Wilmington

Scrappy Monday, y'all!  Are you ready to start a new week?

Today I have two layouts to share, from Ryan's first trip to the beach--Wilmington, NC in May of 2018 (so he was a year old plus a few months).  At the time we lived about an hour and a half away so we just did a day trip for Ryan to experience the beach.

I love the picture of his little feets in the sand :)  I busted out my old favorite Ocean Commotion stamp set and fussy-cut the fish, seahorse, and shells for page accents.

Let's not forget to mention how I dressed Ryan in a shark shirt, haha!

Today's beachy color palette (sorry this picture is dark) includes Tip Top Taupe for sand, Coastal Cabana and Blueberry Bushel for sky and water, with a wee bit of Peach Parfait for accents and Night of Navy for the title and journaling.

Have a great week, peeps!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Layered Letters Alphabet, Ocean Commotion, Avant-Garden
Ink:  Tip Top Taupe, Coastal Cabana, Night of Navy, Peach Parfait
Paper:  Tip Top Taupe, Coastal Cabana, Blueberry Bushel, Thick Whisper White
Accessories:  None

CAS Flowers

Oooooooh look I made a card on a Wednesday!  Probably because I didn't go to the gym today.  I felt like I was busybusybusy all day long yesterday and I kinda felt like I needed a little break, especially since I did still take my doglets for a walk this morning.  But anyway, it's been good to spend some time in the craft cave today!  And still playing with new toys :D

Friends, meet the Sale-a-Bration set Avant Garden.  It's photopolymer, so I stamped the flowers without using my Stamp-a-ma-jig...except for the stamens part.  And the sentiment, because it's a pet peeve when my sentiments are crooked.  But the flowers, leaves and stems?  All unaided.

Thought I'd go with a nice, simple floral CAS card to go with the current Paper Players challenge:

And the pastel color palette at the Color Throwdown seemed like a natural match for that:

I used Mint Macaron, Pink Pirouette, and Pool Party for my colors.  Hmm, the swatch there makes the pink look more like Blushing Bride, but Pink Pirouette tends to be forgotten in color challenges and I personally like it better than Blushing Bride :p

At the last minute I had to add some teeny pearls to the flowers so once again I can enter at Cupcake Inspirations:

I have to say, it would be pretty awesome to have some darker half-back pearls from Stampin' Up! to go with the regular pearl-colored pearls.  Not black, but like a gunmetal color?  Preeeetttyyyy.

Well, if I leave now I can go pick up dog food before traffic gets too wild and crazy.  Cheers, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Avant Garden
Ink:  Pink Pirouette, Mint Macaron, Pool Party
Paper:  Pink Pirouette cardstock & DSP, Pool Party, Thick Whisper White
Accessories:  Dimensionals, Pearls