Hum???

   Today is another day that just doesn't seem quite right.   I feel pretty good and I want to be creative, but I still feel kind of lost.   I played at bit more with the Photoshop Elements trial and can tell that will take time.  I think I'll continue to watch the tutorials and hope I can figure it out.

   In the meantime, I only found one new challenge today to try and it was the Color Combo Challenge at The Outlawz.   But, for some reason, even after making 4 different cards, I can't seem to come up with one that is really right.   The problem is that you need to include some doodles on your card and I ruined my first one trying.  I just don't really have 'doodling' skills, LOL!! 

   In the end, I did make one card to submit, but it will be without the doodling and it was the very first card I made today based on this color combo --

   I also did not have any blue as dard as the "planetarium blue' shown in the color block, but I did use the darkest I had and that was a Stampin' Up ink in Nearly Navy along with some Stampin' Up designer papers from my stash.

    This is the very first card I created and the little flower is from one of my newest Hero Arts Sets - Speckled Ornaments -  This is also the card that I ended up liking the best.  I had made a duplicate of it where I tried doodling, but it actually ruined the card and that's when I knew doodling was not a good plan for me.

   After that I moved on and made this next card, also Stamped with the same Almost Navy Ink from SU, and also with a new Hero Arts Stamp I won on eBay called Exotic Bloom.    If you are ever looking for stamps, I found this store HERE, on eBay and have won several stamps for $3.99 or even less, back when their starting prices were even lower.   The service is always great and they will also combine shipping if you win more than one stamp!!    A great store and one I would recommend to all!!

  And after that, things seemed to go downhill and after making this next card, I knew I need to walk away a bit and move on.   This card was also created with the same challenge in mind, but again, I did not attempt the doodling.   I did use another stamp from the Speckled Ornaments Set and stamped it three times across the card, but it did not stamp all the well, especially on the textured cardstock.  I then added White Pearls with a pearl pen and even topped them with glitter, but it's just boring!!   LMBO!   And the blue is simply not looking good directly on the yellow.....  Bleck!!    And even though you can't tell from this picture...I also created the card totally upside down!!   Even if I wanted to use it, I would need to take it apart and add it to a new card base.   It kind of made me laugh when I realized and that's when I knew it was time for a break.

  So I think that will likely be my last card today!!   I may do some coloring for a little bit, but I'm also starting to feel a bit tired! 

   How about YOU?   Do you ever have these days where your cards just do NOT come out as you hoped?   It's funny too, because sometimes I cards I really do NOT like, I'll find that other people do like, and I know we are always hardest on our own work, but that is also how we learn.

    I sure HOPE your creativity is better than mine today and I hope for me, tomorrow will be better!  Wednesday is a usually a good day for challenges and I'm looking forward to something fun!!!   If you have any suggestions  -- please share!!

   Until tomorrow.....