The Fabulous Ms. Fox

Mornin' y'all!  I just put the kettle on for my second cuppa, I am drinking as much tea as possible while it's still cool in the mornings because once summer arrives I don't like to drink hot things as much.  Gotta enjoy that tea while I can!

So it feels like we have had weeks and weeks of unrelentingly summer weather, but at least it's a rainy day in my craft room.

It doesn't show up in the picture (it usually doesn't), but I did Wink of Stella on Ms. Fox's umbrella so that it matches the glitter dots and makes a visual triangle of Melon Mambo.  Design science, visual triangles help your eye move around the card (or scrapbook page).

I have three challenges today, starting with Freshly Made Sketches:

Next up is Retro Rubber:

I knew this would be the perfect excuse to use one of the cute images in Playing in the Rain, since I only used a greeting from that stamp set when we had the spring showers challenge at The Paper Players.  So, Playing in the Rain is now 3 years old (for some reason I thought it was more like 4 or 5?), so it's now retro in stamp years.  I used Rain or Shine for the greeting, and it's now 13 years old.

Last up is the Color Dare Challenge:

I used Highland Heather, Melon Mambo, Bermuda Bay, and Soft Sea Foam.  I was going to do Pretty Peacock, but then I found the Sunshine & Rainbows DSP Stack and subbed in Bermuda Bay for that.  There are lots of rainy patterns in that stack but the two in the challenge colors aren't really themed, I kinda wish I had added a circle behind the fox and stamped some rain clouds but by the time I thought of that I was out of time to work on this card so it's staying how it is.

That's it for me today, y'all.  Wish we'd get some rain here, we've had fire hazard advisories on my weather app every day for quite a while.  Once I finish my tea, Daphne and I will get out there in the sunshine.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Playing in the Rain, Rain or Shine
Ink:  Night of Navy, Stampin' Blends in Smoky Slate, Melon Mambo, Highland Heather
Paper:  Highland Heather, Thick Basic White, Sunshine & Rainbows DSP Stack
Accessories:  Playing in the Rain dies, Textured Notes dies, Dimensionals, Glitter Gems, Wink of Stella

To a Tea

Mornin' y'all!  I've got my first cuppa steeping right now and of course I'm making tea to go with my tea card today : )

I love the pink and teal color combination from last week's Inspired By... challenge so I had to give it another go even if the challenge is closed:

I ended up using Summer Splash with mostly Pink Pirouette and just a little Pretty in Pink, doing a Pretty in Pink card base was just too much pink for me.  Next up is the CAS Colours & Sketches sketch:

I happened to see the teacup trio stamp in Tea Shoppe and thought it would be great for the circles on the sketch.  I added the Pretty in Pink strip to ground the teacups so they wouldn't be free floating in space, I just felt like they needed that grounding.

That's it for now, peeps.  I'm going to enjoy the rest of my cuppa while I check out some blogs, and then I fully intend to make another cup : )  My blood type is tea positive.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Tea Shoppe
Ink:  Summer Splash, Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper:  Pink Pirouette, Pretty in Pink, Basic White
Accessories:  Dimensionals

Postage Love

Mornin' y'all!  Moving slow today because I woke up with a headache, that's always fun, but it's gonna get better from here.  I am manifesting positive things for today.

What with being a chauffeur extraordinaire most of the day yesterday, I didn't get into my craft room until the early evening but I did make a card to share today:

I have two challenges today, starting with the Creative Colour Challenge:

And what gave me a vector on this card is the Addicted to CAS challenge:

I combined the pretty Posted for You Love stamp with Post Script, which might be my favorite background stamp ever.  At first I wanted to use ribbon on my card, but it turns out I have zero ribbon in any of the challenge colors, so instead I put a thin strip of Melon Mambo behind my postage stamp image and I think it works.

That's it for now, peeps.  Have a great day!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Posted for You, Post Script
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Gray Granite, Stampin' Blends in Petal Pink, Melon Mambo, Gray Granite
Paper:  Petal Pink, Gray Granite, Melon Mambo, Thick Basic White
Accessories:  Rectangular Postage Stamp punch, Dimensionals

Mosaic Luna Moth

Mornin' y'all!  Hope your week is off to a good start.  I will be playing chauffeur (chauffeuse?) for the hubs today for his post-op eye appointment so let's hope that goes well.

