Donna in Mauve

Mornin' y'all.  Ryan is staying home today since he's not feeling good this morning, so we're going to have a quiet day here at the casa and hope he feels better soon.  Tell that to Daphne who kept squeaking a ball toy very loudly in my ear as I was trying to do yoga this morning.

Anyway, here's my card for today:

Another day, another dino card for my dino-loving pal Krissy.  I've decided that this dino's name is Donna, to go with Polly the triceratops and Trudy the T. Rex.  I wanted to try out the CAS Colours & Sketches challenge:

Might be hard to distinguish between the Moody Mauve and Blackberry Bliss, but I promise they're both on there.  The hearts are stamped in Blackberry Bliss and her toenails are colored with Blackberry Bliss nail polish.  Her spots are the two shades of Moody Mauve Blends; I tried coloring her whole body in with them and it just didn't look quite right so she's Ivory with Moody Mauve spots.

I did a CAS-ified version of this week's CASE-ing Tuesday Sketch:

Instead of layers, I stamped hearts on one side of the card base and didn't use any embellishments so I could keep it CAS.

I was super tired all day yesterday and took a big long nap in the middle of the day, but happily I did get some work done on more scrapbook layouts.  I had a stack of 8 layouts that were all done except for journaling, so I started work on those.  I am looking forward to being back in the scrappin' groove again, I've missed it while simultaneously feeling uninspired to do it.  Sometimes the creative spirit is persnickety like that.

Anyway, I'm going to go check on the kiddo and see how he's feeling.  Hope y'all stay healthy out there.  Peace!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Darling Dinos
Ink:  Moody Mauve, Pebbled Path, Blackberry Bliss, Stampin' Blends in Ivory, Moody Mauve, Blackberry Bliss
Paper:  Moody Mauve, Thick Basic White
Accessories:  Darling Dinos dies, Nested Essentials dies, Dimensionals

Lavender Love & Wishes

Mornin' y'all!  I tried to get to bed earlier last night, I really did, but...BOOKS.  Again.  Well, I only stayed up til 10:30 instead of 11 last night, so that's an improvement, right?  One of these days I'll get smart, but I'm not going to hold my breath.  In the meantime I'm having a cuppa tea in my new favorite mug, which has Disney's Robin Hood on it : )

Anyway, I have a card to share:

It's been super overcast here lately (and is currently snowing) so the lighting isn't great on this picture but I did what I could.  I used two stamp sets currently on the Last Chance list and one that retired a while back.  Check out this week's Freshly Made Sketch:

And the Color Throwdown:

I used Highland Heather, Soft Sea Foam, and Lemon Lolly for the colors.  And this also fits with the tic-tac-toe challenge from the Paper Players:

This time it's down the left, flowers - die cut - lavender, and across the bottom, lavender - glitter - sentiment.  There's glitter in the purple shimmer gems and I also painted Wink of Stella on the lavender, though of course it doesn't show up in the picture because it never does.

I just gave Daphne a new rope toy so maybe she won't insist that I take her out for a walk in the snow : )  She's having a good old time chomping on the toy so maybe.  Cheers, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Painted Lavender, Perennial Postage, Sketched Plaid
Ink:  Lemon Lolly, Highland Heather, Soft Sea Foam
Paper:  Lemon Lolly, Highland Heather, Basic White
Accessories:  Painted Lavender dies, Purple Shimmer Gems, Lemon Lolly twine, Dimensionals

Regal Hummingbird

Mornin' y'all!  Last night I again did the stupid thing and stayed up too late reading.  I will never learn.  It snowed (again) overnight and Ryan was Most Displeased that he didn't get a snow day (kid, you've already had a LOT of snow days and two-hour delays, deal with it) but I got him off to school and now I'm wondering if Daphne will be cool with me taking a nap.  BUT I also have some crafty things I want to work on because I actually finished a scrapbook layout this week!  And I want to do more!  I also erased pencil lines from a whole stack of layouts and took pictures and I have ten new draft posts of scrapbook pages just awaiting their time to shine on the next Scrappy Monday, which will be making a return next week.

In the meantime, I did make a card to share today:

SU! updated the Last Chance List and I am now down to nine not-retired stamp sets, which doesn't really make much of a difference as I'm not shy about using retired stamps anyway.  Thoughtful Expressions is on the last chance list and it gets the spotlight today.

Let's talk challenges, starting with Sunday Stamps' color palette:

I used Crushed Curry, Mossy Meadow, Gorgeous Grape (well, Highland Heather Blends because we don't have Gorgeous Grape ones, or Crushed Curry or Coastal Cabana or Garden Green and I really want them), Blackberry Bliss, and Basic Black.  I used all of the colors, with the top yellow and green being the main ones.

Next up is the Paper Players tic-tac-toe challenge:

I did the left column (flowers - die cut - lavender) and the center row (die cut - animal - green) as long as a bird counts as an animal.  Oh, and the diagonal (flowers - animal - sentiment).  #overachiever

Last up is the Atlantic Hearts sketch:

This sketch would be perfect for a gate-fold card but let's be honest, I don't do fancy folds unless I'm forced to so I made mine a standard fold.  I thought the rectangular shape in the Thoughtful Expressions dies would be a good stunt double for the sketch's oval shape plus I was too lazy to go look for an oval die.  I really should stop staying up so late but...books.  I am currently reading three different books plus another one that I'm reading aloud to Ryan before he goes to bed, because that's how I roll.

Anyway, that's it for me.  I should take Daphers out for a walk and maybe if I go get crafty after that I'll forget about taking a nap.  Cheers, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Thoughtful Expressions
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Crushed Curry, Mossy Meadow, Stampin' Blends in Daffodil Delight, Mossy Meadow, Blackberry Bliss, Highland Heather
Paper:  Crushed Curry, Thick Basic White, Mossy Meadow DSP
Accessories:  Thoughtful Expressions dies, Dimensionals, Regal Glitter Dots

Egg Inspiration for SUO Challenges

Goooooood morning, stampy friends!  It is time once again for a new challenge at SUO Challenges!

