Rose Parade Practice

Scrappy Monday, y'all!  We spent most of last week in Vail with friends, skiing (everybody who is not me or Lynn) and enjoying Thanksgiving together.  I managed a full Thanksgiving meal in our hotel suite kitchen : )  It was a lot less effort than I usually do, too, because I got heat and eat options for almost everything (but my homemade pies are much tastier than the frozen ones!).  I did a turkey breast in the crockpot that turned out much better than I expected, I will definitely use that recipe again.  I did use an entire can of chicken broth instead of a half cup, and Ryan and I didn't measure the mustard either, just coated everything he could reach with it.  Then I flipped the turkey breast a couple of times during the cooking process so that we wouldn't end up with one side much juicier than the other--this turned out great!

Okay, enough turkey talk.  How about a scrapbook layout?

These pics are 15 years old, oof.  My high school band was invited to march in the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, and I happened to be in Texas that December so I went out to watch them practice with my sister. (I call my brother's wife my sister; their besties are my other brother and sister, and the hubs' sister and her husband are my SIL and BIL.  Keeps everything straight in my head!)  We never got to do anything that cool when I was in high school, but on the other hand I got to be snug in my house watching the parade that year.

Today's sorta-Christmas palette includes Certainly Celery, Real Red, Blueberry Bushel, and white.  My high school colors are orange and black, so not Christmasy at all but you can see the balloons where Adrienne and I had our picture taken on the bottom right.  I found some Christmas DSP with roses on it and I thought that was just perfect for this.

That's it for me today, peeps.  The hubs is coming down with a major cold or something and I am trying very hard not to do the same...but my girl Daphne still wants to go for a walk and it's been a week since I last took her since we were in Vail last week and she was with a dogsitter.  We got our first snow last night too so we have to go out : )  I swept snow off the driveway this morning and I think most, if not all, of this will melt by tomorrow so we'll enjoy it while we can.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Broadsheet Alphabet, Calendar Alphabet & Numbers, Wreath of Roses
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Blueberry Bushel, Poppy Parade; Mossy Meadow & Blueberry Bushel markers; Mossy Meadow, Poppy Parade, Petal Pink, Calypso Coral Stampin' Blends
Paper:  Certainly Celery, Poppy Parade, Thick Whisper White, Christmastime is Here DSP
Accessories:  None

BEARlin

Scrappy Monday, y'all!  We have our first frost this morning--last night Ryan looked out the back door and said it was raining snow, which sounds funny but looked like an accurate description of the weather to me.  He's disappointed that we haven't had any snow up to now, he enjoyed having so very many snow days off of school last year.  Maybe it's just getting a late start this year.

Anyway, for today's scrapbook layout, we're continuing our Berlin trip pics but this time it's all about the bears!  We discovered that there are bear statues all over everywhere in Berlin so we had Ryan get a picture with every one that we passed.

This is how I designed the layout, but when I went to take a picture of it I put the pages like this:

Do you have a preference?  I still think I like the top one better.  I had the pictures printed out 2x3 inches when I was working at the arts & crafts center in Germany, I was able to show my coworker what I wanted and she printed them out just how I needed to fit in a whopping EIGHTEEN pictures on this layout.  That might be a personal record.

I pulled in the Night of Navy, Call Me Clover, and Crushed Curry from the Funny Faces layout that goes right before this one, adding in Calypso Coral, Blueberry Bushel, and Bermuda Bay for my full palette on today's layout.  What took the longest on this layout was deciding which mat color should go with which picture, and then where each picture should be on the layout, I fiddled with picture placement for quite a while before I started sticking things down but I really like where I ended up.

I really want to get back into scrapbooking, I haven't made any pages in months as I've been concentrating on the Nancy Drew stuff (which has also been great fun).  Just never enough hours in the day to make (and read) everything I want to!  In related news, my newest stitching project is looking pretty good already : ) I wasn't feeling good over the weekend and so I put in a lot of stitching time while watching the first two Lord of the Rings movies, which was great fun and didn't require much energy.