Last week I got some new goodies and I am IN LOVE with the new Moonlit Flora DSP.  I mean, how could I not be?!  Just look at it:

The background is one of the beautiful patterns and the moth is on another piece of the DSP, which I cut it into squares for the Inkspirational sketch:

I did stretch the sketch into a regular A2 card instead of a square because I wanted to fit in the Words of Beauty dies that Joanne made me buy ; )  And oh yes, I am ALSO in love with our new green, Peaceful Pine!  I used it for the card base and the "because", which is matted on Soft Sea Foam.  A few Golden Glow flat pearls finish it off.  I think I will need at least one more pack of this DSP...

Have a great day, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Words of Beauty
Ink:  Peaceful Pine
Paper:  Peaceful Pine, Golden Glow, Soft Sea Foam, Thick Basic White, Midnight Flora DSP
Accessories:  Words of Beauty dies, Dimensionals, In Color Flat Pearls

The Paper Players: Baby Animals

Happy Sunday, y'all!  It's my turn to host the challenge at The Paper Players and I hope you enjoy this week's theme:

Lots of animals are born at this time of year, so I thought it was seasonally appropriate and also might be fun for everyone.  One of the great things about the Internet and social media is that places like zoos can share their baby animals in videos and pictures and people everywhere can see just how cute baby leopards are.  I went a bit more domestic animal with my card, and here it is:

I was totally horse crazy as a child, and since I only very rarely got to actually interact with horses in person despite growing up in Texas, I read everything I could get my hands on--I still have my childhood copies of several Marguerite Henry books (Misty of Chincoteague) and the entire run of Walter Farley's The Black Stallion series.  One of my favorite things to do on Facebook is watch videos by Katie Van Slyke, who raises quarter horses and also breeds miniature horses, goats, donkeys, and cows--I didn't even know prior to following her that donkeys and cows came in miniature versions!  And also, baby mini cows are possibly the cutest thing ever, unless it's baby miniature horses. So adorable.

Anyway, I looked through all my horse stamps and just had to use this mama and baby pair from the very old stamp set called Bareback.  I kinda watercolored the horses to match a real-life mama and baby (Annie and Gunner, he's like 10 days old now) and kept the background very soft and dreamy, with a wide border of white space around it and a simple torn edge because this is a CAS challenge.

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!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Bareback, Notes of Nature
Ink:  Versamark, Early Espresso, Copper Clay, Soft Succulent, Boho Blue
Paper:  Copper Clay, Very Vanilla
Accessories:  Clear EP

The Invisible Intruder

Happy Saturday, y'all, and welcome to the 46th Nancy Drew Challenge!  Today Nancy is squaring off with The Invisible Intruder.

This cover reminds me of 99 Steps and Crossword Cipher in that it's largely brown/neutral tones, and once again Nancy is in her signature color of pale blue.  This time we get Ned on the cover, which rarely happens, and we have a creepy backdrop of a stingray and some skulls.  I like it.  This is my childhood copy, I have my name written not once but twice inside the front cover.

Case file:  Nancy's friend Helen (who last appeared in #20, The Clue in the Jewel Box, and I think this might be her final appearance) organizes a ghost-hunting road trip to investigate odd happenings at five different locations, including a phantom canoe, a medium, and a ghost horse, so this is basically five Scooby-Doo episodes in one volume.  The book ends up at the home of an eccentric old man who collects rare shells and also human skulls, which is not my design aesthetic but rock on as long as the skulls and shells are ethically sourced, and Nancy captures the gang behind all of the haunts.

Here's my card:

We get some lectures on different kinds of shells over the course of the book, so I decided to pull out Stippled Shells for my first card.  I chose River Rock, Pebbled Path, and Basic Beige for neutral colors and put it all on a Balmy Blue card base for Nancy's dress.

I had done a mosaic card with Stippled Shells a long time ago so I kind of started with that as a jumping off point for this card.  Also, I made this one before the vintage traveler card I posted on Wednesday.

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Stippled Shells, Weathered, Stepping Stones
Ink:  River Rock, Pebbled Path
Paper:  Balmy Blue, River Rock, Pebbled Path, Thick Very Vanilla
Accessories:  Layering Ovals Framelits, Dimensionals

And I have one more card:

The first location they road trip to has a self-propelling canoe, and while investigating it Nancy and Ned encounter a mechanical octopus which drags Ned away and that is straight out of a Scooby-Doo episode and it makes me laugh.  So I had to make an octopus card, using Nancy's hair and dress for my colors since the rest of the cover is pretty blah.

