Happy Fall

When I Grow Up

I stamped and colored these images awhile ago but needed to find the SU paper that I knew would work with them. Glad I waited until I sorted through my papers.












Cardstock, patterned paper and images are all Stampin' Up. The images were colored with Crayola colored pencils.

I HATE my new haircut!!!!

Let me preface this with the statement that neither the stylist or my sister-in-law are to blame for me hating my hair. In fact, it was my sister-in-law's hairstyle that prompted me to ask where she got her hair done.

I needed to find a more economical place to get my hair done. The place I was going to is perfectly great, except that it no longer fits into my budget. I had been touching up my roots myself, but only in the areas that showed. It had gotten to the point that I needed to have something professionally done because I could only wear my hair in a bun (due to the outgrowth of color in the back).

The REAL reason that I hate my hair is because I chose a style that was so very drastically different from what I have been used to that I am not comfortable with it. I am WAY OUT OF MY COMFORT ZONE!!! The stylist created what I asked of her but it is so short and thinned out with a gazillion layers that I just don't like it. To me it looks like a hair helmet. I miss the feel of thick hair.

I know that it is only hair and that is one of the reasons why I haven't cried over my mistake or have the desire to make more dramatic changes to try and "fix it". It will grow out, I will find a better style that I will like and will look better. But in the interim I will just have to do the best with the little bit of hair I have left. On the bright side, at least I have a full head of hair and that is always a good thing.

Seeing Red

Thankful

My Mom is now at home recovering from a recent hospital stay. Thankfulness was on my mind when I did these two cards.

Switcheroo

I changed out the happy birthday stamp to something a bit more feminine and played around with the patterned paper layers. Same card with some subtle changes.

Birthday in Blue

As many crafters know you can't always find what you want when you want it. Or is that MY problem. I colored some images last weekend and have in my mind the perfect patterned paper to use with them. However, because some of my supplies are in my bedroom and some are in the craft cellar I haven't yet put my hands on them. I did find these wonderful SU patterned papers and made this card last night while watching Survivor. The paper is SU Bella Bleu, SU Very Vanilla, and a piece of navy cardstock from Archiver's. The stamp is from Archiver's and the ink is SU Night of Navy.

Have a great weekend!!!!