Softball!

I hope you had a safe and happy weekend, and if you live in the United States, I hope you had a great Independence Day! 

Today I have a softball layout! And some memories.
The year I was 10, my mom signed me up for softball and my brother up for baseball. Same city league. He had an actual grown up coach and got a shirt and a hat and this style of picture. I got three 8th graders as coaches (big sisters of some of the team..) They wrote bubble letters in puffy paint on tshirts for our team. The contrast was stark, to say the least. But that was our only year playing this kind of sport. Actually...I took dance a few times but that was the only paid sport for me (that was FINE!). The only thing I remember "learning" was that forfeit meant you have to have enough players, otherwise your team loses by default. (we lost every game except the time the other team had to forfeit.) Also, I don't enjoy anything about softball. Please don't ever throw the ball at me, or expect me to throw it back. I'm not good at batting and I am a *slow runner, ha. 

Several months ago, my kiddo informed me she wanted to try baseball. We don't sport at our house, other than some soccer. She never seen a game, we didn't own a single baseball related thing. She has seen the movie Sandlot, but not for a few years... haha! We bought her a ball and glove, and she was on a team that got a tshirt and a hat, ha, and pre-named teams. Her coach was a real grown up, (ha- altho he was younger than I am...) and he did a great job. My kid learned a lot! She improved at all of it! But she didn't love it. It was a HOT season and most of her games were played between 95* and 98*, with the late afternoon sun beating down on all of us. I don't know that she'll do it again, but it's good to try new things! 

I created these in the long-retired MDS. I knew I had a softball image there, ha. I "filled" them in with a dot image that honestly looks like scribbled gum drops. I added a little stitching, and the Texture overlay, which makes the edges look like canvas. And I took my colors from her team shirt and her ball. And the season is scrapped!

Supplies:
MDS
Stamps: Great Sport, Lemonade Stand dots, Texture
Ink: Basic Black, Barely Banana, Night of Navy
Accessories: Stitching Thread
Journaling Font: Brush Script title, Book Antiqua notes

Farm Field Trip

Happy Thursday!
Today I have a quick post and a quick scrapbook layout for you, using all retired product. 

Supplies:
Stamps: Countryside, Alphabet Attitude Lower

Ink: Pebbled Path
Paper: Wild Wheat, Pebbled Path, Very Vanilla card stocks

Accessories: 2023-25 In Color Dots
Journaling Font: Courier New

Have a safe and happy 4th! 

Big Butterfly!

Good morning!

Today I have a card using the latest colors from Hand Stamped Sentiments, combined with another sketch from Splitcoaststampers. The stripes on the side are a fun idea. Other than fussy cutting the butterfly, it was a quick card! 

Supplies:

Stamps: Beautiful Butterflies

Ink: Strawberry Slush

Paper: Strawberry Slush, Coastal Cabana, Granny Apple Green, Basic White card stocks

Accessories: Brass Butterflies, Dimensionals 

Layers!

Happy July, already!! I mean, at least there's a reason for the heat, lol, but the year is kinda flying... 

For today's card I used the color challenge from As You See It, and the sketch is a recent one from Splitcoaststampers. 

Supplies:

Stamps: Spotlight on Nature

Ink: Peach Pie, Garden Green, Melon Mambo

Paper: Peach Pie, Basic White card stocks, Full of Life DP

Accessories: Party Dots (retired), Dimensionals 

Bright Birthday!

Good Monday morning to you! I got to stamp so I have some posts for the week! Hooray!! 

Today's card combined the latest Freshly Made Sketch and the colors from Color Throwdown, and I ended up with a bright, happy birthday card! 

Supplies:

Stamps: Arched Wishes

Ink: Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green, Coastal Cabana

Paper: Daffodil Delight & Basic White card stocks

Accessories: Shades of Green Hexagons, Dimensionals

New In Colors!

Happy stampy Saturday! 

Since I finally got my new catalog order, I can play along with the latest SUO Challenge to use the new In Colors! I only chose three of the colors today. 

(Also I didn't even get Darling Duckling ink... It doesn't strike me as a yellow I would like and at this point, I'm only buying what *I like most. I do really like the other four colors, altho I never purchased the Strawberry Slush ink pad when it was originally an In Color...)