I did keep Gray Granite as my main color here, which matches the stingray pretty well.  I found my blue and gray patterns in the Otterly Adorable DSP, and I matted the Gray Granite pattern on some Gray Granite cardstock on which I colored the edges with a Blend marker to make it stand out against the Gray Granite card base, which is an easy way to get multiple values of a single color.  You know what, I miss Mango Melody.  It's a fun orange.

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Message in a Bottle
Ink:  Gray Granite, Mango Melody, Gray Granite Stampin' Blend
Paper:  Gray Granite, Thick Basic White, Otterly Adorable DSP
Accessories:  Dimensionals, Sparkly Gems

Like The Scarlet Slipper Mystery, I think this one has too many characters as we have the regular Drew Crew (Nancy, Bess, George, Ned, Burt, and Dave), Helen and her husband, and three other couples whose names I could never remember and they're apparently only around so everyone can rag on the one married woman who believes in ESP and ghosts, which is unfortunate.  We have some goofy Scooby-Doo inspired moments, not up to the utterly bananas hijinks of Brass-Bound Trunk or Moss-Covered Mansion, but the five mini mysteries and road trip setup are fun, so I give this one three and a half stars.  If you're inspired to create a card based on this mystery, please leave me a comment below!  And I'll see you next time when Nancy investigates The Mysterious Mannequin.  Cheers!

Space, The Final Frontier

Mornin' y'all!  Been a little busy here as the hubs had eye surgery yesterday (a PRK procedure, he had his first one years ago so we'll see if this one does better) so Daphne and I are working as nurses for the time being.  Hopefully the hubs will be back up and running soon.

For today's card, I am mixing a new stamp set with some older paper and here's what I came up with:

I grew up watching Star Trek:  The Next Generation and of course I'm also a huge Star Wars fan, so I do like spacey things.  This is the first time I've used Moon & Back, which I've had for a while, but I thought of it immediately when I saw this week's sketch from Freshly Made Sketches:

Since my greeting is on the moon itself, I had to come up with something different for the sentiment strip on the bottom, and eventually I remembered that I have a vast collection of punches, including multiple stars.  Problem solved!  And more sparkle, because that's always fun.  I used Wink of Stella on the astronaut's helmet too.

Daphne's going to start poking me to go on a walk, so I'd better finish my tea and check on the hubs so we can go.  Cheers, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Moon & Back
Ink:  Smoky Slate, Orchid Oasis, Blueberry Bushel, Berry Burst
Paper:  Smoky Slate, Berry Burst, Thick Basic White, Stargazing DSP, Myths & Magic Glimmer Paper
Accessories:  Circles Collection Framelits, star punch, Dimensionals, Wink of Stella

Bonjer, Y'all

Mornin' y'all!  *Somebody* snarfed down my lemon blueberry muffins so now I'm eating one of the chocolate chip ones I got for Ryan.  Think I'm going to be buying more muffins today because I think the hubs has joined the chat and he's the guilty party here.

Anyway, I took French classes from middle school all the way through high school (I was the sole student in French IV my senior year), and I would have gotten a minor in French if I hadn't decided I just really didn't want to take Advanced French Grammar, so I was two classes shy of the minor.  One of my friends in high school liked to speak French with an exaggerated Texas accent, hence today's blog post title, which invariably made our teacher wail with a French accent.  All that to say, sometimes I buy stamp sets in French and I used on of them for today's card!

I do love that large and in charge bonjour, I thought it was perfect for the AAA Cards Challenge:

I kept a lot the same, with the layout, hello greeting, and floral pattern, but I used Fresh Freesia for the "white" space on my card because I like colors.  And I know this is a CAS challenge, but I just had to add that layer of Sweet Sorbet in between the Fresh Freesia and Blackberry Bliss card base.

I did promise a more colorful card after yesterday's study in brown : )  Have a great day, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Chère Amie
Ink:  Blackberry Bliss
Paper:  Blackberry Bliss, Sweet Sorbet, Fresh Freesia, Flowers & More DSP
Accessories:  Starburst Sequins

Vintage Traveler

Mornin' y'all!  Daphne is currently gamboling about the living room and playing with a toy and being totally adorable.  I went to the store this morning and got her and extendable leash, so we'll see how she does with that in about a half hour when we do our daily neighborhood tour.

