Scrap Stash Saturday

It's that time again, your favorite day of the week here at Heartfelt Greetings! Today is the day I show you a card I made using 4 NON-MATCHING pieces of designer paper from my scrap drawer. Remember, my eyes are closed when I pull the papers!

Today is all about the color GREEN. Not one of my favorite colors, I might add (ok, I DO love lime green though). Three of the four papers I pulled are GREEN! One is pastel/baby pink. Yuck. I just didn't feel the mojo running through my veins when I looked at all the papers together. Quite frankly, I was not inspired in the least! Oh well. Tough cookies, right? I promised a card, and a card is what you'll get! Regardless if it's not one of my better masterpieces....

I have to be honest and tell you that my mojo has seriously been in the dumps this week. I can't figure out why. And it's mainly my layout mojo. I can't put together a "visually pleasing" card for the life of me lately. I feel complete and utter layout "block" when I sit down to make something. Everything I do manage to make seems naked and undone. What in the world is goin' on? I'm slightly panicking, as I've got some deadlines that need to get completed soon! Even using other people's sketches isn't helping me. Ugh. I'm in desperate need of help!
I think the layout for this card was actually inspired by this week's SCS sketch challenge. However, at the last minute I changed it up a bit. Instead, I cut two panels 2 1/4 x 2 1/4, placed one right above the other and stamped one main image on the two panels. Does that make sense? Then I mounted them separately on the front of the card. On the top panel, I stamped the sentiment.

Want to know where all four papers ended up on the card? The big green and white floral paper is on the front of the card, the pink baby paper is on the inside panel and was used to mat the main images, the multi colored harvest paper is actually the scalloped border on the front panel, and the small floral green and cream paper was used to mat the main images as well (the main images then, are matted with two papers). The card stays closed with the two brown gingham ribbons tied around the card. It isn't very functional at this point, but it was all I could come up with yesterday....remember, my layout mojo is seriously lacking? I'll have to re-think this ribbon closure more carefully later on today!

Well, the sun is finally out today! Yippee! It's been days since it's shined down on us. I plan on getting some work done around the house today, and then tonight we've got Youngest Son's final football game under the big lights of the high school football field! Baked Potato soup is on the menu for dinner, mmm-mmmm good!

Something really exciting happened yesterday afternoon that I can't wait to share with you. It has to do with me, not my hubby, so don't get too excited. No new job yet! A few things in the works that might be promising, but nothing concrete yet. I hope you all have a wonderful Saturday and get lots of stamping done!

Hugs,
Amy