Sea Turtle Salutations in Stereo

Today I have a pair of cards to share : )  Here they are:

I was intrigued by this week's color challenge from Hand Stamped Sentiments:

First I made a CAS card:

I used the sketch from CAS Colours & Sketches:

I made another card with this sketch but I'll have to share that later.  It was fun to use the "shadow" stamps in the Sea Turtle stamp set for both of these cards since I hadn't done that before.

After the CAS card, I wanted to give the colors another go with something different, so I made this one:

That's the same stripey paper I used on yesterday's submarine card.  I just looked through past blog posts and I've made another card combining the Sea Turtle stamp set with that fun hello stamp from Filled with Happiness so apparently my brain just likes that combination.

That's it for me today.  Got another busy day ahead...cheers!

Supplies, all SU!, CAS card:
Stamps:  Sea Turtle, Filled with Happiness
Ink:  Pretty Peacock, Petal Pink, Garden Green
Paper:  Thick Basic White
Accessories:  None

Supplies, all SU!, second card:
Stamps:  Sea Turtle, Filled with Happiness
Ink:  Garden Green, Pretty Peacock, Petal Pink
Paper:  Petal Pink, Thick Basic White, Bright & Beautiful Stack
Accessories:  Deckled Rectangles dies, Dimensionals, Adhesive-Backed Sequins

Sorbet Submarine

Mornin' y'all, I have a busy day ahead so I'm glad I spent a good chunk of time in my craft room yesterday.  I made several cards and it just so happens that they're all aquatic, starting with a super-cute submarine:

I thought the colors from Sunday Stamps were perfect for an undersea adventure:

I read the palette as Pretty Peacock, Lost Lagoon, Pool Party, Petal Pink, and Sweet Sorbet.

I paired that with the new sketch from Try a Sketch on Tuesday:

I missed the deadline on the last sketch but at least I know this challenge doesn't expire for a bit : )

That's it for now, kids.  Check you later, Imma go float around in a sweet submarine for a while.

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Submarine Life
Ink:  Sweet Sorbet, Lost Lagoon, Petal Pink, Pretty Peacock, Pool Party
Paper:  Pool Party, Thick Basic White, Bright & Beautiful DSP Stack
Accessories:  Deckled Circles dies, Submarine punch, Dimensionals

Missing You Zinnia

Hey y'all, we are once again in the throes of preparing to move and it is stressing me out.  Ugh.  After I write this post I'm going to go sit down with my cuppa and watch the 1,000th episode of NCIS and try not to think about moving for a while.

In the meantime, here's the card I made yesterday:

I'm really enjoying the Flowering Zinnias DSP, and this time I used the Simply Zinnia dies to make my flower.  I used the Try A Sketch on Tuesday sketch:

I just realized that challenge is closed now but oh well!  It's odd how the various challenges cycle, sometimes it seems like there's a plethora of sketches but right now it's all about the color challenges.  Speaking of which, I used this week's Paper Players palette:

I wanted a bit of color variation on my cardstock flower and leaves, so I used the coordinating Stampin' Blends to get darker values; it's easiest to see on the leaves, but one of the Melon Mambo die cuts is darker and the little ring on the center of the flower is also a bit darker (and a touch sparkly with Wink of Stella).  I like the bright, summery palette.

I'm also entering this at Cupcake Inspirations for their latest challenge:

Like I said, I'm having fun with the Flowering Zinnias paper and playing with the coordinating stamp set and dies.  When I was a kid, we had a neighbor who grew zinnias in their front yard and I remember her telling me how she harvested seeds from them at the end of the season.  I can't remember the lady's name as she moved out after only a year or two of us being neighbors, but I always think of her when I see zinnias.

That's it for me today, y'all.  Time for me to watch NCIS :)  Cheers.

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Vertical Blooms
Ink:  Crushed Curry, Stampin' Blends in Granny Apple Green, Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight
Paper:  Crushed Curry, Granny Apple Green, Melon Mambo, Thick Basic White, Flowering Zinnias DSP
Accessories:  Simply Zinnia dies, Stitched So Sweetly dies (retired), Opaque Faceted Gems, Dimensionals, Wink of Stella

Metro & Miscellany / Neva River Cruise

Scrappy Monday, y'all.  It is super overcast here in Texas today and the clouds look pretty much the same as in these pictures from St. Petersburg in 2014.

