Mystery of the Glowing Eye

Mornin' y'all and welcome to the Nancy Drew Challenge!  Today's adventure is Mystery of the Glowing Eye, and buckle up because it's going to get WEIRD in here:

This cover reminds me somewhat of Crooked Banister, and actually the book does too but we'll get into that.  Crooked Banister's cover is all about hot pink and we do have some hot pink here too with Nancy's shirt, but more red around the creepy eye.  I can't think of another book cover that has words on it like the "warning" and "cyclops" here either, but Nancy's hair is on point.

Case file:  Ned Nickerson's science lab partner at Emerson College goes mad scientist and kidnaps Ned, then sends a remote-piloted helicopter to Nancy's house (so he can fly it like a drone, but it's a full-size helicopter).  Mad scientist also has a spotlight that can temporarily paralyze people?  And rigged up a wall in a museum that can make you stick to it like a magnet?  Crazy stuff.  Nancy and the rest of the Drew Crew try to investigate Ned's kidnapping, but Nancy is distracted by the new lady lawyer in dad Carson's office who has her sights set on Nancy's amateur detective gig AND Carson's affections.  Oh no!

So the villain of the story is obsessed with cyclops from Greek mythology, and he's got that helicopter, but my stamp collection was curiously devoid of cyclops or helicopters.  Actually I was even looking for eyeballs and came up empty, which was surprising to me given my extensive collection of Halloween stamps.  Luckily Whimsy Stamps said "Eye got you, girl" so here's my first card:

Yep, I have eyeball stamps nooowwwww : )  I did just a single eyeball for this card because cyclops, and I colored it in green because Nancy is jealous of the new lady lawyer.  Actually I just recently acquired the Rays of Light background stamp and I just HAD to use it for this book cover.

Supplies:
Stamps:  Jeepers Creepers from Whimsy Stamps, Rays of Light
Ink:  Real Red, Basic Gray, Stampin' Blends in Smoky Slate & Granny Apple Green
Paper:  Real Red, Poppy Parade, Thick Basic White
Accessories:  Stitched Nested Labels dies, Dimensionals, Wink of Stella

More eyeballs for my second card:

The eyes have it!  Yeah this stamp set will be making another appearance when we get closer to Halloween, it's so much fun.  I did the same Rays of Light background stamp on this one but discovered I liked it in Real Red ink on Poppy Parade cardstock to match the book cover a little better.

Supplies:
Stamps:  Jeepers Creepers from Whimsy Stamps, Rays of Light
Ink:  Real Red, Basic Gray, Stampin' Blends in Smoky Slate, Granny Apple Green, Pecan Pie, Balmy Blue
Paper:  Poppy Parade, Basic Gray, Thick Basic White
Accessories:  Rectangles Stitched dies, Dimensionals, Wink of Stella, Basic Gray Pearls

And this time I have one more card because I just couldn't stop:

Again with the Rays of Light background, but this time I decided to go with It's a Science for the atomic panel, which is Mango Melody to match Nancy's hair.  Plus I wanted to do a science-y card since this whole mystery started when Ned invented something to do with lasers in science class and his lab partner decided to abduct him and hold him hostage in a swamp.

Supplies:
Stamps:  It's a Science, Rays of Light
Ink:  Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Basic Gray
Paper:  Poppy Parade, Mango Melody, Thick Basic White
Accessories:  Stylish Shapes dies, Nested Essentials dies, Dimensionals, Milky Dots

Like I said, this book is just plain weird, and we don't even have the charm of Robby the Robot from Crooked Banister to make me laugh this time, so I give it two stars.  It's the paralyzing spotlight and the weird glowing eye at the museum that make this feel like a bad 70s sci-fi nightmare instead of a Nancy Drew mystery, but I still had a good time making cards for it precisely because it IS so bizarre.  And now I have eyeball stamps, which is a plus.  If this strange adventure inspires you, please leave me a comment!  And check back next week when Nancy is on the trail of The Secret of the Forgotten City.

More Glitter Dragonflies

Mornin' y'all!  It is Ryan's last day of school (whaaaat) so I will be picking him up for early release day and probably taking him out for ice cream to celebrate.  Hubs and I really liked Ryan's teacher this year and I hope we are as lucky next year.

Anyway, I did what I said I was going to do yesterday and remade my glitter dragonfly card with the colors reversed.  Only I thought I'd play with more than one shade of purple so I have two:

That's Highland Heather on the left and Orchid Oasis on the right, which purple do you like better?  Or do you like the purple dragonfly from yesterday?  I like that I have several friend cards to mail out in the near future : )

Once again I used the Color Hues Challenge:

And the Retro Rubber sketch:

That's it for me today, peeps.  I'm going to take Daphne out for a walk and then put up the laundry that I washed earlier this week.  See you tomorrow for the Nancy Drew Challenge!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Dragonfly Dreams
Ink:  Highland Heather, Orchid Oasis
Paper:  Highland Heather, Orchid Oasis, Basic White, Granny Apple Green glimmer paper
Accessories:  Detailed Dragonflies dies, Dimensionals, Purple Fine Shimmer Gems, In Color Pearls

Glitter Dragonfly

Mornin' y'all!  Hope your day is going well.  I am hoping to get some Serious Card Making done today because tomorrow is Ryan's last day of school so I won't have as much uninterrupted kid-free time after that and I will be doing my taxi service for a good part of the summer.  So I gotta craft now, right?

