Tintagel, Part 2

I'm back with Part 2 of the Tintagel pictures from Cornwall.

Again, you can see the pics on my other blog here and here.

Thanks for stopping by today, have a lovely day!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Vintage Vogue
Ink:  Wisteria Wonder, Concord Crush
Paper:  Wisteria Wonder, Concord Crush, Lap of Luxury DSP
Accessories:  none

Tintagel

Well, all our household goods are packed up now and we're almost ready to go back to the States!  First we're going to Wales for a week tomorrow, might as well squeeze in one more trip right?

So today and tomorrow I've got some scrapbook pages from our first trip to Cornwall.

Tintagel has long been associated with King Arthur; see the pics better on my other blog here and here. I had lots of favorite photos from this day.

Closeup of the title and accent...

And another accent, with paper piercing around it for funsies.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Spencerian Alphabet, Vintage Vogue, Artistic Etchings
Ink:  Concord Crush, Wisteria Wonder
Paper:  Wisteria Wonder, Concord Crush, retired Certainly Celery & Bashful Blue DSP
Accessories:  Labels Collection Framelits, Festive Paper Piercing Template

Nachos: Will Travel

Bonjour, Nacho fans!  I hope you're having a lovely Tuesday :)  Nacho Average Challenges has a lovely color combo for you today, take a look:

I looooooooooooooooove this color combination!  Like, a lot.  So here's my travel-inspired card:

That's definitely been me and my hubs for the last several years!  Since we moved to England, we've visited seventeen countries if I've counted correctly (18 if Scotland votes to become independent of Great Britain again).  Pretty cool!  Our travels will shortly come to an end; our house is getting packed up this week...but we're still going to Wales in a couple days  :D

Anyway, I knew what I wanted my World Map panel to look like, but it took me three tries to get it right.  I took a piece of watercolor paper, spritzed it pretty heavily with water, and painted on some Pool Party and Pistachio Pudding ink refills (I diluted them a little bit first in a cheapo plastic paint palette).  Once I had the whole piece colored, I let it dry while I worked on other stuff, and then when it was dry I stamped the World Map background on it in Island Indigo.  On one of my previous tries, I put the stamp face-up on my desk and then put the paper on top and burnished it with my fingers, but part of it ended up blurry because I accidentally moved the paper a bit.  So I had to start all over!  The next time, I put the colored watercolor paper on my scratch paper, inked up the stamp really well and put it down on the paper and LEANED on it with all my weight for a good solid minute.  Worked great!  I got a clear, crisp image even though watercolor paper has a bit more texture than Whisper White (the Whisper White doesn't work so great with the spritz-and-paint technique, I tried that too).  The rest of the card came together in a snap with an old SCS sketch, a few punches and some Candy Dots.

So!  Go check out the Nacho Average Design Team creations and then link up your own beautiful artwork on the Nacho blog!  Cheers, peeps!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Wanderlust (photopolymer), World Map, The Open Sea
Ink:  Pool Party, Pistachio Pudding, Island Indigo
Paper:  Pool Party, Pistachio Pudding, Island Indigo, Whisper White, Watercolor paper, Pistachio Pudding DSP
Accessories:  Circle & Scallop circle punches, Regals Candy Dots, Dimensionals

Happy Birthday Vader

Our packers arrive today so for the next little bit I'm sharing a whole lotta scrapbook pages I've made over the last few months :)  And today I've got some doggy birthday pages!

I am in love with that picture of my little Vader wanting to chomp on that brownie, candle and all.  You can see the original pics here.

I didn't have any good dog-themed scrapbook paper so I made my own with stamps.  Hope this gave you a giggle today and have a wonderful day!

Supplies, mostly SU!
Stamps:  Something to Say, Bow Wow, Curly Cute
Ink:  Basic Black, Pacific Point, Riding Hood Red
Paper:  Basic Black, Crumb Cake, Pacific Point, Riding Hood Red, Whisper White, Good Morning Sunshine DSP
Accessories:  non-SU Sizzlits alphabet, Scrap Pagerz Letter Template

Friday Flashback: Million-Dollar Moments

It's Friday Flashback time!  Today's featured stamp set is Million-Dollar Moments, a hostess set from spring 2013.  And it's a short flashback.

I don't know why that's the only card I ever made with this stamp set, it's so cute!  But there's just not enough time I suppose to give every stamp set the love and ink it deserves (why no hubs, that *doesn't* mean I have too many stamps, why would you think that?).  So here's the new creation:

I kind of wonder if I should have left the "rain" as just the one bit above her hand and not stamped it all over the panel, but oh well.  This was one of those kinda-gonzo SCS sketches but suddenly it clicked in my brain when I went to make a card with this stamp set.  I know lots of prego girls so I'm sure this will get used sooner than later :)  The Basic Black layer is embossed with a houndstooth pattern, kind of hard to see in the pic.

That's it for me today, thanks for stopping by!

Supplies, last card only:
Stamps:  Million-Dollar Moments, Teeny Tiny Wishes, Daydream Medallions
Ink:  StazOn black, Pool Party
Paper:  Pool Party, Basic Black, Whisper White
Accessories:  Word Window & Modern Label punches, Houndstooth EF, Dimensionals

Old Wardour, Part 2

Yep, I liked this castle so much (and the pictures that we took there) that I had to do two layouts for it :)  So here's the second one.

Again, if you want to see the original pictures, check them out here and here.  I'm off to do more work around the house, bleargh.

Cheers, peeps!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Etruscan
Ink:  Garden Green, Ballet Blue, Early Espresso marker
Paper:  Baked Brown Sugar, So Saffron, Bashful Blue, Very Vanilla, Afternoon Daydream SSK
Accessories:  square punches

Old Wardour

So giving up sleep is turning out to be more difficult than I expected ;)  I still have so much to do!  So today's post is a scrapbook layout I did a while back.

Oooh, that picture turned out dark.  If you want to see the original photos, check out my other blog here and here.  Old Wardour Castle was my favorite castle that we visited in England; maybe not the biggest or most impressive, but surrounded by peaceful countryside and just a lovely ruin.

Cheers, peeps!  I'm off to run errands (again).

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Morning Post Alphabet, Timeworn Trim
Ink:  Early Espresso
Paper:  Primrose Petals, Soft Suede, and Primrose Petals & Soft Suede DSP, Parisian Summer DSP
Accessories:  None