Remedy for the Blahs

I spoke yesterday about being in such a funk over the last few weeks and I think I found a few remedies for it.  I've always known what the remedy has been but sometimes you need a friend to jerk it out of you.  Thank God for my friends and all of you that read and give me a lift. 

So yesterday my girlfriend called me and said, "What's up Funky?"  I belted out a loud laugh and thought to myself that was exactly what I needed to hear.  It just made me belly laugh. If you are in a blah mood, friends are what can shake it out of you. After speaking with a few of my girlfriends yesterday I went to bed still chuckling over the conversations.  The other remedy was making the short walk downstairs into my stamp room.  I received my Holiday Mini pre-order of stamps yesterday.  I dug into the box and pulled everything Halloween out and started creating.  I LOVE, LOVE creating Halloween stuff.  By the end of the night I had created 6 cards and felt pretty good about finding my creative side once again.  I will start sharing these creations this week. 

Here is another card I made this past week.  I love the set For the Birds, #126407.  This is such a cute stamp set with all kinds of birdie images. If you are a birdie lover this stamp set is for you!

I used Watercolor paper to stamp and color the birdies. Stampin' Up! has GREAT quality watercolor paper. You can find all the products used below. 

Products Used:

Stamps: For the Birds #126407

Cardstock: Summer Starfruit, Marina Mist,  Watercolor Paper

Ink: Stazon Black, Summer Starfruit, Marina Mist, Rose Red, Gumball Green

Accessories: Aqua Painter, Victoria Lace, Dahlia's, Subtles Buttons, Summer Starfruit ribbon, Linen Thread, Dotted Scallop Border punch, Birds of a Feather DSP

Now time for a little digital inspiration!

I'm pretty excited that I already have a layout completed of our trip to Iowa.  In fact, I have a few.  WHOA! Shut the front door!  That's unheard of for me.  Even better news I completed my Alaska album and a Florida vacation album and uploaded them to print.  I was giddy about it. When I had my little "26,000 lost photo" issue last week I promised myself to get busy and create these albums.  So I have and what a GREAT feeling. 

Below you see the downloads I used for this page. 

Bon Voyage Designer Kit- 130873

Font Architects Daughter

Celebrate Any Day Designer Kit- 127757

Wish You Were Here stamp brush-129926

Natural Composition Overlays-130855

Epic Overlays-Splat-129007

Below is one of the albums I finished yesterday.  This is the Alaska trip the kids and I took while my Prince was in Iraq. I used the World Traveler Photobook Template. Awesome way to make a quick album. 

You can find all these fun things in my Online Store.

I hope you are enjoying your Friday.  I will choose to stay indoors as it's hot, hot, hot outside.  I'm quite happy just stamping away and watching Alexis sew clothes for her American Girl doll. 

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