FLOWERS FLOWERS FLOWERS

Here I am, playing with Designer Series Paper again. I know, I do that quite often. 

I realize that I call my entire papercrafting/cardmaking process Creative Therapy. And that is definitely true. I just get lost in the process, and all my cares and negative thoughts go sailing away. Well, at least, while I'm creating. But it is always a nice respite from the cares of life, no matter how long -- or short -- it lasts.

If I am really down and don't have any creative ideas, however, what helps more than anything is the act of coloring in with Stampin' Blends any Designer Series Paper that is black and white.

This particular piece was busy busy busy. It took a loooong time to color it in. So, that provided a good break for me. 

I used Stampin' Blends in Light Old Olive, Dark Soft Seafoam, Dark Parakeet Party, Dark Pineapple Punch, Dark Mango Melody, SU 700, Light Pumpkin Pie and Light and Dark Flirty Flamingo. Yes, it is something of a fruit salad!

A closeup of the colored flora and the sentiment.

I love the sentiment (from Through It Together on page 69). It should really be my mantra. I wanted to do something extra besides having the sentiment way over to the right side. And I wanted the white strip to be the same length as the width of the colored portion.

After putting on my thnking cap, considering various options, I decided I wanted to use up the rest of the blank white space with two swipes of a gold cord. But, how to do that . . . I am sure lots of you have a method for doing just that, but I didn't.

I finally made a small hole in the strip right before the sentiment began. By threading a large needle with the length of gold cord, I was able to pull it through the hole, and secure it on the back with tape. 

However, the hole was unsightly.

I fixed that by tying a teeny bow from the gold cord and adhering it over the hole. 

To finish off the card, I adhered the colored piece to a 4" x 5 1/4" piece of Parakeet Party cardstock, since that is one of the colors I used, and added the whole thing to a Flirty Flamingo card base.

I don't think I am going to send this card to anyone. It is going to live in my work space to serve as a daily reminder.

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Instead of worrying about what you cannot control, 

shift your energy to what you can create.

- Roy T Bennett, The Light in the Heart -

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Worried

Smiles.