Poppy Thoughts

Gooood morning y'all!  I feel like I got a lot done in my craft room yesterday and today Ryan has STEM club after school so I get even MORE crafty time, woohoo!  I'm still getting back in the groove with the challenges I usually follow but today's card is for three challenges, so pretty good.  Here it is:

Anytime I see anything poppy-related, my brain immediately goes to Margaret Hamilton's Wicked Witch of the West cackling about how "Poppies will put them to sleep!"  I was a big fan of The Wizard of Oz growing up (and it's still a classic, great movie), but I read the book Wicked when it came out and haaaaaaaaaated it so much that I refuse to go see the movies (or the Broadway show).  I'm the same way with Harry Potter and the Cursed Child; I read the screenplay and haaaaaaaaaated it and you couldn't pay me money to go see it.  If you like either of those things, good for you, not trying to say you shouldn't, but I will give them a skip.

Tangent.  Okay, let's get to the challenges, starting with CASE-ing Tuesday:

I used the dies from the Fright Night bundle for the label shape on the sketch and maybe the SU! artists did for the original card too?  Next up is the Festive Friday Challenge:

I've got red, black, and poppies; one could argue that the background paper I used is watercolor, just not by me as that's how it was printed : )  Also I stamped the poppy and leaf outlines on some watercolor wash patterns in the same pack of DSP as the other patterns I used.  Last up is the Sunday Stamps challenge:

The colors in the Peaceful Poppies DSP happily coordinate with the colors in this challenge, so I used black, Poppy Parade, Pool Party, and Old Olive for my four colors from the challenge graphic.

That's it for now, peeps.  I think I might make a second cuppa tea before I take Daphne for her walk; it's quite cool out there now!  Yesterday I think I ended up drinking at least three XL mugs of tea before noon and I am not complaining about that.  Cheers, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Painted Poppies, Peaceful Moments
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper:  Pool Party, Old Olive, Peaceful Poppies DSP
Accessories:  Fright Night dies, Painted Labels dies, Dimensionals, Fine Sparkle Gems

Floral Cake Thanks

Hey y'all, happy Friday.  We made it!  I think this weekend is going to have to involve some deep cleaning on our house, not to mention disinfecting everything so maybe we can break the cycle of sickness we've got going on here.

But for right now, a card:

Scenic Garden is the host stamp set in the Sale-a-Bration catalog, otherwise I probably wouldn't have picked it up on my own.  But it seemed like the right answer for this week's Color Throwdown:

I used So Saffron, Bermuda Bay, Night of Navy, and Sweet Sorbet for my colors.  For some reason my Bermuda Bay Blends come out looking more green than aqua, but that works for this card.  I promise it really IS Bermuda Bay.

I paired that with this week's new sketch from Try Stampin' on Tuesday:

Pretty straightforward today.  I'm going to go continue trying not to cough any more than absolutely necessary...stay healthy, friends!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Scenic Garden, Peaceful Moments
Ink:  Night of Navy, Stampin' Blends in So Saffron, Bermuda Bay, Sweet Sorbet
Paper:  So Saffron, Night of Navy, Thick Basic White, Country Gingham DSP Stack
Accessories:  Deckled Rectangles dies, Harvest dies, Dimensionals, In Color Matte Dots

Friend Like You

I'm finally on the mend from having the flu last week and I couldn't let the several challenges pass me by, so I made this yesterday while the hubs and the kid were out playing in the snow:

I'll be honest, this didn't turn out as well on paper as it looked in my head; I blame the flu.  Nevertheless, here's this week's Freshly Made Sketch:

The Color Throwdown:

I used both Basic Gray and Smoky Slate, Night of Navy, and white.

Next up is the Inspired By Nature challenge:

I was absolutely thinking of this image when I stamped the large snowflake on the left side of my card, I think maybe I should have left off the smaller ones. 

Last up is the Retro Rubber Challenge:

Flurry of Wishes is over 6 years old and Peaceful Moments is 3 years old, so both retro.

Still think I might redo this card though...after I put in another load of laundry.

Stay healthy y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Flurry of Wishes, Peaceful Moments
Ink:  Night of Navy, Basic Gray, Smoky Slate, Versamark
Paper:  Basic Gray, Night of Navy, Whisper White
Accessories:  Deckled Rectangles dies, Dimensionals, White EP

Duxford

Scrappy Monday, y'all!  Hope your Thanksgiving week is off to a good start.  I bought a roasting pan this weekend to use for the Thanksgiving turkey...yeah that pan is about a half-inch too wide for my oven.  Disposable pan it is!

