Nachos: Yummy Little Christmas

Happy Tuesday, kids!  I meant to get this post written and scheduled ahead of time, but yesterday was very long and very busy and I forgot because I think all my brain cells are being diverted to Baby Sodapop.  But anyway, today the Nachos have a color challenge for you!

And it's appropriately festive for December.  I haven't bought hardly any Christmas stamps this year though, and I've been both cooking and baking a lot, so my stamp set choice for today's card was pretty natural:

I bought Yummy Little Christmas on a whim a while back mostly because I liked that mixer stamp.  And actually I know exactly who's going to get this card too, so the stamp set has come in useful :)  I needed a wee snowflake background stamp for the Cherry Cobbler panel, so that came from Sheltering Tree.

So this layout isn't something I would typically come up with on my own...I CASEd it from the holiday catalog!  Page 27, if you're interested.  The proportions on my card area  little different because I used different stamps, but if you look at the catalog and then my card you'll see that they're definitely sisters.

So now it's your turn!  Upload your creation on the Nacho blog by December 19 for us to oooh and aaah over.  In the meantime, I'll probably be making another batch of these cranberry cardamom spice muffins, which are probably the most ridiculously spectacular thing to come out of my kitchen in recent memory.  Seriously, hubs couldn't stop talking about them after I made them for breakfast on Sunday.

Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Yummy Little Christmas, Sheltering Tree
Ink:  Garden Green, Cherry Cobbler
Paper:  Crumb Cake, Garden Green, Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla, Gold Glimmer paper
Accessories:  Layering Circles Framelits, Dimensionals

Nachos: Just Keep Swimming

Happy Tuesday, Nacho fans!  Are you ready for a sketch?  Hope you can fit us in between all the Turkey Day preparations :)

Don't be scared!  Yeah, the sketch is different than a lot I see on the interwebs, but I actually had several ideas for this one.  But here's what I went with for today:

I know I already said how much I love the By the Seashore DSP when I posted these layouts,  and I got the idea for punching out bits of the paper from those same layouts.  This would be a fabulous way to use up little scraps of paper, and of course you don't have to mat the patterns if you don't want to which would make this even faster to do.  I scattered some rhinestones around the sentiment and you know what a bugger it is to photograph those.

So let's see what you've got!  Post your circle-tastic card on the Nacho blog.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Seaside Shore
Ink:  Dapper Denim
Paper:  Soft Sky, Calypso Coral, Dapper Denim, By the Seashore DSP
Accessories:  circle punches (1" and 1 1/4"), rhinestones

More Nacho Gratitude

Hey kids!  It's week two of the Nachos gratitude theme challenge:

Isn't that a beautiful picture?  I love Thanksgiving, I really do, and it makes me sad that every year it gets forgotten thanks to the Christmas juggernaut that now starts rolling even before Halloween.  Ugh.  Is it weird that I like Thanksgiving better than Christmas?  The colors are better, for one thing.

Okay so I got the idea for this color combination when I was out and about somewhere and I made a note of it in my phone, does anyone else do that?  It might look black in the picture, but the darkest color is actually Elegant Eggplant, and I paired it with Always Artichoke (just a smidge), lots of Delightful Dijon, and then a bit of Soft Suede for the tree trunk and a wee bit of sponging around the main image panel.  Eggplant, Dijon, and Artichoke...sounds like a weird veggie side dish for Thanksgiving, dunnit?

Anyway, I just got Suite Seasons last Friday because it's ON SALE this month (always a good thing!) and one thing I've learned from Brian King is that you can make beautiful cards where the focal point is a sentiment instead of an image.  On this card the image and sentiment kinda get equal billing, but Brian was a big reason why I got that stamp set since it was on sale.  I do like his style.

One last thing:  I used now-retired Candy Dots on this because I still have a bunch of those and I haven't invested in all the packs of the enamel shapes.  Actually I only have the metallics so far.  I still kinda miss the Candy Dots though.

Enough chatter from me!  Don't forget to upload your gratitude-themed creation at the Nacho blog.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Sheltering Tree, Suite Seasons
Ink:  Delightful Dijon, Elegant Eggplant, Always Artichoke, Soft Suede
Paper:  Delightful Dijon, Elegant Eggplant, Very Vanilla
Accessories:  Regals Candy Dots (retired)

Gratitude with the Nachos

Forget all the crazy stuff on the news today, the Nachos have a great theme challenge for you!

