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