Mountain Adventure

Mornin' y'all!  And happy new catalog day!  I need to fine-tune my order today...I didn't preorder anything, I've been waiting for today, so that will definitely be happening once I get Ryan off to school.  In the meantime, for today's card I finally busted open The Best Destination kit that I bought quite some time ago ; )

The mountain scene is cut from one of the triple-panel cards in the kit; I stamped a greeting from the kit's stamp set (which was the whole reason I bought the kit, I liked the stamps) on a label die cut from the kit.  Then I added a piece of Enjoy the Journey DSP for the background panel, which also has mountains on it.  Check out the sketch from Hand-Stamped Sentiments:

And the fun new challenge from Festive Friday:

I used pink, metallic elements, and mountains for my card.  It was the "mountains" part that led me first to the Enjoy the Journey DSP, and then I remembered that kit that was languishing on my stamp shelves and then the card came together pretty quickly.  The tag from the kit has a gold border, so I added a few more gold accents to match it.

Okay, time for me to take the kiddo to school and then I can work on that big fat SU! order.  Just don't tell my hubs on me ; )  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  The Best Destination kit
Ink:  Starry Sky
Paper:  Flirty Flamingo, gold foil, Enjoy the Journey DSP, elements from The Best Destination kit
Accessories:  gold baker's twine, gold metallic dot, Dimensionals

Kiwi Berry Greeting

Howdy, y'all!  I didn't get to do anything in my craft room yesterday with Ryan being out of school (he will be fine and he's not contagious, so he's back at school today sporting approximately 3,497 Band-Aids where he itches) so I just made this card a few minutes ago.  Take a look:

Last day to order Hello Kiwi if you haven't already!  I think it's so fun and I wish I had played with it more since I bought it, but that's usually how it goes.  Maybe I get too many different stamp sets?  NAAHHHH that's not it.

Anyway, check out Joanne's fun sketch for the Paper Players this week and my goodness I cannot type today, you're lucky you can't see all my typos.

I really like the mood board at Inkspirational, too:

The two pictures of rainbow-colored macarons had me thinking of food (for reals, I pulled out four stamp sets when I was deciding which one to use for the challenges and all four were food-related) and I loved all the colors together.  I knew from the jump that I wanted to use the pattern with the big dots for my background and built the card from there.

Okay, I'm going to run back upstairs and work on some more stuff because I know I will be busy most of the day tomorrow while Ryan is at school so I won't have a chance to craft.  Well really part of the day I will be crafting, I'm going to my mom's house and she's going to teach me how she finishes cross stitch pieces into Christmas ornaments.  But I won't be in my craft room.  And I have THREE scrapbook layouts on the floor in there just waiting for titles and journaling, so I wanna get that done.

Cheers, y'all!  For some reason I'm hungry now too...

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Hello Kiwi
Ink:  Lemon Lime Twist, Berry Burst, Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper:  Lemon Lime Twist, Thick Basic White, Bright & Beautiful DSP Stack
Accessories:  Stylish Shapes dies, Shiny Sequins, Dimensionals

Blowing Rock

Scrappy Monday, y'all.  I've got Ryan home from school today because he developed some type of rash on his arms and legs--he's all over bumps.  So I'll be calling the doctor's office as soon as they open to get him an appointment.  In the meantime, I still got up fairly early and did a workout, then bought some new dishes because Fiestaware came out with a new color and y'all know how I feel about having ALL THE COLORS, ha.

And speaking of colors, my favorite ever set of In Colors will officially retire at the end of the day tomorrow, so I picked today's scrapbook layouts because they showcase Orchid Oasis and Starry Sky, both of which I love, with a healthy dash of Polished Pink because I would swap Melon Mambo for Polished Pink in a heartbeat.  Take a look:

These pics are from 2020, not too long before we moved from NC to Germany.  We had driven out to Tennessee to meet up with the hubs' sister and her family in the Smoky Mountains, and on the way back to our house, we stopped in the Blowing Rock area for a couple of days.  I took Ryan's pic next to that sign in the shop for the eponymous Blowing Rock attraction and let it be my page title because I'm smart like that.  And check out all those hydrangeas in the photo on the top right!  That led to me picking Hydrangea Haven for accent images, and drove my color choices too.  I'm real pleased with the color combo on this.  Good thing I built up a stash of the retiring In Colors.

