Fintastic Fishes

Mornin' y'all!  I think we're getting into the swing of school days here, and since it's still pretty warm out there I started taking Daphne for her daily perambulation at around 6:30 in the morning and doing my workout before taking Ryan to school.  Day 3 of 3rd grate is now underway and I think he likes it so far.  Third grade was my favorite year of elementary school, I had a great teacher.

Anyway, we're going retro for today's card!

Anyone else remember Fishy Friends and Fintastic?  I pulled them both out for the Retro Rubber sketch:

I didn't get Fishy Friends when it first debuted, but I did buy it several years ago on eBay so I've had it for 4 years.  I bought Fintastic on the Splitcoast BST boards (it has a mermaid in it!) and it has been in my collection for something like 14 years now.  I've been using my retired stamps a lot this year and I only bought two new stamp sets when I did an order yesterday...I'm ready to dive into fall and Halloween cards!

I digress.  For today's card, I couldn't resist the color challenge from Color Dare: 

I used Night of Navy for my neutral, and Balmy Blue, Pumpkin Pie, and Daffodil Delight for the colors.  I dug out some iridescent pearls for accents, not sure how I like those but they're stuck down now.

I think it's about time for a second cuppa tea and then I have some projects to work on.  Cheers, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Fishy Friends, Fintastic
Ink:  Night of Navy, Stampin' Blends in Balmy Blue, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight
Paper:  Daffodil Delight, Thick Basic White, Dandy Designs DSP, Pumpkin Pie DSP
Accessories:  Layering Circles dies, 3/4" circle punch, Countryside Corners dies, Iridescent Pearls, Mini Dimensionals

Virginia Beach, Part 3

Scrappy Monday, y'all!  Today I'm finishing up the Virginia Beach layouts.  I love the fun bright colors on these!

The second picture is Ryan's face after trying tomatillo salsa.  Cracks me up how he'd try to eat sand TWICE but the salsa only got one bite.  We went to a mall to do a bit of shopping and had lunch before we hit the road back to North Carolina, and Ryan loved the cool hat he got at Firehouse Subs :)  I've talked about the Sweet Taffy DSP for the last two weeks but how amazing is that pattern on here?!  I just love it.  Gave me a good excuse to work lots of colors in on my sea creature page accents.  Isn't that Tempting Turquoise shark adorable?  And the Rich Razzleberry dolphin too!

Most of the color palette is taken straight from the DSP:  Old Olive, Pacific Point (not in the DSP but coordinates well), Daffodil Delight, Tempting Turquoise, Rich Razzleberry, and Whisper White.

Cheers, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Fishy Friends, Silly Sealife
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Tempting Turquoise, Old Olive, Rich Razzleberry, Basic Gray marker, Daffodil Delight Blend
Paper:   Old Olive, Pacific Point, Tempting Turquoise, Daffodil Delight, Thick Whisper White, Sweet Taffy DSP
Accessories:  Layering Circles & Layering Ovals Dies

Virginia Beach, Part 2

Scrappy Monday, y'all!  I'm back with more Virginia Beach pages.  This layout is from our visit to the local aquarium.

The Pumpkin Pie print is once again from the Sweet Taffy DSP pack.  I thought the Pumpkin Pie and Daffodil Delight page base made a great contrast to all the blues in the photographs, and I'm tickled that I worked in some purple.  I love purple, but I don't get to use it too often in my scrapbooks.

Today's color palette:  Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Gorgeous Grape, Tempting Turquoise, and Whisper White.  Nice bright colors for little kid pages!  It's funny to me how scrapping pictures of Ryan has shifted what colors I use the most.  Hey, kids' clothes come in bright colors--they're fun to play with.

Have a great Monday, peeps!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Fishy Friends
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Tempting Turquoise, Pumpkin Pie, & Basic Gray markers; Highland Heather & Pumpkin Pie Blends
Paper:  Daffodil Delight textured, Tempting Turquoise, Gorgeous Grape, Thick Whisper White, Sweet Taffy DSP
Accessories:  Layering Ovals Dies

Virginia Beach, Part 1

Scrappy Monday, y'all!  When I posted my Fishy Friends card last week, I mentioned that I'd bought it and Silly Sealife for my Virginia Beach scrapbook pages, and then I discovered on Saturday that I hadn't posted those pages yet!  Oops.  So I present to you Virginia Beach, part 1.

These pictures were taken in October of 2018, so Ryan was about one and a half.  He had a grand time playing in the sand and surf and also tried eating the sand...twice (see the closeup picture of him right under the page title?).

I made four VB layouts, and for each one I used patterns from the Sweet Taffy DSP which retired quite some time ago.  I think I only have a couple sheets of Bashful Blue 12x12 cardstock now too...yes, Balmy Blue is similar, but I don't have very much of it either since I have to buy a pack of Subtles cardstock to get two sheets of Balmy Blue.  I wish when they introduced new colors that I could buy packs of just the new color cardstock in 12x12.  I would own SO MUCH Balmy Blue and Shaded Spruce.

Today's color palette is what I think of as the basic Superman:  primary colors!  Bashful Blue, Daffodil Delight, Real Red, Blueberry Bushel, and Whisper White.

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Make a Difference, Fishy Friends, Rough Draft Alphabet by Fontwerks
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Bashful Blue, Blueberry Bushel, Real Red & Daffodil Delight Blends, Basic Gray marker
Paper:  Bashful Blue, Blueberry Bushel, Daffodil Delight, Real Red, Thick Whisper White, Sweet Taffy DSP
Accessories:  Layering Circles dies

Happy Little Sea Creatures

Mornin', y'all!  Man, yesterday afternoon was a little crazy trying to get home.  They started working on the road in two different places so I had a detour in between where I work and where Ryan goes to daycare, so I ended up getting there later than usual thanks to traffic.  Ryan and I did a bit of grocery shopping and then started to head home, only to find *another* detour!  It usually takes about 15 minutes to get home, but last night took us more like 35 to 40 because the second detour was longer and crazier and also it was pouring down rain.  Wonder what it's going to be like going in this morning...

Anyway, I have a new card to share with some old stamps!

I didn't get Fishy Friends when it first came out, and I kicked myself for that for years afterward, and then I finally found it (I think on Etsy, actually) and bought it for my Virginia Beach scrapbook pages, along with the coordinating Silly Sealife (click the label on the bottom of the post to see other Fishy Friends projects).  Gotta say, I love coloring in these old images with Stampin' Blends!  Super easy and quick.

Check out the awesome sketch from Inkspirational:

And the theme challenge from Less Is More:

I checked the rules over there, white space doesn't have to be white so woohoo Pacific Point white space! :D  Usually you can't really combine theme challenges unless they happen to both be exactly the same thing, but I think sea creatures dovetails with the Paper Players theme as well:

I chose the bright primary colors to make this card appropriate for a little boy.  Since my 4-year-old boy loves Finding Nemo, I think he'd like this card :)

Better go get ready for the day.  Oh, the funny part of yesterday--I got sent over to the Printing & Graphics shop to make license plates for a couple hours.  Hubs said that's good practice for if I ever go to prison, haha!

Have a great day, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Fishy Friends, All-Year Cheer II
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamark, Stampin' Blends in Daffodil Delight, Balmy Blue, Real Red, Calypso Coral, and Pumpkin Pie; Pacific Point marker
Paper:  Pacific Point, Thick Basic White
Accessories:  White EP