Harvest Blessings

Hey y'all!  Did you have a good long weekend?  Ryan had both Friday and Monday off of school, but with the hubs mostly out of commission while we await a surgery date, we just hung out at the house.  I did take Ryan to the pool at the local rec center yesterday though.

I am SO HAPPY that it's Pre-October (a.k.a. September) now.  The temps are still in the 80s but I'm wearing a cozy sweatshirt anyway and today's card is cozy too!

Bringing back some old favorites today!  The stamps, DSP, and most of the inks and cardstock are all retired but that doesn't stop me enjoying them anyway.  Check out the Festive Friday challenge:

I used fruity colors (Lucky Limeade, Raspberry Ripple, More Mustard...okay mustard isn't a fruit but anyway), gingham, scalloped edges, and fruit.  Perfectly Preserved came out when die sets for SU! stamp sets were pretty new, so the dies are a lot simpler than what we get nowadays but it is still one of my favorite bundles ever.  I also busted out the Stitched So Sweetly dies for the nice scalloped edge.

Next up is As You See It:

And believe it or not, this was my time:

I went through my Orchard Harvest DSP scraps and picked out my pieces (I only had to trim down the mustard gingham pattern after I started the timer, I used the others as they were) and got all the stamps and ink pads lined up and ready to go before I started the timer.  After I finished and stopped the timer, I thought my card needed something else, so I added some long-retired Candy Dots:

The sentiment is stamped in Island Indigo so I wanted to bring more of that color in.  What do you think, dots or no dots?  Even if I add an extra minute to the timer to get the dots on there, I'm still well under 10 minutes.  Speedy McSpeederson here.

Time to get Ryan off to school even if he's complaining about it.  And then we're having a contractor come out here to start ripping out the floor in our shower, hooray!  Can't wait to have that replaced.  Have a good day, peeps.

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Perfectly Preserved, Country Home
Ink:  Raspberry Ripple, Lucky Limeade, Island Indigo, Early Espresso
Paper:  Lucky Limeade, Thick Very Vanilla, Orchard Harvest DSP
Accessories:  Cannery dies, Stitched So Sweetly dies, Dimensionals, Island Indigo Candy Dots

Wilkommen in Deutschland

Scrappy Monday, y'all!  Hope you have a good day off for Labor Day.  Today's scrapbook layout is from our arrival in Germany at the end of August 2020:

This is a mishmash of pictures from the first couple of weeks that we were in Germany, when we were staying in a hotel suite and looking for a house.  Also we were locked in there for two weeks because of all the Covid restrictions, people from the hubs' work had to buy groceries for us and bring them to us, it was a crazy time.  So all those pics are in the hotel room.

Today's color palette:  Crushed Curry, Tangelo Twist, Azure Afternoon, Pecan Pie, and white.  I really liked Tangelo Twist as an orange and I think I'm almost out of cardstock in that color, at least in the 12x12.  Not sure how much 8.5x11 I might have.  Azure Afternoon and Pecan Pie ended up being great matches for Ryan's bear jammies!

That's it for me today, peeps.  I'm going to do my workout and then most likely do dishes because that never stops.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Taffy Alphabet, Calendar Alphabet & Numbers, Sweets & Treats, All Boxed Up, bear from Whipper Snapper
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Tangelo Twist, Azure Afternoon, Pecan Pie, Stampin' Blends in Pecan Pie, Ivory, Smoky Slate, Mossy Meadow, Pool Party, Pumpkin Pie
Paper:  Crushed Curry, Azure Afternoon, Pecan Pie, Thick Basic White, Tangelo Twist DSP
Accessories:  None

It's Pumpkin Time!

Happy Pre-October, y'all!  Usually I make a pumpkin coffee cake for the first Sunday breakfast in September, but the hubs spotted some cinnamon rolls in the fridge and asked for those instead and since he's got an unending nasty headache while we await his surgery date, he gets what he wants.

I did get some time this afternoon to play in my craft room and I couldn't let today go by without posting something pumpkin-related.  You should see my outfit, too--I'm Halloween Stitch from head to toe (Stitch from Lilo & Stitch) because I found some Halloween pajama pants at Walmart last week.  I already had the shirt and the socks : )

Anyway, card!

I absolutely adore Pick of the Patch from last year's fall offerings so I had to get it out for the first day of pumpkin season.  I took a few liberties with the Just Add Ink sketch but I promise that's what I started with:

And there's a lovely fall palette at Sunday Stamps:

I used Balmy Blue, Lemon Lolly, Peach Pie, Pumpkin Pie, and Cajun Craze, and added a bit of Pecan Pie for a neutral.

