SUO Challenges: Bring On the Man Cards

Happy Tuesday y'all, and get ready for a new SUO Challenge heading your way!

And for this challenge, it's all about the guys in your life...

I know a lot of stampers struggle with masculine cards, and believe me, I love the floral stamps as much as the next gal, but while my husband is deployed this year I definitely need lots of masculine cards to send him (even if the last one got returned...that happens when you transpose the numbers in the address!).  So here's my newest masculine card:

Really I let the All About Autumn DSP do the heavy lifting here!  And it reminded me of our 2018 trip to Maine, the adventure I've been sharing in my Scrappy Monday posts lately.  So one quick stamp from He's All That and I've got a fabulous MAN card to send to my hubs!

So are you up to the challenge?  Make a masculine card using only Stampin' Up! products, and share it on the SUO Challenges blog.  And as always, have fun!  I know I'll be making another masculine card soon to send to the hubs : )

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  He's All That
Ink:  Mossy Meadow
Paper:  Mossy Meadow, Early Espresso, Copper Clay, Thick Very Vanilla, All About Autumn DSP Stack
Accessories:  Layering Circles dies (retired), Brushed Metallic Dot, Dimensionals

Maine: Carriage Ride

Scrappy Monday, y'all!  Ryan has this entire week off school for fall break, so for today's adventure we're driving down to Waco with my parents to show him Baylor University (where the hubs and I met).  We have something planned for every day this week, even if it's just Ryan's tae kwon do class.

But let's start the week with a couple of scrapbook layouts, shall we?

I'm continuing with the Maine pictures.  Missy arranged for us to take a ride in a horse-drawn carriage on the carriage roads of Acadia National Park and it was great!  We got to the stable early, so we spent some time watching the horses (and taking pictures).

The ride was about an hour long and the scenery was beautiful, definitely a lovely way to spend some time on a gorgeous fall day.  And at the end of the ride, Ryan gave one of the horses a kiss to say thank you for taking us around, isn't that adorable?

Another fall-inspired palette for today:  Old Olive, Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry, and Soft Suede.  I'm going to continue my fall theme with pumpkin coffee cake for breakfast : ) Have a great day, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Make a Difference, For All Things
Ink:  Soft Suede, Crushed Curry
Paper:  Old Olive, Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry, Thick Basic White, Thick Very Vanilla, Color Me Autumn DSP, Country Lane DSP
Accessories:  None

Cotton Candy Ice Cream

Happy Friday y'all!  I'm trying to squeeze in as much stamping time today as I can because Ryan is on fall break next week and I probably won't get to do much in my craft room (unless it's with his help).  But I have a doctor's appointment today so that's going to take up some time and let's get with it!  Here's today's card:

And here's the Festive Friday challenge:

I used blue, a frame, and ombre from the list.  That Daffodil Delight ombre layer counts as a frame, right?  I used a blending brush to do the ombre, then took it into the bathroom sink and flicked water at it, I love the effect on the sponged color.  I got the colors from CAS Colours & Sketches:

This combination was definitely a challenge for me!  This is actually the second card I made for these two challenges, but I just wasn't thrilled with my first attempt.  I decided to have another go at it with Share a Milkshake and I tend to go with blue for ice cream because Ryan's favorite is bright blue cotton candy ice cream when we go on our monthly ice cream dates (on the first of the month, we go on an ice cream date to celebrate being one month closer to reuniting with the hubs next summer).

Okay, I need to get going for my appointment, but I'm hoping to have some more crafty time when I get back before Ryan gets out of school.  And I feel a serious need to make some Halloween and fall cards : ) Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Share a Milkshake
Ink:  Blueberry Bushel, Fresh Freesia, Daffodil Delight
Paper:  Blueberry Bushel, Thick Basic White
Accessories:  Share a Milkshake dies, Stylish Shapes dies, Nested Essentials dies, Dimensionals

Ladybug Me Anytime

Mornin' y'all.  Hope your morning is off to a good start...I woke up super early because I was hearing some kind of thumping noise and despite walking all over the house and checking out the front and back doors, I can't figure out what it was or where it was coming from.  Urgh.  Well, no rest for the weary and I've got lots to do today so let's get to today's card!

I went CAS for this week's Freshly Made Sketches/Color Throwdown combi card.  Here's the Freshly Made Sketch:

And the Color Throwdown:

I think I have those paper plates in my kitchen right now.  I used Calypso Coral, Pool Party, and Night of Navy for the colors, and I made a beeline right to Hello Ladybug when I got into my craft room.  Can you make a beeline to a ladybug, or is it a ladybug line?