That's it for me today, peeps.  I've got quite a few things to do today, we're starting Thanksgiving prep, I have errands to run and cards to write and a Daphne to walk.  Have a great day, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Brushwork Alphabet, Geometric Menagerie from Altenew
Ink:  Calypso Coral, Crushed Curry, Night of Navy marker
Paper:  Night of Navy, Calypso Coral, Crushed Curry, Call Me Clover, Bermuda Bay, Blueberry Bushel, Thick Basic White, Flowerpot DSP
Accessories:  None

Funny Faces

Scrappy Monday, y'all!  We had a pretty relaxing weekend and yesterday I got to watch The Secret of NIMH snuggled up with Ryan and Daphne.  One of Ryan's monthly homework assignments is to write a compare/contrast paragraph of a book adapted into a movie, and it just happened that he was reading Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH at the beginning of the month so that worked out well.  I'd never seen the movie before so that was fun.  It's on Amazon Prime if you're curious.

I'm still working through pics from our Berlin trip in 2021 and today's layout is just fun.

Ryan has always made a huge variety of funny faces and is not shy about mugging for pictures.  I ordered our Christmas cards on Saturday and one of this year's funny faces will make an appearance : )  The hubs cracked up when he saw the picture, apparently I hadn't shown it to him when I took it this summer.  Anyway, I had a whole stack of funny face pictures from this trip so of course they had to go on a layout together.

Once again, I pulled the Call Me Clover color from the previous layouts (the Berlin Zoo layouts here) and used it as my page base, along with Night of Navy, Pumpkin Pie, Crushed Curry, and white.  I had a good time making this one.

That's it for now, peeps.  I've got to take Daph for a walk and then I have to make some phone calls, ugh.  Wish me luck, I hate calling people.  Cheers, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Brushwork Alphabet, Schoolbook Serif Alphabet, Happy Hearts
Ink:  Crushed Curry, Call Me Clover, Pumpkin Pie
Paper:  Call Me Clover, Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie, Thick Basic White, Happiness Blooms DSP
Accessories:  Painted Labels dies

Berlin Zoo

Scrappy Monday, y'all!  The hubs is off work today which always makes my schedule go wonky but that's okay.  We walked Ryan to school this morning and walked Daph at the same time, then I cleaned up some things in the house when we got back and here it is almost 11 and I never really had breakfast.  Okay so I may have grabbed a couple of pieces of Halloween candy but whatever.

Anyway, I have another pair of Berlin layouts to share today and I quite like how they turned out!

Hey look, I spy Hedwig in the upper right corner!  They really do have some very nice zoos in Germany, I know we went to at least one other one in a different city, Köln maybe, I can't remember offhand.  The enclosures all look really nice and we got good views of a lot of animals.

Pandas and seals and hippos and polar bears, oh my!  Not to mention mountain goats.  These layouts are similar to some older ones I made for a visit to the Fort Worth Zoo; Crumb Cake page base plus a bright green seems to work really well for zoo pics.

Today's color palette:  Crumb Cake, Call Me Clover, Shaded Spruce, Merry Merlot, Early Espresso, and white.  I pulled the Merry Merlot and Crumb Cake from the first Berlin layouts I did, and for the one after these two I pulled the green, which you'll see next week.  I think it helps several layouts from one trip flow together without having to use the same colors on everything, and I used the same alphabet stamps for the page titles...well, I used Schoolbook Serif on the first layout, and I used it again here plus Brushwork Alphabet, and I think for the other ones I used both alphabets together.  We'll see.

Anyway, time for me to write out this week's cards and go feed some mailboxes.  Cheers, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Schoolbook Serif Alphabet, Brushwork Alphabet, Artfully Layered, Tropical Chic
Ink:  Merry Merlot, Call Me Clover, Shaded Spruce, Early Espresso Marker
Paper:  Crumb Cake, Call Me Clover, Shaded Spruce, Thick Basic White, Painted Seasons DSP
Accessories:  Tropical Layers dies, Tropical dies

Berlin

Scrappy Monday, y'all!  Been a busy morning so far, I did my first workout since my appendix violated the Geneva Conventions, got Ryan off to school, did the grocery shopping, washed dishes, and finally ate breakfast at 10:30 this morning.  Still have quite a few things to do today (write in some cards to mail, do laundry, etc.) but the first thing I'll do is take Daphne out for a walk when I finish this blog post.

Another fun thing about today:  it's Daphne's gotcha day!  One year ago today, I talked the hubs into going to the animal shelter "just to look" and then he acted all surprised when we brought a terrified and pathetic little pupper home.  I think he should be more surprised that I haven't seriously tried to talk him into getting a second doggo, ha!

