You are my Sunshine......color challenge #24!

Can't resist one of Dawn's Raspberry Suite Color Challenges!

Here were the colors she gave out for everyone to work with!

And....here's my card using these fabulous colors! After not stamping for more than 3 weeks, and making 2 cards in under 24 hours, I must say that I'm a pretty happy girl!

It seems like I'm just squeezing in stamping time here and there....I would love to have an entire afternoon to just sit and play, but as a mom of 3 very busy boys, it's not looking too likely in the near future! But that's okay....I'll take the bits and pieces of time where ever I can get them!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies: Paper: Very Vanilla, Soft Sky, Patterned Paper. Inks: Chocolate Chip. Stamps: Sentiment: A Muse; Upsy Daisy. Extras: Chocolate Satin ribbon, Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, Top Note Die,

I shouldn't have made this card right now.....

but I really needed a little down time, and this seemed to be the key for relieving my stress for the moment....the irony is, though, that by taking the time to make this card, I'm going to be crunched for time later, and highly stressed out by this evening I'm sure! But Oh, well, I thoroughly enjoyed my few moments of craft time here this morning!

I love color challenges, so I just couldn't pass up Dawn's Raspberry Suite Challenge! Here are the colors she gave! What fun!

I had wanted to use some buttons on the card as well, but when I got the card to this point, I just didn't know if the buttons were going to work out! Anyway, here is the card as I first made it:

And here is the card after adding some buttons....I am so indecisive, it's sickening! What do y'all think? With or without the buttons? I am now off to get the rest of my stuff done for the day....we have a huge weekend filled with all sorts of events and family gatherings.....I hope I can make it through all of it....and to top things off, I woke up sick this morning! I hate colds!!! Especially when you're pregnant, cuz ya can't take the good stuff that really works!!! Oh well!

Hope everyone is enjoying this wonderful time of year! Thanks for stopping by and taking a look!

Raspberry Sutie Challenge #17

I have actually felt good for part of the day today! Yay! I guess I should add that my definition of good is very relative these days. I actually felt like stamping, and so I made a card! I have dabbled a little bit here and there, but this is the first time in 7 weeks that I have felt good enough to start and complete a card or project.....I won't let y'all know how long it took me to come up with those projects for The Cat's pajamas Blog Hop.....it would be quite embarrassing! You can click here, if you'd like to see those!

I can't imagine a better way to start out stamping again that with a Raspberry Suite Color Challenge! And these colors are amazing. This is one of my favorite color combos, and I have used colors similar to this before and have always loved the outcome. Well, without further ado, here's my card: I used SU kraft card stock for the card base, and used my new Circle Circus stamp set, also from SU. The sentiment is one that I absolutely adore, and is also from SU, Small Sayings, and I can't remember if it's current or not. I stamped chocolate chip on the kraft cs, and then stamped the real red, chocolate chip, and baja breeze on Very Vanilla card stock and punched them all out with various size circle and scalloped circle punches! The edge of the Baja Breeze card stock was punched with Fiskars Upper Crest border punch....love this one by the way, and I topped it off with Real Red Stitched Polka Dot Ribbon....but where are the polka dots you ask? I didn't want the polka dots and for the life of me could not find ANY plain red ribbon in my entire stash, so I had to improvise......the little bit of bling you see around the scalloped design are Twinkles from Taylored Expressions.....love these little guys, but they make me feel old, cuz I always have to wear my glasses when I'm working with them! Oh, yeah, and I rounded the corners with a corner rounder punch!!!

Thanks for stopping by and taking a peek! Have a wonderful day!

Raspberry Suite #16

I haven't stamped in over a week, since I haven't been feeling well. I found Dawn's new color challenge the other day, but just didn't have enough energy to even think of anything, let alone actually pump something out. But this afternoon, I gave it a shot....didn't want to get too rusty, ya know. I made a very simple card....used some very old pp that I had, and a retired SU In-Color that I had as well.

Love these colors. They totally make me feel like fall. I'm ready for summer to be over, and so happy that school is beginning tomorrow!

The Goods: Kraft, Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip Card Stock. Chocolate Chip DSP. Chocolate Chip, Marigold Morning ink. For All You Do stamp set (SU). Handwritten Notes Stamp Set (PTI). Scallop Border Punch, Corner Rounder Punch, Summer Sunrise Swiss Dot Satin Ribbon, Chocolate Chip Corduroy Buttons.

Raspberry Suite Challenge #15

Well I thought that it might help my spirits a bit to play a color challenge. And what better challenge that Dawn's Raspberry Suite Challenge.I loved this color combo. So fun. I love this challenge, because it is actually a challenge to match the colors I have to PTI colors, which I don't have.

I also decided that since I am HORRIBLE at putting my stampin' stuff away after I create, that I would just use what I had laying out on my table, (with the exception of the moss and cream card stock and moss ink) but everything else was sitting out on my table, I promise. A sad habit that everyone knows about now. How embarrassing!

Well, it did in fact help me to feel better making this card.....it also helps that I actually really like this card too! Even if my entire living room floor is covered with legos and monopoly money! Ahh, the price I pay for stamping!

Hope y'all are having a great day, thanks for stopping by!

The Goods:

Paper: Mellow Moss, Very Vanilla, SU; Melon/Pink, Taylored Expressions

Inks: Regal Rose, Mellow Moss, Groovy Guava

Stamps: Organic Outlines, True Friend, both SU

Extras: Ribbon, Taylored Expressions KI kit; Corner Rounder Punch, Scallop Border Punch, Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, Colored Rhinestones, TE KI

Raspberry Suite #14

Hey all! I'm gonna keep it short today.....I came home from dropping 2 of the boys off at soccer camp this morning, and saw that Dawn put out another challenge! And we all know I can't resist a color challenge! I would have NEVER picked these colors to use together, but I love 'em! That's what I love about these color challenges!

