Winter time is rough on a lot of people and I know personally what it does to folks with depression or seasonal affective disorder! As I commented before, be thankful if you are one of those folks who can enjoy the holidays and come through it feeling joyful! I, personally, have a rough time with holidays due to a lot of reasons that I won't get into at this time! I do have hope of some day enjoying them again! So, enough of that talk! What do I do to cheer myself up during these bleak days? One thing that is particularly helpful is exercise! I am planning to get myself back in my routine of exercise after having some mild illness and the tragically unexpected loss of my 15year old cat that I loved dearly! None of this is easy but I take one step at a time knowing that better days are ahead and I have a lot of living to do! I, also, hope, that by talking about those things I can help someone else who is having trouble getting through each day!
So what else do I do to make myself happy? I STAMP! We have a new occasions catalog with lots of beautiful stamps and matching products! I love to be able to create projects with all the beautiful matching products! I stamped this card with the Beautiful Day set and I tried to copy the card on the catalog cover. I used the free designer paper from the Sale-a-Bration catalog and stamped Rose Red ink on Rose Red cardstock. i tucked half of a little doily in the corner and tied a bow with bakers twine. The butterfly is stamped with Pool Party and colored with our new Blends. I colored one of our whire perfect accents with the Blends for a little extra pizzazz! So, yes this card makes me happy even though my hands aren't too steady and it certainly isn't perfect!
Lastly, my apologies to my OCD friends who can't stand layers that aren't squared up! This is the way it is on the catalog.
I love butterflies and hope you do, too! Have a great day and stamp something that makes you happy!
Linda
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