Supplies:
Stamps: Beautiful Butterflies, Elements of Text
Ink: Timid Tiger, Cloud Cover, Secret Sea
Paper: Timid Tiger, Cloud Cover
Accessories: 2025-27 In Color Flat Pearls  

I hope you're having a good Saturday and maybe doing something you want to today! 

Flowery Note

Happy Monday! I hope you had a good weekend and didn't melt. We actually got some lower temps over the weekend which were much appreciated. 

Today's card is quick and cute! I took the colors and sketch from the Inspired By... blog. I don't think I've ever used this little flower image before so it was definitely time. 

Supplies:

Stamps: Layers of Beauty, Simply Said

Ink: Real Red, Lemon Lolly, Summer Splash

Paper: Summer Splash, Basic White card stocks

Accessories: Dimensionals 

I am hoping for some more stamping time this week.....! Cautiously optimistic, ha. 

Colorful roses

I got a thank you card made! 

I don't know about you but I intensely hate cleaning the bathroom. I am deeply grateful for indoor plumbing, but man, oh man ... I hate cleaning it. 

We have company coming so it had to be done and it had to be done now... So I bribed myself that if I would hurry and get it done I could make a card, haha! 

Today's card combines the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches, with the inspiration photo from SUO Challenges. Although I just realized that I accidentally turned the direction of the sketch...

I even know who this card is going to! 

Supplies
Stamps: Layers of Beauty, Simply Said
Ink: Memento Black, Pumpkin Pie
Paper: Country Woods DP, Peach Pie, Basic White cardstock.
Accessories: Watercolor Pencils, Layers of Beauty dies, big shot

Purple Pie Place

Still no time to make something, but time to share something! 
This is a hybrid page. I scanned in this long-retired DP for the digital background! It was more than perfect, and I needed to fit a bunch of pics, so that's what I did! I actually then started scanning in all my DP for just such a reason and then stopped after two packs....I need to find a LOT of free time to work on that, ha.

Anyway, we came upon this cute little spot and decided it was a perfect time for a treat, and here's the result! 

Supplies:
Cottage Wall (retired!) scanned in DP

MDS
Journaling Font: Cinnamon Cake

Pizza & Games!

Look! A post two business days in a row! Crazy! Both are scrappy, ha.
This was a chill night at a motel in South Dakota. Yep- we got personal sized pizzas from Pizza Hut, and then played some family games before bed. But it was a fun evening together.

Supplies:

Stamps: Just Perfect Alpha (2010), Girlfriend Accessories (2002), Toy Box (2002)

Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Pool Party, Daffodil Delight, Pear Pizazz (retired)
Paper: Basic White, Bandstand Simply Scrappin' Kit (long retired)
Accessories: Watercolor Pencils

I would love some stampy time this week but I don't know if that will happen.... Today we're emptying out the basement to finally finish framing it and I think we're going to complete the storage areas. Like with sheetrock, lol. And this weekend we have a big family event. I hope you're having some creative time!   

Strawberry Shortcake!

Hello again! Another summer Friday, and it's a busy one! But I got to scrap this week so here's a new page for you- altho everything is long retired.

I used three prints from this DP pack so that's helpful, haha. I do own the punch for the larger strawberries, but these were placed so randomly that I had to cut them out before punching anyway, so I just fussy cut the three. That was enough, ha. 

Supplies:
Paper: Berry Delightful DP (retired), Basic White c/s
Journaling Font: Book Antiqua

EEK!

It is summertime, and that makes it difficult to get any crafting time in, no matter what else is going on. And stuff just keeps "going on"! 
But this week I went to my parents for a couple days and got to play with paper! My mom hoped to get a small stack of Halloween cards ready to go, ahead of schedule, so we did! A bunch!! They're not super fancy, but they're fun and that is the point. 

I'll share other close ups another time, but for today, I'm sharing the one I based on the current sketch from SUO Challenges. 

ETA Supplies: (thanks Christy!)

Stamps: Ghoulish Goodies, PP Sept 2016

Ink: Memento Black, Petunia Pop

Paper: Magenta Madness, Basic Black, Basic White

I neglected to get the name of the stamp set with the witch and the "eek". I know it's not super old, maybe 2023? But the "Happy haunting" came from a Paper Pumpkin kit, I think from 2016.
That purpley paper is ancient too, ha. It was Marvelous Magenta, and was in my starter kit, 21 years ago, and clearly not my favorite shade. However, it worked well with the current Petunia Pop ink, so that's what we did!