I always, always, always seem to need thank you cards, and I love fall cards, so here's what I made:

I haven't used vellum in no kidding YEARS but for today's card that's what I went to immediately.  I'm holding it down so you can see the background leaves, here's what it looks like just by itself:

Think maybe I should use vellum a little more often :)  And of course I've got some copper on there too, I do enjoy all the copper stuff out now.  I still have my old embossing powder from the last time SU! carried it, and the copper foil sheets are just so pretty.

So make your own gratitude-themed project and share it with the Nachos.  And whatever you do, don't turn on the TV today unless it's to watch a movie.

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Vintage Leaves, One Big Meaning
Ink:  Versamark, Dapper Denim, Crushed Curry, Cajun Craze
Paper:  Dapper Denim, Crushed Curry, Very Vanilla, Copper Foil, Vellum
Accessories:  Copper EP, linen thread

Little Acorns for the Nachos

Well, I thought I was going to have technical difficulties keep me from writing this post on time but luckily I resolved them (Does banging the mouse on the desk count as solving a problem?  'Cause it seemed to work this time...).  And just in time to share this week's Nacho Average Color Challenge!

I'm still in the mindset of fall-type cards, even though these might not look like your typical fall colors.  So I broke out my brand new Acorny Thank You stamp set and acorn punch, and I made this:

I added some Chocolate Chip for the "bodies" of the acorns.  This is more on the CAS side for me but I just couldn't get the idea out of my head :)  I used some retired Candy Dots but that's because I haven't gotten the new whatchacallits that replace the Candy Dots, I only have those in the metallic colors so far.

Anyway, go check out the Nacho blog for some more color challenge goodness and hit up the Linky tool on the bottom to share your own creation.  And now I'm off to go get my dental crown installed...

Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Acorny Thank You, Gorgeous Grunge
Ink: Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip, Pool Party
Paper:  Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Pool Party
Accessories:  Acorn builder punch, Dimensionals, Subtles & Neutrals Candy Dots (retired)

Nachos: Getting Sketchy

Mornin', y'all!  Hey, lookit that, two days of blog posts in a row.  And I'm back with the Nacho Average Challenges team and check out this awesome sketch!

Nice and simple, just what I need when I'm still getting back in the stamping groove.  Last week the hubs and I spent several days gallivanting around New England, and one evening we had dinner with a sweet friend of mine and her husband so I made this for her:

I don't have the paisley DSP that's in the holiday catalog, but that doesn't mean I can't use it for color-iffic inspiration!  I chose Night of Navy, Rich Razzleberry (my friend loves purple, so that seemed appropriate), a bit of Soft Suede and some metallic copper to finish it off.  The sentiment is embossed with copper EP, and check out this view of the copper foil paper:

SHINY.  I added a white panel on the inside of the card too, also with the two rounded corners, but sponged with some Rich Razzleberry instead of Night of Navy like on the card front.  I chose leaves for this card because the main reason we went driving all through New England was to see the fall foliage (and did we ever).  So there you have it!

Hope you join along with this awesome sketch challenge on the Nacho blog.  Until next time, cheers, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Vintage Leaves, One Big Meaning
Ink:  Night of Navy, Rich Razzleberry, Soft Suede, Versamark
Paper:  Night of Navy, Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White, Copper Foil
Accessories:  Corner rounder punch, Dimensionals, Copper EP

Nachos: Little Mr. Right

Heyyy Nacho fans!  We have an awesome sketch for you today, check this out:

Aaaand here's what I made:

Squee!  Okay, so I was a little liberal in my interpretation of the two banners, but you can definitely see the sketch in my card, right?  I made it to match this baby onesie:

My friend Tiana's girls (who call me Aunt Christy) sent this to me, isn't it adorable.  And why are they sending me baby clothes?  Because this:

Yes, that is an ultrasound and yes, it's MY ultrasound.  Hubs and I flew out to Texas on Saturday to tell our families that we're expecting a wee baby boy to arrive in February of 2017.  I hear he should look more like a human and less like an alien by then.  SURPRISE!!!