Anyway, on to Scrappy Monday.  I have a pair of layouts to share.

When we lived in England for 3 1/2 years, we somehow never went to Berlin, so it was on my list of things to do while we lived in Germany.  We took the train and spent several days exploring; the very first thing I wanted to do was see the famous bust of Nefertiti at the Egyptian Museum of Berlin.  No pictures allowed of her but I did take some other ones in the museum.

Our hotel was close to Checkpoint Charlie (which now has a McDonald's right next to it) and we all highly enjoyed the spy museum, so much that we forgot to take pics in there.  Ryan's favorite thing, predictably, is talking us into getting dessert at as many different places as possible.

Today's color palette:  Bravo Burgundy/Merry Merlot, Cranberry Crisp, Not Quite Navy, Crumb Cake, and Very Vanilla.  I really like the two shades of red together, the dark page base and lighter mats on the photos.  One of these days I will start scrapping again...and I have so many pictures I need to sort and print!

Okay, Daphne is getting most insistent that I escort her daily perambulation.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Schoolbook Serif Alphabet
Ink:  Merry Merlot, Night of Navy marker
Paper:  Bravo Burgundy, Cranberry Crisp, Not Quite Navy, Very Vanilla, Bella Bleu DSP

Frankenstein Castle

Scrappy Monday, y'all!  I am still trying to recover from the appendectomy...it just seems like I have zero energy.  I can, at least, take Daph for walks now, which she appreciates since she didn't get to go for almost two weeks.  But then I require a nap afterwards.

Anyway, I do have a scrapbook layout to share today and I thought we'd go with Frankenstein Castle for a spooky vibe.

There are actually two different Frankenstein Castles in Germany, so we went to the one that was closer to our house and that supposedly has some kind of connection to Mary Shelley, though I have to say it didn't seem any spookier than any of the other castle ruins I've visited (which might be dozens?  I would have to count).  Then again, we didn't stay for the after-dark festivities either.

Today's not-really-spooky palette:  Sahara Sand (honestly I miss this color, Basic Beige has a sickly green undertone in my opinion so I find it hard to use), Groovy Guava, Mossy Meadow, Gumball Green, and white.  Nothing real special on this layout, just pictures, but that's okay.

Time to go chivvy Ryan along so we can get out the door on time, and then I have a doctor's appointment.  Probably followed by a nap.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Classic Alphabet
Ink:  Basic Gray
Paper:  Sahara Sand, Mossy Meadow, Gumball Green, Thick Basic White, Groovy Guava DSP
Accessories:  None

Rodalbens

Scrappy Monday, y'all!  We were actually gone last weekend; we drove up to Estes Park with friends.  We visited the Stanley Hotel (only to get a souvenir for my mom), walked around the town a bit, enjoyed some fall foliage, and did a really great Jeep tour up into the Rocky Mountains National Park.  We saw lots of elk, some deer, and the hubs caught a glimpse of a bear near our cabin.  He also got an unintentionally close look at some elk when he went out for an early morning jog.  We took many many pictures and I need to upload them onto the computer so I can see them larger.

Anyway!  Today's layout is also fall colors:

This was one of our early explorations in Germany in 2020, when pretty much all we were allowed to do was to go hiking while staying away from other people.  Rodalbens was only a short drive from where we lived and we got to see some pretty neat sandstone formations even though Ryan opined that "Hiking is just walking and trees are boring!"  Yeah, we're planning to go back to Estes Park and do some hiking around there.  I want to go to the national park again, it was amazingly beautiful.

Today's fall palette includes Wild Wasabi, Crushed Curry, Cajun Craze, Close to Cocoa, and Very Vanilla.  I haven't done any scrapping in a while (as I've been preoccupied with the Nancy Drew stuff) but this is making me really want to bust out the 12x12 paper again.

Time to go walk the Daph.  I think she was happy to see us yesterday but she spent most of the afternoon sleeping--must have worn herself out playing with other dogs at the dog sitter's house.  Cheers, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Empire Alphabet Upper, True Friend, Coffee House Alphabet by Inkadinkado
Ink:  Really Rust, Crushed Curry, Cajun Craze marker
Paper:  Wild Wasabi, Really Rust, Close to Cocoa, Thick Very Vanilla, Crushed Curry DSP
Accessories:  Layering Circles dies

September 2021

Scrappy Monday, y'all!  I've already started a load of laundry, got Ryan off to school this morning and did the grocery shopping, and next I have to take Daphne for her walk (she's currently playing with her duck toy that makes squeaky noises, so I can finish writing this post before we go) and this afternoon I'll be making lasagna for dinner per the hubs' request.  But for right now we gotta look at some scrapbook pages.

