I Shall Miss England

Mornin', peeps!  Oyyy, I stayed up too late last night :(  Still gotta get with it this morning and go do my run!  But first let's check out some scrapbook pages from about a year ago.

This is a field and an old church that wasn't too far away from our house in England; see the original pics here.  While going through my 12x12 cardstock a while ago, I discovered I have an entire package of Pale Plum and I'd never even opened it, so I broke it out for last week's Time for Tea layout and this one.  One of the advantages of scrapping non-chronologically is I can use a color combo I like on multiple layouts and they won't be close to each other :)

Title closeup.  The patterned paper is Summer Starfruit, which was a big surprise for me--I was actually looking for a pattern in green (I was going to try Gumball Green or Wild Wasabi) and neither one of the greens was working, but somehow the Summer Starfruit just seemed to work.  It was a surprise because it's not a color I gravitate toward at ALL.  But I like it on here!

My color palette:  Pale Plum, Orchid Opulence, Summer Starfruit, Handsome Hunter, Wild Wasabi, and Very Vanilla.  Love me some purple and green together.

Alrighty then, I suppose I should go lace up my running shoes.  Cheers, peeps!

Supplies, mostly SU!
Stamps:  Nature's Pace
Ink:  Wild Wasabi, Orchid Opulence, Elegant Eggplant marker
Paper:  Pale Plum, Orchid Opulence, Handsome Hunter, Very Vanilla, Summer Starfruit DSP
Accessories:  Circle punches, Modern Label punch, lettering template

Friday Flashback: Morning Cup

Happy Friday, peeps!  My computer is running slow this morning (so am I, actually) so I had to restart it before I could get this post written.  But I think we're in business now :)  Today's Friday Flashback stamp set is Morning Cup, which I got completely by accident:  it was included in an order I received even though I didn't order it, and Stampin' Up! told me to keep it.  Isn't that nice of them?  So let's flash back!

Also features Heard from the Heart

I'm sure this was for a combination SCS sketch/color challenge.  I think the main image panel and the stripey strip should be larger to balance out the polka dot panel.  But those stacked teacups are my favorite Morning Cup image...'cause I'm a tea drinker, not a coffee person.

I did make this for a friend who does drink coffee every morning, though :)

Also features Curly Cute, Take a Sip wheel

There was also a coordinating wheel of teacup images called Take a Sip, so I bought that and cut up the wheel to make individual stamps, which I used on here.  The tea bag background is from Morning Cup.

Also features Warm Words

I made these for my family when they came to visit us in England, the colors match the teapots I bought them.  And that's it for the flash back part, here is today's new creation:

Had I looked through my archives before I made this, I *might* have chosen a different image to play with, but I just love those stacked teacups so I went with that.  The colors are from the Color Throwdown:

I used Blushing Bride, Poppy Parade, Pear Pizzazz, and So Saffron for my colors.  I also used last week's Sketch Frenzy Friday sketch:

And that's all she wrote this week!  Hope you have a great weekend, peeps!

Supplies, last card only:
Stamps:  Morning Cup
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Blushing Bride, Poppy Parade, Pear Pizzazz, So Saffron
Paper:  So Saffron, Poppy Parade, Pear Pizzazz, Whisper White, Blushing Bride DSP
Accessories:  Chalk Talk Framelits, wide oval punch, scalloped border punch, Subtles Candy Dots, Dimensionals

Retiring Rose

Mornin', peeps!  I'm still getting my mojo back together after almost a week of not being crafty, but I think I'm getting there.  This morning, I made this card:

I am continuing to love on my retiring stamps and accessories a bit--I used two retiring stamp sets, a retiring embossing folder, retiring Framelits, retiring patterned paper, and retiring ink.  That's a lot of retirement :) The white panel is popped up from the card base, and the rose is popped up from the white panel, so this card is extra-dimensional.  Just thought I'd let you know since you can't see it in the photo.

I used the color challenge from Colour Me...!

Usually I am not over fond of color challenges that feature one color and neutrals, but for some reason I am totally in love with Crisp Cantaloupe (or Calypso Coral for that matter) and Sahara Sand.  So I had to play along with this one.  I hope the challenge hostesses over there won't give me demerits for using some Calypso Coral ink on the rose...it's a Dynamic Duo with Crisp Cantaloupe, so really it's like the same color but a darker shade.  And I needed some darker shade for my rose :)

I also used this week's fantastic Freshly Made Sketch:

I think I play along over there almost every single week.  And this week I stuck VERY close to the sketch, lemme pat myself on the back for that :D

Well, since my Skype date bailed on me today (I still love you, Missy) guess that means I can go right back into the crafting cave and make something else.  Cheers, peeps!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Stippled Blossoms, Too Kind
Ink:  Crisp Cantaloupe, Calypso Coral, Sahara Sand, Chocolate Chip
Paper:  Sahara Sand, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Crisp Cantaloupe DSP
Accessories:  Fancy Fan EF, Labels Framelits, Dimensionals, hexagon punch

Hawaiian Flower Patch

If you can't stamp or work on scrapbooks for several days or a week, is it hard for you to get back in the swing of things?  I didn't craft hardly at all last week, and then yesterday I had to put my craft room back together (we'd moved the table out for the garage sale, and everything was in disarray) but even once I was all set back up I just kinda sat there and stared at everything, wondering where to start.  Happily, once I got started I was okay, and I made this:

The greeting is from Four You, a little stamp set of four greetings that I just love and it's retiring.  On the bright side, there are lots of new greeting sets in the new catalog that are just waiting to become my new favorites ;)

My mojo got a jump start thanks to Retro Sketches:

And I got my color combo from a brand new challenge, TGIF:

Love those colors together.  Except maybe Coastal Cabana would be even better ;)  I think we should replace Soft Sky with Coastal Cabana.  Or maybe Baja Breeze.  That would be a tough call, I love both of those colors way more than Soft Sky...