And we have an inspiration photo for you:

Interesting, right?  Not the expected pastels for Easter, but oh-so-pretty.  My teamie Tammy beat me to using the eggs and nest in Everyday Details so instead I made this:

I was also inspired by this card by Jan Clothier, that reminded me that I have that oval punch and it has been sadly neglected for far too long.  I played around with a few ideas before I landed on this one.  I used three of the soon-to-retire In Colors on this one:  Pebbled Path, Copper Clay, and just a little bit of Wild Wheat (which is the one I am most eager to get rid of...probably the only one).  I chose the greeting from Winterly Tree Tops even though there is nary a bird to be seen on my card just because I like it.

Your turn!  Upload your inspired creation at the SUO Challenges blog.  As you can see from my card, eggs are optional : )  Have fun!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Winterly Tree Tops
Ink:  Pebbled Path
Paper:  Thick Basic White, Pebbled Path, Wild Wheat, Pebbled Path & Copper Clay DSP
Accessories:  Wide Oval Punch, Perennial Lavender dies, Dimensionals, Faux Glass Dots

Spring Bunny

Mornin' y'all.  It's Ryan's first day back at school after two weeks of spring break so naturally there was drama this morning.  He wanted to take in a 3D printed plane to show his friends at school, but it fell off his backpack as I was moving it and a piece broke off and he is Big Mad at me about it.  We tried to glue the piece back on but I think the hubs will have to fix it tonight.  Sigh.

Anyway, I am going to enjoy the quiet while he's at school and I have a spring card to share today.

Believe it or not, I hit three challenges with this CAS card, starting with Inkspirational:

The stamp I used on the bunny actually says "my friend" but that didn't fit as well so I only stamped the second word.  Next up is the Festive Friday challenge:

I hit purple, pink, yellow, bunny, and flowers (there are flowers on the Pretty in Pink DSP scrap I punched out).  Not bad!  Finally is the AAA Cards Challenge:

It's like a scaled-down tic-tac-toe, so you do the middle bubble and one of the outside bubbles.  I chose pets and figured that a punch was the easiest way to do a silhouette.  I actually had a pet rabbit when I was a kid, her name was Candy.

I'm very pleased to report that I worked on scrapbook pages yesterday!  I have a layout that's about 90% done and like six other ones that need journaling, that was where I stopped the last time I scrapped.  So maybe I'll get all of those done today.  The next set of pictures I have to scrap are some of my very favorites so I am excited to jump back in.

That's it for now, peeps.  Try to stay out of the Easter candy ; )

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Easter Friends
Ink:  Fresh Freesia
Paper:  Lemon Lolly, Fresh Freesia, Pretty in Pink DSP
Accessories:  bunny punch, 2 1/2" circle punch, Dimensionals, Rainbow Dots

Lovey Bee

Mornin' y'all!  I got up this morning and looked out the window and it's all white--we have some thick fog and yet again we got white stuff falling from the sky last night.  The hubs called it snail because it was a cross between snow and hail...I thought we were done with that for this spring!  I let Daph out this morning and she is Very Excited that there's a doggo in the yard next door to us--I don't know if he's a new neighbor or if he's just visiting, but she really wants to go out there and talk to him.

Anyway, I do have a card to share today and once more I've cut into some new DSP.  Here it bee:

I love the addition of Petunia Pop to the bee papers, Cute as Can Bee is a redux of Bee Mine that had a lot of Petal Pink and Sweet Sorbet in it.  I used the most recent sketch from CASE-ing Tuesday Sketches:

Here's the catalog inspiration:

I don't have that die set with the diamond shape, so I used the Nested Essentials dies for something similar.  I happened to have a scrap of Pretty in Pink glimmer paper on my craft table, so I punched out a few little hearts from that for accents.

That's it for now, kids.  I'm going to go make orange scones for breakfast.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Bee My Valentine
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Daffodil Delight, Pool Party, Petunia Pop
Paper:  Petunia Pop, Thick Basic White, Cute as Can Bee DSP, Pretty in Pink glimmer paper
Accessories:  Nested Essentials dies, Bee builder punch, Dimensionals

California Oranges

Mornin' y'all!  The hubs took the past two days off work and we went glamping in Monument for one night.  It would have been really fun except that the hubs has a sinus infection and Ryan had an upset stomach and ended up tossing his cookies that evening, poor kid.  We'll have to try it again some other time.  Daphne did pretty well, she was off leash pretty much the whole time we were out there and pretty much only ignored me when she was supposed to stay at the tent with me instead of going exploring with the boys.  She had her second pro training session yesterday so we've got things to work on with her.

Anyway, I am continuing my quest to cut into some more DSP so here's my card for today:

The oranges are fussy cut out of the reverse side of that cool blue tile pattern I used in the background.  The green pattern and the navy stripes are from two different DSP packs but I think they all worked together pretty well, don't you?  I used this week's Freshly Made Sketch:

My parents were both born and raised in a California town surrounded by orange groves, so this will be going to them in the mail next week.  I've had the Mediterranean Blooms DSP for months and this is the first time I've used any of it.

Anyway, time for me to get off the computer and go do some things...first thing being to switch out my laundry.  Cheers, peeps!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Lovely & Sweet
Ink:  Night of Navy
Paper:  Boho Blue, Thick Basic White, Mediterranean Blooms DSP, Floral Delight DSP, Countryside Inn DSP
Accessories:  Nested Essentials dies, Stylish Shapes dies, In Color Dots, Mini Dimensionals