This is my monthly catch-all layout for September of 2021 where our activities included Ryan helping me make pumpkin cake (still his favorite for Sunday breakfast all year long) and going to a couple of fairs while we were in Germany.  See the pic on the bottom right?  Ryan is wearing a Star Wars shirt that my mom made for him but after this he refused to wear it (or any other Mimi-made shirts) because they're not as comfy as his regular T-shirts.  Child still lives in T-shirts and sweatpants or sweat-shorts, he owns not one pair of blue jeans.  SMH.

The color palette today is taken straight from the International Bazaar DSP that I used as an accent:  Rich Razzleberry page base, Pacific Point, Lucky Limeade, Daffodil Delight, Tangerine Tango, Early Espresso, and white.  It's always a fun time when I can work in a purple page base.

Okay, Daphne says she's more than ready to go for her walk so I'd better take care of her.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  My Paper Pumpkin, Shapes & Shadows
Ink:  Early Espresso, Tangerine Tango
Paper:  Rich Razzleberry, Pacific Point, Lucky Limeade, Daffodil Delight, Early Espresso, Basic White, International Bazaar DSP
Accessories:  1 1/4" and 1 1/2" circle punches

Prague Castle

Scrappy Tuesday, y'all!  I was all set to publish my SUO Challenges DT post and then...I realized it's supposed to be for next week, not today.  Glad I realized my mistake before I hit publish!

Since I skipped Scrappy Monday yesterday, I thought I'd share a layout today instead.  Here's the first set of pages from a quick weekend trip to Prague in 2021:

Prague Castle is one of the largest castle complexes in the world and the government still has offices in use there while other parts are open for tours.  My favorite part?  We saw the window where one of the defenestrations of Prague happened.  Gotta respect a people who will toss politicians out a window when they lose patience.

Today's color palette:  Gray Granite, Mint Macaron, Watermelon Wonder, Not Quite Navy, and white.  I love Watermelon Wonder as a bright pop against the more muted colors and it plays so well with Mint Macaron.  I've been so busy with the Nancy Drew books that I haven't scrapped in quite a while, hoping to fit that in soon.

Time to get Ryan off to school.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Classic Alphabet, Travels Abroad
Ink:  Not Quite Navy, Gray Granite, Night of Navy marker
Paper:  Gray Granite, Not Quite Navy, Watermelon Wonder, Basic White, Design a Daydream DSP, Carried Away DSP
Accessories:  None

Appel Happel

Scrappy Monday, y'all, and welcome to SEPTEMBER which kicks off my favorite time of the year, fall!  Squeeeee!  I'm so excited for cooler temperatures and autumn colors and many, many cups of tea and also apples.  I love today's layout!

In 2021, we went apple picking at a place called Appel Happel in Germany despite having two apple trees in our own yard, and I wish we had done it every year because it was fun.  I made pie and muffins and my first-ever attempt at homemade applesauce and I love that picture of Ryan just stretched out at his leisure in the wheelbarrow.  Love love love love love.

Today's color palette is courtesy of the Orchard Harvest DSP, one of my favorites and one of the first that I can remember SU! having on the clearance rack after it had retired.  Like, when the clearance rack was introduced, this paper was on it and I happily snagged several packs of it because I had already used most of my first pack (which rarely happens, I buy DSP faster than I use it even with how much stuff I make).  Anyway, the colors are Raspberry Ripple, More Mustard, Lucky Limeade, Island Indigo, Early Espresso, and white.  I had a mishap while creating this layout though; I wanted to ink up my Island Indigo ink pad and I accidentally used Pacific Point ink instead.  Since then I've been using a Stampin' Spot (like a mini ink pad), but I do have a full-size one in my eBay cart to replace the one I messed up.  Harrumph.