Okay, here's my card for today:

This week I have been having trouble connecting to challenges and actually sitting down to make things, it happens sometimes.  So I was looking through my stamp shelves yesterday and I was thinking about a couple of themes from different challenges and nothing was clicking and then I saw Dragonfly Dreams and it works for *two* challenges, neither of them the themes I was looking for to start with, but the idea for this card popped in my head fast so I'll take it.  DONE.  I had a hard time photographing this card though, the first picture showed the Highland Heather glimmer paper on the dragonfly better but made the Lemon Lime Twist card base look radioactive, so I used this photo.  Imagine the dragonfly is more purple, but hey, you can see the sparkle this time!

First up is the Retro Rubber sketch challenge:

I had no idea in mind for this sketch when I was looking through my stamp sets, but that dotty fill-in stamp in Dragonfly Dreams ended up working nicely.  I just checked through my older posts and I got Dragonfly Dreams about a month before Ryan was born, so it is also nine years old, which is retro in stamp years but not kid years.

Next up is the Color Hues Challenge:

I used Lemon Lime Twist and Granny Apple Green for two hues of lime green, and Highland Heather and Gorgeous Grape for two hues of violet.  I wanted to do something not-floral with these colors and had kinda been thinking about going for a Halloween card (it's never too early for Halloween at my house), but I do like the dragonfly with these colors.  Ooh, I have Granny Apple Green glimmer paper, I could make this card again in reverse!  I might just do that.

Daphne says it's a nice day out and she wants to go for a walk.  We've gotten some rain this week, which is great, but it's been so cool out it feels more like March than May.  So I'll take some nice sunny weather before I go up to the craft room, which is my reward for doing four loads of laundry yesterday.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Dragonfly Dreams
Ink:  Granny Apple Green, Gorgeous Grape
Paper:  Lemon Lime Twist, Basic White, Highland Heather glimmer paper
Accessories:  Detailed Dragonfly dies, Dimensionals, Tinsel Gems

Midnight Moths

Mornin' y'all!  Yesterday turned out to be a bit on the crazy side and it's looking like today is shaping up to be more of the same.  Daphne is on a bland chicken and rice diet while we try to figure out why she doesn't want to eat her normal food (and knowing her, she's probably just holding out for treats and there's nothing wrong) but she's acting like she feels perfectly fine.  Anyway, I do have errands to run and laundry to switch out and other things to do, so let's get to it.

Here's my card for today:

I just had to break into more of my Midnight Flora DSP and I definitely need another pack of this just to hoard it, and possibly a third pack because I am a paper dragon.  I let the paper do the work for the Sunday Stamps sketch:

The only stamping is the greeting block and the moth I colored with Golden Glow Blends and then went over with the Golden Glow glitter brush.  I got that color and the Hydrangea Hue one, they're basically Wink of Stella but colored.  I like it.  I had stamped the poppy bouquet to put on the card somewhere but I ended up wanting more of the patterned paper to show, so those poppies will have to wait for another card.  Oh, I almost forgot, I put the two patterned paper panels on Peaceful Pine mats, but I wanted the green to be a bit darker to match the front pattern more, so I simply colored the edges of the cardstock with my dark Peaceful Pine Blend.  Et voilà, a darker shade of Peaceful Pine.  Simples.

Okay, looks like it's drying up a bit so maybe if I take Daph out now we won't get rained on too much.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Fern & Flora
Ink:  Secret Sea, Golden Glow, Stampin' Blends in Golden Glow & Peaceful Pine
Paper:  Secret Sea, Peaceful Pine, Thick Basic White, Midnight Flora DSP
Accessories:  Fern & Flora dies, Dimensionals, Golden Glow glitter brush, In Color Flat Pearls

Snail Mail

Mornin' y'all!  And a busy one at that.  Ryan had me drive him to school today (can't blame him, it's chilly and misty out) and then I had to drop off a package and grab a few things at the grocery store; my hair dryer gave out after many many years of faithful service and now I have just a few minutes to type this up before I take Daphne to the vet.  As if to prove that she's Just Fine Thankyouverymuch, she ate her breakfast and is now playing vigorously with her toys behind me.

Anyway, today's quick & cute card:

CAS on Friday wants to see envelopes, and Joanne had used this cute snail for a card recently so I had to get him out myself.  I was really intrigued by this week's Creative Colour Challenge:

I don't think I would have put those together on my own but I do really like the combination and I thought it worked great for the snail.  I went back and forth about whether or not to color in his eyes and I think maybe I should have left them uncolored, but too late now.

