Friday Flashback: Apple of My Eye

Friday Flashback, y'all!  Today's stamp set is Apple of My Eye and I have a few cards to share, all of which were inspired by this card that paired Apple of My Eye with the Color Theory DSP.  So let's go!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Apple of My Eye
Ink:  Pear Pizzazz, Cinnamon Cider
Paper:  Dapper Denim, Cinnamon Cider, Thick Basic White, Color Theory DSP Stack
Accessories:  Stitched Shapes dies, Dimensionals

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Apple of My Eye
Ink:  Versamark, Cinnamon Cider, Garden Green
Paper:  Real Red, Thick Basic White, Color Theory DSP Stack
Accessories:  Stitched Shapes dies, White EP, Dimensionals

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Apple of My Eye
Ink:  Berry Burst, Old Olive, Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper:  Old Olive, Thick Basic White, Color Theory DSP Stack
Accessories:  Stitched Shapes dies, Dimensionals

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Apple of My Eye
Ink:  Grapefruit Grove, Night of Navy
Paper:  Grapefruit Grove, Thick Basic White, Color Theory DSP Stack
Accessories:  Stitched Shapes dies, Dimensionals

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

Inked Leaves

Hey y'all, how's your week going?  I'm back with another card I made last year and just never posted, once again with Inked & Tiled.

This one has a more masculine feel with Lost Lagoon and Mossy Meadow.  I kept it simple and just played with a few sizes of the Deckled Rectangles dies.

Have a great day!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Inked & Tiled
Ink:  Mossy Meadow, Lost Lagoon
Paper:  Lost Lagoon, Mossy Meadow, Thick Basic White, Inked Botanicals DSP Stack
Accessories:  Deckled Rectangles dies, Dimensionals

Golling Waterfall

Scrappy Monday, y'all!  I'm back with Alpine Adventure part 2 today, which features a waterfall.

The hubs had some fun playing with the camera settings to get the picture right under the page title, see how soft the water looks?  We did a short hike out to the waterfall, took some pictures, and then headed back out to get pizza for dinner.  And that was the first day of our Alpine Adventure, not counting the 7-hour car trip we started with.

I wanted to draw out the pretty blue-green colors in the waterfall, so I chose Tranquil Tide for the page base, Night of Navy for the photo mats, Mint Macaron and Whisper White for supporting colors.  For the dragonfly image, I inked it up with Mint Macaron and then daubed on some Tranquil Tide to the edges and somehow it ended up being a color in between Tranquil Tide and Mint Macaron.  That dragonfly stamp dates back to like the first year I started stamping, too!

Have a great day, peeps!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Alphabest, All I Have Seen
Ink:  Night of Navy, Mint Macaron, Tranquil Tide
Paper:  Tranquil Tide, Night of Navy, Mint Macaron, Thick Basic White, Delightful Daisy DSP
Accessories:  None

Friday Flashback: Approaching Perfection

Friday Flashback!  Today's stamp set is Approaching Perfection, though I did pull in Wrapped Bouquet for a couple of cards as well.  And today I'm working on using up the Moonlight DSP stack.

Approaching Perfection is all greeting stamps, so I used the newsprint from Wrapped Bouquet as a background.

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Approaching Perfection, Wrapped Bouquet
Ink:  Basic Gray
Paper:  Hello Honey, Thick Basic White, Moonlight DSP Stack
Accessories:  Rectangles Stitched dies, Stitched Shapes dies, Dimensionals

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Approaching Perfection, Wrapped Bouquet
Ink:  Basic Gray
Paper:  Lost Lagoon, Thick Basic White, Moonlight DSP Stack
Accessories:  Rectangles Stitched dies, Tasteful Labels dies, Dimensionals

Playing with a few different die shapes on this one.

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Approaching Perfection
Ink:  Lost Lagoon, Hello Honey
Paper:  Lost Lagoon, Hello Honey, Thick Basic White, Moonlight DSP Stack
Accessories:  Stitched So Sweetly dies, Dimensionals

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Approaching Perfection
Ink:  Hello Honey, Lost Lagoon
Paper:  Hello Honey, Lost Lagoon, Thick Basic White, Moonlight DSP Stack
Accessories:  Tasteful Labels dies, Dimensionals

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Approaching Perfection
Ink:  Blackberry Bliss
Paper:  Hello Honey, Blackberry Bliss, Thick Basic White, Moonlight DSP Stack
Accessories:  Stitched So Sweetly dies, Tasteful Labels dies, Dimensionals

And that's it for today.  Cheers, y'all!