I have a bag of apples on my counter right now, I think some apple muffins would not go amiss to celebrate the beginning of September.  Cheers, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Big Deal Alphabet, Perfectly Preserved
Ink:  More Mustard, Island Indigo, Lucky Limeade, Early Espresso marker
Paper:  Raspberry Ripple, Lucky Limeade, Island Indigo, Basic White, Orchard Harvest DSP
Accessories:  Cannery Framelits

Wengen

Scrappy Monday, y'all!  The hubs did NOT sleep last night so that means I didn't get much rest either, so that means I'll have to drink lots of tea today.  The high today is in the 60s here so that's tea weather as far as I'm concerned : )  Ryan has soccer practice this afternoon so I'll be taking a traveling mug with me for that.

Looks like it's going to be a beautiful day here in Colorado and for today's scrapbook layout I have a beautiful day in Switzerland!

This is finally the last of my Swiss-Capade pages as the picture on the bottom right is Ryan pulling a face on the train ride back to Germany.  The last thing we did on our last evening in Switzerland was take the train partway up a mountain to Wengen, which is an adorable little mountain town.  You can buy a wooden ball in town and then they have a bunch of Rube Goldberg machines all around to play with the ball, Ryan loved that.  I used gnomes as my page accents because why not?

Today's color palette:  So Saffron, Granny Apple Green, Starry Sky (love this color), Evening Evergreen, and Whisper White.

Time to go wake Ryan up to get ready for school...and then I'll be brewing my first cuppa : )  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Taffy Alphabet, Friendly Gnomes
Ink:  Starry Sky, Evening Evergreen marker, Stampin' Blends in So Saffron, Pretty in Pink, Cinnamon Cider, Pecan Pie, Orchid Oasis, Starry Sky, Granny Apple Green, neutrals
Paper:  So Saffron, Starry Sky, Evening Evergreen, Basic White, Celebrate Everything DSP
Accessories:  None

Funky Chocolate Club

Scrappy Monday, y'all!  I hope you had a good weekend.  I thoroughly enjoyed watching TMNT on the big screen yesterday morning and then a quiet, relaxing afternoon at the house.  And now it's Monday and I'm ready to get started on some projects for the week!  So let's look at a scrapbook layout...

And it's about one of my favorite things, CHOCOLATE!  During our trip to Switzerland, we took a class and learned all about chocolate and made our own chocolate bars.  Ryan especially liked the part where you put chocolate on your nose to see if it's the right temperature before the next step, but of course his favorite was taste testing everything.  Well, me too ; )

Of course today's color palette is chocolate-inspired too:  Close to Cocoa page base, with Chocolate Chip, Real Red, Taken with Teal, and Whisper White to go with it.  I think we've been to two different chocolate museums but this is the only place we got to make our own chocolate so it wins for chocolate-based tourism.

That's it for me, I've got some things to do today.  As Ryan said when I dropped him off at school today, "See ya on the flip side, Willie!" which is a quote from Bluey.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Calendar Alphabet & Numbers, Eat Chocolate
Ink:  Chocolate Chip
Paper:  Close to Cocoa, Real Red, Taken with Teal, Basic White, Ski Slope DSP
Accessories:  None

Interlaken

Scrappy Monday, y'all!  Hope you had a good weekend.  We went to see the latest Fantastic Four movie yesterday, I liked it okay.  Not my favorite superhero movie, but a good way to spend some time on a Sunday.

Anyway, I'm still working through my Switzerland layouts, and here's the next one:

We took the train from Lauterbrunnen to Interlaken and kinda tooled around the town for a bit.  We had fun watching the paragliders come in for a landing at a nice park and check out the mountain views!  Those were even better from the top of the Ferris wheel.

Today's color palette:  Sweet Sorbet (I still love this color), Lucky Limeade, Marina Misty, Basic Gray, and white.  Bright and fun, I think.

That's it for now, I'm going to enjoy a piece of pumpkin coffee cake and then get started on my projects for the day.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Taffy Alphabet, Fabulous Flowers
Ink:  Pebbled Path, Marina Mist, Basic Gray marker
Paper:  Sweet Sorbet, Pebbled Path, Marina Mist, Basic White, International Bazaar DSP
Accessories:  None

Saint Beatus Caves

Scrappy Monday, y'all!  And it's my favorite Monday ever because it is Ryan's first day of school : )  The house is all nice and quiet...or it would be except I started some music so I am enjoying Chicago's If You Leave Me Now while I drink my tea.  Love that song.

