Do you ever have one of those days where it seems all your creative juices have just dried up? That was me today! I sat down at my table and….sat. And looked at my stamps. Admired my new Combo ink holder. Checked my e-mail to see if my new Ribbon Holder had been delivered – not yet, but by the end of the day, so….checked out all the ribbon I planned to put in it when it arrived. Made sure I had a place to put it. Looked at the three or four challenge blog e-mails I had. Nothing came to my head.
I tried faking it. You know, fake it till you make it? I made a couple of dry embossed panels with sponging and stamping in the TIEFs. One may make an appearance at some point – but one…oh my. It went from Big Shot to trash can – didn’t even need to think about it. No fixing it – no salvaging it for something sometime. Just…toss!
Finally, I got a teensy inkling of what I could put together. I’d gotten the Mojo Monday challenge – a Tall and Skinny Challenge – and a Stamp, Ink, Paper challenge – a color challenge. I looked over at my scrap box and saw a piece of Early Espresso that was left over from when I was playing with my Simply Scored Board for Monday’s card. The Stamp, Ink, Paper colors were….EARLY ESPRESSO, Blushing Bride and Gold. I took it as a sign from above. And I was off! Well, more …like I was…..off?
Somehow the Sweetbriar Rose came into my head when I thought of the Blushing Bride and Gold together. Take a look-see:
Inky Bee Stampers
KarensCardCorner
Stamp with Amy K
Stamp With Nel
Stampin With Shirley G
Tarabeth Stamps
TL's Bright Spot