Anyway, I've got something a bit different to share today:

Y'all know me and how much I love color--in general, I only make all-neutral cards under duress, but it seemed like the thing to do for this particular card.

Let's talk challenges, shall we?  Starting with Festive Friday:

I've got sepia colors (now you know why I made my card all neutrals), twine, distressing techniques if you count sponging and paper tearing, postmarks, and a thinking of you sentiment, not too shabby.  This list seemed to dovetail nicely with the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge:

I was actually looking for a plane image for this card, but I think the old-fashioned valise works.  Next up is the Atlantic Hearts sketch:

I used a square punch to keep all the background pieces exactly the same size, and once again my flabbers are gasted that I don't have a 1 1/8" square punch.  The heck?  I have 1", 1 1/4", and 1 3/8" but no 1 1/8".  Annoying.  And also why my scale is a bit off from the original sketch.  Also, I used the twine in place of the foliage on the sketch, and I tried to put some embellishments on there but decided my card looked better without.

I just realized this also works for the Retro Rubber Challenge:

This time I have the diagonal with tag - your choice (vintage) - die cut and everything on this card is vintage, including the cardstock, inks, punch, and die I used.  For the stamps, Traveler is the least vintage and has been in my collection for about a year, Post Script is 9 years old, and Teeny Tiny Wishes is at least 14 years old.  I hang onto my stamps, because obviously I need them for challenges.

That's it for now, peeps.  Next time I will post a colorful card as an antidote to all this brown : )  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Traveler, Teeny Tiny Wishes, Post Script
Ink:  Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Creamy Caramel
Paper:  Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Creamy Caramel, Very Vanilla
Accessories:  Lots of Labels Framelits, Early Espresso bakers twine, Dimensionals

Spring Inspo for SUO Challenges

Mornin' y'all!  Are you ready for a new challenge from SUO Challenges?  Because we have some excellent spring inspiration heading your way!  Check it out:

I was drawn to the butterflies and the rainbow of pastel colors, and here's what I made:

I remembered that little butterfly stamp in Cutest Crew and here I am making another hello card like I talked about yesterday.  I raided my paper scraps and cut five scraps into 1" wide, 3 3/4" tall strips for my rainbow background.  All of the patterned papers are retired but that's okay for SUO Challenges, and this was a good way for me to use up some long, skinny scraps.  And in an unusual move for me, I did not use a single die to make this card!

We hope you'll be inspired too and share your card creation (or scrapbook page or other paper craft project) at the SUO Challenges blog.  And just like it says on the tin, this is a Stampin' Up! only challenge.  Have fun!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Cutest Crew
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin' Blends in Pretty in Pink, Peach Pie, Lemon Lolly, Highland Heather
Paper:  Balmy Blue, Basic White, Refreshed Beauty DSP, Pretty in Pink DSP, Lemon Lolly DSP, Highland Heather DSP
Accessories:  White bakers twine, Neutral Matte Dots, Dimensionals

Mosaic Hello

Mornin' y'all!  Daphne is already pestering me to go for a walk but I'm going to type this up first.  I got in my craft room for just a minute yesterday and made this:

We've got a few challenges today, so let's go in alphabetical order.  Here's the As You See It Challenge:

For me it's definitely hello cards or similar.  I just counted seven hello cards posted last week alone : )  I send out at least 4-6 cards per week so this is definitely what I do the most!

Next up is Inspired By...:

I love those colors together!  I used Summer Splash, Pretty in Pink/Strawberry Slush, and Basic Black and I want to come back to this color combination again.

Next up is Retro Rubber:

This time I made SURE my stamps are older than a year (I made a card for this last week only to discover my stamp set will have its first birthday next month); Mosaic Madness is 13 years old and Happy Day is 12 years old, so they're definitely retro.  I went down the left side with sequins, ribbon, and die cuts.

And finally I have the TGIF Challenges sketch:

This sketch made me think of Mosaic Madness immediately so that's what I did.

Okay, time to make my girl happy and go for a walk in the beautiful weather.  Cheers!