Anyway, I just figured out this morning that I've been sharing the Swiss-capade layouts in the wrong order but whatever, they're all from the same trip.  And here is today's layout:

We do tend to like doing underground touristy things.  We had to wait in line a while before we got to go in the caves, which were pretty cool and we took the opportunity to teach Ryan to be a responsible and respectful tourist and keep his grubby little fingers off the rocks because that damages them (which we know because we've been to caves in several different countries now).  Then we had lunch at a restaurant next to the monastery started in St. Beatus' honor, and we had a PHENOMENAL view of Lake Thun--can you believe that picture in the lower right corner?!  It was a quick snap I took with my cellphone!  I think I need to print that one out giant size and frame it...if only I had more open wall space, ha!

Today's color palette:  Island Indigo, Starry Sky, Sweet Sorbet, Garden Green, and white.  Normally I wouldn't think to pair those two blues together, but I was pulling colors from the photos and I think they work together pretty well here.  I haven't worked on scrapbook pages in a long time since I've been busy with having Ryan home for the summer and working on other projects, but I'm starting to get the itch to get back to scrappin'.  Should be easier to make that happen now that he's back in school.

For right now, I think I'll brew a second cuppa tea and go write out some cards to go out in the mail, then get to work on something crafty.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Taffy Alphabet, Calendar Alphabet & Numbers, Blossoms in Bloom
Ink:  Island Indigo, Starry Sky, Sweet Sorbet, Garden Green
Paper:  Island Indigo, Starry Sky, Garden Green, Basic White, Blooms & Bliss DSP
Accessories:  none

Schneebas

Scrappy Monday, y'all!  Time for another Swiss-Capade layout and here it is:

I let that top left picture with the gremlin-looking little thing stand in for the title on this layout, which is kind of a random collection of photos taken on the way down from the top of the Schilthorn.  And in an unusual twist, this layout has no stamping, just some die cut pseudo-eidelweiss flowers.

My nature-inspired color palette:  Gumball Green, Evening Evergreen, Granny Apple Green, Crushed Curry, and white.

That's it for me today.  Cheers, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  None
Ink:  Evening Evergreen
Paper:  Gumball Green, Evening Evergreen, Granny Apple Green, Crushed Curry, Basic White, Flowers & More DSP
Accessories:  Simply Zinnia dies

Piz Gloria

Scrappy Monday, y'all!  I'm back with another Swiss-capade scrapbook layout today:

Since we didn't get great mountain views on our first visit to the summit of the Schilthorn, so we went back the next day and actually DID see some mountains.  We also visited Piz Gloria, the restaurant at the top of the mountain, and all the James Bond stuff up there.  Ryan liked the helicopter simulator : )

I chose Tangerine Tango for my page base because of Ryan's fox jacket, Dapper Denim for the hubs' jacket, and a cool pattern from the Sycamore Street DSP just because I liked it with the pictures.  Today's color palette is Tangerine Tango, Dapper Denim, Sahara Sand, and Whisper White.  What do you think, does the orange work with snow photos?

I was super nice and gave Ryan the last of the waffles for breakfast this morning so he'd better appreciate it : p  He starts his last summer camp this afternoon--another robotics one.  He starts school two weeks from today, isn't that crazy?!  Cheers, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Taffy Alphabet, Artfully Folded
Ink:  Dapper Denim, Sahara Sand, Night of Navy marker
Paper:  Tangerine Tango, Dapper Denim, Sahara Sand, Basic White, Sycamore Street DSP
Accessories:  3/4" and 1" circle punches

Trummelbach Falls

Scrappy Monday, y'all!  Wish me luck getting Ryan out the door on time today, he is being super slow this morning.  So aggravating, I swear he's going slower on purpose because he knows how much I hate being late and he has STEAM camp today.  Arrrrgh.

Anyway, I have another Switzerland layout to share today:

Trummelbach Falls is a series of waterfalls inside the mountain near where we stayed in Lauterbrunnen.  It's all glacier water and it was amazing to me that as we walked along the trail, we turned a corner to where the water was and the air temperature dropped significantly because the water was so cold.  It moves FAST too so we kept a firm grip on Ryan to make sure he didn't do anything crazy.

Today's color palette started with inspiration from Ryan's fox sweater and if they had that in adult sizes I would totally buy it, just sayin'.  Colors are Baked Brown Sugar, Tangerine Tango, Blueberry Bushel, Coastal Cabana, and Very Vanilla.

