Human nature is funny....

It really is. I can't help it... And now I'm admitting this... {*gasp!*} in public....

Sometimes, I want things I haven't got.

Here's a cute, wintery scene, with adorable stamps, a whole collection, actually! But the main images, the penguins... left me wanting.... I WANTED MORE! MORE! M-O-R-E!

See, the little 'uns! They are THE same! But that wasn't enough for me... So many of these adorable images from My Cute Stamps have closed eyes, and that's what makes them so stinkin' cute! But I wanted MORE! Yes, friends, that's greed talkin': I wasn't satisfied with two images. So I did a little surgery to the body, and added eyes! Open eyes! {I just ripped a little circle out of some sticky Post-It material and used it to mask the wee little face of the baby penguin, inked it and then removed the Post-It, stamped, then drew in the eyes, OPEN, re-added the beak and VIOLA!} Then, using the same drop of Rich Razzleberry re-inker that I colored the mama penguin with, washed with extra water, I dressed this lil' penguin as a baby girl! Same color + water = HALF TONE! That's my naughty little secret about how you can make colors go a step further and still remain, well within the boundaries of a color group... like THIS one from Scrapmaster's Paradise!

Mmmmmmmmm. Pretty COLORS!

This was a truly exhilarating card to make! I just had these colors in my head ALL week, had nothin'... and then suddenly: I remembered this cool cloud stamp I picked up recently! Stamped it Tempting Turquoise, but it was a little more powerful than what I was thinking of for a winter scene, so I covered it with some card stock vellum... Then I got the idea for a reflecting pond! Yipee SKIPPEE (*wink*wink) Some snow flakes, ROCK CANDY Stickles for snow.... And then, it all came together.... Sans sentiment. Doh! I always get tripped up by the sentiment! Once again, I foraged! {It's TRULY all in the hunt!} So many thoughts, no applicable sentiment.... Then, suddenly:

I would have NEVER matched these images unless I had traveled the road {albeit, a frustrating road at times.... } I did tonight, to find a sentiment in my... well... VAST collection-o-stamps.. Anywhoo, I was moved by the Mama and baby penguins and once there was a boy AND a girl, I just thought of, well, myself! And me wee kids... They DO make my life a beautiful thing! So this lil' card ~ is for them!

Thanks, AGAIN, for letting me share tales from the creative journey with ya'll! There's still time to jump into Samantha's fun color challenge at Scrapmaster's Paradise! I hope you'll give it a try!

Supplies:

C/S - Stampin' Up!
Vellum - Stampin' Up!
Stamps - Stampin' Up; Hero Arts; My Cute Stamps
Ink - Stampin' Up!; Brilliance
Ribbon - Stampin' Up!
Scallop Border Punch - EK
Snowflake Sequin - My stash!
Rock Candy Stickles - Tim Holtz