Floral Teapot

Mornin, folks!  I'm sitting here with my morning cuppa tea and as it happens, today's card is tea-riffic as well.

Somehow I managed *not* to use A Nice Cuppa, but I did use the coordinating Cups & Kettle Framelits.  And check out the sentiment, it's from the new Sale-a-Bration offering Perfect Pairings.

My color combo today is from a brand new challenge called The Colour Tree:

I like Perfect Plum, and for some reason it doesn't come up too often in color challenges so I had to play along.  The sketch for today is courtesy of The Global Design Project:

I did move the heart accent to the left because I needed more Plum there to balance out the sentiment I stamped in the bottom right.

That's it for me today.  Since we've had guests at the casa since last Wednesday, I'm behind on some projects that I need to work on, so full day ahead :)  Peace out, peeps!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Petite Petals, Perfect Pairings
Ink:  So Saffron, Perfect Plum
Paper:  So Saffron, Perfect Plum, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla
Accessories:  Cups & Kettle Framelits, Circles Framelits, Itty Bitty Punch Pack heart, Fancy Fan EF (retired), Regals Candy Dot, Dimensionals

Rhuddlan Castle

Scrappy Monday, y'all!  I have actually made some new scrapbook pages this year, but today's layout is one I made last year and I just can't wait anymore to share it here.

Rhuddlan Castle was the last castle we visited on our week-long road trip through Wales; see more pics here.  I've scrapped a fair number of our Wales pictures already...it's funny, I draw random slips of paper to choose what to scrap next (you can laugh, but it makes my process SO much faster if I'm not flipping through thousands of photos trying to decide what to work on next) but somehow I've ended up doing a lot of Wales and the Med cruise we did.  Hmm.

Closeup of the title; I do love Jayne's Type and of course Rough Type (the smaller one) gets used on like half my layouts.  That little alphabet was definitely worth the purchase.

And there's my color combo.  I was flipping through my color swatch book when I noticed how Cajun Craze and Dusty Durango looked together, so I just had to use them both.  The Kiwi Kiss, Night of Navy, and Soft Sky made a nice contrast with those two warm oranges, I love it :)

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

Supplies, almost all SU!
Stamps:  Jayne's Type, Rough Type, Elementary Elegance
Ink:  Cajun Craze, Dusty Durango, Night of Navy
Paper:  Cajun Craze, Dusty Durango, Night of Navy, Soft Sky, Bella Rose DSP
Accessories:  leaf punch

Friday Flashback: Friendship Blooms

Happy Friday, peeps!  Welcome to the first Friday Flashback of the new year...well, last Friday was a flashback of a different sort :)  Anywha, today's featured stamp set is Friendship Blooms, which was a Sale-a-Bration set back in 2008.  And today's flashback will be on the short side.

Also in 2008, SU! released some rub-ons that coordinated with Friendship Blooms, which is what I used on this card and apparently I never actually used the stamp set.  That is, until today!

I think that sentiment is sweet.  And I do really like that flourish with the flowers on it, so I will keep this stamp set in mind when I work on scrapbook pages.

My color combo today is courtesy of The Color Throwdown:

Nice new challenge graphic by the way, guys!  Your site update looks really spiffy.  I interpreted these colors as Baja Breeze, Sahara Sand, and Peach Parfait.  I miss Baja Breeze and Peach Parfait.  SU!, please don't ever retire Sahara Sand or we'll have words.

The sketch is from Mojo Monday:

Confession time:  somehow I copied down the sketch as more square than regular A2 size, so that's why my card is square.  Which is weird because I almost never make square cards!  Oh well, what can ya do.

Have a fabulous weekend, y'all!

Supplies, last card only:
Stamps:  Friendship Blooms
Ink:  Basic Black, Baja Breeze
Paper:  Peach Parfait, Baja Breeze, Thick Whisper White (how do I love this stuff!  Let me count the ways), Sahara Sand & Basic Black DSP
Accessories:  Circles Framelits, Rhinestones, Dimensionals

Always Time for Tea

Ya know, I love getting new stamps :)  And I love tea.  So getting new tea stamps is even better :D  I couldn't resist doing another card with A Nice Cuppa, and I kinda think it's going to live on my craft table for a while.

Ya gotta love that stack of teacups!  I got my color combo today from ColourQ:

And the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches:

I kinda did a mirror image for my card because I liked the teacup stack on the right, but it looked out of balance with the short piece up top on the right as well.  And then I needed something Pool Party near the bottom of the card, so I added a few Candy Dots; I don't usually do the "scatter" effect but I kinda like it on here.  The wee heart at the top and the tiny tag hanging off the bottom teacup are both popped up with pieces of Dimensionals.

