Alpine Adventure

Scrappy Monday, y'all!  We're in Colorado now and since I don't have any Colorado scrapbook pages (YET), I thought I'd share some different mountain pics!  The last set of layouts I did in Texas before we packed out was our 2021 trip to the Austrian and German Alps, so here's the first layout:

We started out in Werfen, which is just across the border in Austria and not terribly far away from Salzburg.  The first thing we did was check out the Sound of Music trail, which seems like a misnomer because we didn't see a trail, but it DOES have the meadow where Maria teaches the Von Trapp children how to sing Do Re Me in the movie.  I absolutely LOVE being in the mountains!  I don't necessarily want to climb any ; ) but I just love looking at them, and the Alps are particularly spectacular.

Today's color palette:  Gray Granite for the mountain peaks, Primrose Petals for my capri pants, Granny Apple Green for the meadow, Night of Navy to frame the photos, and Whisper White for title and journaling.  This is the first layout out of...nine, I think?  And I used the same alphabet stamp set for all my pages so they look more like a set.  Actually I worked on all nine layouts concurrently too, which kind of bit me a little bit on some of them but it turned out fine.

That's it for me today, peeps.  I'm gonna go look at the mountains some more : )  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Alphabest, Lighting the Way
Ink:  Gray Granite, Granny Apple Green, Night of Navy
Paper:  Gray Granite, Night of Navy, Thick Basic White, Afternoon Daydream DSP, Friendly Hello DSP
Accessories:  Lighting the Way dies

All Kinds of Wonderful

Hey hey!  It's still ridiculously cold but Ryan is back at school so I'm back to stamping a bit...at least until my dad gets here, because I've got a check engine light on in my car so we're going to go suss that out.  But first, my card for today!

I made this for the Paper Players challenge:

I browsed through my stamp sets a couple of times before landing on Lighting the Way and using Lemon Lime Twist for my pop of color.  Actually I did roll the stamps a bit in Granny Apple Green too but I don't know how much it shows up.  The creative process on this card was a little different for me because I didn't have a firm idea of what I was doing when I started, it just kind of evolved as I went along.  I stamped and die cut the greenery pieces and the greeting, and then I dumped out all my scraps from the Bright & Beautiful DSP stack and ended up with a skinny little scrap of a LLT watercolor and this just felt right.  A couple of LLT tinsel gems (they show up a bit odd on the black cardstock, but they are green) and it's done!

Side note:  I'm very excited that my card was chosen as the Headliner for last week's Paper Players challenge!  I was a guest designer for the Paper Players for 2022 and it was so much fun, but I've been a longtime participant in that challenge.  Thanks for all the inspiration over the years, Paper Players!

Okay, my dad should be here soon so I'm going to get ready to do car stuff.  Whee.  Cheers, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Lighting the Way
Ink:  Lemon Lime Twist, Granny Apple Green, Versamark
Paper:  Thick Basic White, Basic Black, Bright & Beautiful DSP Stack
Accessories:  Lighting the Way dies, Nested Essentials dies, white EP, Dimensionals, Tinsel Gems

Firefly Lights

Mornin' y'all!  Once again I woke up at four o'clock this morning...but knowing that Ryan starts school an hour later on Thursdays, I convinced my brain to stay in bed until 5:30.  Hey, it's an improvement over getting up at 4!

I've got a pretty simple card to share today.

My SIL is a realtor and she's been helping us look for a house to rent in Texas, so this card will be for her once we get there.  I thought of the fireflies immediately when I saw the sketch from Try Stampin' on Tuesday:

And of course that Pretty Peacock pattern is from the Bright & Beautiful DSP Stack.  That's a versatile set of papers for sure!  I started with the Pretty Peacock stripes and paired them with a Pool Party card base and Night of Navy fireflies, with a bit of Lemon Lolly for the glow.  I definitely need to play around with Lighting the Way a bit more.

Well, time to get ready for my next-to-last day at work.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Lighting the Way
Ink:  Night of Navy, Lemon Lolly, Versamark
Paper:  Pool Party, Pretty Peacock, Bright & Beautiful DSP
Accessories:  Lighting the Way dies, white EP, Dimensionals