In the meantime, I have a layout to share today.  This one goes right after the Bury St. Edmunds one I posted last week.

These pics are from our visit to the Duxford Imperial War Museum in England in 2011.  I carried over the poppy theme from the BSE layout on this one, appropriate since one of the pictures is of the memorial for American aircrew downed during WWII.  I do still love those alphabet stamps from the retired Letters for You, the coordinating dies make it so easy.  I used them on another layout last week.

Today's color palette:  Night of Navy, Marina Mist, Calypso Coral, Poppy Parade, So Saffron, Old Olive, Mossy Meadow, and Whisper White.  Slightly salty that the Sweet Pea DSP Stack is not true 12x12, they're about an eighth of an inch shy.  I just went with it for this layout but I did put a note on the rest of the paper that it's short, so I'll know for next time.

Have a great day, peeps!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Letters for You, Painted Poppies, Peaceful Moments
Ink:  Calypso Coral, Poppy Parade, Old Olive, Mossy Meadow, Night of Navy
Paper:  Night of Navy, Marina Mist, Old Olive, Thick Basic White, Sweet Pea DSP Stack
Accessories:  Painted Labels dies, Large Letters dies

Tropical Butterflies

Happy Friday y'all, and for those of you in America, I wish you a lovely (and safe) holiday weekend.  In the meantime, I have a summery card to share.

I had some fun yesterday coloring up these tropical butterflies : ). Check out the Hand Stamped Sentiments sketch:

And the Global Design Project colors:

I admit, my first thought was to use the leaves in Artfully Layered because I love it so much, but then Butterfly Brilliance caught my eye and I had to go with the butterflies this time instead.

Better get moving and finish packing for our weekend adventure.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Butterfly Brilliance, Peaceful Moments
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin' Blends in Tahitian Tide, Daffodil Delight, Parakeet Party, and Gray Granite
Paper:  Parakeet Party, Basic Black, Thick Basic White, Parakeet Party & Tahitian Tide DSP
Accessories:  Brilliant Wings dies, Stylish Shapes dies, Stitched Rectangles dies, Dimensionals, In Color Matte Dots

Starry Birthday

Mornin' y'all!  I have another red, white, and blue birthday card to share today, this one for my dad:

I busted out the retired set So Many Stars and the Stitched Stars dies for this one, and all I can say is there is a REASON I never used the stamp set with the dies before.  It *looks* like the stamp should line up with the die, but it's pretty much impossible to stamp the stars and then cut out with the die and have them be lined up correctly.  What I ended up doing was to stamp the stars on white, cut it out with the oval die, and then glue on the Starry Sky die cut on top, kind of squishing it around to make it line up right and hoping that I wasn't getting stray glue everywhere.  Pretty sure that's why the stamp set was current for just a short time but the dies stuck around for much longer; they were a pain to use together.

Anyway, I used the sketch from Sunday Stamps:

And the theme challenge from Cupcake Inspirations:

Since both of my parents have July birthdays, they both like stars and stripes stuff, so I kept the red-white-blue from the inspiration pic, using Starry Sky and Sweet Sorbet, with a Tahitian Tide card base.  I know I'm not the only one who's having so much fun with the new In Colors!

That's it for me today.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU! (some retired)
Stamps:  So Many Stars, Peaceful Moments
Ink:  Tahitian Tide, Versamark
Paper:  Tahitian Tide, Starry Sky, Thick Basic White, Sweet Sorbet DSP
Accessories:  Stitched Stars dies, Stitched Shapes dies, Dimensionals

SUO Challenges: Kid Cards

Happy Taco Tuesday and SUO Challenges day!

Our theme this time is cards for kids.  One of my honorary nieces has a birthday coming up this summer, so I was thinking of her when I looked through my craft room for ideas.  Here's what I made:

I didn't get the Best Butterfly bundle, but I couldn't resist the Butterfly Kisses DSP Stack!  It's got super fun patterns and colors, and several of the sheets have butterflies that are easy to cut out, which is what I did here.  And for once you can see where I added Wink of Stella on top of the butterfly!  The rhinestones are Fresh Freesia but despite taking several pictures I couldn't get them to show up how they look IRL.  Also I know the Stitched So Sweetly dies just retired but for reals, I'm probably never going to stop using them.

