Golden Slumbers

Does anyone else ever wake up with a song stuck in their head?  I listen to music for most of the day on a regular basis, but even when I don't have any music on I have an internal soundtrack going.  This morning I woke up with "Golden Slumbers" by the Beatles stuck in my head, only I'm hearing the version sung by Phil Collins.  No really, there was an album that came out like 20 years ago where other people covered Beatles songs.

Anyway, internal soundtrack aside, today's card is also golden.

Sale-a-bration is almost over, kids, so I thought I'd get out What I Love and give it a spin.  This card was surprisingly difficult to photograph.

Half the pictures ended up like this, where the flash reflected off the gold embossing powder.  And also, am I the only one who can't tie a bow in baker's twine to save her life?  I tried and tried for this card but finally ended up just tying a knot and calling it a day.

I used this week's Freshly Made Sketch:

And the Color Throwdown:

LOVE LOVE LOVE that one!  I used Bermuda Bay, Pool Party (Coastal Cabana would have been better, the Pool Party kinda looked a little bit green next to the Bermuda Bay but that's okay since I was using it for leaves anyway) and gold.  I like that mug too, it's like mermaid scales.

Wow, tomorrow it's already time for the Friday Flashback again!  See you then, kids.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  What I Love
Ink:  Bermuda Bay, Pool Party, Versamark
Paper:  Bermuda Bay, Pool Party, Thick Whisper White, Perfectly Artistic DSP
Accessories:  Gold EP, gold satin ribbon, gold baker's twine, Dimensionals

Nacho Average Blog Hop: Sale-a-Bration

Heyyy Nacho fans!  Welcome to the first ever Nacho Average Blog Hop, which is preempting this week's Friday Flashback.  Today the Nachos are sharing projects made with Sale-a-Bration items, and my stamp set is What I Love.  Let's check it out shall we?

I'm starting off with a one-layer CAS card.  The flowers are stamped in Pool Party and Island Indigo, and the leaves are Pear Pizzazz (I mentioned earlier this week that I was having a Pear Pizzazz-y week).  I was going to do the sentiment in Island Indigo but that just seemed like too much blue, so I used Calypso Coral instead.  I like the little pop of warm coral.

Next up is something a little more involved, but again with the Pear Pizzazz :)  How do you like Pear Pizzazz paired with Rose Red and Blackberry Bliss?  I so just tried to write "peared with".  The greeting is from another SAB set called Perfect Pairings.

And my last card for today is also purple but I used Mint Macaron instead of Pear Pizzazz.  Oops.  How do you like that Perfectly Artistic DSP?  Also a Sale-a-Bration freebie :)  Actually the greeting stamp set was a freebie too, I got in some stuff on Wednesday and that stamp set was put in my box by accident (I hadn't ordered it).  So I called SU! and they told me to keep it, which is awesome because I was thinking about ordering it anyway.  SU! is psychic!

You might recognize this as an old Nacho sketch challenge, it was one of my favorites.  I also used this week's Cupcake Inspirations color challenge for the last card:

SU! retired so many of the purples a few years ago that I had to bring Orchid Opulence out of retirement to make my card, none of the current purples look anything like the lilac in the challenge graphic.



Supplies, first card:
Stamps:  What I Love
Ink:  Pool Party, Island Indigo, Pear Pizzazz, Calypso Coral
Paper:  Thick Whisper White
Accessories:  None

Supplies, second card:
Stamps:  What I Love, Perfect Pairings
Ink:  Blackberry Bliss, Pear Pizzazz, Rose Red
Paper:  Blackberry Bliss, Pear Pizzazz,  Thick Whisper White, Rose Red DSP
Accessories:  Deco Labels Framelits, Dimensionals

Supplies, third card:
Stamps:  What I Love, Greatest Greetings
Ink:  Orchid Opulence, Basic Gray
Paper:  Orchid Opulence, Thick Whisper White, Perfectly Artistic DSP
Accessories:  Corner rounder punch, Dimensionals