Supplies:
Stamps:  Mosaic Madness, Happy Day
Ink:  Summer Splash, Strawberry Slush
Paper:  Summer Splash, Basic Black, Thick Basic White, Floral Impressions DSP
Accessories:  Textured Notes dies, Mosaic punch, black ribbon (not SU, I think), black sequins, Dimensionals

Pengwengs for The Paper Players

Happy Sunday, y'all, and it's time for a new Paper Players challenge!  This time the lovely Jan has a color combination for us:

I thought about this one for a while and then I had a brainwave and I made this:

Pengwengs!  We shall never forget the time that Benedict Cumberbatch narrated an entire documentary about flightless birds and discovered he can't say the word "penguin" properly, haha!  My bird-obsessed kiddo went through a phase where he watched Happy Feet over and over so I knew these colors would be perfect for this penguin pair, from the long-retired stamp set Cold-Weather Friends.  I embossed the image with black ink + Versamark + clear EP and then watercolored with Daffodil Delight and Smoky Slate ink, then added a bit of Wink of Stella to the ground so it would look a little glittery like real snow.

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!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Cold-Weather Friends, A Dozen Thoughts
Ink:  Versamark, Memento Tuxedo Black, Daffodil Delight, Smoky Slate
Paper:  Daffodil Delight, Thick Basic White, Merry Little Christmas DSP, Marblelous DSP Stack
Accessories:  Tasteful Labels dies, clear EP, Mini Dimensionals, Candy Dots

The Spider Sapphire Mystery

Mornin' y'all and welcome to this week's Nancy Drew Challenge!  We are on #45, The Spider Sapphire Mystery:

I think all my covers are by Rudy Nappi from here until we hit paperbacks.  I like Nancy's signature flippy 'do and her top here, quite a lovely color with her hair color, and despite having "spider" in the name of the book and large and in charge in the cover art, this one is much less spider-tastic than The Secret in the Old Attic.  Anyway, this is my childhood copy and I don't think it's supposed to have that splotch below Nancy's eye, I used to read a lot in the bathtub as a kid and I think some of my books show evidence of that.

Case file:  Nancy and the Drew Crew are planning to go on safari to Africa, and at the same time, she's helping her father with a case where a maker of synthetic gems is accused of stealing a natural sapphire with a spider trapped in it (I know spiders could be trapped in amber, but can sapphires work that way?).  Nancy has to locate a kidnapped Ned before they can go on safari, and in Africa she's tasked with tracking down a man who may or may not have been eaten by lions, she's very busy.  Of course the kidnappers are also behind the gem theft and Nancy catches them like Pokémon (I am guessing here, I've never played Pokémon) and reunites the safari missing man with his sister after she cures his amnesia.

Here's my card:

I thought I'd go for a pretty literal interpretation of the cover art here and I was quite chuffed to find that pattern in the Perennial Essence DSP that incorporates the colors of the book cover.  I made my own spider sapphire by stamping the spider on Azure Afternoon cardstock and then covering the whole piece with clear embossing powder.

I couldn't figure out what greeting would go well on this card so I elected to leave it as is.

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  From the Crypt
Ink:  Versamark, Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper:  Old Olive, Mossy Meadow, So Saffron, Azure Afternoon, Perennial Essence DSP
Accessories:  Clear EP, Ornate Frames dies, Moody Palette Glossy Dots, Dimensionals

But wait, there's more!  I made a second card:

There are some pretty goofy parts in this book, like the man who has lion-induced amnesia, when George gets snatched by a man wearing a baboon costume, and a real baboon steals the wig off a snobbish girl on safari with the Drew Crew but Bess gives her a makeover and magically makes over the snob's personality too (which I believe because Bess is magic and I would want to be friends with her).  Anyway, I thought I'd play with the more whimsical parts of this book and got out this smug lion from Inspiration Squad.

Still kept to the colors on the book cover, this time with more yellow.  That lion just looks so satisfied with himself, doesn't he?

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Inspiration Squad
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin' Blends in Daffodil Delight, Peach Pie, Pecan Pie
Paper:  Azure Afternoon, Daffodil Delight, Thick Basic White, Cute As Can Bee DSP, Bee Mine DSP
Accessories:  Everyday Details dies, Layering Circles dies, Nested Essentials dies, Fine Sparkle Gems, Dimensionals

I tend to like the travelogue-style Drews and this one has some fun silly bits, but it does also have some portrayals of people of African and Indian descent that are negative or just disrespectful by today's standards, as Averie said in her True Drew podcast that I listened to earlier this week.  I'm going to give it three stars just because I do like the super silly bits.  If you're inspired to make a card, please leave me a comment, and we'll see you back here next week when Nancy searches for The Invisible Intruder.