Okay, now it's your turn!  Upload your kid-centric card at the SUO Challenges blog.  Have fun!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Peaceful Moments
Ink:  Versamark
Paper:  Fresh Freesia, Starry Sky, Butterfly Kisses DSP Stack
Accessories:  Stitched So Sweetly dies, In Color rhinestones, Dimensionals, Wink of Stella, white EP

Fall Flowers

Happy Friday, y'all!  I was at work yesterday, working on my giant cross stitch piece (I can do that at work, it's great) and thinking it was about two in the afternoon when my phone alarm went off because it was actually FOUR and time for me to leave work and pick up the spawn.  Time flies when you're having fun, I guess!

Yesterday morning I made a quick card because we have lots of birthdays coming up in November and I need to get ready.

I used this week's Freshly Made Sketch:

And the color combo from CAS Colours & Sketches:

And the theme from the Paper Players:

Now, two of those three challenges are specifically CAS, so instead of using patterned paper or something and adding a layer for the background strip on the sketch, I used some Post-It Notes to mask and used a blending brush to make a soft Night of Navy stripe directly on the card base.  And because I'm hard-headed, I took a deep, rich, dark color combination and made it light by applying ink to the fill-in stamps with a sponge and then stamping them.  So I used all the specified colors but I kept the card light and airy.  I did add some Wink of Stella to the flowers (because don't I always?) and some gold gems from a previous Paper Pumpkin kit for a little glitz, but I still think it's CAS....okay, maybe CAS-plus.

Cheers, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Hand-Penned Petals, Peaceful Moments
Ink:  Night of Navy, Old Olive, Rich Razzleberry
Paper:  Thick Basic White
Accessories:  Stitched So Sweetly dies, Dimensionals, Wink of Stella, gold gems

Polar Party

Mornin', kids!  I stole some time this weekend to play in my craft room for a bit and I just could not wait anymore to cut into the oh-so-cute Penguin Playmates DSP.

I want ALLLLLLLL of these cuties as stamps, like, NOW.  Yes we have the penguin bundle (which I haven't played with yet) but COME ON those polar bears and foxes are ADORABLE in their little scarves!!!  I would also accept stuffed animals that I could cuddle.  I thought the Fusion sketch would be great for showing off this super-cute DSP:

The stripes on the left side of my cards are cut from another pattern in the pack.  I couldn't decide if I wanted to use Fresh Freesia or Just Jade for my card base, so I made two cards.  It's a playful polar party pair :)  The thing that took the longest for making these cards was choosing a sentiment.  Eventually I landed on Peaceful Moments, and I just wish we had more extra-long and skinny dies because I don't have any that would fit the sentiment I chose.  Oh well, I just stamped the sentiments on some scraps of white and cut 'em out with my paper trimmer the old-fashioned way ;)

Peace out, polar pals!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Peaceful Moments
Ink:  Misty Moonlight
Paper:  Just Jade, Fresh Freesia, Thick Basic White, Penguin Playmates DSP
Accessories:  Dimensionals

SUO Challenges: Designer's Choice

Mornin', y'all!  We just got home last night after spending a long weekend in the Alps, it was AMAZING.  I have hundreds of photos to sort through!  We've got a busy week ahead too and today it's time for a new challenge from SUO Challenges!

This time it's super easy: Designer's Choice!  So you can pick absolutely anything your lil heart desires as long as it's Stampin' Up! only.  For the last month or so I've seen poppies in bloom along the roads on my way to work, so I let that inspire my card:

I die-cut the large panel and then used some extra-large Post-It Notes to mask off the edges before I applied ink with blending brushes.  The poppies are stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black and I just colored them in with (naturally) Poppy Parade Stampin' Blends.  This card should already be at its destination in Texas!

So now it's your turn to make something pretty!  Be sure to share it with us at the SUO Challenges blog.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Painted Poppies, Peaceful Moments
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Poppy Parade, Balmy Blue, Pear Pizzazz, Whisper White craft ink, Poppy Parade Blends
Paper:  Poppy Parade, Basic Black, Thick Basic White
Accessories:  Stitched So Sweetly dies, Dimensionals, Wink of Stella

Freesia Petals

Happy Friday, y'all!  I'm on my third cup of tea, it's overcast and pleasantly cool outside, and I have today off to do laundry (woo) and work in my craft room!  First project:  make a birthday card for my SIL!

