Sweet as Honey

I made this card for CAS-ual Friday #112....

I used all Close to my Heart stamps. Recently, I have realized that I have a gazillion stamps that are un-inked. I'm going to make an effort to use each and every one of them is some way. Debating devoting days of the week to certain stamp companies that I have oh so many stamps of and making a point to use a different set each time.....just a thought!  

On another note.....I think I am out of practice or something....maybe it is that fact that I work full time now (and being a chemist is NOT an easy job....oh the STRESS!) and I don't have the time to devote to the latest and greatest trends and techniques, but my cards are sucking! I need to find my mojo again. Anyways...time for some rest....I haven't been getting near enough sleep these days. Thanks for visiting my blog today!

Finding Inspiration in a Layout Challenge

The other night I was browsing for some inspiration, since I had worked all day and just REALLY wanted to sit down and craft ;) so I went to Moxie Fab!! I found this challenge, to find inspiration in a Layout to makea card! I remember reading this in the lastest issue of Papercrafts....so it was fun to get to play along !!! Here is the Layout I was challenged to find inspiration in:



And here is what I came up with:



I used the pattern of the horizontal stripes of paper in the Layout, and chose a CTHM paper that had a similar pattern. I also placed the clouds in similar places to where the semi-circles are on the layout, and then added ribbon in the same way. I know the card doesn't look much like the layout, but it is my take on it!!! All supplies used are CTMH!
Thanks for visiting my blog today!
tracey