We did a Baltic Sea cruise a couple of months before we moved from the UK back to the States, and we had two days in St. Petersburg.  We joined a tour group to try to see as much as possible since I imagine this is the only time we'll ever visit anywhere in Russia...part of the tour included riding on the St. Petersburg metro system and taking a cruise on the Neva River.  The metro stations are really fancy (check out the mosaic in the top photo on the left page), and we had very quick stops at a few places, so this page is just an amalgam of those stops.  All the pics on the right are from the river cruise, which was very cold and windy--it was drizzling the whole time we were on the boat.

My moody, rainy color palette today:  Pretty Peacock, Mint Macaron, Lost Lagoon, and Whisper White.

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

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Letterpress Alphabet, Rough Edges Alphabet
Ink:  Pretty Peacock, Lost Lagoon, Night of Navy marker
Paper:  Pretty Peacock, Lost Lagoon, Night of Navy, Thick Basic White, Perfectly Artistic DSP
Accessories:  None

Manana, Llama

I'm back with the other card I made yesterday...

I actually made this one before yesterday's guacamole card, and it is also inspired by the Festive Friday challenge:

For this card, I used orange, green, enamel dots (I think those count as enamel dots?), and llama.  Llamas always make me think of Birthday Fiesta and this fun llama stamp, who I named Lloyd the Llama.  Because I could.

My card is a sorta loose interpretation of the Just Add Ink sketch:

I'm counting Lloyd as one of the larger hexagons, and the flower (fussy cut from the Flowering Zinnias DSP) as the smaller one, and I have an actual hexagon on the left for the second large hexagon in the sketch.  I liked the bright colors of the Flowering Zinnias DSP on the Shaded Spruce card base, even though Shaded Spruce isn't a color featured in the DSP.  And of course I did the same thing again on the guacamole card.

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

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Birthday Fiesta
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Pumpkin Pie, Melon Mambo, Stampin' Blends in Ivory & Lemon Lolly
Paper:  Shaded Spruce, Lemon Lolly, Thick Basic White, Flowering Zinnias DSP
Accessories:  Fiesta Time dies, Beautiful Shapes dies, Timeless Labels dies, faceted gems, Dimensionals

Holy Guacamole!

Hey y'all, happy Friday.  I had some fun in my craft room today : )

I couldn't resist making a Taco Fiesta card after seeing the new Festive Friday challenge:

I used orange, green, avocado, and mustache from the list.  Taco Fiesta is such a fun set, grab it now since it's on the retiring list!

This is actually the second card I made today, but I'll share the other one another time.  In the meantime I kinda wanna go get some tacos.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Taco Fiesta
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Poppy Parade, Granny Apple Green
Paper:  Shaded Spruce, Poppy Parade, Lemon Lolly, Thick Basic White, Flowering Zinnias DSP
Accessories:  Stylish Shapes dies, Tutti Frutti sequins (I think?), Mini Dimensionals

Pink Zinnia

Hey, look at me back with another card already.  Had to dust off my craft table.

I used this week's Freshly Made Sketch:

And the Color Throwdown:

I used Melon Mambo, Granny Apple Green, and Daffodil Delight for my colors, which seemed perfect to ink up my brand-new Simply Zinnia stamp set.  I used a sentiment from Latte Love just because I didn't need a thank you card at the moment and I like that greeting.  The Bee Mine DSP from the Occasions catalog made a nice background for my bright flower, and I accented with a few Melon Mambo sequins.

Have a great day y'all.

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Simply Zinnia, Latte Love
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Granny Apple Green, Stampin' Blends in Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green
Paper:  Granny Apple Green, Thick Basic White, Bee Mine DSP
Accessories:  Simply Zinnia dies, Stylish Shapes dies, adhesive sequins, Dimensionals, Wink of Stella