Oh yeah, me and Fresh Freesia are going to be friends.  I loved it in this week's Global Design Project color challenge:

Oh yeah, green and purple is one of my all-time favorite color combos, love these colors together!  I paired them with this week's Freshly Made Sketch:

I did add a bit to the sketch, but I think it's still obvious that the sketch was my starting point, right?  I spritzed a piece of watercolor paper with water, then inked up an acrylic block and used it like a stamp.  I did have to sponge some of the ink off the block though, the first attempt looked very dark and blotchy but sponging up some ink before stamping it seemed to solve that problem nicely.  Then I just let it dry before I stamped the floral outline on top.  I dug some old Blackberry Bliss stitched satin ribbon out of the depths of my stash (I quit buying ribbon because I just don't use a lot of it and let's be honest, storage space is becoming an issue and my craft room is not tiny) as an accent behind my sentiment, and then busted out some opal rounds for embellishments.  I wish the opal rounds had a lower profile; I don't think they'd go through the mail with regular postage, but this card is going in a package so that wasn't a concern.  Most of the time I DO like to make my cards easily mailable though.

Okay, I've got three more hours until I have to pick up the kiddo.  I'm going to go USE it!  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Hand-Penned Petals, Peaceful Moments
Ink:  Fresh Freesia, Pear Pizzazz, Blackberry Bliss
Paper:  Fresh Freesia, Blackberry Bliss, Thick Basic White, watercolor paper
Accessories:  Stitched Rectangles dies, Tasteful Labels dies, Dimensionals, retired Blackberry Bliss ribbon, Opal Rounds

Butterfly Bijou Thanks

Mornin' y'all and happy Friday!!!  I just had a virtual meeting to do (yet more) paperwork for my new job and I start on Monday!  Good thing the babysitter is ready to take Ryan starting Monday, too.  I'm hoping that if we get Ryan in full-time care and I work part-time, I'll have a chance to work in my craft room some and also keep the house a bit cleaner.

So!  Today I have the rest of the butterfly cards I made last weekend.

These two are the butterflies stamped on patterned paper with Gorgeous Grape ink; the backgrounds on them are actually the same sheet of Butterfly Bijou DSP--it's much more Calypso Coral on one side of the pattern than the other.

And here are the two butterflies that were die cut from the DSP so already colorful and beautiful and I'm a little annoyed that the Butterfly Bijou paper isn't going to be in the next catalog because I love it and I might need to get more of it because I'm a paper hoarder.  Anyway, for these two I just picked some of the watercolor patterns I thought looked good with the butterflies.  Lots of great patterns in that stack.

If the weather is nice, we're planning to explore more castle ruins and go hiking again.  There's a TON of castle ruins around here, they're practically a dime a dozen ;)  But the hiking helps Ryan get some energy out and it's nice to be outside for a bit.  This part of Germany is beautiful and it's a region I bet most tourists don't venture into much.  Not that tourists get to go anywhere right now :p

Have a great weekend, peeps!

Supplies, first picture:
Stamps:  Butterfly Brilliance, Peaceful Moments
Ink:  Gorgeous Grape
Paper:  Bermuda Bay, Calypso Coral, Thick Basic White, Butterfly Bijou DSP Stack
Accessories:  Brilliant Wings dies, Dimensionals

Supplies, second picture:
Stamps:  Peaceful Wishes
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper:  Poppy Parade, Just Jade, Thick Basic White, Butterfly Bijou DSP Stack
Accessories:  Brilliant Wings dies, Dimensionals

Bevy of Butterflies

 Mornin', y'all!  Ready for Day 2 of Butterfly Brilliance?

The DSP butterflies are on the left, stamped on DSP butterflies on the right.  I tried using the blending brushes for a soft background and I think I need to hunt up some videos on using those--the backgrounds are okay, I guess, but I think I need more practice or a better technique.  I kept the cards super simple since I wanted to use multiple butterflies, so just the die cuts, the soft background, and a few of enamel dots.  Flat and easy to mail, bonus.

