Stampin! with Jaydee

Hi Everyone. Happy Sunday.

I hope you are all having a great weekend so far.

The fabulous LeAnne has a great color challenge for you all this week.  I must admit, I really enjoyed playing with these colors.

You really need to pop along to the Paper Players this week and check out the fabulous assortment of cards from the design team.  We all took this challenge in a totally different direction and I know that you talented crew of blog readers will also do amazing things with it.  So, we do hope you will pop along and join us.

I decided that there was a distinct masculine feel about the color scheme and felt a baby card was in order.  Of course, I had to pull out my Woodware set.  For those of you who are SU only, Baby Bundle would work just as well!

Here's my card

Aren't those colors great together?  I think they are fabulous.  Of course, Pool Party is very quickly becoming my favorite color and this challenge made me step outside of my box and use.... shudder.... Certainly Celery!  I don't know why I don't use this green?  Maybe it's because it is such a yellow green?  It's very pretty, but just not my go to green.

You can see that I had great fun coloring this image and managed to incorporate all three colors into the focal image.   I stamped "congratulations" all along the top of the scalloped area in Versamark, but the camera does wash that out and make it hard to see.

As I didn't want to overpower the focal image, I opted for a Pool Party polka dot brad instead of ribbon at the top of the tag.   I also felt that this carriage needed some souped up wheels :-)

Versamark came in handy again when I stamped the tiny accoutrement that always accompanies babies all over the tag!

So, don't forget to pop along to the Paper Players and join us this week.

On a personal note:

Boxes are getting packed, but not fast enough!  I did spend time making cards on Saturday but didn't quite keep up with the 3 boxes for every card made.  So I had to catch up on Saturday night and will be doing lots more packing and sorting today.

On a personal note:

I thought I would share a couple more photographs of the house for you... Pammie.. these are for you!

The color in the dining room isn't quite right, but we think that once they have gotten two more coats on using a brush this coming week, that we should be pretty close.  The custom made hutch is in place but still has to be painted.  We went and choose a top for it and decided on Carrara marble.  Hey, if it was good enough for Leonardo, it has to be good enough for our hutch, right :-)  Actually it is gorgeous as it has a lovely blue-gray veining and we think it will be perfect.

The great room built-ins are also in place.  We can't believe that they put all of the cupboards in and the doors up in one day!

I thought I would throw in a picture of Lou's shower, too.  It's not finished yet, it still needs the showerheads, glass doors, etc.  but I think he's going to be quite happy in there and we do still love the tiles!  The place is really dusty, so you don't get the true effect.  The doors are in and are waiting to be stained... my bath hasn't made an appearance as yet and I can't wait to see it.

Of course, I couldn't post pictures of the house without a view of the outside.  Y'all know that I am obsessed with the outside!

How about a shot of the resident Robin?

Well, I think that's enough photos of the house for a while!   Rach and Adelle, I found a new vegetarian website for you both.  I can't wait to try some of these recipes......  HERBIVORACIOUS.com.

As always, thank you for visiting my little area of the stamping blogosphere.  Your visits and your comments do mean a great deal to me.

Warm hugs and prayers for those of you who need a little lift tonight.

Hugs

Jaydee