A Simple Note

Hey y'all!  I have a super simple card for you today.

Wishing You Well was in the Holiday catalog, but I didn't get it until just recently--I just couldn't resist it anymore! 

When I sat down to stamp yesterday, I had a different plan in mind for this inspiration photo from Just Add Ink:

I'm too late to add my link on the challenge, but that's okay, I liked this picture a lot anyway.  So, as I was saying, I started out with a completely different thought but then Wishing You Well just insisted on being inked up.  The only thing that took a bit of time was cutting out the bow to pop up, and even that didn't take long.

So here's the Inkspirational challenge again:

I think you can see my use of Dimensionals better on this card than the quintuple challenge card I posted yesterday.

Well, I've got to leave early today to get Sadie to the vet before Ryan and I hit the Y, so we're out of here.  Cheers, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Wishing You Well
Ink:  Soft Sea Foam, Petal Pink, Flirty Flamingo
Paper:  Thick Whisper White
Accessories:  Dimensionals

Five Challenges? Piece of Cake!

Hey y'all!  Have you ever had a perfect storm of challenges, where you make a single card that works for lots and lots of challenges?  Well, today's card is a quintuple challenge card.

And here's my challenges, in alphabetical order!

First up is the color combo from Fab Friday:

A fun and springy color combo, I'm going to miss Lemon Lime Twist so much when it retires.  At least we have Granny Apple Green in the regular lineup.

Next up is the sketch from Fusion:

I forgot to make my vertical strip go all the way to the edges of the card, mah bad.

Next up is the Inkspirational Challenge:

You can't tell from the photo, but the Flirty Flamingo circle is popped up on Dimensionals.  I found that circle in my stash already pre-cut so yay for using up random pieces!

And here's the theme challenge from the Paper Players:

This was fun; I used two patterns from Gingham Gala, and for the Highland Heather one (the larger print), I used markers to add some skinny stripes of Flirty Flamingo and Bermuda Bay.  Took a few minutes but I like the look!

And finally, here's the challenge from What Will You Stamp?:

I had been planning to use one of my newer stamp sets until I saw this challenge, and then I just had to do a cake.  I stamped the sentiment on the inside of the card, so it says "Happy birthday, you sweet thing" in Highland Heather ink.  I think I know who should get this card too!

That's it for me today.  Have a great day, peeps!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Piece of Cake
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black; Lemon Lime Twist, Bermuda Bay, & Flirty Flamingo markers; Highland Heather Blends
Paper:  Thick Whisper White, Flirty Flamingo, Gingham Gala DSP
Accessories:  Layering Circles Framelits, Cake Builder Punch, Dimensionals

DC Cherry Blossoms

Scrappy Monday, y'all!  I actually had a scrappy Sunday yesterday--finally got no fewer than FOUR layouts done (okay, I need to print a 5x7 for one of them, but other than that they're all done) and started on a fifth.  It's been a while since I scrapped, so that was nice.

The cherry blossoms peaked in DC pretty recently, so I thought I'd share my DC cherry blossom layout from a few years ago.

Suuuuuuuper simple layout to keep the focus on the pictures.  Not even any stamps, just a simple handwritten title and a bit of journaling.  I don't know what kind of trees those are in the bottom two pics on the right, with the big pink and white flowers, but they sure were pretty!

Today's color palette includes Blue Bayou (which was an In Color I think the second year we had them?), Pink Pirouette, Chocolate Chip, and Whisper White.

Hopefully Ryan will take a good nap this afternoon so I can do some more work in my craft room.  Have a great day, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  None
Ink:  Chocolate Chip marker
Paper:  Blue Bayou, Whisper White, Pink Pirouette DSP
Accessories:  None

Rocket Raccoon

Hey y'all, happy Friday!  I think I finally started succumbing to allergies yesterday...hardly a surprise as everything has a coat of yellow pollen.  When it rained on Tuesday all of the puddles were yellow!  But anyway, I persevered and made a card for today.

Soooooooooo I have a bunch of new stamp sets to play with and of course today I chose to use some stamps I've had for over a year at least!  Ah well, sometimes that's what happens.

Love this sketch from CAS(E) this Sketch:

And here's the theme challenge from Global Design Project:

Which dovetails nicely with the theme challenge from Cupcake Inspiration:

I, for one, would be delighted to come across a woodland creature on a walk through the park.  Generally I see squirrels and bunnies though, as opposed to foxes and raccoons, but I think the raccoon I made is pretty cute.  I hand-drew his little quirky smile to give him some character.