Anyway, the three kinds of cards I seem to use the most are thank you, birthday, and thinking of you--yesterday was thinking of you, today is birthday, so guess what kind of butterfly cards are in the future this week ;) I used Peaceful Moments for the sentiments on all the cards because I thought the fonts in that stamp set were a good stylistic match for these beautiful butterflies.

Don't forget to post your SKY HIGH creations on the SUO Challenges blog!

Supplies, left card:
Stamps:  Peaceful Moments
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, So Saffron
Paper:  Thick Basic White, Butterfly Bijou DSP Stack
Accessories:  Brilliant Wings dies, In Color Enamel Dots

Supplies, right card:
Stamps:  Butterfly Brilliance, Peaceful Moments
Ink:  Gorgeous Grape, Blushing Bride
Paper:  Thick Basic White, Butterfly Bijou DSP Stack
Accessories:  Brilliant Wings dies, Happy Days Enamel Dots (retired)

SUO Challenges: Sky High

 Good morning stampy friends!  It is time for a brand new challenge at SUO Challenges!

 
This time our theme is SKY HIGH, which is also the name of one of my favorite movies :)  So this is your chance to make a card featuring anything that flies!  As it happens, Stampin' Up! is releasing a brand-new butterfly bundle starting tomorrow that will be available in the next annual catalog.  I pre-ordered it as soon as I saw it and I love it and I had to use it for this challenge!

Aren't they pretty???  This new stamp set reminds me so much of Wonderful Wings, which I bought very early in my stamping career.  Okay, so the Butterfly Brilliance stamp set is just ONE stamp that has six butterflies, and the matching dies have one big die that cuts out all six butterflies at once.  AND the coordinating Butterfly Bijou 6x6 paper has a sheet that you can cut out with that same die.  I stamped the butterflies on a colorwash pattern (bottom card, the colorwash doesn't show up very well in the photo), then I die cut those and die cut the DSP ones too.  In like three minutes I had twelve butterflies to play with, which is why I have nine cards to share this week ;) (Eight are butterfly cards, one is something else!).  In addition to that one big die, the Brilliant Wings dies have some other lovely shapes to use on their own--I'm sure you'll be seeing LOTS of brilliant butterfly creations in the coming weeks, whether from me or someone else.  Still hoping I can get Ryan in childcare soon so I have some time in my craft room.

Anyway, since I had six stamped butterflies and the six pretty ones from the patterned paper, I decided to make pairs of cards with them--in this set, the top card is all patterned paper (well, other than the sentiment), and the bottom card is the butterfly I stamped with Gorgeous Grape ink.  I had some fun playing with several of the patterns in the Butterfly Bijou stack so you'll see those later this week.

In the meantime, make your own Sky High project and share it at the SUO Challenges blog.  Can't wait to see your beautiful creations, whether they're butterflies or birds...or superheroes ;)

Supplies, top card:
Stamps:  Peaceful Moments
Ink:  Just Jade
Paper:  Just Jade, Thick Basic White, Butterfly Bijou DSP Stack
Accessories:  Brilliant Wings dies, Sweet Shapes dies, Dimensionals, retired Iridescent Sequins

Supplies, bottom card:
Stamps:  Butterfly Brilliance, Peaceful Moments
Ink:  Gorgeous Grape, Calypso Coral
Paper:  Gorgeous Grape, Thick Basic White, Butterfly Bijou DSP Stack
Accessories:  Brilliant Wings dies, Sweet Shapes dies, Dimensionals, retired Iridescent Sequins

Polar Plunge

I've got lots of friends and family in Texas so I've been seeing a lot of chatter on Facebook about the recent snowstorm and issues with power outages and pipes bursting.  So if you're dealing with any of that, I hope you're staying warm and safe and that things get better soon.  As it turns out, I have a polar card to share today.

My friend Sarah is obsessed with polar bears so as soon as I saw the Festive Friday challenge for International Polar Bear Day, I knew I had to make a card for her.  This is my first try at using the blending brushes and, um...I need to practice.  Anyway, Polar Bear Day challenge!!

I use Stampin' Up! stuff only 99.999% of the time but they have a serious dearth of polar bear stamps--and bear stamps in general if you want my opinion.  If they came out with a punny bear stamp set along the lines of Way to Goat or Zany Zebras, I would buy the heck out of that.  Anyway, back to the challenge, I dug up a Whipper Snapper stamp for my polar bear, I used a lot of blue, there's some silver, and I added some bitty snowflake embellishments around the sentiment, so I managed to use half of the inspo list.