Pressed Petals

Happy Wednesday, y'all!  Today's card is one I made right before we moved out of Germany in 2023 and somehow never got around to posting while the stamps and paper were current, but here it is now:

I really like the Inked & Tiled stamp set, it reminds me of several much older floral stamp sets in the same style and I had fun playing with it.  I was also working on ways to use those Nested Essentials dies.

Cheers, y'all!  Have a great day!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Inked & Tiled
Ink:  VersaMark, Garden Green, Crushed Curry, Sweet Sorbet (came out looking like Calypso Coral)
Paper:  Crushed Curry, Calypso Coral, Thick Basic White, Inked Botanicals DSP Stack
Accessories:  Nested Essentials dies, white EP, Polished Dots, retired Garden Green ribbon, Dimensionals

SUO Challenges: Christmas in July

Mornin' y'all and welcome to a new SUO Challenge!

And heeeere we go:

As it happens, I only have one current Christmas stamp set, so that made my stamp set choice pretty easy.  So here's what I made:

I CASE'd a sample from a new Online Exclusives stamp bundle called Sophisticated Sled, which I am looking forward to adding to my personal stamp hoard.  I just wanted to wait until I could see alllll the new stuff in the Holiday Catalog before I started buying Christmas stuff, but I do love that sled set and I don't have anything similar. 

Anyway!  I digress.  Merriest Trees is still current, and don't let the new stuff distract you from how awesome this stamp set is.  I love how there's one tree stamp but multiple dies so you can choose how big your tree turns out.  I stamped off my tree with Garden Green ink, added some stars in Blueberry Bushel (my Blueberry Bushel ink pad is so juicy that it almost looks like Night of Navy), and then coated the entire thing with Wink of Stella for an easy way to step up the card.  I liked the new Basic Beige with the Winter Meadow DSP even though it's not listed in the colors for that paper pack.

Your turn!  Let's see your Christmas creations on the SUO Challenges blog.  Have a great day, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Merriest Trees
Ink:  Garden Green, Blueberry Bushel
Paper:  Basic Beige, Thick Basic White, Winter Meadow DSP
Accessories:  Merriest Trees dies, Stylish Shapes dies, Wink of Stella, Tinsel Gems, Dimensionals

Alpine Adventure

Scrappy Monday, y'all!  We're in Colorado now and since I don't have any Colorado scrapbook pages (YET), I thought I'd share some different mountain pics!  The last set of layouts I did in Texas before we packed out was our 2021 trip to the Austrian and German Alps, so here's the first layout:

We started out in Werfen, which is just across the border in Austria and not terribly far away from Salzburg.  The first thing we did was check out the Sound of Music trail, which seems like a misnomer because we didn't see a trail, but it DOES have the meadow where Maria teaches the Von Trapp children how to sing Do Re Me in the movie.  I absolutely LOVE being in the mountains!  I don't necessarily want to climb any ; ) but I just love looking at them, and the Alps are particularly spectacular.

Today's color palette:  Gray Granite for the mountain peaks, Primrose Petals for my capri pants, Granny Apple Green for the meadow, Night of Navy to frame the photos, and Whisper White for title and journaling.  This is the first layout out of...nine, I think?  And I used the same alphabet stamp set for all my pages so they look more like a set.  Actually I worked on all nine layouts concurrently too, which kind of bit me a little bit on some of them but it turned out fine.

That's it for me today, peeps.  I'm gonna go look at the mountains some more : )  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Alphabest, Lighting the Way
Ink:  Gray Granite, Granny Apple Green, Night of Navy
Paper:  Gray Granite, Night of Navy, Thick Basic White, Afternoon Daydream DSP, Friendly Hello DSP
Accessories:  Lighting the Way dies

My Paper Pumpkin March 2021

Hey y'all, this is a pseudo Friday Flashback post.  I subscribe to the Paper Pumpkin kits but...gasp...this is the only one that I've ever put together!  Okay, I took at least a dozen kits and did all the stamping, then sent the pieces to my friend Tiana and her daughters, but this is the only kit that I've ever put together myself.  I know I should cancel the subscription since I haven't been using it (don't even ask how many unopened kits I have) but FOMO is real, y'all.  So here's the cards I made with the kit.

