Orange and Yellow Floral Card

For my September swap card, I grabbed a few DSP sheets that called to me and then went from there. The end product is full of bright colors and florals. Not my go-to colors or patterns, but I really like how this all came together in the end.

I started with the Tangerine Tango floral paper and then pulled the Daffodil Delight paper for a contrast. Once I had my patterns set, I decided to add a colored in stamp from the I Like You Hostess Set. The greeting comes from the Hello There Hostess Set, but works so well with the design that I had to use it. Using the circles collection framelits and starburst framelits, I created a nice layered effect with my papers and sentiment. I hope my swap recipient likes the end product!

Stamps: I Like You; Hello There
Inks: Baked Brown Sugar; Tangerine Tango; Daffodil Delight; Night of Navy, Garden Green, Perfect Plum, Calypso Coral, and Cameo Coral Markers
Cardstock: Crush Curry; Whisper White; Flowerpot DSP; Park Lane DSP
Accessories: Brights Candy Dots
Tools: Circles Collection Framelits; Starburst Framelits; 1 1/4" Circle Punch

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Week 33

This week we celebrated Arthur's 10 month birthday. So exciting, but man is it hard to get a nonblurry photo of him... Other than that, we had a fairly quiet week around here. My favorite pic of the week is of Arthur playing with Auntie Cece. She was trying to teach him pat-a-cake.

I dug into my PL card stash and pulled out my partial Rain kit. I haven't used this kit in awhile. I went with a blue and green color scheme with the journaling cards. I love the simple designs of these cards. I then went back in and added some tags and stickers to the pictures. Clean and simple, just how I like it.

Supplies:

PL Rain
#selfie stamp from Take Ten Kits
Random stickers from stash
Heidi Swapp stamp (hello)

Week 34

Some cute Arthur centered pictures from this week. I especially love the ones from brunch on Sunday (green shirt). He was being so good and cute and a little bit ornery all at the same time. I love these shots from Angi and Liese. Great pics! But my favorite pic of the week is of Arthur doing his best downward dog. My little yoga baby.

I dug into my stash yet again this week and pulled out my partial Turquoise kit. I repeated the circle motif to give some conscious design to the spread. And there are lots of blues and greens in there. My last addition was the sticker triangles to the word card. They had add that finishing touch.

Supplies:

PL Turquoise
SU Everyday Adventure Accessory Pack
Studio Calico alphas
Random stickers and tags

New Discoveries #8: Blitsy

I have a new crafting addiction enabling online source: Blitsy! Instead of a single deal per day (Steals and Peachycheap), deals run a various number of days. This means you can get multiple chances to grab that awesome crafting product. I've already taken advantage of a few scrapbooking kit deals. I can't wait to get them in the mail!

30 Days of Lists -- Days 11-15

Have you heard about 30 Days Of Lists? Created by Kam of Campfire Chic and Amy of Lemon and Raspberry, 30 Days of a Lists is a semi-annual journalling challenge. In March and September, they provide you with one topic a day. You then run off and create a list.

Unite and Excite Swaps: The Rest of the Pretties

We had a great swap time at the Livermore Unite and Excite event on Sunday. Here are the rest of the great swap cards I received:

Sara Grafton @ 1200 Some Miles

Vinnie Cespedes

Margery Chen

Alicia Valdez

Janet Smith

Deidre Wong

Denise Zachariah

Sarah Camarillo

Patti Mizutani

Paula Frieders

Maria Esther Fennelly @ Maria's Creative Place

Jeannie Barron

Raberta Gannon @ Inkabella Crafts

Carrie Vermazen @ Crafty Carrie

Cary Farruggia @ Cary's On Your Case

Colleen Becker

Sharon Tong-Robinson

Sunday Haul #15

I placed a huge order during Steals.com's Labor Day extra 20% sale. What did I order? Why tons of Christmas papers and embellishments of course! I plan on doing a December Daily album this year and possibly a DD class, so I wanted an assortment of embellishments of fun paper to cut for PL sized cards. I grabbed three different complete kits, a 6x6 paper pad, and some tags. I can't wait to get my December Daily on!

I finally received my backordered Halloween Street stamp from SU. Somehow it took USPS four days to get it from San Francisco to here (that's about 1 hour driving for those not in the Bay). Seriously USPS! I could have walked there and back before they delivered it.

I also received my Paper Issues order. I bought the September swag bag of course, but I also added on some holiday goodness: patterned paper to make into PL cards, washi tape, die cuts, and alphas!

I got back a few PL card swaps: Embossed and Three Embellishments. Here they are:

Unite and Excite Swaps: Christmas

We had a great swap time at the Livermore Unite and Excite event on Sunday. Here are some of the great Christmas themed swap cards I received:

Cindee Wilkinson @ Just Sponge It

Gina Cardera

Kim Peck

Hermelinda Wirth

Stephanie Bates

Liz Roberts

Remy Muegge

Annette Wen @ Stampin' with Annette

Lorraine Toll @ Lorraine's Stampin' Corner

Angela Bodas @ Midnight Crafting

Becky Tuttle

Julie Douglas @ Stamp Your Dream

Kim @ A La Card Creations

Maria Alcantara

Maggie Mata @ Maggie Made Cards

Rosemarrie Gonzalez

Susan Santello

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Week 32

This week was full of our regular activities and then a weekend of birthday parties. Lots of cute pictures to include this week of Arthur playing with other friends. I also had to include a few photos of the birthday boys.

I choose a cool blue and green color palette to play off of the background colors of the park. I added a few embellishments here and there, but tried to keep the look clean and simple. The pictures are so colorful, I didn't want to add too many distractions.

Supplies:

PL Rain
Basic Gray Enamel Dots
Studio Calico Alphas
Recollections Happy Birthday stickers
Stamp from Take Ten Kits
Random stickers

30 Days of Lists -- Days 6-10

Have you heard about 30 Days Of Lists? Created by Kam of Campfire Chic and Amy of Lemon and Raspberry, 30 Days of a Lists is a semi-annual journalling challenge. In March and September, they provide you with one topic a day. You then run off and create a list.