My polar pals fit in with the theme challenge at Global Design Project:
 

And I was tickled to use the sketch from Fab Friday:

I needed a sketch that had a large space for my image, so this fit the bill perfectly.

Okay, sounds like Ryan just upended the bucket of 1500+ Legos that his grandparents sent for his birthday (not sure what we did to make them angry but Legos all over the house is definitely revenge for something) so I'd better go put some shoes on and supervise the mess making.  Cheers!

Supplies:
Stamps:  Peaceful Moments, main image from Whipper Snapper
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Balmy Blue,  Stampin' Blends in Balmy Blue, Smoky Slate, Mango Melody
Paper:  Balmy Blue, Thick Whisper White, silver foil
Accessories:  Hippo & Friends dies, Rectangles Stitched dies, snowflake embellishments, Dimensionals

Simple Sympathy Bunny

Creature Feature Day 4!  And another reminder to post your animal cards on the SUO Challenges blog :)

For today's card, I pulled out the beautiful Nature's Beauty stamp set and decided to make a bunny card since I've already used the fox and the deer.  I decided to make a sympathy card, not because I need one, but because I hate making one when I DO need one.

The card base is Misty Moonlight and the next layer is Seaside Spray, how perfect are they together?  The main image panel is Smoky Slate; I used the chalk marker to make his tail white.  I always think that sympathy cards should be pretty CAS and use more soothing colors.  I added a few Misty Moonlight enamel dots for simple accents because it felt a little *too* plain without them.

Cheers, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Nature's Beauty, Peaceful Moments
Ink:  Misty Moonlight, Seaside Spray, Smoky Slate
Paper:  Misty Moonlight, Seaside Spray, Smoky Slate
Accessories:  chalk marker, In Color Enamel Dots

Hawaiian Chic Birthday

Mornin' y'all.  I didn't get nearly enough sleep last night, but I'm rising...and today's card is shining :D I had to give Tropical Chic another go before it retires tomorrow, I love this stamp set.  (I almost never get rid of stamp sets, but I do tend to use what's current for cards...everything is fair game on scrapbook pages!)

I also love AAALLLLLLLL the stitched dies!  I used both the stitched rectangles and the Stitched So Sweetly dies.  There's another stitched labels set in the new catalog which will definitely be joining my collection sometime soon.

Anyway, my card is a tropical triple challenge today.  Let's start with the Paper Players:

I did the top row, and chose my colors based on the Fusion inspiration pic:

I liked the pink, aqua, pale orange combination, and I added in darker blue for the sky as well.  Finally, this fits in the Global Design Project theme challenge:

I added some Wink of Stella to the flowers on my card to up the girly factor.  Who doesn't like a bit of sparkle?

I've got 10 minutes before I get the kiddo up, so I'm going to enjoy the quiet while it lasts.  Cheers, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Tropical Chic, Peaceful Moments
Ink:  Flirty Flamingo, Mango Melody, Coastal Cabana, Pacific Point
Paper:  Flirty Flamingo, Mango Melody, Pacific Point, Thick Whisper White
Accessories:  Rectangles Stitched dies, Stitched So Sweetly dies, Tropical dies, Dimensionals, Wink of Stella

Fastest Florals in the East

Mornin' y'all!  How's your day going so far?  I just made a mess in the kitchen when the blender exploded...at least it was soapy water and not chocolate shake everywhere!  Ehh, it was time to clean the counters anyway.

I had a bit of time in my craft room yesterday and made a quick card.  I wanted to do the speed stamping challenge from As You See It, so it really was quick!

The challenge was to make a card in 10 minutes or less featuring flowers.  Mine took 7 minutes, 7 seconds, and I had to stamp the sentiment multiple times because it was crooked :p  I pulled out my papers, stamp, and ink before I started the timer, but this still might be the quickest card ever.  I love that Best Dressed DSP stack so I'm trying to use more of it before the new catalog comes along and I forget about older stuff in the face of all the new!

I also used the sketch from the Paper Players:

Easy, breezy, beautiful.

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Peaceful Moments
Ink:  Blackberry Bliss
Paper:  Purple Posy, Blackberry Bliss, Best Dressed DSP Stack
Accessories:  rhinestones