Saturday, March 16, 2024

Duck Tales, Woo-Ooo

Mornin', y'all.  We got up very early this morning to take the hubs to the airport; we won't see him again for another 3 1/2 months, but next time we see him this deployment is over so that's good : )

I have another quick card I made on Thursday to share today:


I got Feathered Flight because ducks are my son's favorite animal.  Check out this week's Freshly Made Sketch:


And the Color Throwdown:


I used Boho Blue, Smoky Slate, and Pecan Pie.  Do you ever have colors that you just don't like together?  For my mom it's navy blue and black; for me, it's gray and brown.  So this challenge was definitely a challenge for me.  And it's a challenge when house hunting too, I know we saw several houses where everything was gray (SO GRAY, gray everywhere) but the cabinets in the kitchen were brown.  Sometimes the cabinets were brown and the counters were gray and I just hate it.  There was one house that all three of us loved but we're not going to get it because of the school district and also it's huge.  And absolutely everything in there was gray--carpet, laminate floors, walls, even the ceilings.  I told my husband I would want to have the entire interior repainted like a pale blue.  I'm okay with gray, I just don't want everything to be gray.  Don't want to live inside a rain cloud.

Anyway, enough about my color ramblings.  Hope you have a good weekend, y'all.  Ryan goes back to school on Monday so he'd better enjoy his last couple days of spring break.  I have a feeling he'll be difficult to awaken on Monday morning...

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Feathered Flight, Textured Timber
Ink:  Boho Blue, Smoky Slate, Pecan Pie
Paper:  Boho Blue, Pecan Pie, Basic White
Accessories:  Stylish Shapes dies, Classic Matte Dots

Friday, March 15, 2024

To Thine Own Self

Happy Friday, y'all!  We returned to Texas from our Colorado house-hunting trip late on Wednesday, just in advance of the major snowstorm that rolled through there.  And I stole a bit of stamping time yesterday because I just have to play along in my favorite challenges.


We're going retro today for the Retro Rubber challenge:


Really, really retro!  Heartspeak (the main image) is from 2008, so it's 16 years old.  The greeting is from Botanical Blooms, which a quick trip through my photo archives says I've never used; I did a bit of Googling and it's from 2009.  So two very retro stamp sets!  I thought the Paper Players color challenge was perfect to go with spring flowers:


I used Lemon Lime Twist, Bubble Bath and Flirty Flamingo, and Lemon Lolly for colors, stamping in black on a white card base.  I used an Ivory blend to color in the flower basket.  It was fun to break out these old stamps for today's card; Heartspeak was one of my favorite stamp sets from that year, which was when SU! was running an experiment with new catalogs every 6 months and Heartspeak was one that only lasted for one catalog.  I hadn't played with it in so long and that kind sentiment caught my eye when I was flipping through my personal stamp catalog (which is now three giant binders because my stamp collection is large and in charge).

Okay, I'm off to make pumpkin coffee cake for my two dudes.  Have a great day,  y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Heartspeak, Botanical Blooms
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin' Blends in Lemon Lime Twist, Bubble Bath, Flirty Flamingo, Lemon Lolly, Ivory
Paper:  Thick Basic White
Accessories:  Adhesive-Backed Sequins Trio

Thursday, March 14, 2024

Explore the Countryside

Hey y'all, we are on the road today heading back to Texas.  We're planning to make it back into town in time for Ryan to do his taekwondo class, and the hubs will actually get to watch for once!

A quick card to share today, this is one that I made last year right before our house was packed up in Germany.


Next Destination was an impulse buy stamp set for me, but I like the images in it and the travel theme--super appropriate considering how much we travel and how frequently we move house!  I kept this very simple and just played around a bit with patterns from the Countryside Inn DSP.  I haven't used that in a while, I should break it out soon...

Have a great day, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Next Destination
Ink:  Boho Blue, Misty Moonlight
Paper:  Boho Blue, Thick Basic White, Countryside Inn DSP
Accessories:  Deckled Rectangles dies, Dimensionals

Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Luck & Love

Top o' the mornin' to ye!  Okay, enough with the pretend Irish accent for today but guess what holiday is featured on today's cards.  Ha.


I was inspired to go green today by the Festive Friday challenge:


I used green (lots of green!), gold embellishments, shamrocks, rainbows, and a good luck sentiment.  And here's the sketch from Try a Sketch on Tuesday:


Obviously I decided to stick with the shamrocks depicted on the sketch.  Actually, I had started out by dusting off my old Pinch Proof stamp set, and then remembered that I had gotten Lucky Clover last year (the year before, maybe?) when it was offered at a discount (unfortunately, after the coordinating punch was sold out...okay I had been doing well with resisting buying it at all until it went on sale, that phrase is like kryptonite).  Anyway, I had already stamped a couple of images from Pinch Proof, and since I had the two triangular pieces of the rainbow paper still, I decided to make a second card:


And here they both are together:


Cheers, y'all!  Hope your day is filled with good luck and rainbows.