Bonus layout today : ) We had too many good pictures from this stop on our trip to only do one layout.  We visited Blowing Rock in the morning and then went out to Grandfather Mountain in the afternoon.  Saw some great views over the mountains, it was gorgeous.

Today's color palette:  Orchid Oasis (page base), Mango Melody (DSP), Polished Pink (DSP, accents), Starry Sky (photo mats), Garden Green (in the photos and for stamped leaves), and white.  That Enjoy the Journey DSP came up on the clearance rack last week, and if I hadn't already hoarded like five packs of it, I would have been all over getting more of it.  It's one of the standout paper packs from the last few years in my opinion.

Anyway, I feel like I've chattered a lot here.  Time to call the doc for Ryan and we'll see what the rest of the day holds.  Cheers, peeps!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Hydrangea Haven, Country Bouquet
Ink:  Orchid Oasis, Garden Green, Starry Sky, Polished Pink
Paper:  Orchid Oasis, Starry Sky, Polished Pink, Thick Basic White, Enjoy the Journey DSP
Accessories:  Hydrangea dies, Country Bouquet punch

Stellar Astronaut

Mornin' y'all!  Ryan let me spend time in my craft room yesterday ; ) so in addition to working on some scrapbook pages, I busted out a new-to-me stamp set for its maiden voyage:

Reach for the Stars caught my eye as soon as the catalog debuted last year, but I didn't buy it until it went on the retirement list.  I was intrigued by the color palette from Just Add Ink:

It seemed like a good match for this stamp set.  The Coastal Cabana doesn't show up too well in the photo, but I used it to add some shading detail on the astronaut.  I did Wink of Stella on the helmet and for once the sparkle is kinda showing up!

This outgoing set of In Colors has been my very favorite, hands down, and I've bought several packs of Starry Sky cardstock and ink refills in particular.  It's so great when you want something not quite as dark as Night of Navy.  I'm looking forward to seeing the incoming batch of In Colors; I haven't done an order yet as I was waiting for May 1.

Ryan also wanted to get in on the craft room action:

He wanted a 3D rocket, and we went around a bit about how to make it as tall as he wanted.  In the end, I cut a strip of cardstock into 1" sections, scored at 1/4" and 3/4" inch and folded them into a U-shape.  Then I glued them in between two stamped rockets, which Ryan stamped, die cut, and then watercolored.

That's it for me today, peeps.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Reach for the Stars
Ink:  Starry Sky, Coastal Cabana
Paper:  Berry Burst, Thick Basic White, Stargazing DSP
Accessories:  Reach for the Stars dies, In Color Pearls, Dimensionals

Countryside Bluebonnets

Mornin' y'all!  I managed to get a bit more sleep last night so I am hoping to get some things done today in my craft room.  I actually have two scrapbook layouts that I'm working on...I was doing the wedding album earlier this year but decided to take a break from that.

Anyway, I have a card to share with the epitome of Texas wildflowers, here it is:

I had to dust off Wisteria Wishes, which retired last year.  I'm entering this at Retro Rubber:

I did the top row, with die cuts (Countryside Corners, new), gems (Foiled Gems, not new), and spring (bluebonnets).  I've had Wisteria Wishes for about a year and a half and I wish I had played with it more when it was current.  Doesn't stop me from breaking it out for challenges now ;) but it is SUCH a neat bundle.

I'm also entering this at the Paper Players:

Bluebonnets are THE spring flower in Texas and I tried to keep it CAS, though the main image panel is pretty large.  So maybe it's CAS-plus?