Okay, back to the sketch!  This is a stampy blog, after all :)  Go check out the Nacho blog for more eye candy and don't forget to upload your own creation.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Made with Love, Greatest Greetings
Ink:  Night of Navy, Tempting Turquoise, Tangerine Tango, Cucumber Crush, Versamark
Paper:  Night of Navy, Tempting Turquoise, Tangerine Tango, Thick Whisper White, Cucumber Crush DSP
Accessories:  Baby's First Framelits, Sunshine Sayings Dies, clear EP

Nachos: Summer Picnic

Hey kids!  How's it going today?  Are ya ready for a fun theme challenge from the Nachos?  'Cause here it is:

I thought about it a bit and what says summertime more than...a picnic.  And what's better at a picnic than a nice fat piece of watermelon?

I love watermelon, but my hubs doesn't like it (or cantaloupe or honeydew, the weirdo) so I only get small containers of cut watermelon for myself every once in a while.  I have one in the fridge right now so I'll have to eat that at lunch today :)  Anyway, the watermelon is easy enough to make, I just used some graduated sizes of the Layering Circles Framelits and then cut it in half (so I can make a second watermelon card).  I hand-drew the watermelon seeds and then looked through all my current stamps and eventually pulled out a sentiment from an old Paper Pumpkin kit because it was the right style for my watermelon card.

So go check out the other summertime creations at the Nacho blog, and be sure to post your own card there too.  Have fun!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  My Paper Pumpkin, Gorgeous Grunge
Ink:  Basic Black, So Saffron
Paper:  Emerald Envy, Watermelon Wonder, So Saffron, Basic Black, Whisper White, Watermelon Wonder DSP
Accessories:  Layering Circles Framelits

Nachos: Bright Blooming Birthday

Mornin' Nacho fans!  I'm a little late with my post today, I'm still so preoccupied with poor little Vader and his knee.  We got him some pain medication yesterday (yay!) and he's got an appointment this afternoon to have a cast of his leg done to be professionally fitted for a leg brace to help that knee heal, so that's good.

Anyway, Nacho Average Challenges has some bold, bright, beautiful colors for you this week, lookie!

If you have the Festive Birthday DSP (and the matching Birthday Fiesta stamp set, complete with party llama!) then this will be easy for you!  I don't have either yet, though I llove the llama :)  And who wouldn't love a card that says "Party like there's no manana"?

Well anyway, I thought these colors would be great with some bold black patterned paper and some bright flowers.

That pattern is from Pop of Paradise and it kinda makes your eyes cross a little bit IRL, it's not just the picture.  But I wanted a black layer to make my flowers pop.  I also used the circular Metallic Enamel Shapes for the flower centers.

Check out the Nacho blog to see some other festive creations...I spied a pinata but no party llamas, so if you've got that stamp set and participate in this color challenge I will give you a giant gold star :)  Fiesta!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Flower Patch
Ink:  Pumpkin Pie, Tempting Turquoise, Emerald Envy
Paper:  Pumpkin Pie, Thick Whisper White, Pop of Paradise DSP
Accessories:  Flower Fair Framelits, Metallic Enamel Shapes

Nachos: We're Back!

Ack!  I thought I had this post all set up and ready to go live last night and when I checked it this morning it wasn't there.  So I'm fixing that really fast!

So, after a six-month hiatus for blog hopping, Nacho Average Challenges is back!  And we're starting off with a great sketch:

I know the 4th of July was yesterday, but stars are great any time, and of course you could use a different shape if you wanted to.  However, since I made my card in advance and I still needed ones with stars, here's what I did:

This is for my mom, whose birthday was on the second.  She seriously has multiple outfits of all stars and stripes stuff to wear at this time of year so I know she'll like this :)  And she likes shiny things so glimmer paper and rhinestones for the win!

There's the inside of the card...sadly she didn't have a fabulous birthday, she woke up with a bad case of the flu.  She's feeling better now and we'll just have to celebrate her birthday again next month when the hubs and I fly out to Texas.

Okay, kids.  Check out the Nacho Average Challenges blog for more inspiration and don't forget to post your sketch-tastic creations there!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Happy Happenings
Ink:  Real Red
Paper:  Pacific Point, Thick Whisper White, Gold Glimmer Paper
Accessories:  Stars Framelits, Lucky Stars EF, rhinestones, Dimensionals

Nacho Blog Hop: All Cards Masculine

Guess what, y'all?  It's time for another Nacho Average Blog Hop!  This month the Nachos are all about the dude cards.  Yep, masculine cards!  You might have come here from Anne's blog, but if not, don't worry--I've got all the links you need at the bottom of the post.  But first up, here's my cards.