Gotta get out the door.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Calendar Alphabet & Numbers, Taffy Alphabet
Ink:  Baked Brown Sugar, Coastal Cabana, Blueberry Bushel marker
Paper:  Baked Brown Sugar, Blueberry Bushel, Tangerine Tango, Coastal Cabana, Very Vanilla, Retro Fresh DSP
Accessories:  1 1/4" and 1 1/2" circle punches

The Schilthorn

Mornin' y'all!  Here we are in July and I'm sharing a scrapbook layout with snow on it, but that's what happens when you go up in the mountains even in the summertime, so here it is:

Continuing our Swiss adventure, we took four gondolas up to the top of the Schilthorn, which has a restaurant that was featured in the James Bond movie On Her Majesty's Secret Service.  We went up there twice and the first time it was so cloudy that we were playing peekaboo with the surrounding mountains, though it was pretty funny to watch a gondola go down and just disappear into the clouds.

Today's snowy palette:  Blueberry Bushel, Coastal Cabana, Taken with Teal (that looks very, very off in the palette photo), and white.  All the blues : )

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Taffy Alphabet, Frosted Gingerbread
Ink:  Pebbled Path, Blueberry Bushel, Basic Gray marker
Paper:  Blueberry Bushel, Coastal Cabana, Taken with Teal, Basic White, Best Year Ever DSP
Accessories:  Gingerbread dies

In other news, the hubs put together the two new bookshelves this weekend, so on Saturday I had to reorganize all my books.

That's not all of them and this is after several big book purges.

There's the finished job in the downstairs bookshelves.  I left some open spaces on the left because I've already preordered three hardback books that will be released later this year, and the top left shelf has extra space for my growing Hardy Boys collection.  The right shelf, meanwhile, is all my Nancy Drews, finally spread out where I can see all of them instead of being double-stacked.  Makes my little book dragon heart happy : )

And here's the upstairs shelves, which aren't organized as well and are also still double-stacked but that's what I've got for now.  I need to clear out a few more books for sale but not right now, I was stupid when I was moving books around and hurt my back.  It's getting better but still not great.

Gotta take Ryan to camp.  Cheers!

Swiss Capade 2

Scrappy Monday, y'all!  Daphne woke me up in the middle of the night making weird noises so I can already feel that today is going to be one of those days when I'm tired but wired.  But let's make the best of it and get started with some scrapbook pages:

Here's the first of the waterfalls we visited in Switzerland : )  I think this one is the best known in that particular valley, and you just walk through a tunnel and then up a trail to the top of the waterfall.  Gorgeous!

Today's nature-inspired color palette is Seaside Spray (waterfall spray), Misty Moonlight, Certainly Celery, Garden Green, and white. 

I haven't worked on scrapbook pages in a while since I've been obsessed with the Nancy Drew stuff, and it's a little harder to get crafty time with Ryan home for summer.  Most of his camps are only three to four hours a day but I do what I can.  Time to get him out the door for farm camp!

Cheeeeeeeeeers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Thoughtful Expressions
Ink:  Misty Moonlight, Certainly Celery
Paper:  Seaside Spray, Misty Moonlight, Certainly Celery, Garden Green, Basic White, Certainly Celery & Garden Green DSP
Accessories:  Thoughtful Expressions dies, Stylish Shapes dies

Swiss Capade 1

Scrappy Monday, y'all!  I keep forgetting that I have several layouts done that I need to take pictures of, but today I thought I'd start a series of scrapbook pages from our first trip to Switzerland.  So here's the first layout of what I called the Swiss-capade : )

We took the train (several, actually) to Lauterbrunnen, which is in the Valley of 72 Waterfalls.  We did not see all 72, but we did see several!

Today's springy color palette:  Lavender Lace (how's that for an old color?!), Garden Green, Evening Evergreen, Polished Pink, and white.

I'm going to start a workout and see how far I can get before Ryan wakes up.  His camp this week is Lego engineering, but it's in the afternoons so he can sleep in.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Taffy Alphabet, Hydrangea Haven
Ink:  Evening Evergreen, Stampin' Blends in Polished Pink, Highland Heather, Evening Evergreen
Paper:  Lavender Lace, Evening Evergreen, Polished Pink, Basic White, Peaceful Prints DSP
Accessories:  Hydrangea dies