunday and made a Halloween card for the Paper Players challenge, so I had to give it another go with a more traditional card.  The hubs and I have our 21st wedding anniversary coming up next week, and that sentiment from Silhouette Scenes felt particularly appropriate since he was deployed over our last anniversary.  So here's the Paper Players challenge:

And I love the mood board from Inkspirational:

This was actually the challenge I started with when I made my haunted house card, which is where the Azure Afternoon came in, but it ended up being pretty far away from this mood board which is why I had to have another go at it.  Once again the Thoughtful Journey DSP stack came to my rescue with the Lost Lagoon wash and the background with warm colors, plus just a bit of purple peeking out on one side which I liked because our wedding colors were royal blue and royal purple.  I decided to go with some florals and greenery thanks to the Atlantic Hearts sketch:

This is my first time playing along over there.  I didn't put a bow on my card because, y'know, it's going to a dude, but otherwise I tried to stick close to the sketch.  I did, however, cover the Cajun Craze flowers with Wink of Stella because I just have to glitterfy everything ; )

That's it for me today, peeps.  The hubs has an MRI this afternoon to check how he's healing after his surgery, and then we're taking Ryan to see The Wild Robot.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Regal Flora, Silhouette Scenes
Ink:  Night of Navy, Lost Lagoon, Cajun Craze, Peach Pie
Paper:  Night of Navy, Thick Basic White, Thoughtful Journey DSP Stack
Accessories:  Regal Flora dies, Stitched Shapes dies, Stitched Rectangles dies, Dimensionals, Essentials Dots, Wink of Stella

Rainy Day Fox

Alas, it is not a rainy day where I am, it is bright and sunny and the light reflecting off a bright white house outside my window is not helping my headache.  Ugh.  I had a busy morning and the hubs was using the computer before I left the house and since he doesn't feel good I didn't want to arm wrestle him for it, so here we are with an afternoon post.  And a cuppa tea, because I can.

So here's today's card:

The latest Freshly Made Sketch:

The Color Throwdown:

I used Poppy Parade, Daffodil Delight, Blueberry Bushel, and some Pecan Pie for a quick brown fox today.  I was going to go for fall leaves on a blue background and then I couldn't resist the fox strolling with her umbrella instead.  Also I really want to do like eleventy-billion Halloween cards but couldn't figure out how to make this color combination into Halloween.  I was looking through some non-SU! stamps yesterday and I have An Idea, not specifically Halloween but for a movie that I like to watch around Halloween, so I may have another go at this : )

I'm also entering over at Critter Crazy Challenges because I love making critter cards and buying critter stamps.

Anyway, I've got less than two hours before it's time to pick up Ryan from school and then he's off tomorrow and for the next TWO WEEKS so who knows how much stamping time I'll get.  Hoping my headache goes away quickly so I can work in my craft room for a bit as I didn't get to yesterday...I listed some things for sale online and I was kept hoppin' with that for hours.  But now I can treat myself to...something...haven't decided what yet : )  Have a good day, y'all, hopefully headache-free!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Playing in the Rain, Charming Duck Pond
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamark, Stampin' Blends in Poppy Parade, Pecan Pie, Daffodil Delight
Paper:  Blueberry Bushel, Thick Basic White, Winter Meadow DSP, Bright & Beautiful DSP Stack
Accessories:  Playing in the Rain dies, Stitched So Sweetly dies, Dimensionals, white EP, Noble Peacock Rhinestones

Yep, Definitely Haunted

Mornin' y'all!  I did not want to get up and moving this morning but here we are anyway.  I spent just a little time in my craft room yesterday because I just wasn't quite getting good crafty vibes, not sure why? So then I worked on my current stitching project for a while instead, which is a super cute witchy pattern.

So let's see the card that gave me some issues, shall we? 

I had said sometime recently that I wanted to do a haunted house card so here it is.  I had started out with an inspiration challenge but somewhere along the way my card took a left turn so I followed it and after some argument and negotiation this is where we ended up and I didn't think it fit the inspiration challenge anymore.  Believe it or not, that haunted house is stamped with Night of Navy ink and it came out so dark it looks like the black in the patterned paper.

This will be entered at Shopping Our Stash for their Halloween challenge (I am all about the Halloween challenges) and also Retro Rubber for their tic-tac-toe challenge:

I did the diagonal, patterned paper - your choice (masking) - pumpkin.  I punched a 1 3/8" circle and used it as both a mask and a reverse mask to sponge color on my image.  House of Haunts has been in my collection for at least 11 years so it certainly counts as retro.

That's it for me today, peeps.  I'm planning to dig up some more Halloween stamps today and see what I can come up with : )  And maybe watch Muppet Haunted Mansion.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  House of Haunts
Ink:  Night of Navy, Azure Afternoon, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Smoky Slate, Old Olive, Versamark
Paper:  Azure Afternoon, Thick Basic White, Cast-a-Spell DSP
Accessories:  Deckled Circles dies, Deckled Rectangles dies, clear EP, Dimensionals, Faux Glass Dots