Pretty printed backgrounds and the kit is easy to put together, I'm just usually focusing on something else.  Those were the cards as designed in the kit.

I think the floral pattern was an envelope or something else but I liked it for a card panel, so I made this one with other pieces of the kit.  Maybe one of these days I'll do something with the other kits...

Cheers, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  My Paper Pumpkin March 2021
Ink:  Calypso Coral, Shaded Spruce
Paper:  stuff from the kit, Seaside Spray, Thick Basic White
Accessories:  stuff from the kit, Stitched Nested Labels dies

Oceans of Love

Hey y'all, how's your Wednesday going?  Got a quick card to share today.

I had made this for the SUO Challenges red white and blue color challenge, but then I decided to go with Adventurous Sky instead.  But that left me with an extra card to share today : )  How do you like the white sequin bubbles?  It took me a while to play around with the layout of this card because I was trying to use a specific scrap of that Azure Afternoon wash from the Bright & Beautiful DSP stack.

That's it for me today.  Have a good 'un!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Submarine Life
Ink:  Real Red, Gray Granite, Blueberry Bushel
Paper:  Azure Afternoon, Blueberry Bushel, Thick Basic White, Bright & Beautiful DSP Stack
Accessories:  Nested Essentials dies, white sequins, Dimensionals

Having a Grand Time in Texas

Scrappy Monday, y'all!  This is our last Monday in Texas, so I thought I'd share a Texas layout from right before we moved to Germany in 2020.

This one goes right next to my Fort Worth Zoo layout, so I kept the Crumb Cake page base and changed up the supporting colors.  And I went punny for my title because this is mostly pictures of Ryan with his grandparents.

Today's color palette:  Crumb Cake, Mango Melody, Shaded Spruce, and Gorgeous Grape, with some Whisper White but I didn't put that in the palette for some reason.  I got to sneak in a bit of purple because I was wearing a purple shirt in one photo : )

Have a great day, peeps!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Calendar Alphabet & Numbers, Schoolbook Serif Alphabet, Takeout Treats
Ink:  Gorgeous Grape, Shaded Spruce, Mango Melody
Paper:  Crumb Cake, Shaded Spruce, Gorgeous Grape, Thick Basic White, Dandy Designs DSP
Accessories:  Takeout dies

Friday Flashback: Array of Sunshine & A Big Thank You

Today is the day, y'all!  The hubs will arrive later this morning and then the three of us are going to stay at Great Wolf Lodge for a couple of nights, which Ryan doesn't know about yet.  So glad this deployment is OVER!

And I have a celebratory Friday Flashback to share today.  Today's sets are Array of Sunshine and A Big Thank You.

I chose sunny Daffodil Delight for my cards today because yellow makes me happy.  It's Ryan's favorite color after he changed it from red.

I got like a half a dozen packs of those glitter dots because I was making a set of invitations for my friend Sarah and I seriously overestimated how many I would need.  So I used up several on today's cards and those glitter dots are where I got my color combination.

One last fun floral card.  Again, two stamp sets that I like but hadn't used in a long time, so this was fun.  Have a great day, peeps!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Array of Sunshine, A Big Thank You
Ink:  Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green, Coastal Cabana, Gorgeous Grape
Paper:  Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green, Coastal Cabana, Gorgeous Grape, Thick Basic White
Accessories:  Glitter Enamel Dots, Dimensionals

A Study in Blue

Mornin' y'all, happy Wednesday!  Today's card is brought to you by the color blue.

I had originally made this card for an SUO Challenges CASE the Catty challenge, but then we changed the challenge and this one never got posted.  Until now.  I loved Softly Sketched from last year's catalog, it has three pretty images and several great sentiment stamps.  What do you think of it stamped in blue?

Have a great day, y'all.

