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!
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
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!
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.
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.
We are in the thick of graduation season!
I've had two children graduate, and I've made a number of graduation cards for cousins (my own and my kids') and friends and whoever, thru the years. But this year was the year I had the most graduation announcements come, ever! I really intended to make cards for everyone, but 2025 is killin' me Smalls, so I used cards from my stash, and nobody knows but you...HA.
A few were made with the intent to send to previous grads, but they didn't go out for one reason or another. If you still need an idea and you don't have a graduation-specific set to play with, or know their school colors, here's a few ideas, along with a few graduates peeking out, ha.
It's fine. Everything is fine.
Summer is here- it's hot, school is out, people don't wanna do chores..... Here we go!
I punted on graduation cards, (a later post) but this birthday card HAD to be made. I used the challenge from SUO Challenges to CASE the catalog...mostly. I did use strips of DP like the top card, and a couple items in place of the flowers and leaves, ha...
This birthday boy's favorite color is black, so black it is! This will also be arriving late, but I'm sending it anyway, so there! HA!
