SUO Challenges: Variations on a Theme by Tammy

Mornin' y'all!  I am writing this blog post on the hubs' PC laptop, and given that I've been pretty much exclusively a Mac user for over 10 years, I am practically PC illiterate now.  So it's slower and more difficult to do things but I couldn't NOT post today, because it's SUO Challenges day!  Check out the new challenge:

Every once in a while, I come across a sketch or a theme and I make a card and then my brain fizzes and I make another card and then another one and guess what happened with this challenge.  Here's what I made:

I had individual pictures taken of each of these cards and of course those are all saved on the Mac that is currently dead but we're hoping can be resuscitated, so all I have is this one.  I didn't take new pictures of the cards because I have no idea how to do photo editing on the laptop...I have to email photos to myself on my phone and then access my email on the laptop to even get pictures to show up here, because I can't figure out how to upload blog pictures on my phone either.  #TechTroglodyte

Anyway, I started out with the card on the top left using the Hobby Haven DSP and cutouts, and I used pink but not the same shade that Tammy did.  Next I thought I'd do a love card, but not specifically Valentine's Day since that's past now, so I broke out the Made with Love DSP and the Valentine Kisses stamp set--and I even challenged myself to use a different bear instead of the kissy bear with the wings : )

For my third card, I got out some scraps of the Perennial Lavender DSP which I think is in the annual catalog so you can still buy it if you haven't already.  The die cuts are from an old Paper Pumpkin kit that coordinated with that whole lavender suite.  And finally is probably my favorite, you know I love the Nature Walk DSP and Nature's Symphony bundle.

So there you have my variations on a theme by Tammy.  I was actually going to make a fifth card this weekend but then I got that cold from the hubs and I spent almost all weekend laying around sniffling.  Anyway, I hope that you'll have even half as much fun as I did with this challenge, and upload your creations at the SUO Challenges blog.  Don't forget to use only Stampin' Up! products!

If it's stopped raining (yeah, it's raining for the first time in forever!), I'm going to take Daphne for a walk.  Cheers!

Supplies, Hobby Haven card:
Stamps:  On Display
Ink:  Coastal Cabana
Paper:  Coastal Cabana, Petal Pink, Thick Basic White, Hobby Haven DSP
Accessories:  Dear Dots, Mini Dimensionals

Supplies, bear card:
Stamps:  Valentine Kisses
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Real Red, Stampin' Blends in Smoky Slate, Crumb Cake, Flirty Flamingo
Paper:  Real Red, Basic White, Made with Love DSP
Accessories:  Valentine Kisses dies, Dimensionals, Rainbow Dots

Supplies, lavender card:
Stamps:  My Paper Pumpkin
Ink:  Gorgeous Grape
Paper:  Highland Heather, Pretty Peacock
Accessories:  bits from a past Paper Pumpkin kit, Mini Dimensionals, Fine Purple Shimmer Gems

Supplies, masculine card:
Stamps:  Nature's Symphony
Ink:  Old Olive, Secret Sea
Paper:  Blueberry Bushel, Crumb Cake, Thick Basic White, Nature Walk DSP
Accessories:  Nature's Symphony dies, Stylish Shapes dies, Dimensionals, Ombre Matte Decorative Dots

Sea Foam Monstera

Mornin' y'all, how's your Friday?  Ryan is off school today (WHY) and I didn't sleep well last night...only about 30 minutes after I fell asleep, I woke up screaming from a nightmare which never happens.  I can't remember exactly what it was about but it was something scary next to my bed and as I was waking up my mind told me the scary monster next to the bed was...Captain Hook.  The animated one from Disney's Peter Pan.  But scary enough to make me wake up screaming?  Weird.

Anyway, I have a card to share today and guess what?  I used a new stamp set.  And guess what else?  They've already put it on the last chance list.  The heck, SU.  Things are current for a hot minute nowadays if you ask me, which is another reason to play with all my retired stuff so often.  Anyway, here it be:

The colors didn't photograph well but it's what I've got.  I used the colors from the CAS Colours & Sketches challenge:

Soft Sea Foam is not my favorite green, but I do like these colors together.  Also we don't have houseplants in our house, except for one miniature orchid which I think has finally given up the ghost--we bought it as a distressed plant and the hubs has been trying to rehabilitate it, but I think it was too far gone.  It's much kinder to plants if the only ones I have are made out of paper.

Anyway, I am on my second cuppa this morning and I'm about to go chivvy Ryan into doing his homework.  If I don't go nap with Daphne first, she looks adorable.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  On Display
Ink:  Soft Sea Foam, Pool Party, Pretty Peacock
Paper:  Soft Sea Foam, Pretty Peacock, Thick Basic White, Pool Party DSP
Accessories:  On Display dies, Stylish Shapes dies, Mini Dimensionals