This card will be going to my husband's grandmother along with a picture of Ryan:

They're all fancy with school pictures here, I could choose from like 8 different backgrounds, but I had to do the bluebonnets since this is his only school year in Texas.

That's it for me today, time for me to get Ryan off to school and then I have a yoga class at the Y.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Wisteria Wishes
Ink:  Tahitian Tide, Parakeet Party, Starry Sky
Paper:  Starry Sky, Thick Basic White
Accessories:  Countryside Corners dies, hole punch, Foil Gems, In Color baker's twine, Mini Dimensionals

Subliminal Message

Mornin' y'all!  For the third night in a row, I did not get enough sleep last night.  Ryan got an owie right before bedtime last night and conned me into letting him stay in my room for the night...yeah I woke up in the middle of the night with his head pressing into my spine, and then in the wee morning hours he totally FELL OUT OF BED, then got back on it with his feet on the pillow and totally ignored me asking if he was okay.  He went right back to sleep, if he even woke up at all : p  Lucky him.  So today I may have to take a nap, or else just mainline caffeine like it's my job.

Anyway, I do have a card to share today, take a looksie:

How could you NOT smile at that little submarine?  This week, I rotated the Freshly Made Sketch 90 degrees to accommodate my sea scene:

And used the Color Throwdown palette:

I chose Lemon Lolly, Garden Green, and Coastal Cabana for my colors, with a bit of Smoky Slate, Crumb Cake, and Night of Navy for neutrals.  Most of the Color Throwdown design team went with flowers, which is a natural choice with these colors, but I wanted to be different and now that I have Submarine Life any color challenge with yellow makes me think of one of the world's two most famous subs.  (I think Red October would be the other most famous sub, go hunt for it.)

Last night, Ryan and I went out to dinner with my friend Missy, her mom, her son, and my mom, which was fun because we're all big fans of Texas Roadhouse ; )  Ryan ate three and a half rolls, plus nearly all of his dinner, which surprised me.  Anyway, on the way back to our house, this happened:

My mom made me a Maleficent shirt because she is the best Disney villain (Maleficent is the best Disney villain, not my mom, just to be clear), and Ryan had to try it on first.  (He has his favorite duck stuffie stuffed in the front of the shirt, he doesn't have a giant belly from eating all of those rolls at dinner which is unfair.)  Ryan definitely looks like he's plotting something nefarious.  I took this picture while we were waiting at a red light.

That's it for me today, I need to head up to my craft room and make a Maleficent-y thank you card.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Submarine Life
Ink;  Lemon Lolly, Coastal Cabana, Garden Green, Smoky Slate, Crumb Cake, Night of Navy
Paper:  Lemon Lolly, Thick Basic White, Garden Green DSP, Bright & Beautiful DSP Stack
Accessories:  Submarine punch, Deckled Rectangles dies, Blue Adhesive Gems, Dimensionals

Spring Irises

Mornin' y'all!  Quick post today as I have to get Ryan ready to go on his zoo field trip which means sunscreen before he leaves for school.  Here's my card today:

A friend recently posted on Facebook that there were irises coming up all around his neighborhood and that they make him think of his grandmother, so when I saw the Paper Players challenge this week, I had to grab Inspiring Iris.  Here's the challenge graphic:

I had stamped a sentiment as well, but despite moving all the elements around for several minutes, I couldn't find an arrangement with the sentiment that I liked for the card front so I adhered it to the inside instead.  Side note:  my iPhone is named Iris, not necessarily for the flower (though I like them) but because Iris the rainbow goddess is a messenger for the Greek gods and maybe I was rereading Percy Jackson when I got my first iPhone ; )

Have a great day, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Inspiring Iris
Ink:  Orchid Oasis, Soft Sea Foam, Starry Sky
Paper:  Lemon Lolly, Thick Basic White, Tea Boutique DSP Stack
Accessories:  Stitched So Sweetly dies, In Color Matte Dots, Dimensionals