Anyway, I hope you have a great day, y'all.

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Hello Ladybug
Ink:  Calypso Coral, Night of Navy, Pool Party
Paper:  Thick Basic White
Accessories:  Stylish Shapes dies, Dimensionals, Polished Dots

Lucky Stars

Mornin', y'all!  I have continued to make progress on The Great Unpacking and Organization Project and I've set up a donation pickup time for tomorrow to get more schtuff out of the house.  Yay!  I rewarded myself with an hour in my craft room yesterday and I made this:

If you don't recognize the stamps I used, it's because Stargazing came out a few years ago, I don't even remember when, and I bought it and then never used it.  Until now!  It was the perfect choice for this week's Paper Players theme challenge:

I've had my eye on the Stargazing bundle in the current catalog, including the Reach for the Stars stamp set with the cool astronaut, but I haven't gotten it (yet).  Thanks Paper Players for inspiring me to ink up an older set that had never been used before!

I also used the newest sketch from Try Stampin' on Tuesday:

I think I should have made my rectangles a little smaller but I'd already stuck things down so it's staying that way.  This is a fun sketch, I'm sure I'll use it again!

I'm off to pack up a few more things for tomorrow's donation pickup.  Have a great day, peeps!

Supplies, all SU!, some retired:
Stamps:  Stargazing
Ink:  Fresh Freesia, Highland Heather, Starry Sky
Paper:  Fresh Freesia, Highland Heather, Starry Sky, Thick Basic White
Accessories:  Layering Circles dies, Circles Collection Framelits, Dimensionals, In Color Opal Rounds

I'm Leaving

Just kidding, I'm just punny because today's card is all about leaves : )

This is a triple challenge card, too.  First up is the Just Add Ink sketch:

I rotated the sketch 90 degrees to the left, I couldn't find a placement for my leaves with the vertical orientation.  Next up is the tic-tac-toe from Retro Rubber:

I went down the right side of the board with masculine, leaves, and die cuts.  At first I had the ribbon tied in a bow, but I changed it to a simple knot because I thought that felt a teensy bit more masculine.  Is that silly or what?  But that taffeta ribbon was the only thing I had that matched the colors of the card.  My stamp set, Love of Leaves, is 3 years old, and the colors are retro too.  I chose colors based on the Sunday Stamps color challenge:

I used More Mustard, Riding Hood Red, and Buckaroo Blue for my colors, all of which are long retired.  I even busted out a retro stamping technique for the card base, I scrunched up a piece of plastic wrap, tapped it on my ink pad, and stamped it on the card base.  That technique was A Thing when I first started stamping circa 2004-2005, and the inspo pic for this challenge is what made me think of it.  Super easy way to make a nice subtle background when plain cardstock is too plain and patterned paper is too busy.

Okay, I've got to go work on organizing stuff again.  I actually got a lot of progress made upstairs yesterday and I have a truly ridiculous number of empty scrapbook albums in one closet and a whole lot of completed scrapbook pages in another.  One of these days I'll have to get those together : p  Today I'm going to be packing up our old sets of dishes to get them ready to donate since I got all-new Fiestaware dishes this year.  Wheeee!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Love of Leaves
Ink:  Buckaroo Blue, More Mustard, Riding Hood Red
Paper:  Buckaroo Blue, Thick Very Vanilla
Accessories:  Stitched Leaves dies, Stitched Rectangles dies, Riding Hood Red taffeta ribbon, Dimensionals
Accessories:  Riding Hood Red taffeta ribbon,

Maine: Dawn at the Lighthouse

Mornin' y'all!  I need to get this post written quickly and then go get ready--it's parent/teacher conference day at Ryan's school.  So here we go with more Maine pages!

Missy had included a dawn trip to a local lighthouse on her itinerary, but of course two small children would have strenuously objected to such a thing, so just Lee and Bennet went out that early to take pics for us.  Not too bad, right?

Today's color palette:  Seaside Spray (appropriate), So Saffron, Garden Green, Evening Evergreen, and Whisper White.

Happy OCTOBER and have a great week!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Make a Difference, Rough Edges Alphabets
Ink:  Garden Green, Seaside Spray, Evening Evergreen marker
Paper:  Seaside Spray, Garden Green, Thick Basic White, Sand & Sea DSP
Accessories:  None