Okay, off to take Miss Girl to the vet.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Snailed It
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Bubble Bath, Stampin' Blends in Bubble Bath, Crumb Cake, Shaded Spruce
Paper:  Bubble Bath, Thick Basic White
Accessories:  Snail dies, Dimensionals

Buzzy Bee

Mornin' y'all!  A bit late with the blog post this morning, I drove Ryan to school and then I went to Target to get a shoe rack for the hubs and a gift card for Ryan's teacher since this is the last week of school.  Then I made an appointment for Daphne at the vet tomorrow...she's been acting a bit weird and not wanting to eat her food, which is definitely abby normal for her, so we're getting her checked out.  But for now, I managed to squeak in enough craft room time yesterday to make a card:

I had thought I would just miss out on the bee-tastic Festive Friday Challenge because I thought it ended last week, but I'm in luck, it's still on:

I have yellow, black, hexagons, bees, and flowers, so half the list.  I paired that with the Freshly Made Sketch from last week:

I used hexagons instead of circles and plopped my extra-large bee on top of the three hexagons, but I think you can see I started from the sketch.

That's it for now, peeps.  We did get our closet painted on Saturday, which took forever because I do the edge work and there's a lot of shelves in there, but it's done and looks so much brighter than before, I love it.  But now I need to get the rest of my stuff in there, I did the hangy-up stuff and some plastic drawers yesterday but I haven't refilled the shelves yet.  Fun times, I tell ya.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Bee My Valentine
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Pool Party, Petunia Pop
Paper:  Daffodil Delight, Basic Black, Basic White, Cute as Can Bee DSP
Accessories:  Hexagon punch, Beautiful Shapes dies, Bee Builder Punch, Dimensionals, Hearts & Flowers embellishments

Snack Time with The Paper Players

Gooooood morning stampy friends!  Thanks to everyone who played along with Claire's fun color challenge last week, our gallery was small but mighty!  Today, the Paper Players are back with a great new challenge from the artistic Ann!

This was another time when I have SO MANY stamp sets I could use that it might have given me decision paralysis and then I ended up with two cards.  Last Friday was National Chocolate Chip Day (who knew that was a thing, but I approve), so I made a batch of chocolate chip cookies and then I discovered later on Friday afternoon that National Chocolate Chip COOKIE Day is actually August 4, but I figured chocolate chip cookies count for National Chocolate Chip Day as well.  And Ryan got to gloat because he was right that Friday was National Chocolate Chip Day and not National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day, so I'm glad to see they're teaching him the really important stuff at school.  Anyway, here's my card:

I bought the stamp set Roadies 19 from The Ink Road *just* for that greeting because my brother and I grew up eating raw cookie dough, which I realize may be a divisive subject but I thought this stamp was just hilarious.  I stamped the cookies from Nothing's Better Than and then put together a very simple CAS layout on a Pool Party card base, which I chose honestly because I was wearing a Pool Party-ish colored shirt when I made the card, and Pool Party looked good with Baked Brown Sugar and Early Espresso.

Supplies:
Stamps:  Nothing's Better Than, Roadies 19 from The Ink Road
Ink:  Baked Brown Sugar, Early Espresso
Paper:  Pool Party, Thick Basic White
Accessories:  Love You More Than dies, Stylish Shapes dies, Dimensionals

However, I had already made a different card for this challenge and I think it still deserves to be shared here, so take a look at a bonus card:

My dad and I like to share really silly puns ("dad jokes") with each other, and I will be mailing this card to him.  There was a Paper Pumpkin kit a while back that was based entirely on food puns, and I restarted my Paper Pumpkin subscription specifically to get that kit (and let's not talk about the 3-foot tall stack of other Paper Pumpkin kits that have not been opened, I conquered my FOMO and stopped my subscription again so at least that stack isn't getting any taller).  There's a little stamped image of an egg but I thought I could make a CAS fried egg out of cardstock, so that's what I did.  I die cut a circle for the yolk and then free-hand cut an amorphous shape for the egg white, sponged the edges of both pieces, and added a very simple greeting popped up on Dimensionals.  I chose a Basic Gray card base to look like a frying pan.

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  My Paper Pumpkin
Ink:  Basic Gray, Crumb Cake, Pumpkin Pie
Paper:  Basic Gray, Basic White, Mango Melody
Accessories:  Dimensionals

Check out the other design team creations on the Paper Players blog, and you can hop through their individual blogs to leave some comments too:

The Paper Players Design Team

Jaydee

LeAnne Pugliese

Claire Broadwater

Joanne James

Anne Marie Hile

Ann Schach

Jan Clothier

Stef Perry

you are here --> Christy Stanford

And then upload your card at the Paper Players blog!  Keep in mind a few simple rules:
1.  Create a new paper project
2.  Upload your creation to your blog with a link back to us and provide a direct link to the post featuring your challenge submission
3.  Please link your card to no more than four challenges, TOTAL
4.  Have fun!