I digress.  I've got a busy day ahead so I'm going to get to it.  Cheers, peeps!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Flower Patch, Four You
Ink:  Pool Party, Calypso Coral, Crushed Curry
Paper:  Pool Party, Crushed Curry, Whisper White
Accessories:  Chevron EF, button from Best Year Ever accessories pack, Crushed Curry baker's twine

Nachos: Happy Seashells

Howdy stampers!  It is time, once again, for a fabulous Nacho Average Color Challenge.

I'm going to miss the outgoing group of In Colors!  Baked Brown Sugar, Crisp Cantaloupe, Pistachio Pudding, Strawberry Slush, and everyone's favorite Coastal Cabana.  Such a fantastic group.  Anyway, these three said beach to me, so I pulled out another favorite stamp set that is soon to retire (I love you By the Seashore!) and made this:

I didn't mean for the line of seashells to kind of lean, but what can ya do.  The sentiment is also from a retiring stamp set, Yippee-Skippee! and I love it.  I also love the Birthday Bash DSP, isn't it fantastic?

So now your task is to go forth and stamp, then share it with us on the Nacho blog.  Have fun, peeps!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  By the Seashore, Yippee-Skippee!
Ink:  Baked Brown Sugar, Bermuda Bay
Paper:  Baked Brown Sugar, Bermuda Bay, Crisp Cantaloupe, Whisper White, Birthday Bash DSP
Accessories:  Pearls

Time for Tea (in Shanghai)

Scrappy Monday, peeps!  I haven't worked on any scrapbook pages in over a week (last week was a little crazy with prep for the garage sale) but I still have a LOT of layouts I haven't posted here yet.  So let's go back to China again today!

See the original pics and get more blah-blah here. 

Still using the same lettering template and stamps for titles as all the rest of my China layouts.  And this is when I finally unwrapped my new Always Artichoke ink pad, though the last color I opened turned out to be Tempting Turquoise.

My color palette is Pale Plum, Always Artichoke, Regal Rose, Perfect Plum, and Very Vanilla.  This was actually my first layout with a Pale Plum page base; I had some fun with purples and made three layouts in a row with purple as the main color.

That's it for me today.  Pinkies up when you drink your tea, people.  Manners!

Supplies, mostly SU!
Stamps:  Rough Type, Dream Gardens
Ink:  Perfect Plum, Always Artichoke
Paper:  Pale Plum, Always Artichoke, Regal Rose, Very Vanilla, Enchante DSP
Accessories:  Circle punch, hexagon punch, non-SU lettering template





And also, May the Fourth be with you!  Happy Star Wars Day.

Friday Flashback: Tickled Pink

Heyyy I'm finally here with the Friday Flashback!  It's been a little crazy this week with prepping for tomorrow's garage sale.  Hope we sell lots of stuff and then I can use the money for new stamps :D  But today is all about the old stamps!  Usually the Friday Flashback retired stamp set choice is totally random, but I have to admit today I saw a color challenge and nothing would do but Tickled Pink.  So that's what I'm sharing today!

Also features Polka Dots & Petals, Very Punny, Pink Flamingo wheel

I made this for a long-ago Splitcoast challenge to be inspired by fashion.  Yep, those are some super fashionable pajama pants!

I still miss Green Galore and Gable Green.  But hey, we just found out that we're getting two new green In Colors!  Which is actually annoying some people, because we need more purples (true statement), but I do love me some green.

As much as I love these flamingos, those are the only two projects from the archives.  I tried a couple times to do a flamingo-licious layout in a baby book but the mamas weren't having it.  Party poopers.  But I made a new flamingo card today!

The inside of the card is stamped with Happy Bird Day! from the other large flamingo stamp in the set.  This bird just happened to be facing the right direction for the sketch.  And here is the Color Throwdown challenge that, to me, demanded flamingos:

I used Regal Rose, Old Olive, and Coastal Cabana (though Tempting Turquoise might have been a leetle bit closer to the shade shown in the swatch).  I also used this week's Freshly Made Sketch:

And now I have to go work on garage sale stuff again (especially since the hubs just got home).  Wish me luck tomorrow!

Supplies, last card only:
Stamps:  Tickled Pink
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Regal Rose, Pretty in Pink, Creamy Caramel, Old Olive, Coastal Cabana, Daffodil Delight
Paper:  Regal Rose, Old Olive, Pink Pirouette, Whisper White, Fresh Prints...of Bel Air DSP (I can't help it)
Accessories:  Note tag punch, Dimensionals, retired In Color brads