So, when thinking about this theme, I decided to think about the guys in my life and specifically what they'd like, and naturally I started with my hubs.  He loves scuba diving, so for him I made this:

Teehee, it's punny, which will only make him roll his eyes.  I figured that fish looked more masculine than the sea turtle or the jellyfish :)  I stamped the sentiment with the now-retired Alphabet Rotary, but if I'd been smart enough to put the new Labeler Alphabet on my first order then that would work too.  Anyway, if you saw my hubs' wardrobe, you'd think the only colors he can see are dark blue, gray, khaki, and black, so I used Dapper Denim and Smoky Slate for my main colors on this one.

Next up, funny story!  Last week I was in a tizzy trying to get Father's Day cards made, and I was thinking we were sending stuff off all horrendously late (last Saturday) and on Sunday I even reminded my hubs to call his dad for Father's Day.  Which he did, and my FIL was like, you do know that's next week, right?  Oops.  Well, anyway, since I was in such a (needless) rush, I used last month's Paper Pumpkin kit to make a card for my dad:

My dad (and my brother, for that matter) graduated from Oklahoma State so he loves all things orange and black.  If you looked at *his* wardrobe, pretty much all you'd see is orange, black, and blue jeans. :p  Lucky for me the Paper Pumpkin kit came with corrugated orange cardstock (corrugated = manly, I guess), and the "happy" sticker was Pool Party so I was able to brayer black ink over it for this orange and black card.  And I added the Pool Party star from the kit just for funsies.

Thinking I was pretty much out of time for Father's Day cards, I made this one for my FIL:

So far as I know, he's not overly partial to orange, but I was in a hurry.

Last up, since I finally figured out I still had some time before everything for Father's Day is late (this next one is still going to be late unless I mail it today), I thought about my brother who's been a dad for two months now.  And he (like me) loves Star Wars...

Please please pretty please tell me you know what that is!!!  Not a lot of detail, sure, but I started by looking at this gorgeous print online and kinda working it into paper art.  The only stamping on this one is the hyperspace trail and the starry background, both courtesy of Gorgeous Grunge, and then I used stamps from Crazy About You to add Happy Father's Day to the inside.  And now I need to order a Chewbacca mask for my brother for Father's Day.

So there you have my four masculine cards (although I admit, #3 feels like a cheat).  I highly encourage you to follow along with the rest of the hop for more manly paper crafting goodness!



Supplies, card #1:
Stamps:  From Land To Sea, Alphabet Rotary
Ink:  Versamark, Dapper Denim, Smoky Slate, Soft Sky
Paper:  Dapper Denim, Smoky Slate, Watercolor paper, Whisper White
Accessories:  Clear EP, Dimensionals

Supplies, card #2:
Stamps:  My Paper Pumpkin May 2016 kit
Ink:  Basic Black
Paper:  came with the kit
Accessories:  came with the kit

Supplies, card #3:
Stamps:  My Paper Pumpkin May 2016 kit
Ink:  Night of Navy
Paper:  came with the kit
Accessories:  came with the kit

Supplies, card #4:
Stamps:  Gorgeous Grunge, Crazy About You
Ink:  Whisper White, Smoky Slate, Basic Gray, Marina Mist
Paper:  Basic Black, Whisper White, Smoky Slate, Basic Gray
Accessories:  Layering Circles Framelits, Word Window Punch (retired), hole punches

Nacho Blog Hop: Mother's Day & Graduation

Happy Sunday,  y'all!  It's time for this month's Nacho Average Challenges blog hop, and this month it's all about moms and graduates.  I don't have any new or recent graduates in my immediate circle, but I did make some Mother's Day cards so that's what I have for you today.

First up is a CAS monochromatic card:

This was for my mom; the white layer is actually Shimmery White and it was made to go with her present:

It's a special edition Starbucks mug for Disneyland's Diamond Anniversary (my mom was born the same year Disneyland opened, so it's her diamond anniversary too!).  There's a gemstone in one of the Occasions catalog sets, but I don't have that one, so I looked in my past Paper Pumpkin stamp sets and found the one I used which I thought was perfect.  One die cut word and stamped sentiment later, and that card was done!

Next up is something tea-riffic:

We got my MIL some herbal teas from a tea shop in Old Town Alexandria, so I made a tea-related card to go with.  The sentiment is from a recent Paper Pumpkin kit (because I might not put the kits together, but I DO use the stamps pretty often!)

