Non-Halloween Butterflies

Mornin' y'all.  I have definitely come down with another cold and I feel like I am single-handedly keeping the companies that make Kleenex and Dayquil/Nyquil in business.  Ugh.  But I do have a happy card to share today.

The Creative Colour Challenge this week screamed Halloween to me, so I challenged myself to make a non-Halloween card with the colors:

And this week's CASE-ing Tuesday Sketch made me think of butterflies:

Here's the catalog inspiration:

I used a pattern from the Refreshed Beauty DSP for my card background and kept the butterfly theme from the inspo pic.

And now I think it's time to go take a nap.  Cheers, y'all, and stay healthy out there.

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Sketched Butterflies
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Gorgeous Grape, Stampin' Blends in Pumpkin Pie & Smoky Slate
Paper:  Gorgeous Grape, Thick Basic White, Refreshed Beauty DSP
Accessories:  Sketched Butterflies dies, Purple Shimmer Gems, Mini Dimensionals

Serene Thoughts

Mornin' y'all.  I spent the last couple of days getting the house all nice and clean and now...I think I'm getting another cold.  Ugh.  After I write this up I've got to go to the store to get more DayQuil.

Anyway, my mom had a surgical procedure on Wednesday so I made a sweet, simple card to send her.

I love the mood board at Hand-Stamped Sentiments:

I chose Misty Moonlight and Petal Pink for my colors, with a bit of retired Seaside Spray for the leaves, and here's the Freshly Made Sketch I followed:

I just sponged some Petal Pink ink over the top of my flower image, easy peasy.  A couple of embellishments that I think are actually Boho Blue but they went well with the rest of the card.  I just realized this card is the first one I've made with Spotlight on Nature.  I've used the dies a few times but the last time I went to make a card with the stamps, I ended up scrapping it and doing something different.  So yay, the stamps finally got inked!  One of them, anyway.

Okay, I'm off to the store.  Cheers, and stay healthy, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Spotlight on Nature, Thoughtful Expressions
Ink:  Misty Moonlight, Petal Pink, Stampin' Blends in Petal Pink & Seaside Spray
Paper:  Petal Pink, Basic White
Accessories:  Boho Blue embellishments of some sort that I don't remember the name of

Musical Badger

Mornin' y'all.  With Ryan on spring break this week (and next), I'm having trouble keeping track of what day it is, anyone else have that problem?  He's got a mini research project that we'll need to work on next week but this week he just gets to goof off : )

I spent a lot of the day yesterday reading or working on my stitching project, so I only made one card and this is it:

I hadn't used the badger yet from Musical Jamboree, so it's his time to shine thanks to the Festive Friday challenge:

Let's see, I got black, white, torn paper (well, I tore paper to use as a mask, does that count?), musical notes, the badger has stripes on his face, musical themed sentiment, and a musical instrument.  I have several other retired stamp sets I could have used for this challenge too, we'll see if I have time to circle back.

Check out this week's Atlantic Hearts sketch:

I tore a piece of scratch paper (I have a giant stack of scratch paper in my craft room and use it all the time) and used it as a mask to stamp the music notes and then sponge ink along the edges of the card front. Super simple technique but it always looks good.  Then I added my tambourine-playing badger, the sentiment, and a few faceted gems and it's done.  I think what took the longest was choosing a color combination and in the end I reused the Lemon Lime Twist and Lemon Lolly combo from yesterday's card.  Black and white go with just about everything, right?

I've got a bit of a headache but I'm going to go do dishes and mop the floor anyway.  Cheers, y'all.

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Musical Jamboree
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Lemon Lolly, Lemon Lime Twist, Stampin' Blends in Basic Black, Smoky Slate, Lemon Lolly, Lemon Lime Twist
Paper:  Lemon Lime Twist, Thick Basic White
Accessories:  Faceted Gems

Where I Want To Be

Mornin' y'all!  We pretty much had another blizzard (not the Dairy Queen kind) move through here last night, I kept waking up all night because the wind was so loud all around the house.  Last week the last of the snow had finally melted for one brief, shining moment (to borrow a line from Camelot) and now we're back to the backyard being mostly covered again.  Seems like the snow is done falling, but the wind is still kicking up.  I haven't looked in the front to see what the street looks like yet.  I'm just glad that I don't have to go anywhere today : )

Which leads me perfectly to today's card:

AAAAHHHHH I AM IN LOVE WITH THIS DRAGON!  Yep, we're going non-SU! for today's card, this dragon is from the set Grumpy Dragons by Whimsy Stamps and I am so tickled to have them in my collection, for I, too, am a grumpy dragon.  The greeting stamp is by The Ink Road and I love that too.  This card will be going to my pal Krissy who is just as introverted as I am.  I also got some T. Rex stamps in this same style so I need to make her more dino cards.