Last up is the theme challenge from Retro Rubber Challenges:

I think a trip to the pumpkin patch falls under the category of the great outdoors, right?  (My idea of camping is a cabin that has indoor plumbing, no tents for me thanks!)  Pick of the Patch is a year old so it's just now entered its retro era.

When Ryan finishes the art he's working on, I think I'll see if he wants to watch a movie with me.  I've been battling a cold all week so sitting on the couch for a bit sounds like a good plan to me.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Pick of the Patch
Ink:  Peach Pie, Lemon Lolly, Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craze, Pecan Pie
Paper:  Lemon Lolly, Pecan Pie, Thick Basic White, Balmy Blue DSP
Accessories:  Mini Dimensionals, Milky Dots

Bright Snapdragons

Mornin' y'all!  I have an extra card this week.  Yesterday's Sweet Peas card was actually the second one I made for the Freshly Made Sketches and Colour Throwdown challenges, here's the first one:

The Pretty in Pink just kinda looks a little muted or dirty on the snapdragons and I wasn't sure I liked it when I finished with it, so I made the Sweet Peas card.  Here's the sketch again:

And the colors:

I used the exact same shades as yesterday, Lemon Lolly, Pretty in Pink, and Shy Shamrock, plus a fair bit of Night of Navy for contrast.

If the hubs is feeling good enough, we might head out to a local farmers' market after breakfast, so I'm going to go make some eggs.  Cheers, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Inspiring Snapdragons, Everyday Details
Ink:  Pretty in Pink, Shy Shamrock, Night of Navy
Paper:  Pretty in Pink, Thick Basic White, Night of Navy DSP, Lighter than Air DSP Stack
Accessories:  Nested Essentials dies, Inspiring Snapdragons dies, In Color Dots, Dimensionals

HapPEA Birthday

Mornin' y'all and happy Friday.  Ryan is off school today and we all slept in a bit so that was nice :)  But now I'm ready to get the day started so how about a fun card?

I love the Sweet Peas stamp set that debuted in the main catalog this summer but it took me a while to get it inked up.  Couldn't resist using these party peas for this week's Freshly Made Sketch:

And here's a fun color combo from the Color Throwdown:

I used Lemon Lolly, Pretty in Pink, and Shy Shamrock for my colors, plus a little bit of Shaded Spruce for the top of the pea pod just for more contrast.  Love these colors together.

Anyway, it's time for me to get my workout done and then I have errands to run, so that's it for me, sweet peas.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Sweet Peas
Ink:  Night of Navy, Stampin' Blends in Pretty in Pink, Lemon Lolly, Shy Shamrock, Shaded Spruce
Paper:  Pretty in Pink, Lemon Lolly, Thick Basic White, Shy Shamrock & Pretty in Pink DSP
Accessories:  Stylish Shapes dies, Nested Essentials dies, Dimensionals, In Color Dots

Dino-Riffic Birthday

Mornin' y'all!  My dino-loving Friend Krissy's birthday is coming up soon so I had to make her a dinosaur card to go with her gift, which went out in the mail yesterday in a fun rainbow-striped box!

I used this week's sketch from the Paper Players:

I made my card the standard size instead of a square because I just don't like making square cards.  I'm weird that way.  Krissy's favorite dinosaur is the stegosoarus; a while back I made her a steggy Hanukkah card : ). This time I started by choosing a couple of scraps from the Dinoroar DSP and went from there.  It was fun to play with Pineapple Punch and Mango Melody again even though they're retired.

Time to get Ryan off to school so that's it for me, peeps.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  No Bones About It
Ink:  Mango Melody, Pretty Peacock
Paper:  Pineapple Punch, Pretty Peacock, Thick Basic White, Dinoroar DSP
Accessories:  Blue rhinestones, Dimensionals, Lots of Labels dies

Friendly Fiddler

Mornin' y'all!  I'm still a bit under the weather but I did make a couple of cards yesterday AND my fever is gone today, so that's good news.  And here's my card for today:

It's a triple challenge card starting with Inkspirational:

And I had to give the colors at Creative Colour Challenges a whirl:

I think this might be the first time I've played along over there.  I figured I could go whimsical for the colors with the images from Musical Jamboree, isn't that fiddler cute?

I'm also entering this at Shopping Our Stash, where the challenge is to make a "just because" card.  I usually send out around 3 to 5 cards a week (though last week I mailed out nine) and "just because" is the type of card I use most, so this challenge was a no-brainer for me.  And several of my most frequent recipients are musically inclined (we were in band together in middle school and high school) so a musical card is always good too.

It's almost time to get Ryan ready to go to school so I'm signing off.  Have a great day, peeps.

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Musical Jamboree
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Petal Pink, Stampin' Blends in Crumb Cake, Petal Pink, Lost Lagoon
Paper:  Petal Pink, Thick Basic White
Accessories:  Deckled Rectangles dies