I seem to have lost my mojo!

Seriously, I had such a great idea in my head for this card, but this wasn't it. Something went terribly wrong, lol. I knew I wanted to cut the owl out, I knew I wanted to put him on an embossed circle, but I don't know.....maybe it's the colors. This past week I've been making fun Halloween & fall cards, with lots of color. Maybe these colors are just too......drab....for me!

Anyway, the stamp itself is cute as the dickens!!! I love this owl from High Hopes! It's from the jungle release a few months ago, & since I don't have my NEW release stamps just yet I thought I would play a little more with some of these cuties. I colored him with Prismas & gamsol, then cut him out, which was very painful. I'm not a fan of cutting, but I'm even less of a fan when it includes reaching these teeny tiny places. I'm not great with a craft knife ~~ I prefer my Cutter Bees ~~ but I did just buy one of THESE with my coupon at Michael's. It's still harder for me to use than my scissors, but I do feel I have just a bit more control now. I used my scalloped circle Nesties, embossing the olive layer with the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder. Added some Basic Grey paper & some ribbon, & lots of punched flowers & leaves. The swirl is a Sizzlits die I bought a while ago & kept forgetting about. I needed something to fill that top right corner & I thought it fit perfectly. As you can see from the next picture, I also added that same swirl to the inside of the card.


So there you have it. It is what it is. Not my favorite card, not my worst, lol! Thank goodness I used a High Hopes image ~~~ no matter how the rest of the card turns out, the image itself is always adorable!!

Now I need to get outside ~~ this card took wayyyyyy too long & I have some digging to do!! I bought some new mum plants yesterday that I need to get into the ground, & I have lots of cleanup to do. The bees here are just ferocious so hopefully I can get it done quickly without pissing them off! LOL!!