Happy Dance

The kids are back to school! I'm totally doing my happy dance. I kinda feel bad every morning as I peel out of the school parking lot. Kinda. I love my children dearly, but this mama needs a break! I'm definitely looking forward to getting back onto our normal schedule. Especially looking forward to that quiet time. Yeah, I mostly spend it cleaning something. At least my house can stay somewhat clean for more than 20 minutes. Today, I got to spend a little time out in my woman cave. I'm extremely behind on my projects. I think it's been over a week since I last stepped foot in there. So I locked myself in and went to work.

Since the kids are back to school, I needed to create a card for Kylie's (2nd Grade) teacher. I don't have ANY school-related stamps. None. Zip. Zilch. I totally had to comb through my stamp sets to come up with SOMETHING that would do. The sketch is from the Paper Craft Crew for challenge #57. The color combo came from The Paper Players challenge #161. I really liked how it turned out. Another fabulous color combo that I would have never come up with on my own. 

The sketch:

My take on the sketch and color combo:

Supplies:

Cardstock ~ Smoky Slate, Crisp Cantaloupe, Whisper White

Ink ~ Strawberry Slush, Certainly Celery, Crisp Cantaloupe, Smoky Slate

Stamp Sets ~ Positively Chevron, Off the Grid, Gorgeous Grunge, From my Heart, Hearts a Flutter, That's the Ticket, and ABC-123 Sketch Alphabet & Numbers

Embellishments ~ Vintage Faceted Designer Buttons, Hardware Clips Essentials

*white string (not SU)

Thankful for Wisteria Wonder

I used the same idea from the last card. I just changed up the color and the size. I'm really not a fan of square cards. Honestly, because I don't have envelopes for them and I absolutely HATE making them. I know, kind of ridiculous. Here is what I created while I was doing "laundry." he he

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Wisteria Wonder, Whisper White

Ink ~ Wisteria Wonder, Perfect Plum, Certainly Celery, Old Olive, Stayz on Black

Stamp Sets ~ Stippled Blossoms, From My Heart

Other supplies ~ misc. white ribbon, Vintage Faceted Designer Buttons, Vellum

Mojo Monday challenge #295

Happy Memorial Day! This weekend has been pretty low key. We had a bit of a family emergency last week, so we took advantage of the long weekend to rest up. Everything and everyone is back on the mend. I desperately needed some alone time, so I locked myself in my craft cave. Here is Mojo Monday's challenge for the week.

Here is what I came up with. I needed some extra Thank you cards, and this was the perfect sketch. I decided to use my Stippled Blossoms set for the first time. I also used vellum for the first time too. I think it turned out great! It was exactly what I had pictured in my head. LOVE it when that happens!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Marina Mist, Very Vanilla

Ink ~ Bashful Blue (retired), Marina Mist, Certainly Celery, Old Olive, Stayz on Black

Stamp Sets ~ Stippled Blossoms, From my Heart

Other Supplies ~ Vellum, Designer Fabric Beau Chateau, Designer Builder Brads, Crochet Ribbon