SUO Challenges: Go Team!

 Mornin' folks!  Get ready for a new challenge from SUO Challenges!

And here it is:

Okay, y'all.  Y'all.  I'm gonna level with you...I don't sportsball at all.  When I was growing up, my dad would watch football 3 to 4 nights a week between pro football, college football, and going to my high school's games because my brother and I were in the marching band.  Y'all.  I have personally attended 50+ football games and I still have NO IDEA what any of the rules are.  That is how little interest I have in sports.  Buuuuut I did go to college so I suppose I can count that as my team colors?

Let's hear it for Baylor green and gold!  And a Baylor Bear, because why not add the mascot on there too.  Ryan does not believe that they have real, live bears at Baylor football games and way back in the day they used to train the bears to drink Dr Pepper.  I don't know if they still do that.  Anyway, I adore my fluffy friend on this card.  I mixed patterns from the To Market DSP and the Bright & Beautiful DSP Stack to get Garden Green and Lemon Lolly.

So what are your team colors?  Could be a pro team, your college team, whatever your local high school is, whatever you want!  As always, have fun and upload your card to the SUO Challenges blog.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Fluffiest Friends, Bee My Valentine
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin' Blends in Basic Black, Smoky Slate, Pecan Pie, Lemon Lolly, Shaded Spruce
Paper:  Lemon Lolly, Thick Basic White, To Market DSP, Bright & Beautiful DSP Stack
Accessories:  Fluffiest Friends dies, Dimensionals

Berchtesgaden

Scrappy Monday, y'all, it's time for the last of the Alpine Adventure pages.

After we came back down from the Eagle's Nest, we walked around downtown Berchtesgaden for a bit and got ice cream (of course).  Then we called it a day at around 3pm and the hubs and Ryan checked out our hotel pool--how ADORABLE is Ryan in that little bitty robe?!

Today's palette:  So Saffron, Cherry Cobbler, Blushing Bride, Blueberry Bushel, Early Espresso and white.  I don't use much Blushing Bride so that was a surprise, but it worked with the ice cream thingy that Ryan's hugging in one picture.

That's it for me, peeps, have a great day.

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Alphabest, Carnival Treats, Fabulous Phrases
Ink:  Early Espresso, Blushing Bride, Pecan Pie, Cherry Cobbler
Paper:  So Saffron, Cherry Cobbler, Blueberry Bushel, Thick Basic White, Dashing Along DSP, Blushing Bride DSP
Accessories:  Stylish Shapes dies

I'm Thinking Mauve

Mornin' y'all!  We're off to a slow start this weekend, the hubs hasn't been feeling good and yesterday afternoon my energy level went subzero for unknown reasons.  I don't feel bad, just tired.  But I had made a couple of cards on Thursday so I have one to share today.

I haven't played much with the 2023-2025 In Colors much because I like the brighter colors, but I had to give two of them a whirl for the Hand Stamped Sentiments Color Challenge:

I don't think I'll ever be overly fond of Wild Wheat, but I think I made it work here.  I paired that with the sketch from CAS Colours & Sketches:

That's it for me today, y'all.  Have a good weekend!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Thoughtful Expressions
Ink:  Blackberry Bliss, Stampin' Blends in Moody Mauve and Wild Wheat
Paper:  Moody Mauve, Thick Very Vanilla
Accessories:  Thoughtful Expressions dies, In Color Dots

Thoughtful Floral

Mornin' y'all!  I got to spend some time in my craft room yesterday making a few cards and working on some scrapbook pages.  Hooray!  So here's my card for today:

Okay what kind of flowers are these??  My brain was saying agapanthus and maybe they are, but my brain also says they should be bright pink and Google says agapanthus are bluish purple.  Well, paper flowers can be any color I want, so pink it is!  Also I loved the inspo pic from Just Add Ink:

I had a scrap of Blueberry Bushel striped paper which I thought echoed the stairs nicely, and when I was sticking things down I decided to do the opposite side of the paper for the middle panel just to add some interest.  That giant floral stamp from Best Thoughts popped in my head as soon as I saw this inspo pic.

Had to have another go at the Freshly Made Sketch this week too:

This card came together super quick except for the coloring, which was fun anyway.  That's it for me today, peeps, I've got to go get Ryan up and moving.  Usually he wakes up on his own before 7 but not today...school here starts really late in my opinion, we don't leave the house until about 8.  At least it's less drama if he's getting himself up.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Best Thoughts
Ink:  Night of Navy, Stampin' Blends in Polished Pink, Berry Burst, Lemon Lime Twist, Granny Apple Green
Paper:  Granny Apple Green, Thick Basic White, Blueberry Bushel DSP
Accessories:  Potted Succulents dies, Dimensionals, brass butterflies

Cozy Cuppa

Mornin' y'all!  I didn't get quite as much craft room time as I wanted to yesterday (I need to work on my time management skills...I get distracted) but I did make a card for today!

