China: Road Trip Rockslide

Happy Sunday, y'all!  And let's here it for another China layout :)

See the pics here.  The first thing we did in Guilin was hop in a van and take a 2-hour trip into the mountains, which got derailed slightly by a bit of a rockslide.  And also we saw water buffalo on the streets (and then later we ate one of their cousins at lunch).

I wanted to call attention to all the dirt of the rockslide, and that's why I chose the long-retired Close to Cocoa for my page base.  I picked Regal Rose for the title to go with my Sanrio friend who lived in the van we rode in, and then green and yellow because it's Missy's fault that now I think Baylor colors belong everywhere.  On an unrelated note, my kid is wearing a Baylor shirt today.  He looks good in green.

Today's color palette:  Close to Cocoa, Garden Green, Crushed Curry, Regal Rose, Night of Navy, and Whisper White.  Seems a little odd when you look at the palette but I think it works on the layout when it's all together with the pictures.

Okay!  Sunday muffins are about to come out of the oven.  Peace out, y'all!

Supplies:
Stamps:  A Beautiful Thing
Ink:  Close to Cocoa, Night of Navy marker
Paper:  Close to Cocoa, Regal Rose, Night of Navy, Whisper White, Flowerpot DSP
Accessories:  Lettering template

Because I'm Punny

Happy Friday, y'all!  That holiday smack in the middle of the week threw me off.  I spent half of yesterday feeling like it was Monday again!  But today really is Friday and I have the fifth card in a row with a white card base.

And a pun.  No matter what my husband tells you, puns are FUNNY.

First up, I used the colors from this week's Color Throwdown:

Which means Night of Navy, Petal Pink (I'm somewhat obsessed with it right now TBH), gold and white.  I paired that with this week's Freshly Made Sketch:

I made mine a standard A2 card instead of square, and I'm counting the gold die cut flower as the layer behind the sentiment.  And for a nice surprise, my butterfly card from Monday was chosen as one of the winners for last week's sketch!  Yay!

Okay, my kiddo is making noises so it's time to get him up and feed us both breakfast.  Cheerios, peeps!  (because I'm punny again!)

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Sheet Music, Labeler Alphabet, Brushwork Alphabet, Touches of Texture
Ink:  Petal Pink, Night of Navy
Paper:  Thick Whisper White, Petal Pink, Night of Navy, gold foil
Accessories:  Eclectic Layers Thinlits, metallic sequins, Tailored Tag punch, Dimensionals

Octo-Squeeze

Mornin' folks!  I hope you had a safe and fun 4th of July yesterday.  We let the kid play in a sprinkler and his kiddie pool, and then we lit some small fireworks on the back deck and scared him, poor thing.  I had to pick him up sopping wet and sing the Itsy Bitsy Spider until he quit crying.  Then we fed him apple pie and everything was okay again.

So, on to today's card!

I told you I was gonna pair that sentiment with my favorite octopus!  I'm funny like that.  Next time the hubs travels out of town I'll have to sneak this into his bag before he leaves.

I'm entering this in the Under the Sea challenge at Cupcake Inspirations:

I love this sketch from Palm Trees & Pogo Sticks (formerly Clean & Simple Stamping):

And I used the color challenge from Global Design Project:

I probably would not have put those three colors together on my own, but I do like the combination.  And happily for me, the only DSP I have from the new catalog contains both Mint Macaron and Fresh Fig patterns :)  I did another order on July 1 with more paper (because sale!) but it hasn't shipped out yet so I await it impatiently.

We're off to the Y again today because I'm not sore enough from Tuesday.  I'm kidding, it was difficult to get my shirt on over my head this morning because we did chest and back flies on Tuesday and OWWW.  Cheers, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Sea of Textures, Lemon Zest
Ink:  Groovy Guava, Mint Macaron, Fresh Fig
Paper:  Thick Whisper White, Tranquil Textures DSP
Accessories:  Under the Sea Framelits, Dimensionals

Apple Pie

Happy 4th of July, y'all!  I still haven't posted a scrapbook layout for this week, but I discovered I don't have any 4th of July ones in the hopper anyway so this morning I've dressed the kiddo in the most obnoxiously stars and stripes outfit I could put together and we're going to take some pictures today.

In the meantime, I made a card!

And it's as American as apple pie! :)  Apparently this is my week to do white card bases and maybe I should have ordered more thick Whisper White cardstock.  I run through that pretty fast.

Anyway, I made this for the Retro Rubber Challenge:

I decided to go with the red, white, and blue color combination and the food theme.  When am I going to need a card that says "There's no such thing as too much pie"?  No idea, but whenever that occasion arises, now I will be prepared.  Haha!  Anyway, the apples are from the stamp set Perfectly Preserved, which I got in 2012, and that sentiment is from a fall 2014 My Paper Pumpkin kit, so all the stamps are more than a little retro.  I used Real Red for the apples, Granny Apple Green for the stems (appropriate, no?), and Pacific Point for the sentiment.  I need a Pacific Point ink refill.

I'm off to play with the kiddo until the hubs wakes up, and later today I imagine we're going to be setting off fireworks in the backyard.  I'll take pictures!  And also, I'm going to make an apple pie.  Because reasons.