The Paper Players challenge this week gave me the perfect excuse to ink up this dragon for the first time:

And I used the colors from Color Hues:

I used Lemon Lolly and Lemon Lime Twist for the main colors, with some Granny Apple Green for the dragon's spines.  I found the black stripey paper in my stash and only had to trim about a quarter inch off the length to fit on my card.  I had so much fun making this.

Ooh, cinnamon rolls are ready to come out of the oven.  Cheers, peeps!

Supplies:
Stamps:  Grumpy Dragons by Whimsy Stamps, Roadies 52 by The Ink Road
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin' Blends in Lemon Lolly, Lemon Lime Twist, Granny Apple Green
Paper:  Lemon Lolly, Lemon Lime Twist, Thick Basic White, Basic Black DSP
Accessories:  Grumpy Dragons Outline dies, Dimensionals

A Super Sketch from SUO Challenges

 Good morning, stampy friends!  It's time for a new challenge from SUO Challenges!

And it's time for a fun sketch:

I thought this was a great time to use the Tune In bundle, so here's what I made:

My color choices were inspired by the Mystery Machine from the classic Scooby-Doo cartoon.  If I'd had Pumpkin Pie glimmer paper, I would have used that, but instead it's Peach Pie.  How fun is that Lemon Lime Twist TV?

Your turn!  Upload your SU! only creation at the SUO Challenges blog.  Have fun!  I think I'll turn on an episode of Scooby-Doo while I work in my craft room...

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Tune In
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Summer Splash, Smoky Slate Blends
Paper: Summer Splash, Smoky Slate, Thick Basic White, Lemon Lime Twist DSP, In Color Glimmer Paper
Accessories:  Tune In dies, In Color Shimmer Gems

Lucky Charms

Happy St. Patrick's Day, y'all!  I didn't mail out St. Paddy's Day cards until Saturday but I think it counts as on time as long as they went out before today : ) Here's what I made:

The Inspired By... pic reminded me of the Sunshine & Rainbows DSP Stack so that's what I used.  The rainbow and cloud are fussy cut from sheets of the DSP and I used a third pattern for the Melon Mambo strip.  The greeting from Terrific Toadstools seemed like the perfect thing for this and now this card makes me think of a box of Lucky Charms.  I made four of these in pretty quick succession and I have some extra rainbows and clouds.

Here's the Inspired By... challenge:

Need to get my workout on and then take Daph out for a walk once the wind dies down a bit.  Then I have a couple more loads of laundry to do and bathrooms to clean, quite the glamorous day ahead for me.  Ha!  Cheers, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Terrific Toadstools
Ink:  Granny Apple Green
Paper:  Granny Apple Green, Thick Basic White, Sunshine & Rainbows DSP Stack
Accessories:  Radiating Stitches dies, Swirled Gold Dots, Dimensionals

Tropical Hey

Mornin' y'all!  Well, it's morning for about 30 more minutes where I am.  The hubs is working this weekend, so I took Ryan out to a breakfast place this morning and then we went to Michaels so I could replace the embroidery floss that Daphne ate the other day (plus maybe get colors for two other projects because of course I did).  But here I am with a card!

Bringing back some retired goodies to go with the TGIF Challenges sketch:

Everything I used on my card is retired except the Thick Basic White cardstock and SU! was *gonna* retire that but everybody said don't take that away and so now it's staying.

I couldn't help but choose Artfully Layered and the coordinating Artfully Composed DSP to go with the Just Add Ink inspo pic:

This suite was my absolute faaaaavorite in 2022 and I still love to get it out every once in a while.  There are a couple of warm colors on the fabric on the chair so that's why I chose the Calypso Coral pattern for the hexagons.  Glad I got a second pack of the DSP so I can hoard that and actually use the first pack ; )  The only stamping is the greeting, I die cut a tropical leaf thing out of Just Jade cardstock and when all the interior bits stayed in place when I took it off my Big Shot, I decided to stick it down just like it was.

I have laundry going and I need to make up the guest room and do some tidying up around the house...but maybe I'll take Daphne out for a walk first.  Cheers, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Artfully Layered
Ink:  Just Jade
Paper:  Just Jade, Thick Basic White, Artfully Composed DSP
Accessories:  Tropical Layers dies, wide oval punch, Dimensionals, In Color Opal Rounds