Anyway, that's it for me today, peeps!  Have a fantastic day...Imma start mine with a nice cuppa tea :)

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  A Nice Cuppa
Ink:  Melon Mambo, Crumb Cake
Paper:  Crumb Cake, Thick Whisper White, Have a Cuppa & Love Blossoms DSP stacks
Accessories:  corner rounder punch, linen thread, Subtles Candy Dots, Dimensionals

You're the Sweetest

Happy Wednesday, y'all.  Do you need a bright cheery card to get you over hump day?  Then you've come to the right place.

New stamps alert!  I got the set Apple of My Eye from the new Occasions catalog because I planned to use it for the baby book I'm working on.  I'm not 100% sure now that I'm going to use it for that, but I did make this super cute card with it so it was still worth getting :)

And there's the inside.  I like the casual font on the sentiments.

So this card fits with the Inkspirational challenge this week:

All the stamps are brand new, and for that matter the patterned paper is pretty new to me as well.  I also used this week's Retro Sketch:

The color combo was my own.  I don't know, for some reason I like Pumpkin Pie, Night of Navy, and Pear Pizzazz together.  I thought about stamping something on the Pear Pizzazz layer, but then I thought that would make the card too busy so I just left it as-is.  I do love those diagonal stripes on the Night of Navy piece though :)

Cheers, peeps!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Apple of My Eye
Ink:  Pumpkin Pie, Night of Navy, Early Espresso
Paper:  Pumpkin Pie, Pear Pizzazz, Thick Whisper White, Night of Navy DSP
Accessories:  1 3/4" circle punch, Dimensionals

Teariffic New Year

Howdy, folks!  I'm back with the first card of the new year, and we're starting off with one of my favorite things:  TEA!

There's a new stamp set called A Nice Cuppa PLUS matching Framelits in the new Occasions catalog, which starts today.  I used the Framelits to cut out my teacup, and the heart and sentiment stamps are from A Nice Cuppa.  The patterned paper is new too, it's a 6x6 stack called Love Blossoms, and it just happens to be the perfect match for this week's Global Design Project color challenge:

I also used a slightly altered version of the Create with Connie & Mary sketch:

I made mine a standard A2 size card, and I left off the thin element (which to me says ribbon) because I thought it would be just one thing too many with all the patterns I already had going.  Besides, Coco Chanel says you should take a look in the mirror before you leave the house, and take one thing off.  And Coco Chanel knows from elegance, which is this week's Cupcake Inspirations Challenge:

So there you have it!  I've got a busy day ahead, peeps; an old friend is coming for dinner so I have to do some cleaning and a lot of baking.  I'm making homemade rolls for dinner tonight plus something for dessert.  And dinner, obviously.  Cheers, peeps!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  A Nice Cuppa
Ink:  Garden Green, Rose Red
Paper:  Thick Whisper White, Garden Green, Love Blossoms DSP Stack
Accessories:  Cups & Kettle Framelits, Circles Framelits, Dimensionals

2015 Scrapbook Showcase, Part 2

Welcome back to the second half of the 2015 scrapbook showcase.  Know what I just noticed?  All of the layouts from the first half of the showcase had warm, bright colors for the page bases.  And all of the layouts for today are on the cooler end of the spectrum.  Just how it happened to turn out, so let's take a look!

July's pick is this layout from a Scottish castle which supposedly belonged to my ancestors a zillion years ago.  I'm glad I have a large stockpile of Baja Breeze cardstock to use in my scrapbooks, it is one of my favorite colors ever.

My pick for August is the first of my terracotta warriors layouts; this was my very favorite thing that we got to see in China.

In September, I was hard at work on baby books so September's pick is the first layout I did for my friend Jen's twin boy books.  I like how bold the orange and green are on the black page base.  Well, it's hard not to love everything with Cucumber Crush on it.

October's pick is this Parisian layout, for which I made my own fleur de lis patterned paper.  I probably have patterned paper somewhere in my stash that's already printed with fleur de lis, but I like how my homemade version turned out.  And also those stair pictures.

November's pick is this layout from our somewhat abortive Mount Fuji climb; that picture of the four of us in that cubby under the stairs is one of my very favorites and I need to put a framed one up in our house somewhere.

And to finish off the 2015 scrapbook showcase, December's pick is this layout from the church near the house where we lived in England.  I think that's my favorite place that we've lived, and that house is my favorite one that we've lived in too.

Okay, kids.  That was a very Scrappy Monday :)  Tune in tomorrow for...something.  I don't know what yet but I hope it's fabulous!