Last up is a picture frame for my SIL's desk at work:

She's a new mama, so I thought I should get her something for her first Mother's Day.  She can put a 4x6 photo on there and have it on her desk when she goes back to work full time.  How do you like the ladybugs?  They're made with two circle punches (1/2" and 1") and the sweetheart punch turned upside down.  I loved how they turned out.  I tried stamping the spots all over the heart but decided I liked just a few sprinkles of spots better.




Supplies, first card:
Stamps:  Crazy About You, past My Paper Pumpkin
Ink:  Pacific Point
Paper:  Pacific Point, Shimmery White
Accessories:  Hello You Thinlits

Supplies, second card:
Stamps:  My Paper Pumpkin
Ink:  Basic Gray, Blushing Bride, Old Olive
Paper:  Pool Party, Blushing Bride, Sahara Sand, Birthday Bouquet DSP
Accessories:  Cups & Kettles Framelits, Circles Framelits, Dimensionals

Supplies, picture frame:
Stamps:  Larger than Life Alphabet, All About Everything, Made with Love (spots), Watercolor Wings (antennae)
Ink:  Garden Green, Basic Black, Real Red
Paper:  Pear Pizzazz, Basic Black, Real Red, Whisper White, Real Red DSP
Accessories:  1/2" and 1" circle punches, Sweetheart punch, Deco Labels Framelits

Nacho Blog Hop: All About the Birthdays

ACK!  What with all the excitement over my niece's arrival yesterday (HELLO CLARA NICOLE!!)  I almost forgot to write up my Nacho post!  So yep, today's Friday Flashback is being preempted by the April Nacho blog hop, which is all about birthdays!  And who doesn't love birthday cards?

Just to give myself a bit of an extra challenge. I made three birthday cards but used the same color combination for all of them:  Melon Mambo, Cucumber Crush, Daffodil Delight, and Bermuda Bay.  Love me some bold, bright colors.

First up is this kinda CAS star card.  The Cucumber Crush star is die cut and popped up on Dimensionals, and it's also sparkly:

OooooOOOOooohhh.  Iridescent Ice FTW.  Woohoo!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Be the Star, Party Wishes
Ink:  Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo, Cucumber Crush, Bermuda Bay, Versamark
Paper:  Thick Whisper White
Accessories:  Stars Framelits, Dimensionals, Brights Candy Dot, Iridescent Ice EP

Next up, we can't have a birthday party without CAKE!  Wanna know how I got the texture effect on the cake?  I inked up the stamp with Melon Mambo, and then used a blender pen to swipe off some of the ink, then stamped the image.  However I got left with a TON of Melon Mambo ink on my blender pen, so I might try it with a Q-Tip instead next time.

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Party Wishes, Something to Say
Ink:  Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight, Cucumber Crush, Bermuda Bay
Paper:  Daffodil Delight, Bermuda Bay, Thick Whisper White, Brights DSP (Daffodil Delight and Melon Mambo)
Accessories:  Lots of Labels Framelits, Oval & Scalloped Oval punches, Brights Candy Dots, Dimensionals

And finally, here's a card that's a little fancier...well, the stamped images are fancier, the layout is super simple to keep focus on the hummingbird.  That's right, I *finally* used the hummingbird stamps in Picture Perfect!!!  This card is 5.5" square.  The birthday greeting is from the freshly retired Sale-a-Bration set Sky is the Limit, but it was the perfect size and the perfect font for my card so I had to use it.

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:   Picture Perfect, Sky is the Limit
Ink:  Cucumber Crush, Bermuda Bay, Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight
Paper:  Cucumber Crush, Thick Whisper White, Cherry on Top DSP Stack
Accessories:  Circles Framelits, Dimensionals

Nacho Blog Hop: St. Patrick's Day & Easter Projects

Happy Nacho Day, folks!  That's right, it's time for another Nacho Average Blog Hop.  If you came here from Anne's blog, welcome!  And fear not, there are links for the entire hop at the bottom of the post.

This month's theme is all about two spring holidays:  St. Patrick's Day and Easter.  I had to put my thinking cap on for this one because a.) SU! doesn't do many St. Paddy's Day stamps and b.) I didn't get any of the specifically-for-Easter stamps this year.  But let's see what I came up with, shall we?