Okay kids, we've gotta get up and moving today.  Have a great day!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Foxy Friends, Oh So Eclectic
Ink:  Gray Granite, Grapefruit Grove, Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper:  Pear Pizzazz, Gray Granite, Share What You Love Specialty DSP, Natures' Poem DSP
Accessories:  Fox Builder Punch, Stitched Shapes Framelits, Dimensionals

Vases of Sunshine

Howdy, y'all!  I just got a big ol' box of SU! goodies late on Tuesday afternoon, so yesterday I got to bust it open and start playing a little.  I used one of my brand new stamp sets--Vibrant Vases--with the coordinating Varied Vases that I already had, and then I just had to use a sunny greeting for my card.

I think it's the gingham that sells the sunshine here ;) The vases are all from Vibrant Vases, but the plants are from Varied Vases.  Fun, right?

I used this week's Color Throwdown:

I decided to use lighter values of the colors for my card--I tried stamping the lilacs (I'm assuming they're lilacs) with Gorgeous Grape and it was just too dark.  So I went with Highland Heather, Daffodil Delight, Pear Pizzazz, and Smoky Slate, plus some Basic Gray and Whisper White.  Paired that with this week's Freshly Made Sketch:

I did slightly change the placement of my sentiment strip just to make it work a little better with the vases.  I've still got several other new stamp sets to play with, not to mention some new patterned paper, so I'll be having some fun for the foreseeable future!

Cheers, y'all!  Hope it's sunny where you are.

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Varied Vases, Vibrant Vases, Sunshine Sayings
Ink:  Basic Gray, Smoky Slate, Highland Heather, Daffodil Delight, Pear Pizzazz
Paper:  Thick Whisper White, Daffodil Delight, Pear Pizzazz, Gingham Gala DSP
Accessories:  Dimensionals

The Happy World of Haribo

Hey y'all!  It's time for a new challenge at SUO Challenges!

This week's challenge is SUPER easy--Designer's Choice!  That means as long as you only use Stampin' Up! products, you can enter this challenge!

Here's what I made:

I hadn't played much with Sweetest Thing yet, so I thought I'd work with that and the coordinating How Sweet It Is DSP.  I have a friend (HI MISSY!) who loveloveLOVES Haribo gummy bears, but she swears the ones made in Europe are better than the ones made in the States.  So when we lived in England, I used to send her Haribo care packages periodically.  Anywha, when I saw this stamp set with the gummy bears, I had to get it :) And now I have a birthday card for Missy a few months early!

I ended up cutting off a couple of the stripes when I was working on the card front, and the back side of that pattern is scattered gummy bears, so I used those two scrap strips on the inside of the card for funsies.  I'm loving the sunny Pineapple Punch card base on this, it's just so cheery.

That's it for me today, folks.  Grab your stamps and get to work so you can enter your card at SUO Challenges and we can all ooh and ahh over it :)  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Sweetest Thing
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Coastal Cabana, Pineapple Punch, Granny Apple Green, Melon Mambo
Paper:  Pineapple Punch, Thick Whisper White, How Sweet It Is DSP
Accessories:  Jar of Sweets Framelits, glitter enamel dots, Dimensionals

Hey Now, She's an Allstar

Mornin' y'all!  Man, we stayed up WAYYYY too late last night...the hubs and I went to see Captain Marvel in the afternoon and went out to dinner (babysitter for Ryan FTW!), and then after Ryan went to bed I watched Wonder Woman just to complete the day of awesome women superhero movies.  Yeah hubs and I went to bed around midnight because we are stoopid.

But it's Scrappy Monday and it's also Sadie's 13th birthday today, so here's one of my Sadie layouts I made a while back!

Hubs' dad sent us a deflated basketball and football with no note or anything, so we assumed they were toys for Sadie.  She ripped the laces out of the football immediately and started pulling out whatever it is that's on the inside of footballs so that one didn't last long, but the basketball turned out to be a favorite toy for her.  We even still have it!  She was so tiny at first that when she picked up the basketball her back end would start lifting up off the ground to compensate.  We found out later that hubs' dad had sent the balls for us to inflate so that hubs could maybe play with the kid who lived next door while his dad was deployed.  Oops!

Today's color palette:  Tangerine Tango (for the basketball), Cucumber Crush (because I love it), Blueberry Bushel, Coastal Cabana, and Whisper White.

Well, I've got a kiddo who keeps saying "I want Mama" so I'd better go.  Cheers, y'all!  And happy birthday to Sadie, I love my girl even when she's annoying ;)

Supplies:
Stamps:  Calendar Alphabet & Numbers, Headline Alphabet
Ink:  Blueberry Bushel, Basic Black marker
Paper:  Tangerine Tango, Coastal Cabana, Thick Whisper White, Cucumber Crush DSP
Accessories:  circle punch, stickers (basketball & football)