NOT the card I'm about to post, that is GOJUS as usual! (YILM!)
No, what is blah is the state of my house, especially the evil vinyl floor that is out to kill me. I spent some time yesterday trying to rip the darn thing off...just in the entryway, mind you, and it's glued down so dang tight around the edges I'm gonna have to take a heat gun to it to soften it enough to scrape it all off. The weather is blah too. Combine that with a lack of a good night's sleep last night and you have my current state of mind.
And I won't even get into any of the other personal stuff that made yesterday more Monday-ish than usual. After all, you don't come here to be traumatized by my bad mojo from the day before, do ya? You come for the DREAM, right?
So instead of boring you with my dull, blah, frustrating existence, I'm going to show you a card I made over the weekend with some of the new Flourishes stamps I got recently. The pensive, missing you feeling of the card is a great expression of how I'm feeling right now, anyway:
Ingredients: Stamps - Flourishes Open to Love; Paper - Mellow Moss, Cranberry Crisp, Whisper White, Barely Banana, Always Artichoke, Basic Grey Scarlett's Letter 6 x 6 paper pad; Ink - Bravo Burgundy, Always Artichoke, Adirondack Pitch Black; Other - Photo Corner punch, ticket corner punch, 3/4" circle punch, Prismacolor pencils, gamsol, Always Artichoke 1/4" grosgrain, dimensionals, Antique Brass eyelet and brads, sponge wedge.
Isn't it GOJUS?!?!? (YILM!!)
As far as what I'm missing, I guess I'm just yearning for some life that I might have had once upon a time when things were much less complicated than they are now. I've decided...I want to be 8 years old again and have someone take care of me for a change. Someone else can cook, clean, do laundry, pay bills, and fix the dang floor. All I'd have to do is go to school, do my homework, clean my tiny bedroom once a week, and goof off the rest of the time. Are you crying yet? No? Probably laughing your butt off (oh, if only it were that easy to get rid of one's BUTT!!!)
Maybe that's why I stamp...because it feels like being 8 years old again. Maybe I just need to stamp today...'cause none got done yesterday! And no chocolate was eaten eith...er.....
Oh. My. Lord.
That explains EVERYTHING!!! Obviously, I am suffering from CHOCOLATE DEFICIENCY!
Luckily, that is easily remedied...I only need to break into all those Hershey Nuggets that I ostensibly purchased to make nugget tins as gifts for teachers....now that is another stupid story...I bought the tins...bought the nuggets and what happened? What happened???
The teacher's got Panera gift cards placed in cards from the stash, THAT is what happened. The nugget tins went into the Tin Depot (what I call the closet where I keep them) and the nuggets are slowly being consumed by me. It's a scenario that has been repeated in homes across America, I am convinced. Sigh....we all want to BE Martha (at least the "crafty, always on top of things" Martha, *not* the "go to jail, go directly to jail, do not pass go, do not collect $200" Martha) and we just CAN'T, so we anesthetize ourselves with CHEAP CHOCOLATE!!!
Oh, the humanity!!! Still...it is chocolate, after all, and I don't have any of the REALLY good stuff here, so here's lookin' at you kid! {sound of little foil wrapper being removed from chocolate and quiet munching} Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh......
Yep, things are back to normal! Who needs Prozac when you got CHOCOLATE!!!
That's EXACTLY what happened to my nuggets and tins that I bought! Oh, and the kisses in 3 flavors that I was going to make cookies with! And the large hunks of chocolate that I was going to make almond bark with as well (but they're still waiting for me)! Let's not even talk about the stamp sets I purchase to make Christmas tags with, and rolls of paper to make my own wrapping papers, and bags for gift bags, and well, you get the point. I do need my chocolate to deal with all the stuff I never finish! I'm with ya, Jan!
Posted by: Karen | January 08, 2008 at 02:15 PM
Jan you are so darn funny!! I'm sorry you had a bad Monday, the rest of the week will be fantastic!! This card is gorgeous!! I love the way you colored the girl and use of dp. Enjoy your chocolate high, or have a shot of Jack!!
Dee
Posted by: Dee | January 08, 2008 at 02:34 PM
you make me HOWL. sorry to laugh at your expense!! i am not laughing AT you, i am laughing WITH you.... thanks for cheering me up. i bet that post cheered you up to oddly, it is funny how things work that way! HOPE YOUR DAY GETS BETTER. yep, stamping and chocolate are the cure....
Posted by: Serenity | January 08, 2008 at 02:54 PM
oh girl, I am WITH you! I would love to be 8 again! Little did we know after that it was going to get HARDER. good thing chocolate was invented, huh? go get you some good chocolate & some wine too!
Posted by: Donna | January 08, 2008 at 02:56 PM
This card is soooo gorgeous! I love everything about it: colors, coloring, dp, etc. etc.
Posted by: Cindy H. | January 08, 2008 at 03:00 PM
Your card is SO beautiful! I'm so glad you figured out that the problem was Chocolate deficiency! At least that's easily remedied!!! Just remember to keep a supply on hand.
Posted by: Peggy Maier | January 08, 2008 at 05:17 PM
wonderful card - and I have a tin depot too :-) Alas... the bag of nuggets is history!
Posted by: Nancy | January 08, 2008 at 05:56 PM
it is so wonderful to see things from your perspective...how fun! We are getting new flooring in our kitchen...after 18 years...I deserve it! Our flooring guy...who is a great guy! recommends we leave the old lino down, cause it is glued and ripping it up will damage the subfloor. handy man hubby will take up the baseboards then they will lay a thin sheet of ply right over top of the old floor...this advice is straight from a pro...so I am just sharing...might save you in time and $$$ (more $$$ for stamps!) I will keep you posted...we haven't picked out our new floor yet...
Posted by: Rebecca | January 08, 2008 at 07:10 PM
Good luck with that floor and remember... eat mor choklat! You crack me up, woman!
Posted by: Jackie | January 08, 2008 at 07:24 PM
LOL! Jan, you totally crack me up! The card is just STUNNING, and I hope your chocolate deficiency is soon remedied!
I feel your pain on the flooring.... we discovered the same sort of bonehead adhesive issue when we went to patch a section of carpet... WHO GLUES DOWN CARPET????
Posted by: Lisa (crazycatstamper) | January 08, 2008 at 07:52 PM
Jan, you are a "knee-slapper" of a gal! You crack me up and I'm ROFLOL at today's entry! I am so WITH you on the tins, nuggets, etc.! I need to focus more this year....You focus on the chocolate, and I'll focus on getting my butt in gear and getting something done! Sound like a plan??!!
Posted by: Lori M. | January 09, 2008 at 12:47 AM
Sweet card...Super Wonderful!!!
Posted by: Lisa Banks | January 09, 2008 at 02:05 AM
Jan your card is gorgeous!!! I must say that I think every adult thinks that, I just want to be little again and let someone else take care of this. I was going to make my DD preschool teachers post it note holders but that hasn't happened either. You made me smile this morning, thanks for that.
Posted by: Jamie | January 09, 2008 at 07:56 AM
Jan, I am reading your post after I just ate a Choc Reese Tree...that was supposed to go in the kids stockings! But they are in their 20s and all on diets and into eating right(what's up with that...didn't I teach them better?) soooo I have been eating the really big bag of Christmas candies that I bought for the stockings. SO guess what size my butt is! Love your cards but especially your humor. You keep us all sane realizing that there are other Martha wannabes that really just like to gather supplies and not really liking to use them:) Kay
Posted by: Kay Lewis | January 11, 2008 at 10:24 AM