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Softly Sketched
Ink:  Misty Moonlight, Boho Blue
Paper:  Boho Blue, Misty Moonlight, Thick Basic White, Countryside Inn DSP
Accessories:  Deckled Rectangles dies, Deckled Circles dies, Tinsel Gems, Night of Navy ribbon, Dimensionals

SUO Challenges: The Colors of Freedom

Happy Tuesday y'all and get ready for a new challenge from SUO Challenges!

This time it's a color challenge:

It might be the colors on the American flag, but you don't have to do a patriotic card.  I mean, that would be a great choice for my mom's birthday card (HI MA, happy birthday!) but you can choose your shades of red and blue and make it your own thing.  So here's what I made:

I added a bit of gray with the cloud pattern from the Take to the Sky DSP floated on a Perennial Postage die shape.  I did make the die cut a little bit shorter than the original die, which is easy enough to do because you just line up the dimples to make it shorter.  Then I added a couple of simple red biplanes, a sentiment, a few retired Milky Dots, and it's done!  I keep using embellishments even after they're retired because why not.  I have a photo box full of fun things and I always write the colors on the packaging so I know what they match.

Anyway, I chose Blueberry Bushel and Real Red for my shades, so what are your red and blue combo?  Make sure you share your card at the SUO Challenges blog and as always, have fun!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Adventurous Sky
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Blueberry Bushel
Paper:  Blueberry Bushel, Thick Basic White, Take to the Sky DSP
Accessories:  Adventurous Sky dies, Perennial Postage dies, mini Dimensionals, Milky Dots

Stars & Stripes Forever

Scrappy Monday, y'all!  Ryan and I are very excited that it's July--today we'll have our FINAL monthly ice cream date and we can count down the days until our reunion with the hubs on ONE HAND.  So today's layout is a celebration too!

We were allowed to have fireworks at our house in North Carolina, so the hubs bought some and we had a little fireworks show in our driveway in 2020.  This time the hubs gave Ryan some headphones to cut down on the noise so he wasn't scared like he had been the year before--he loved it!  And I had fun choosing fireworks and stars images for this layout.

Today's patriotic palette:  Real Red, Pool Party, Blueberry Bushel, Night of Navy, and Whisper White.

Have a great day, peeps!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Red White & Blue, July Fourth, Simply Stars, Christmas Star
Ink:  Real Red, Blueberry Bushel, Night of Navy marker
Paper:  Real Red, Blueberry Bushel, Pool Party, Night of Navy, Thick Basic White, Pool Party DSP
Accessories:  Large Star punch, circle punches

Friday Flashback: Artfully Asian

I haven't posted one of these in a long time so it's a FRIDAY FLASHBACK!  I actually have a bunch of FF draft posts and I figured that while we're once again doing the moving chaos, I might as well post a few of these flashbacks.  So let's take a look at Artfully Asian, shall we?

I made three cards, all with the same stamp set, colors, dies, and layout (one turned vertical).  Since the hubs and I lived in Japan for a couple of years, I am always drawn to any Oriental-type stamp sets.

I haven't made any new Flashback cards in a while, but my goal with these is to revisit retired stamp sets, make some simple cards, and use up some of the 6x6 patterned paper in my stash since I am less likely to use it on scrapbook layouts (I am very fond of making strips to go across a 12x12 page, which is hard to do with a 6x6 paper pad but I can't stop buying those anyway...)

So there's my Artfully Asian card trio.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Artfully Asian
Ink:  Early Espresso, Calypso Coral, Stampin' Blends in Pale Papaya, Calypso Coral, Soft Succulent
Paper:  Pale Papaya, Thick Basic White, Soft Succulent DSP
Accessories:  Stitched So Sweetly dies, Dimensionals

C Is For Cookie

Mornin' y'all!  Pack out continues and I still have cards to share.  I actually made these for a color challenge a while back, but the challenge closed out before I could get them posted so I just didn't do it until now.

Cookie monster!  I think cookies are my preferred baking medium, to be honest.  Back in March, I made several hundred cookies and sent them to some deployed troops along with one of these cards.  The other card I sent to my friend and fellow cookie baker Krissy.

That's all I got today, have a good one!  And maybe eat a cookie.