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Lucky Clover, Pinch Proof
Ink:  Shaded Spruce, Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper:  Pool Party, Shaded Spruce, Thick Basic White, Sunny Days DSP
Accessories:  Stylish Shapes dies, Gold Enamel Dots, Pool Party baker's twine, Dimensionals

Tuesday, March 12, 2024

SUO Challenges: Spring Into Easter

Happy Tuesday, y'all, and buckle up for a new challenge from SUO Challenges!


And we have a new theme challenge today:

I decided to do an Easter card with the fun springy colors and patterns in the Lighter than Air DSP stack.  Here's what I came up with:


I punched out the bunny with the fun diamond pattern, and then just played around with other patterns in the DSP until I found a combination that I liked.  I ended up with a Bubble Bath card base, Pool Party for the flags, and Azure Afternoon for the layer with the sentiment heat embossed on it.  What do you think?

I think it's time for you to toddle off to your own craft space and make a card to share with us at SUO Challenges.  Have fun!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Easter Bunny
Ink:  Versamark
Paper:  Bubble Bath, Pool Party, Azure Afternoon, Lighter Than Air DSP Stack
Accessories:  Easter Bunny punch, Nested Essentials dies, white EP, Dimensionals

Monday, March 11, 2024

Unser Zuhause (Our Home)

Scrappy Monday, y'all!  We are in Colorado right now looking at houses : )  We will be moving to the Colorado Springs area this summer, so we're looking around at different areas and kinda getting a feel for the city.  We've never bought a house before so this is exciting...and also scary!

So for today's scrapbook layout, I thought I'd share pics of the house we rented in Germany:


I'd have to sit here and count up how many houses we've lived in over the course of my husband's career (in five US states and three other countries), but I think this house in Germany and the one we had in England were two of my favorites.  I try to take pictures in and around the houses since we move so often because it's funny how fast you can forget!  So on the left is the entryway to the house, then the living room, dining room and kitchen on the first floor.  On the right page, there's pictures of Ryan's room, the main bathroom/laundry room (there were no en suite bathrooms in this house, so hubs and I had the bedroom directly across from the main bathroom and that is the closest distance between the washer/dryer and where my clothes live out of all the houses we've ever lived in), my craft room, and our bedroom, with several photo bombs by Ryan.  I didn't put pics of the top floor, which had the guest room, a storage room, and one really huge room that we used for the hubs' hobby stuff and more storage, as well as another large bathroom.  I did really like this house.


Today's color palette:  Dapper Denim, Certainly Celery, Cherry Cobbler, Cinnamon Cider, and Very Vanilla.  I chose the paisley DSP because it coordinated with the colors in the kitchen and on my couch, and the pattern echoes the paisley on the comforter in my bedroom.  Very simple layout considering I squeezed in 10 photos with minimal cropping.

Have a great day, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Pure & Simple Alphabet Upper & Lower, Polka Dots & Paisley
Ink:  Dapper Denim
Paper:  Dapper Denim, Cherry Cobbler, Certainly Celery, Thick Very Vanilla, Cinnamon Cider, Certainly Celery DSP, Cherry Cobbler DSP
Accessories:  Stylish Shapes dies

Saturday, March 9, 2024

Enjoy a Cupcake

Hey y'all,  I managed to make one more card before hitting the road, so here it is...


The colors in the picture are off but it was raining so much the whole day when I took the picture that this was the best I could get.  I used this fun sketch from Just Add Ink:


I picked a couple of fun patterns from the Lighter Than Air DSP stack and colored my bunny in to match, though I think maybe I should have colored the bunny in yellow or pink instead of Pool Party since he's on the Pool Party DSP.  But I didn't have time to make another one.  I will have to keep this sketch in mind though, it's a fun one.

Have a great weekend, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Fluffiest Friends, Heartfelt Hellos
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamark, Stampin' Blends in Pool Party, Bubble Bath, Balmy Blue, Sweet Sorbet, Lemon Lolly
Paper:  Lemon Lolly, Azure Afternoon, Thick Basic White, Lighter Than Air DSP Stack
Accessories:  Fluffiest Friends dies, Thoughtful Expressions dies, White EP, Dimensionals