No clover stamps?  No problem!  Use hearts to make your own--the hearts and background swish are from Work of Art...I jumped on the bandwagon when everyone else bought it but I've never done much with it.  So imagine my surprise when it came to the rescue for a St. Paddy's Day card!  The sentiment is from Greatest Greetings and just seemed like the perfect thing for my heart-y clover.  The stem is from Apple of My Eye, which continues its streak in my house of not making anything apple-related.  I could have done a few more swishes and made a rainbow but I just thought of that and I kinda like the simplicity of the green-and-yellow combination.  More on that in a minute.

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Work of Art, Apple of My Eye, Greatest Greetings
Ink:  Garden Green, Crushed Curry
Paper:  Thick Whisper White
Accessories:  Rhinestone

I mentioned in last week's Friday Flashback post that I got Tag Time specifically for this wee little clover and I could NOT resist busting it out again when I got the idea for this bear card.  And it's a Baylor bear card thanks to a whole lot of Garden Green and some Crushed Curry OH HI MISSY!  Ha, I always think of her when I make anything bear-related.  And since Baylor's colors are green and gold, that Go Green sentiment is doing double duty.

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Thankful Forest Friends & Tag Time (both retired), Greatest Greetings
Ink:  Basic Black, Garden Green
Paper:  Garden Green, Crushed Curry, Thick Whisper White, Garden Green & Basic Black DSP
Accessories:  Dimensionals, Regals Candy Dots

And finally, here's something for Easter...I remembered that Barnyard Babies has a sweet little lamb in it and of course Teeny Tiny Wishes has sentiments for just about everything.  Confession time:  I totally stole this layout from Rita Wright, who uses it as a fall-back layout from time to time and I like it :D  Anyway, I wanted my little lamby-toes to stay white so I got to pick any pastels I wanted for Easter colors.

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Barnyard Babies, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink:  Basic Black, Blushing Bride, Pear Pizzazz
Paper:  So Saffron, Pear Pizzazz, Thick Whisper White, Wisteria Wonder & Blushing Bride DSP
Accessories:  Chalk Talk Framelits, Hexagon & Petite Petals punch, Subtles Candy Dot


Happy St. Patrick's Day and also happy Easter from the Nachos!

Nacho Blog Hop: A Nice Cuppa

Morning!  How was your Valentine's Day?  That's also my hubs' birthday but all he wanted to do was stay home and play video games, so we did.  And I got some scrapping and card making done and I watched Stardust which is like the perfect Valentine's Day movie, I love it so.  But anyway, you're here for the Nacho Average Challenges blog hop! This month we're sharing projects using fun new schtuff from the Occasions catalog, and my stamp set is A Nice Cuppa.  Because tea.  Of course!

I stamped the main image in Island Indigo ink just because I hadn't worked with it in a long time and then I couldn't figure out what to use with it.  I mean NOTHING.  I think my cold was interfering with my brain's crafty skillz, but finally I ended up with some paper from the Love Blooms stack and the cool stain stamp from Timeless Textures.  I wish I'd used some colored ribbon or twine but I have almost nothing current in that department.

I find this card a little bit...lacking.  I'm blaming last week's cold and moving on.

This one I think is a little bit cuter.  All the stamps are from A Nice Cuppa.

For the next card, a little background before you peek:  I wondered how it would look if I stamped the teacup stack from the first card on patterned paper and then clear embossed it, so I gave it a try.

This actually turned out cooler than I thought it would.  I used some Perfectly Artistic DSP (today is the last day to get that!) and the embossing powder didn't stick on everything in the center of the image, so it gave it a bit of a grungy look.  I decided to go with the grunge and stamped the card base with a variety of stamps from Timeless Textures and this is my favorite card from the whole set.  The ribbon is retired, but I think it's the only Marina Mist ribbon I have...I have almost nothing current, but an entire laundry basket full of retired ribbon :p

So there's my set of cards with A Nice Cuppa, I hope you love this stamp set as much as I do.  You'll be seeing it around here several more times at least :)  And now it's time for you to continue the hop!  Your next destination is Heather's blog for some fun projects with Balloon Celebration.  Here are all the links in the hop if you need them:

Supplies, first card:
Stamps:  A Nice Cuppa, Timeless Textures, Butterfly Basics
Ink:  Island Indigo, Soft Suede
Paper:  Thick Whisper White, Love Blossoms Stack
Accessories:  White baker's twine, Dimensionals

Supplies, second card:
Stamps:  A Nice Cuppa
Ink:  Rose Red
Paper:  Pink Pirouette, Rose Red, Smoky Slate, Pool Party DSP
Accessories:  Cups & Kettle Framelits, Circles Framelits, Sweetheart Punch, Dimensionals