Supplies:
Stamps:  Cookies from The Ink Road
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin' Blends in Azure Afternoon, Pecan Pie, Bubble Bath
Paper:  Bubble Bath, Night of Navy, Thick Basic White, Bright & Beautiful DSP Stack
Acceesories:  I forget which Pecan Pie dots, Dimensionals, Stylish Shapes dies

Life Is Sweet

Scrappy Monday, y'all!  I'm scheduling a bunch of posts for a while since we're moving--the packers are arriving today, actually; we'll get to Colorado near mid-July and I don't know when we'll be unpacked on that side.  So anyway, I have 100 draft posts from which to choose for the next little bit, and I thought I'd start with this scrapbook layout:

We had a cherry tree in our yard in Germany, and that is the whole reason why I bought the Sweetest Cherries bundle.  I had these pictures with a few other random shots from June 2021 to do a monthly layout, but I decided that these pics deserved their own layout so I could share the story of how Ryan was all excited to pick cherries to make a pie and then he refused to eat any of the pie : )

The just-retired set of In Colors were the basis of my color palette:

Parakeet Party, Sweet Sorbet, Orchid Oasis, Starry Sky, and white.  There might be a smidgen on Tahitian Tide in the DSP to make the whole set.  I chose a super-fun but very busy floral pattern from the Flowers & More DSP stack (I love that one!), cut it in half for a six-inch strip across the layout, and then I kept the other elements very simple with lots of open space to balance out the busy pattern.

Have a great day, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Sweetest Cherries
Ink:  Orchid Oasis, Sweet Sorbet, Parakeet Party, Pecan Pie, Starry Sky marker
Paper:  Parakeet Party, Orchid Oasis, Starry Sky, Thick Basic White, Flowers & More DSP
Accessories:  Cherry builder punch, Stylish Shapes dies

Friday Flashback: The Art of Life & Small Script

Well dang it, I was trying to schedule posts for the future and accidentally made this one for June instead of July.  Oh well....

Friday Flashback again!  Today it's The Art of Life and Small Script.  I have a parade of cards today!

All of the stamps in The Art of Life are tall, skinny stamps; I like the textured stamp behind the floral stem on this one.  Great way to make it look like layers even though this is a one-layer card.

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  The Art of Life
Ink:  River Rock, Mellow Moss, Ruby Red, Chocolate Chip
Paper:  Thick Very Vanilla
Accessories:  None

Same basic idea with the leaf stamp.

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  The Art of Life
Ink:  Mellow Moss, Chocolate Chip
Paper:  Thick Very Vanilla
Accessories:  None

And then I made a few with the images from The Art of Life paired with Small Script sentiments.  Very simple but a few more layers than the first couple of cards.  All four of these have the same layout, but I changed out some of the colors for the floral cards.

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  The Art of Life, Small Script
Ink:  River Rock, Mellow Moss, Early Espresso
Paper:  River Rock, Early Espresso, Thick Very Vanilla, Mellow Moss DSP
Accessories:  Dimensionals

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  The Art of Life, Small Script
Ink:  River Rock, Mellow Moss, Early Espresso
Paper:  River Rock, Early Espresso, Thick Very Vanilla, Mellow Moss DSP
Accessories:  Dimensionals

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  The Art of Life, Small Script
Ink:  River Rock, Mellow Moss, Ruby Red, Early Espresso
Paper:  River Rock, Early Espresso, Thick Very Vanilla, Ruby Red DSP
Accessories:  Dimensionals

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  The Art of Life, Small Script
Ink:  River Rock, Mellow Moss, Early Espresso
Paper:  River Rock, Early Espresso, Thick Very Vanilla, Mellow Moss DSP
Accessories:  Dimensionals

So there's six super simple cards that I made with The Art of Life and Small Script.  They've both been retired for ages, but I still really like them so it was fun to get them out to play with again.  Cheers!

Sweet Summer Swimsuits

Hey y'all, happy Friday!  And today's card is the last one I'll make in my Texas craft room as the crew is coming on Monday to start packing up all my stuff for the move to Colorado.  So here's a summery card for today:

Sunny Splash was the first stamp set I thought of when I saw the Retro Rubber Challenge:

I've had the stamp set for over a year and a half but I had only used it once before now.  For the tic-tac-toe, I went along the diagonal with die cut - summer - sequins.  Once I chose the stamp set, the first color that I thought of was Pineapple Punch, which is the happiest yellow ever invented, and that led me to the How Sweet It Is DSP, which was candy-themed but also has some fun patterns like the rainbow stripes and polka dots.  Of course I had a yellow polka-dot swimsuit (even if it's not a bikini) for the middle of my card.  A few Tutti Frutti sequins and it's done!

