Blue Skies

Hi there! Thanks for dropping. This week is flying by, no? And we've got temps over 100 degrees everyday, so it's a energy drainer!


Today, I have the inspiration pic from this week's FYI Challenge. Stephanie finds THE best photos out there and brings them to us! Look at this week's beauty:

Wow, right? Love the blue skies in this picture, which prompted me to use Verve's Blue Skies set that has been sorely missing from my blog lately. Here is my card:

Do you see the sentiment peeking out there? Heehee...I thought that was cute. :)


So, check us out and play along!

Adoption Congrats!

Hey guys! Thanks for stopping by!  Well, school is underway and so far so good! 


I've got a quick post for you today! I was lucky enough to be asked (ok, maybe I begged...lol) to stay on one more week as a Guestie with this week's Color Throwdown. Thanks, ladies! It's always a pleasure to play along with you! :)


Here is this week's color combo:

I immediately thought about a baby boy card.  I really like the softness of the colors and decided to use my new Congrats All Ways set again, but this time opted to use the "adoption" stamp. I am not sure I even noticed it before I bought it, but we know lots of people adopting, so this will come in very handy over the new few months! Here is my card:

I just love love love that bunny! I've had him for years...even before I stopped stamping a few years back. It's an old Stampin Up set called A New Little Someone. It's easily one of my favorite baby sets ever. :) 

Take a look at what the other designers have done with these colors, including the ACTUAL Color Throwdown Guest Designer for July, Lori Tecler! :)

Lori Tecler

Broni

Tammy

Barbara

Danielle

Carole

      

  

Lifetime of Happiness

Hi there! Well, it's Sunday evening already. How did that happen? School starts back here tomorrow, so I'm in that mode. Hopefully, I'll remember to wake Ava in the morning for school...lol. 


I have a card today for this week's Card Pattern's sketch, seen here:

I've fallen back in love with making the A2 cards. For a while, I'd only make square  ya know? Anyway, I decided to make a card for a wedding shower I'm going to next weekend for a family friend and his fiancee. Their colors are browns, creams, and sages, so I think this card is perfect for them. :)

Thanks for stopping by and have a great week! Play along at Card Patterns if you get a chance. It's a great sketch this week.

Congrats...

Ah,finally Friday! Woot! Today I have a quick post with a card I made just because I wanted to use the new SU In Colors again. I totally love the Calypso Coral. It's such a bright, deep, rich color - almost like Papertrey's Melon Berry, but a bit brighter. The ribbon IS Melon Berry and matches quite well. Just an FYI in case you were curious.  :)

I WILL say that the picture doesn't do that color justice. I could not get a picture that totally captures just how bright the color is. You'll have to see for yourself. :)


I decided to emboss the "congrats" from Papertrey's new Congrats All Ways set in white on the SU patterned paper. I think it turned out pretty well. 


Well, that's it from me. I hope you have great plans for the weekend. This is the last weekend for summer because school starts here on Monday! We'll probably do some last minute clothes shopping and watch lots of Harry Potter and Twilight. Laters!!

A song..

Hey there! Thanks for stopping in. It's been a busy week around here! I've gotten a whopping 4 hours of sleep since Saturday...ugh. I'm running on steam, people! I have GOT to get some sleep soon or it's going to start affecting my attitude! :)


Today, I have a card for this week's Colour Q challenge. Can I say that as soon as I saw these new SU colors when the catalog came out, I KNEW I had to have them. I decided to just buy the "sample" pack with the inks and card stock and after using them tonight I simply must buy packs and packs more of it. All of the colors are just gorgeous and they work really well together. When I saw this challenge, I was very excited! Ok, so here is the color swatch:

I decided to break out my Papertrey set, Happy Trails. I really like the sentiments included. I'm such a sentiment freak!

Here is my card:

I don't know about you guys, but I love using flourishes on things..lol. I think they work so well with birds and butterflies! This was a fun card to make. It feels like it needs something else, but I'm not sure what. Ah well...hope you like it!!

Celebrate!

Hi there. It's Wednesday and time for another Color Throwdown challenge. I will go ahead and say that when I saw this combo, I loved all of it...EXCEPT the Melon Mambo! As much as I love that color, I just didn't see it fitting in with the other colors. I was dead wrong! :)


Here are this week's colors:

And here is my card:

Though I had my reservations, I found that Melon Mambo stamps a shade off from Rose Red on Vanilla card stock, so it actually blended in really nicely. In case you can't tell, the Rose Red is the top and bottom shade and the Melon Mambo is in the middle. 


I just love the way this card turned out. I think the distressed look of the ink on the chevrons works well with the way the flower stamps. These are two of my favorite Papertrey Ink stamps and I like them together! I found a little flower button in my Papertrey stash that I think works perfectly with the rest of the card.

Here are links to the other ladies playing this week..go check them out!!

Tammy
Danielle
Broni
Barbara



I hope you find time to play along. I would love to see what you do with the colors! Thanks for stopping by!!

50 & Fabulous!

Hello there! I am so done with the heat and humidity. Can someone please send me a plane ticket to Alaska?!? :)


Today, I have a card that I made for a friend of my mom's. She is turning 50 today! I started out making a card that was black and purple, but I thought the Ruby Red and Vanilla made for a lighter feel and I have been itching to use that striped SU ribbon since I bought it over a year ago! I think it works perfectly here. 

Thanks for stopping in and have a great Tuesday!!