Supplies, third card:
Stamps:  A Nice Cuppa
Ink:  Whisper White, Pear Pizzazz, Night of Navy
Paper:  Thick Whisper White, Pear Pizzazz, Night of Navy DSP, Blushing Bride Glimmer Paper
Accessories:  Cups & Kettle Framelits, Hexagon punch, Dimensionals

Supplies, fourth card:
Stamps:  A Nice Cuppa, Timeless Textures
Ink:  Mint Macaron, Marina Mist, Early Espresso, Versamark
Paper:  Mint Macaron, Early Espresso, Perfectly Artistic DSP
Accessories:  Clear EP, Lots of Labels Framelits, Subtles Candy Dots, Marina Mist taffeta (retired), Dimensionals

Nacho Average Blog Hop: Sale-a-Bration

Heyyy Nacho fans!  Welcome to the first ever Nacho Average Blog Hop, which is preempting this week's Friday Flashback.  Today the Nachos are sharing projects made with Sale-a-Bration items, and my stamp set is What I Love.  Let's check it out shall we?

I'm starting off with a one-layer CAS card.  The flowers are stamped in Pool Party and Island Indigo, and the leaves are Pear Pizzazz (I mentioned earlier this week that I was having a Pear Pizzazz-y week).  I was going to do the sentiment in Island Indigo but that just seemed like too much blue, so I used Calypso Coral instead.  I like the little pop of warm coral.

Next up is something a little more involved, but again with the Pear Pizzazz :)  How do you like Pear Pizzazz paired with Rose Red and Blackberry Bliss?  I so just tried to write "peared with".  The greeting is from another SAB set called Perfect Pairings.

And my last card for today is also purple but I used Mint Macaron instead of Pear Pizzazz.  Oops.  How do you like that Perfectly Artistic DSP?  Also a Sale-a-Bration freebie :)  Actually the greeting stamp set was a freebie too, I got in some stuff on Wednesday and that stamp set was put in my box by accident (I hadn't ordered it).  So I called SU! and they told me to keep it, which is awesome because I was thinking about ordering it anyway.  SU! is psychic!

You might recognize this as an old Nacho sketch challenge, it was one of my favorites.  I also used this week's Cupcake Inspirations color challenge for the last card:

SU! retired so many of the purples a few years ago that I had to bring Orchid Opulence out of retirement to make my card, none of the current purples look anything like the lilac in the challenge graphic.



Supplies, first card:
Stamps:  What I Love
Ink:  Pool Party, Island Indigo, Pear Pizzazz, Calypso Coral
Paper:  Thick Whisper White
Accessories:  None

Supplies, second card:
Stamps:  What I Love, Perfect Pairings
Ink:  Blackberry Bliss, Pear Pizzazz, Rose Red
Paper:  Blackberry Bliss, Pear Pizzazz,  Thick Whisper White, Rose Red DSP
Accessories:  Deco Labels Framelits, Dimensionals

Supplies, third card:
Stamps:  What I Love, Greatest Greetings
Ink:  Orchid Opulence, Basic Gray
Paper:  Orchid Opulence, Thick Whisper White, Perfectly Artistic DSP
Accessories:  Corner rounder punch, Dimensionals

The Last Nacho

Well children, are you ready for the last Nacho Average Color Challenge?  Because it's here.

After this week's challenge, the Nachos will be going to a monthly blog hop instead of a weekly challenge.  I'm going to miss the Nacho challenges though, so I just wanted to say...

Thanks.  It's been fun being on the Nacho design team.  But we'll still be back for blog hops!

Anyway, about this card.  I wanted to do something simple but still oomphy, so glimmer paper to the rescue.  I cut out the "thanks" Thinlit three times, once in silver glimmer paper and twice in Night of Navy cardstock, and then I stacked the three together to give it some dimension.  Couple of snowflakes and a rhinestone, and my card was done.

Hope you'll try your hand at this color challenge and post it over on the Nacho blog.  Cheers, peeps!

Uh, I just got done watching two episodes of Doctor Who, so is it weird if I tell you I wrote this whole post with a British accent?

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Flurry of Wishes
Ink:  Night of Navy
Paper:  Night of Navy, Soft Sky, Silver Glimmer
Accessories:  Hello You Thinlits, rhinestone