Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Halloween Right Around the Corner

Who loves Halloween? You either love it or can leave it.  I enjoyed it as a kid. My mom was a great seamstress and made us really nice costumes. The clown costume and ballerina tutus were the best.  When my kids were little and I took them out trick or treating I enjoyed Halloween as well.  However now that the kids are teenagers and I live on a cul-de-sac that doesn't get many trick or treaters Halloween has become just boring. My daughter wants to decorate our house for Halloween but why bother when hardly anyone will come that night to see it.  This year we're going to try to get the kids to come over by playing some really loud spooky music and perhaps have a spot light so that kids will realize that its worth coming to our cul-de-sac.

I sat at my desk yesterday, determined to make something.  Sometimes I just need to sit down and start cutting paper to get myself motivated. Fun Stampers Journey just released their first ever patterned paper sets.  Who doesn't love patterned paper? Collecting it is an addiction. Some of my friends seriously need help (you know who you are. LOL).  So, I grabbed the pack of Halloween themed paper and the paper with the cats all over it, their gorgeous yellow eyes staring out at me, called my name. My first attempt at making a card with this paper flopped. I was trying too hard.  Do you ever do that? You just want the card to be out of this world, hit one out of the ball park good, better than anyone else's you've ever seen amazing?  Ya, that's me sometimes.  What usually happens when I get in that mind set is that I end up messing the card or project up.  After tearing apart the first card here is one I came up with for the second and final card.  I hope it inspires you to make something. It's not about how you compare to others, it's about doing your best while loving what you do.



This other card I made a few days ago (again, it was a second attempt). I used the Day of the Dead stamp set from Fun Stampers Journey, the Journey Glaze and the Journey Sparkle Dust. 



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