Botanical Bounty, Part 4

Hey hey, y'all, I am continuing my creative streak with a few more floral cards, since I still had stamp sets out for that CAS on Friday botanical challenge.  So here's what I've got:

Ooooh some old sets here, Petal Prints and Elegant Cheer and me just playing around with some color combinations for the Sunday Stamps sketch challenge:

Well, it started with the sketch but I added some layers and they morphed a bit.  I was just having some fun with those pressed flower stamps, ya know?

I also had More Petal Prints out so I made one more:

And actually I think this is the first time I've used More Petal Prints, though I've had it for years, but at least I used all three stamps in the set for today's card.  Thought I'd give the SUO Challenges colors another go, and let's just say this is not my favorite color combination ever.  I thought I'd go really old skool on this one and just do stamps, ink, and paper, no dies or anything else (except Dimensionals).

Anyway, not much time before I go grab the kiddo from school.  I'm hoping to take him out for dinner early so maybe we can watch the livestream of the Artemis splash down tonight.  And it's about time that we named a mission to the moon after a goddess actually *associated* with the moon.  Apollo is such an attention hog.

*runs before Apollo can shoot me with arrows*

Cheers!

Supplies, first card, all SU!
Stamps:  Petal Prints, Elegant Cheer
Ink:  Pink Pirouette, Melon Mambo, Lost Lagoon
Paper:  Lost Lagoon, Melon Mambo, Pink Pirouette
Accessories:  Textured Notes dies, Stylish Shapes dies, Strawberry Slush gems (they were close enough), Wink of Stella

Supplies, second card, all SU!
Stamps:  Petal Prints, Elegant Cheer
Ink:  Old Olive, So Saffron, Delightful Dijon
Paper:  Old Olive, So Saffron, Delightful Dijon
Accessories:  Textured Notes dies, Stylish Shapes dies, Noble Peacock rhinestones

Supplies, third card, all SU!
Stamps:  More Petal Prints, Gifts of Spring
Ink:  Lemon Lolly, Peach Pie, Pretty in Pink, Crumb Cake
Paper:  Lemon Lolly, Peach Pie, Whisper White, Pretty in Pink DSP
Accessories:  Dimensionals

Paper Flower Power

Happy Friday, y'all!  Bit of a gloomy day here but I would be happy to get some rain, it's been terribly dry this year and I know it's going to be a bad summer for fires.  And I don't have to go anywhere else until it's time to pick up Ryan (other than taking Daph for a walk) so as far as I'm concerned it can pour down rain from now until midafternoon.  Whaddya say, Zeus?

Anyway!  Apparently this is my week to be an overachieving stamper because I have three cards to share this morning.  Let's start with these two:

I thought this week's Freshly Made Sketch was a good chance to showcase some DSP but then I couldn't pick just one.  Here's the sketch:

And I couldn't leave out one more gorgeous floral paper:

I actually made this one first and couldn't resist making the other two.

Supplies, first card:
Stamps:  Sweet Blooms
Ink:  Pretty Peacock
Paper:  Mossy Meadow, Basic Beige, Floral Charm DSP
Accessories:  Perennial Postage dies, Low Profile Sparkle Dots, Pretty Peacock Metallic Ribbon, Dimensionals

Supplies, second card:
Stamps:  Sweet Blooms
Ink:  Secret Sea
Paper:  Secret Sea, Basic White, Lovely Blossoms DSP
Accessories:  Perennial Postage dies, Natural Matte Dots, Old Olive Polytwill Metallic Ribbon, Dimensionals

Supplies, third card:
Stamps:  Sweet Blooms
Ink:  Garden Green
Paper:  Garden Green, Secret Sea, Petunia Pop, Florals in Bloom DSP
Accessories:  Sweet Blooms dies, Sparkle Dot Essentials

And here's a picture of Daphne from yesterday just because she's cute, she was sitting there with her toy in her mouth and just STARING at me until I tried to get her picture and then she dropped the toy.  And you can see the carcass of another toy off to the right, she yanked all the stuffing out pretty much as soon as she got it.  Destructo-Dog!