I have been getting my crazy creative on lately....just can't help myself. I had started looking at some really cute bee stuff from CTMH and my brain went tilt with joy! The only problem was that at the time there was just no money in the budget to order anything. So I had to figure out how to make due and still be happy. Because we all know that making due in the paper crafting area does not always lead to happiness.
I figured I could at least get the color scheme going with most of what I had and then I supplemented with some yellow and black paper from joann's.
The patterned paper is from stamping up, also the coordinating flower stamp and punch are also from Stampin Up. The cute little bee and the sentiment are from CTMH and the rest of the paper is joann special.
The background paper on this card is from a DCWV stack called Lemon Flower. OMGGGG i fell in love and decided I didn't need a lot of gas in my car to get around and bought this instead. Yes, a little insane LOL. The butterlies are Stampin Up as are the little flowers and strip of ribbon.
I also tried a new size format and I love it! I almost always stay within the 4.25x5.5 card size and it is out of my comfort zone to wrap my brain around other sizes. I am only a little ocd :). But I think I will be doing more of these, I like them. Then of course I went back to my original size just because I love it.
I did get to play with the brown and yellow bee stuff that first ispired this wave of creativity, but you know when you get so excited about something that you don't stop to enjoy one idea before you are on to the next one? Oh, they call that A.d.d.? HA!
Anyway, I am having some fun and loving getting creative again!! enjoy your day :)
This is a Tim Holtz stamp set that I absolutely love. I love it partially because it is vingtage but also because many of Tim Holtzs' stamp sets have a little bit of a message. This particular set has a message that I have been needing pretty badly lately.
Enjoy the journey. I often forget that the reason I started this blog was to share what I love to do most, that is after loving God and my family. I love making cards, I love experimenting with textures, I love colors and papers....oh on and on! For crying out I get so excited when I get a new catalog from Stampin Up or Close To My Heart!
But I have a bad habit of looking back pretty critically on cards or projects I have made in the past that did not turn out quite the way I had planned it. I see one of my "failures" and I think to myself "did I really think that is such a great card?" "Really?!" Most of the time I am my worst critic almost embarrassed by the ones that didn't turn out so great.
If I am totally honest, on my more self critical days, I let my perceived failings discourage me to the point of not even looking at my card space. What a shame. Because there is more to me than one stupid, little, failed card attempt. There is more to me than 100 failed card attempts, and maybe card # 101 will be the one that makes my stomach flip over because I am in love with a card I just made. Wow, how fun is that???
I want to enjoy my journey in card making much more than I have been. I want to look back and be able to smile, or even laugh, not with criticism, but with joy because I had fun making the bad card and in the process learned to relax, have fun with it and make the lemon cards into lemonade cards.
So here's to lemonade cards......hmm, that could be a great idea for a card :)
