I digressed…

Tonight was one of those nights where I realized how much I truly love stamping.  Sometimes I get so bogged down with the constant worrying of coming up with projects for all of my classes, clubs, stamp a stacks, etc that I forget why I do this.  I LOVE STAMPING and more importantly I LOVE STAMPIN’ UP!.  I love this company that can still give me butterflies in my stomach when playing with a new product.  I love this company that strives to provide us with the most recent images, accessories, embellishments, etc and teaches us ways to use them.  Okay, okay… what am I talking about? 

Well, a lot of my customers should be receiving their Holiday mini catalog sometime this week and if you buy nothing else from it (haha!  ya right!  this mini catalog is amazing!) you HAVE TO GET SOME SHIMMER PAINT.  Some of you may remember how GA-GA I was over Pearl Ex… well my GA-GA-ness is back!  LOL  I know this scan does a yucky job of showing the shimmer, but those of you stamping with me on the 24th are going to go GA-GA with me.  I know you’ll be using the product a week before you can order it, but you’ll be thanking me I’m sure!  It’s JUST BEAUTIFUL and so easy to work with.

And why I digressed… I was trying to participate in Taylor’s sketch challenge for the first time in months and I digressed from the sketch… I flipped it on its side, changed the location and orientation of the accent piece, and didn’t use two different backgrounds.  So… it doesn’t really follow the sketch anymore but this is yet another reminder of how much I love this craft that I do.  Just let the creativity flow, play with high quality products, and it just works!

I’ll attempt to get a picture of this card so you can see the leaves and butterflies shimmer as well.

Edited:  HA!  I just looked at the post and then at my card IRL… there’s just no comparison.  I wish you could all see this card IRL!  I’m not one to boast about my cards, and really I’m not here either, just in heaven with the shimmer paint and want you all to see how gorgeous it is!  I’ll work hard on taking a decent picture tomorrow!

Any better???  I know you still can’t see the shimmer on the leaves or butterfly but maybe you can see it better on the Bravo Burgundy background?