A Pear of Fruity Puns

Actually there are no pears on today's cards but I couldn't resist an extra layer of pun.  I made two CAS cards yesterday:

I have a lot of that Fruit Salad DSP Stack left and it's just perfect for the current challenge at the Paper Players:

I have a variety of stamp sets I could have used too, but the paper won out.  Here's my first card:

Those two patterns are the same sheet, just different sides, and I had a couple of smallish scraps of it and I couldn't resist doing a watermelon tag.  Second card:

There was a Paper Pumpkin kit a while ago that was all food-related puns and I HAD to have it and this might be the first time I've used any of the stamps.  This was simple, I just die-cut the banana paper and found a good place to put my a-peel-ing pun : )

Time to get Ryan to engineering camp, how can it take him this long to get ready??  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Cute Fruit, My Paper Pumpkin
Ink:  Early Espresso
Paper:  Pool Party, Pecan Pie, Thick Basic White, Fruit Salad DSP Stack
Accessories:  Stylish Shapes dies, Nested Essentials dies, sequins, Dimensionals

Hey Paper Players, Knock Knock!

Happy Sunday and there's a new Paper Players challenge coming your way!

This week the theme is courtesy of Ann.  I had to think about it for a while and then this happened:

My son Ryan is five and LOVES knock-knock jokes.  Several times a week, we have this conversation:
Ryan:  Hey Mama, knock-knock!
Me:  Who's there?
Ryan: Boo.
Me:  Boo who?
Ryan: *hysterical laughter*

He also tells other knock-knock jokes that make zero sense but he thinks they're funny.  I taught him the one that goes like this:
Me: Knock-knock!
Ryan: Who's there?
Me:  Banana.
Ryan:  Banana who?
Me:  Knock-knock!
Ryan:  Who's there?
Me:  Banana.
Ryan:  Banana who?
Me:  Knock-knock!
Ryan:  Who's there?
Me:  Banana.
Ryan:  Banana who?
Me:  Knock-knock!
Ryan:  WHO'S THERE!!!
Me:  Orange.
Ryan: *already laughing* Orange who?
Me:  Orange you glad I didn't say Banana?
Ryan:  *more laughing*

So yes I made a card based on a silly knock-knock joke.  The card base (including the watercolor splat) was from a past Paper Pumpkin kit, the one with the silly puns, but even though that kit had bananas in it, I used the Cute Fruit stamps instead.

So now it's your turn!  Make a kid-tastic card and don't forget to keep it CAS, then share your creation at the Paper Players blog.  Have fun!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Cute Fruit, Rough Edges Alphabets
Ink:  Daffodil Delight, Crumb Cake
Paper:  Thick Basic White, card from MPP kit
Accessories:  Mini Dimensionals

The Paper Players Design Team

Jaydee

LeAnne Pugliese

Claire Broadwater

Joanne James

Laurie Schmidt

Anne Marie Hile

Ann Schach

Cindy Beach

Christy Stanford <-- You are here : )

Jennie Maier

I Love a Good Pun

Hey y'all and happy Friday.  How's your week been?  I've got a sore arm from yesterday's second Covid shot but I have today off work so I can be lazy and recuperate!

I posted yesterday about how I had so much trouble making a card and right after I wrote that post, I went back in my craft room (the whole get-back-on-the-horse thing) and made a card to share today, and this time I didn't have near the frustration.  Which is good, because stamping should be fun, not frustrating.

I'm kinda sad that they're retiring Cute Fruit already because it is just stinkin' adorable.  But as we've discussed several times, I almost never get rid of stamps so it's not like this one will magically disappear from my collection.  The patterned paper and the Stitched Nested Labels dies are retiring too.

It seemed like a great idea to use Cute Fruit with this week's color challenge from Global Design Project:

Okay, as someone who was a kid in the 80s, I totally LOVE Magenta Madness.  It's such an '80s color, and I mean that in the best way possible.  I love when Magenta Madness pops up in color challenges.  Anywha, I also used this week's sketch from the Paper Players:

I put the sentiment in a different place, whoops.  Just noticed that!  I think the Challenge Police will let me off with a warning, though.  I usually jot down info for various challenges on a piece of paper and then take that upstairs to stamp, so I don't have a computer or phone screen in front of me to double-check things like that.  It happens!

Hope you have a good weekend, peeps.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Cute Fruit
Ink:  Magenta Madness, Coastal Cabana, Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper:  Thick Basic White, Coastal Cabana, In Color DSP
Accessories:  Rectangles Stitched dies, Stitched Nested Labels dies, Dimensionals

Disney Cruise: Key West

Scrappy Monday, y'all!  Once again I managed to do some sorting on photos yesterday, so I'm 3 for 3 on Sunday mornings for this year.  Woo!  I've also made some scrappy progress, I am currently at 10 pages completed for the year so far.  Of course the first four layouts were mostly finished last year and I just finished the embellishments and journaling on them, but yay I'm making progress.

Time for today's layout!  Our first port on the Disney cruise:

Bright, fun colors, right?  I seem to be using a lot of Lucky Limeade lately.  Key West is known for Key lime pie (of which we did partake) so Lucky Limeade seemed to be a natural choice for my page base, and I pulled the bright orange and pink from Ryan's and my shirts.  And how many citrus stamps do I own?  Enough to have limes in two sizes on here, at least.

So there's the palette:  Lucky Limeade, Tangelo Twist, Pixie Pink (wow has that been retired for a long time), Dapper Denim, and Whisper White.

We actually got a decent amount of snow over the weekend, so I think later today we're going to take Ryan out sledding.  Cheers, y'all, and stay toasty!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Taffy Alphabet, Lemon Zest, Cute Fruit
Ink:  Lucky Limeade, Dapper Denim
Paper:  Lucky Limeade, Pixie Pink, Tangelo Twist, Thick Whisper White, Tangelo Twist DSP
Accessories:  Circle punch

SUO Challenges: Summer Colors

Wow, how is it the end of September already?  Is it starting to feel like fall where you are?

We may be edging closer to October, but the SUO Challenges team has a summery color challenge for you:  Daffodil Delight, Mango Melody, Granny Apple Green, Coastal Cabana, Bermuda Bay.  Yes, it's a lot of colors, but I know you can handle it.  Here's my card:

I just love Cute Fruit from the beginner brochure and I know I'm not alone.  I used Daffodil Delight, Mango Melody, and Granny Apple Green for my little pile o' fruit and let the blues be the backdrop of the card.  I think that banana stamp might come in handy because I frequently feel like I'm going bananas (teehee).

Please join us for some fun with this hot color combo and upload your creation at the SUO Challenges blog.  See you there!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Cute Fruit
Ink:  Daffodil Delight, Mango Melody, Granny Apple Green, Bermuda Bay, Cinnamon Cider
Paper:  Coastal Cabana, Bermuda Bay, Thick Whisper White, Artistry Blooms DSP
Accessories:  Stitched So Sweetly dies