Check out this week's fun sketch from Freshly Made Sketches:

And the Color Throwdown:

The inspo pic just looked so COZY and it 100% drove what I chose for stamp sets today.  I used Boho Blue, Very Vanilla, and Crumb Cake for my colors, with a bit of Pecan Pie for the coffee (even though I don't drink coffee, I'm a tea girl).  Some In Color dots from last year's catalog and my card was finished.  Like I said, I don't drink coffee, but a lot of my friends do so I'm sure this will get sent out soon!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Latte Love, Drizzling Droplets
Ink:  Crumb Cake, Boho Blue, Pecan Pie, Stampin' Blends in Boho Blue & Pecan Pie
Paper:  Crumb Cake, Thick Very Vanilla
Accessories:  In Color Dots, Dimensionals

Speaking of cozy, while the hubs and I were out antiquing on Tuesday, I found this:

It's a little quilt about 3 feet square and I bought it to go on my dining table or island counter to decorate for Thanksgiving (I like to host Thanksgiving with as many people as I can because more people = more PIES to make!) and it was only $6.  I recently bought three cross stitch patterns that are quilt inspired and done in fall colors, so yesterday I went out and bought the thread for all three of them:

Most of the reds are on the bottom I think.  Anyway, at some point, I will have those cross stitched pieces done and framed to go on the little quilt.  Most likely not for this Thanksgiving since I haven't started yet, but maybe next year's.  Gotta love starting new projects!

Blueberry Salutations

Hey y'all, happy Wednesday!  The hubs is back at work today and while we did enjoy checking out antique stores yesterday on a mini-road trip, I'm looking forward to having the house to myself when Ryan goes to school so I can spend some time in my craft room today ; )  I managed to make this card on Sunday in between other activities:

Check out the Paper Players challenge:

I chose Blueberry Bunches for my stamp set just because it was easy to find on my current stamps shelf, though I could easily do this challenge with a myriad of other fruit because I have quite a few fruity stamp sets on the shelves of retirement.  I paired this challenge with the sketch from Sunday Stamps:

To make it more CAS but keep the integrity of the sketch, I made a mask and sponged a square on my card base to cut down on the number of layers.  Then I die cut a scrap of Lemon Lime Twist DSP and layered my fussy cut blueberry bunch on top, et voilà!  One cute card that I'm sure will be going out in the mail pretty soon.  I have no fewer than 8 cards on my craft table right now that I'm going to write in and mail out today : )

That's it for me today unless I crank out a few more fruity cards after Ryan goes to school.  Have a great day, peeps!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Blueberry Bunches
Ink:  Night of Navy, Coastal Cabana, Stampin' Blends in Azure Afternoon, Blueberry Bushel, Lemon Lime Twist, Granny Apple Green
Paper:  Coastal Cabana, Thick Basic White, Lemon Lime Twist DSP
Accessories:  Stylish Shapes dies, Dimensionals

Vintage Halloween

Mornin' y'all!  Hubs took yesterday off work so we did a bunch of running around, looking at light fixtures for our living room and stuff like that.  He's off today so we plan to go look at some antique shops while Ryan is at school.  And that kinda fits in with the challenge I played in today from As You See It:

 The challenge graphic is all creams and pastels but I decided to go vintage Halloween for my card : )

To me, vintage and shabby chic mean lots of layers, lots of sponging, lace trim, and All The Bling.  So first I dug out some black crochet trim and remembered the spiderweb doilies that I've had for years at this point.  Back in 2020, when the holiday catalog came out, we were in the big fat middle of moving to Germany and so I didn't get the Halloween stuff that year because I knew I would be craft room-less for several months.  Well, this year I bought that Halloween stuff on a Facebook group : )  And this is the maiden voyage for Hallows Night Magic; I did buy the Magic In This Night DSP back in 2020.  I used a couple of patterns and then stamped my Halloween greeting on white cardstock and sponged it with Smoky Slate and Basic Gray.  The spider is embossed with shimmery black embossing powder, do you remember that stuff?  I love it.  I also added a bit of Wink of Stella to the flowers just for more bling, and added a few black rhinestones.  I had so much fun making this, I am ready to start Halloween crafting!

That's it for me today, peeps.  I can't wait to break out all the rest of my Halloween crafting supplies : )  We're already having pumpkin coffee cake for Sunday breakfast because Ryan thinks it's great year-round (I have to agree with him on that).  Have a great day, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Hallows Night Magic
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Smoky Slate, Basic Gray, Versamark, Stampin' Blends in Cajun Craze and Pretty Peacock
Paper:  Basic Black, Thick Basic White, Magic In This Night DSP
Accessories:  Halloween Magic dies, shimmery black EP, spiderweb doily, black crochet trim, black rhinestones, Dimensionals, Wink of Stella