Hello October!

Mornin' y'all!  I am continuing to recover from my appendectomy last week but I'm happy to report that I'm feeling better, though I still sleep a lot.  Hopefully I'll be able to get back in my craft room very soon, but in the meantime, I have a card that I made last week and didn't get to share with all the craziness.  Here it is:

Hello October!  I had to use the Gathering Together DSP for the Addicted to CAS challenge:

Which I paired with the sketch from CAS on Friday:

I couldn't resist adding a couple of stamped leaves and an acorn above my greeting but I think it's still CAS.

Didja see the first Halloween Hex-Travaganza card I posted at midnight?  I'll be doing spooky sweet cards for the entire month of October because it makes my little goblin heart happy : )  I've been planning for that all year and I'm tickled to finally get it started.

Anyway, time to get the kiddo off to school.  Cheers!
Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Gathering Moments, Everyday Arches
Ink:  Cajun Craze, Early Espresso
Paper:  Basic Beige, Gathering Together DSP
Accessories:  Dimensionals, Gold Cord

Singing Coyote

Mornin' y'all, happy Friday.  Today's my last day with Ryan at school for the next two weeks, so I'd better make it count...so far I've fallen down a couple of rabbit holes online.  I started out shopping for my corgi-loving niece's birthday and somehow ended up looking at place mats with rubber ducks wearing sunglasses.  Might have to get those for my duck-loving kid.

Anyway, I've been looking forward to sharing today's card for the past couple of days, take a look:

I love this singing coyote!  I bet he's singing Home on the Range.  Seems like I use the sentiments from Musical Jamboree more often than the animal images, so I'm glad to have this dude take center stage on today's card.

I made this for the Inspire. Create. challenge:

And I used the colors from the Cupcake Inspiration challenge:

Yes, I used hot pink on a masculine card!  Just a little bit.  I chose Azure Afternoon, Melon Mambo, and Granny Apple Green for my colors, plus Crumb Cake for a neutral.  What do you think, did I make those colors work for a masculine card?

I had to fire Daphne from her job as my stitching assistant last night.  While I was in the bathroom, she got into my project container and ate a bunch of my thread.  I had to throw out three or four slimy skeins but I'm pretty sure she ate all the odd ends that were in there waiting to go in the trash when I finish my project.  Good thing the Daphinator starts school tonight...we have her first professional training session tonight.  In the meantime, I'm going to make sure I keep my thread containers closed.

I think I'm off the hook for walking Daph today too.  The wind is blowing pretty good and it's snowing (again).  I think 99% of the snow in the backyard had finally melted, so of course it's snowing again.  But I think the wind is too strong for it to stick much.  So I'm going to go work in my craft room and stay warm.  I just finished my second cuppa so I need to make more tea first...

Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Musical Jamboree, Everyday Arches
Ink:  Early Espresso, Stampin' Blends in Crumb Cake, Ivory, Azure Afternoon, Blueberry Bushel, Granny Apple Green, Melon Mambo
Paper:  Crumb Cake, Azure Afternoon, Everyday Skies DSP Stack, Granny Apple Green DSP
Accessories:  Everyday Arches dies, Stylish Shapes dies, Opaque Faceted Gems, Dimensionals

She Lives...Mostly

Hey y'all.  I had an unplanned hiatus last week because I've been under the weather (far, far under).  I went to urgent care on Monday with a sore throat and the doc and I were both surprised when I tested negative for strep.  Whatever I have, it's persistent, so I've spent the last week hanging out with my new besties, DayQuil and NyQuil, and sleeping a lot.

I do have one card to share that I made before I started hibernating, take a look:

Let's check out the Hand Stamped Sentiments color challenge:

Those are all in the Friends of the Ocean DSP, but I wanted to do something different than the lobster and crab so I pulled out the baby Sea Turtle instead.  Paired that with the CAS Colours & Sketches sketch:

I have not been in my craft room at all for the past week except to put up the postage stamps I ordered, so I'm hoping that I can get back in there soon and start stamping, I've missed it.

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

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Sea Turtle, Everyday Arches
Ink:  Calypso Coral, Lemon Lime Twist, Summer Splash
Paper:  Lemon Lime Twist, Unbounded Beauty, Thick Basic White
Accessories:  2 1/2" circle punch, Perennial Postage dies, Mini Dimensionals, In Color Shimmer Gems

Lavender Hello

Mornin' y'all, I'm running a little slow this morning but happily I was able to get Ryan off to school with much less drama than yesterday, *and* he has STEM club after school so I get an extra hour of crafty time today : )  So I'm going to type up this post, take Daphers for her tour of the neighborhood, and go get my stamp on.  So here is today's card:

Can't help it, whenever I see purple on a challenge I immediately think of Painted Lavender.  Here's the Inkspirational mood board:

I wonder if I have a hyacinth stamp anywhere in my collection...I don't think there's a stamp set that focuses on hyacinths, not like the ones for lavender and roses and even snapdragons : )  Oh, maybe I should use the snapdragon stamp set with this challenge too!  Anyway, I also had a go at the 500th challenge for CASE-ing Tuesday Sketches:

And here's the original card from the cover of the mini catalog:

I don't have that pocket die and really it's the only thing out of that suite that I might want, so I substituted one of the Everyday Arches dies instead and that made me happy.  The greeting is from the Everyday Arches stamp set and I recently inked up my Gorgeous Grape ink pad and it's a little extra juicy lately.  Maybe I'll attack it with a plastic spoon later today.

I finished my tea and Daphne is giving me side-eye because she knows it and she wants to go, no matter how cold it is outside.  Cheers, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Painted Lavender, Everyday Arches
Ink:  Highland Heather, Gorgeous Grape, Pretty Peacock
Paper:  Pretty Peacock, Thick Basic White, Perennial Lavender DSP
Accessories:  Painted Lavender dies, Everyday Arches dies, linen thread, Tinsel Gems, Dimensionals, Wink of Stella

Everyday Tea

Hey y'all, this week is off to a bit of a rough start as I started not feeling well yesterday afternoon.  Ryan was kind enough to let me lay down after I picked him up from school and while I feel better now than I did then, I am still planning to take it easy today.  Maybe snuggle Daphne on the chofa and watch Criminal Minds while I enjoy my morning cuppa.

I did make one little card yesterday though.

I got Everyday Arches in my last SU! order and this time I paired it with Everyday Details.  Let's get to the challenges, starting with Inspire. Create.:

And the Creative Colour Challenge:

I inked up the teacup image with Versamark and Moody Mauve, then embossed with clear embossing powder so I could watercolor the image without the colors running.  I think I should have gotten the leaves a little bit darker with Coastal Cabana, but I promise that's what I used.

Next up is Addicted to CAS:

This seemed like the perfect opportunity to use one of the arched sentiments from Everyday Arches and then put something in the middle of it.  I chose the teacup partly because it has a flower, so I can also enter this at CAS on Friday where the challenge is flowers.

That's it for me today, peeps.  I'm going to go rest for a little bit before I take Daphne for her daily tour of the neighborhood.  At least it's warming up a tad, by which I mean the high temperature for the day is above freezing ; )  Have a good day, y'all.

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Everyday Details, Everyday Arches
Ink: Versamark, Moody Mauve, Petal Pink, Coastal Cabana
Paper:  Petal Pink, Thick Basic White
Accessories:  Clear EP, Dimensionals, In Color Glitter Dot