Cheers, y'all! And happy Independence Day!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Perfectly Preserved, My Paper Pumpkin
Ink:  Pacific Point, Granny Apple Green, Real Red
Paper:  Thick Whisper White
Accessories:  None

Beautiful Day Again

Mornin', y'all!  Uh, today is not scrappy Tuesday.  I made two cards yesterday and I had to get one of them posted today before a challenge expired, so here we are.  And it's another Beautiful Day card!

I had already written up my blog post for yesterday's card when I saw the What Will You Stamp? challenge:

They've circled back to a stamp set I own so I can play along again!  They did Rooted in Nature a few weeks ago but alas, I just ordered that and I don't have it in my hot little hands yet.  Anyway, I noticed that two people on their design team used the butterfly, but no one used the flower so I inked up the flower in my set.  Plus I used the butterfly yesterday.

Here is the inspiration challenge from Just Add Ink:

I liked the soft colors and the flowers, so that's what I went with.  I'm liking Petal Pink more than I thought I would; it's got a peachy undertone that I thought I wouldn't like, but it looks pretty good paired with Soft Sea Foam and Sahara Sand, don't you think?

There's a sketch this week on Sunday Stamps:

I thought this sketch worked well with the oversized flower.

And finally, I'm going to enter this one at the Paper Players since it's another birthday card:

Okay, I should go rescue my kid from the playard.  He got banished there because he kept trying to run off with the dog's food bowl while poor doggo was trying to eat breakfast.  Gotta entertain the kid until it's time to go to the Y...cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Beautiful Day
Ink:  Sahara Sand, Petal Pink, Soft Sea Foam, So Saffron, Versamark
Paper:  Thick Whisper White, Sahara Sand, Petal Pink, Soft Sea Foam
Accessories:  Clear EP, Dimensionals

Big Bold Beautiful Birthday Butterfly

Mornin', y'all!  Scrappy Monday will be held on Tuesday this week because I just HAD to make a card for last week's Freshly Made Sketch and I needed a birthday card.  I really missed stamping last week!  (How many times can I say "week" in one tiny paragraph?)

I did some reverse masking here to sponge the color on the butterfly, and this is my second attempt--the first time I got some Crushed Curry ink where I didn't want it so I had to redo it.  And you absolutely can't see it in the picture, but I painted over the Flirty Flamingo butterfly outline with Wink of Stella so it has a nice shimmer in real life.  And also don't those little flowers on the Flirty Flamingo strip look like they could double as leopard print in the right colors?  Hmm...

Say hello to the color challenge from As You See It:

Very bold, I like it.  Seems like I've been using a lot of Flirty Flamingo lately.

And here's a lovely bold Freshly Made Sketch to go with the colors:

Love that sketch, I really do.  And finally it's the FOUR HUNDREDTH challenge at the Paper Players!

As I said, I needed a birthday card PDQ and thus my card was created.  That challenge graphic makes me wish I had that new hostess set with the lady and the balloons :) And today is my mom's birthday, so happy birthday Mom!  (This is not YOUR birthday card, ha!)

At any rate, it's time to get the kiddo and myself ready to go to the Y today.  I take a barre class on Mondays and it's pretty fun!  But man, my legs were sore after last week's class...cheers, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Beautiful Day
Ink:  Flirty Flamingo, Crushed Curry, Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper:  Thick Whisper White, Flirty Flamingo, Basic Black
Accessories:  Dimensionals, Wink of Stella

China: Arrival in Guilin

Mornin' again y'all!  We had a good week with my parents here and they left yesterday morning.  So now the kiddo is back to just running me and the hubs ragged and not his grandparents :p  I missed making cards for challenges this week though.

In any case, it's time for another China layout, and today we start the Guilin pages!  That was the favorite stop for three of us (I was so excited to see the terra cotta army in Xi'an that it was my favorite).  To start with I have an airport picture and some hotel pictures courtesy of Missy because I don't usually think to take hotel pictures.

She also took a pic of Chinese money.  It's not terribly often I do layouts with as few as four pictures (generally I'm trying to cram in at least eight), so this was a bit different for me.  It's got some open space but I think it turned out pretty well.

Today's color palette includes Always Artichoke (I've been using that for more scrapbook pages lately, and now it's retired), River Rock (which retired a while back, I thought I'd never like it but surprise, I do), Cajun Craze (not retired), Chocolate Chip (surprisingly retired), and Very Vanilla.  It seems like for a long time like 85% of my layouts used Whisper White, but as of late I've done quite a few with Very Vanilla.  Guess my color brain goes in cycles.

I'm in the middle of making waffles for my boys, so I'm going to go finish that up so we can eat a delicious breakfast.  Waffles with strawberries and whipped cream.  You're jealous, aren't you?

Cheers!

Supplies:
Stamps:  Rough Type, Etruscan
Ink:  Chocolate Chip, River Rock
Paper:  Always Artichoke, Cajun Craze, Very Vanilla, Brocade Background DSP, Ski Slope DSP
Accessories:  Lettering template