Anyway, here's my take on the challenge:

Here are a few pics of the Gorge, where we saw PHISH Saturday night. This is the best venue in the entire country to see a show (and I've seen concerts in a bunch of states), and I'm blessed that it is so close....you know, within a few hours. So if you ever get a chance to see a show at THE GORGE......take the opportunity. The river you see is the Columbia.

We decided to drive back after the show, and got home at about 3:30 in the morning. I was dead to the world yesterday.......but I'm sorta functioning today....hopefully tomorrow will be even better! Happy Monday!

Raspberry Suite Challenge #13 - Take 2

There just wasn't something right with my first entry. It's been buggin' me for days, and so today I decided to do something about it.

I made another card. And this one feels so much better to me.

I love this saying. For those of you who don't know it is a replica of the WW ll poster that Great Brittan put out in 1939. It is my new motto.

The Goods:

Paper: Certainly Celery, Real Red, Cameo Coral, Whisper White; all SU.

Inks: Certainly Celery, Real Red, Cameo Coral; all SU.

Stamps: Petal Pizazz, SU; Sentiment by Rubber Soul.

Extras: Swiss dots embossing folder, Real Red Polka Dot Ribbon, SU; Rhinestone

Another Raspberry Suite Challenge.....#13

I was so happy to get back today, and bop over to Dawn's site and see that she had another challenge! Oh, how I love a challenge!

As soon as I saw these colors, the idea for the card I made popped into my head, and so away I went making my card. I have to admit, though, the card was much more exciting in my head. Not sure exactly why. Oh well.

Well, I just got back from running a few errands with the boys....didn't really have to do anything, just wanted an excuse to sit in the car with the AC. Boy it is HOT! It's only 2 in the afternoon and we're just a couple degrees shy of 100!

Anyway, when I got home, I looked at my card again, and I like it a little more! Hope this finds everyone happy and cooler than I am!

The Goods:

Stamps: Hello Again set, (SU), little dots background stamp

Inks: Mellow Moss, Cameo Coral, Ruby Red Stampin' Markers'

Paper: Mellow Moss, Whisper White, Riding Hood Red, Cameo Coral

Extras: Swiss Dots embossing folder, Riding Hood Red Taffeta Ribbon, Buttons

Oh, and here's a few pictures of our weekend at the beach house! I swear it is impossible to get a picture of all three boys, where they are all looking at the camera!

Raspberry Suite Challenge #12 - My Second One!

Warning: There's going to be some rambling in this post!

I loved participating in Dawn's last challenge, which was my first Raspberry Suite Challenge, so I was so excited last night when I hopped on over to Dawn's site and saw that she put out a new challenge!

The funny thing about the colors that Dawn chose for her challenge is this: I had just finished making a card, not for any challenge or anything in particular, and when I finished the card I was going to head up to bed to read for a little while, but I decided real quick to check out Dawn's site. When I saw these colors that she had chosen, I thought I must have ESP, because the card I just finished , was pretty much those same colors. A little strange don't ya think? If you want to see this card, click here!

Well, I didn't want to enter that card in her challenge, even though the colors were so close, and we all know that I can't leave something undone, and rest, so even though I was done for the night, I had to make another card. Loved the colors. I have so many of these Coleus plants in my pots on my front porch, and I love 'em. Wish that I would have thought to use them for color inspiration....Thanks for thinkin' of it, Dawn!!

I tried to go simple with this card. I used one of the new Level 1 Hostess sets from the new SU catty. I just love this little bird. Grabbed a few leftover buttons from the last card I made, and I had my card. Thanks for stoppin' by and takin' a peek!

Remember when I get to 30 who join my site, I'm going to give away another stamp set to one of those lucky people! We're almost there!

The Goods:

Inks: Riding Hood Red, Melon Mambo, Certainly Celery

Paper: Riding Hood Red, Melon Mambo, Certainly Celery, Very Vanilla

Stamps: Of the Earth (Hostess Level 1 set from the new SU catalog)

Extras: Riding Hood Red Taffeta Ribbon, 1 1/4 & 1 3/8 Square Punches, Random Buttons

My first Raspberry Suite Challenge!

Well, I just couldn't resist another challenge! This is the first time I've played this challenge over at Dawn McVey's My Favorite Things. What a talented gal! And what a fun color challenge. These colors were super fun to work with! I knew I wanted to make a card with flowers, but my only problem was trying to decide whether or not to stamp the flowers and then cut them out, or to use my Slice Machine, and make distressed vintage flowers, which by the way I learned how to do from a tutorial Dawn had a few days ago.

Well, I stamped flowers and I made flowers with my Slice. The slice won out, mainly because I didn't want to cut out all those intricate flowers I had stamped, but also because.....well I don't really know. Oh yeah, now I remember, I didn't want there to be any white on the card, since white was not one of the colors called for (even though Dawn mentioned it would be OK).

I did stamp on the flowers, but it really doesn't show up that well, even in real life, let alone the picture. And I decided to distress the leaves a bit too! Wasn't really too fond of the card at first, but it's beginning to grow on me!

The Goods:

Paper: Basic Black, Going Grey, Wild Wasabi, Real Red, Melon Mambo (All SU)

Ink: Basic Black, Real Red, Melon Mambo

Stamps: Sentiment: Noteworthy; Organic Outlines, Circle Circus

Extras: Melon Mambo Polka Dot Ribbon, Rhinestones

Oh, and remember, when I get to 20 followers, I will be sending out something ( a stamp set, I presume) from the new SU catalog to one of those lucky people....wouldn't you like to be one? Just sign up to follow me and you could win! We're almost there.....