Bear Book: August

Happy Saturday, y'all!  It's snowing outside where I am right now.  Not a whole lot, but enough that there's some white on the roofs and grass.

So for something completely different, I'm sharing a very warm and sunny August layout for the bear book I made last year.

Okay, I looooooooooooooooooove that patterned paper on the bottom of this layout, so I let it dictate the colors I used for everything else.

And how cute is this bear?  I got that triple corner punch that SU! had last year and, um, this is the only time it's ever been used.  Oops.

I thought the hot air balloons would be a good accent for this layout....I've got the hot air balloon stamp set and Framelits from the Occasions Catalog on my wish list right now too.

Journaling block :)

Today's sunny summer layout colors are Tangelo Twist, Crushed Curry, Bermuda Bay, a wee bit of Mossy Meadow, and Whisper White.

Cheers, y'all!  I'm gonna go make me a second cuppa tea.

Supplies:
Stamps:  Balloon Bear from Whipper Snapper, Up Up & Away
Ink:  Basic Black, Mossy Meadow, Tangelo Twist
Paper:  Tangelo Twist, Crushed Curry, Bermuda Bay, Thick Whisper White, Birthday Bash DSP
Accessories:  triple corner punch, Sizzix alphabet, Prismacolor Pencils

Friday Flashback: Big Deal Alphabet

Heyyy it's Black Friday.  Are you getting your shop on?  I'm not really planning to.  I think we have too much stuff already, unless we're talking about craft supplies, in which case I do need some more ;)  But it's time for the Friday Flashback!  This week's stamp set is Big Deal Alphabet, and you know that if it's an alphabet that means scrapbook pages :)

Also features Up, Up & Away

But first up a name frame.  Kinda cute, right?  The paper I used is called Big Top Birthday, and half of it is really, really fabulous and the other half I don't know what you'd use it for, but happily that half is all on the flip side of the half I really like and I need about a zillion more sheets of that red star pattern.

Also features Retro Alphabet Upper & non-SU stamp

Love this layout.  I don't seem to do a lot of pink for page bases, but I love how this one turned out.  and the title.  Love the rainbow-licious title.

Also features Rough Type, Gorgeous Grunge

The thing I love about alphabet stamps is that you can use them as much as you want, unlike stickers where you always run out of E's and have a zillion X stickers and nothing to use them on.  And I can make the letters any color I want, that's pretty fabulous too.

When you read this page title, you're supposed to sing it to yourself and do jazz hands.

Also features Ocean Commotion

Another favorite page, although the day we took these pictures I was really busy being seasick the whole time.  But the pages look pretty great.  What's not to love about a blue and orange color combo!

So that's the Flashback, and here's today's new project, another scrapbook layout:

And it's another blue and orange color combo.

It's been so overcast and rainy here lately that the colors aren't coming out true to life, that's not gray it's Marina Mist.  As you can tell from the title, these pics are also from our Fuji trip, but I had pictures of us at several different restaurants so I just grouped them all together.  And "Fuji Food" just sounded funny in my head, thus my title was born.  Plus it amuses me to post a food-related layout the day after the biggest meal of the year.

Today's color palette:  Marina Mist, Garden Green, So Saffron, Tangerine Tango, Basic Black, and Whisper White.  I'm still doing green and gold for Fuji pages, although I used a different pattern from the Haiku pack than I did on the three layouts where we're actually on the dread mountain.

Have a great weekend, peeps!  And if you're out shopping, be careful out there.  People be crazy!

Supplies, Fuji Food only:
Stamps:  Big Deal Alphabet
Ink:  Tangerine Tango, Early Espresso
Paper:  Marina Mist, Garden Green, Whisper White, Garden Green DSP, Haiku DSP
Accessories:  Circles Framelits

CreativeCrew: Up Up & Away

I think it's time to post another card I made for May's CreativeCrew challenges, so here it is!

The color is totally off in that photo, I really should have taken another one but oh well.  The card base is actually white, not that slightly pinkish weird color.  And here's the pic I used for inspiration:

Fun, right?  Thanks for stopping by today!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Up, Up & Away; Happiest Birthday Wishes (retired)
Ink:  Real Red, Pacific Point
Paper:  Whisper White, Pacific Point, Pool Party
Accessories:  Brights Glimmer Brads, Chevron EF, Dimensionals

Above & Beyond

I've had one of those days where I have a nasty headache all day long, but I did manage to make one card!

I'm always in need of thank you cards, aren't you?  The other half of the sentiment is stamped inside:  "...that's where you always seem to go!  Thanks so much".  I combined last week's Splitcoast sketch challenge with the latest color combo at Dynamic Duos:

Again, I used the cupcake punch to make clouds....haven't used it yet to make a cupcake ;)  Yesterday I started work on a pair of baby books for my friend who's expecting twin boys...there goes my goal to get a bunch of my personal scrapping done!  At least for the next little while, I have until her shower in mid-June to make these books.  And I'm in charge of planning her shower too, and a few weeks after that we get invaded by my parents and my sibs so we're planning that too.

I may go crazy first.

Happy stampin'!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Up, Up & Away, One in a Million
Ink:  Pumpkin Pie, Basic Gray
Paper:  Bashful Blue, Basic Gray, Whisper White, Brights DSP Stack
Accessories:  Cupcake builder punch, Argyle EF, Dimensionals