Okay, I'd better get some stuff done today--I had intended to start getting things prepped to move yesterday, but after I picked up Ryan from soccer camp and we went to lunch with my dad, I was just zonked out and I took a nap, then did some stitching and read a bit before going to bed.  So today I have to start organizing things, starting with my craft room since it takes a while to get all the ink pads ready to move.  Cheers, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Sunny Splash
Ink:  Melon Mambo, Pineapple Punch, Granny Apple Green, Gorgeous Grape
Paper:  Coastal Cabana, Pineapple Punch, Thick Basic White, How Sweet It Is DSP
Accessories:  Nested Essentials dies, Tutti Frutti sequins, Dimensionals, Wink of Stella

Blueberry Picnic Birthday

Hey hey, y'all!  Well, I wasn't quite as productive yesterday as I was hoping to be, and today is probably going to be busy--Ryan has a couple of games at his soccer camp this morning that I'm going to watch, and then we're supposed to have lunch with my dad.  But that gives me most of the afternoon to get stuff done, so here's hoping.

Anyway, I did manage to take pictures of my scrapbook pages yesterday and then I made a card:

Here's this week's Freshly Made Sketch:

I stamped a couple of extra leaves from the other blueberry bunch stamp and cut them out for the smaller element on the sketch, I popped the larger image up on top of the leaves and I colored those leaves darker so you can see they're two pieces.  Here is this week's Color Throwdown:

I used Sweet Sorbet, Azure Afternoon/Blueberry Bushel, and Granny Apple Green for my colors, with a bit of Mossy Meadow for shading.  I thought the Sketched Plaid background would give the impression of a blanket for a picnic, and I used Sweet Sorbet instead of Real Red because Sweet Sorbet is just a touch softer and plays nicer with the other colors.

That's it for me today, I'm going to go be a soccer mom : ) Have a great one, peeps!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Blueberry Bunches, Sketched Plaid
Ink:  Night of Navy, Sweet Sorbet, Azure Afternoon, Stampin' Blends in Azure Afternoon, Blueberry Bushel, Granny Apple Green, Mossy Meadow
Paper:  Granny Apple Green, Night of Navy, Thick Basic White
Accessories:  Dimensionals, Wink of Stella, Tinsel Gems

Built Tough

Mornin' y'all!  I am happy to report that I finished up my batch of scrapbook pages yesterday, so hopefully today I'll get them photographed for future blog posts and I can start getting some things ready for the move.  I also framed several pieces of artwork, which I've been meaning to do for a long time (cheap Michael's frames, but better than nothing).  I need to sit down and make a list of the things I need to do before next Monday.

In the meantime, you *know* I'm sneaking in as much craft room time as I can manage, so here's a card for today:

I tried mighty hard to resist Rhino Ready when it was introduced as an Online Exclusive, and then my friend Krissy called my kid Rhino Ryan which is the most fitting sobriquet ever and then I had to have it.  Sadly for me the dies were already sold out but I don't mind doing some fussy cutting.  Anywha, I made this for the current Paper Players challenge:

And the new-to-me Creative Colour Challenge:

I used Blackberry Bliss to stamp my rhino and his bird friend as well as the sentiment, the card base and grass are Soft Sea Foam, and I used Boho Blue to color in the rhino.  I have colored in the rhinos from this stamp set in several different colors just because it's fun.

Anyway, it's about time to get Ryan slathered up with sunscreen and head out the door for soccer camp.  And then I'm going to start that to-do list and see what I can get done before he gets done with camp at noon.  Cheers, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Rhino Ready
Ink:  Blackberry Bliss, Soft Sea Foam, Stampin' Blends in Boho Blue, Blackberry Bliss, Gray Granite
Paper:  Soft Sea Foam, Thick Basic White
Accessories:  Transparent Dots, Dimensionals