I have been working on my stash management.  Seems I have piles of stamped images that I have made over the years with the intent on coloring them or using them for a greeting card or scrapbook page someday.  Among this stash I found 3 of these images that states “Mama said there’d be days like this…”  Little did I know that it would also sort of become the motto for my work on these cards.   Last week I had done the coloring on the cards with pastel chalk.  It gave them such a nice subtle antiqued look and I was really pleased with how they turned out.  On Sunday night I matted them on the black cardstock and attached them to the smoky blue cardstock.  They were ready to be bagged and listed on Etsy the next night.

However….my cats had a different story.  It seems one of them decided to walk across them and cause dark smudges on the blue cardstock.  I won’t accuse Elmer but I am pretty sure it was him.  He has been terrorizing the house recently.  In case you think I am exaggerating I will give you an example.  His newest trick is to knock over my wooden dish drainer.  Glasses go smashing into the sink.  Why can’t he break the dirty dishes and not the clean ones?  

So instead of finishing the cards and getting them listed on Etsy last night I sat looking at my poor card and wondering how 2 of them had the dark smudge but the other did not.  As with any problems all my fretting didn’t fix anything.   My lady looked like me as I held my head in my hands and sadly wondered what I would do….   It had been one of those days – LOL

But as I often tell those at my stamping workshops, I had to remind myself that this is another opportunity for embellishment!   Off I went to search my rubber stamp stash for some help.  I pulled out my antique cracking stamp, made a template to cover my lady and used Going Grey ink pad .  You can’t even tell that the smudges are there anymore.  Whew – what a relief!   Mama did say there would be days like these and I sure had one on Monday.   Still it all worked out for the best.  The card would not be as dramatic without the additional touches.

The rubber stamp image, Going Grey ink and cardstock are from Stampin’ Up!  Although this set has been discontinued you can check out all the current Stampin’ Up! products on my website there.  The full catalogs are available for you to view.  

I love Stampin’ Up! and this month I celebrate 7 years of being a Senior Demonstrator – yippee!!!

As usual, thanks for reading….