Creation Station – Ombre Blending – Stampin’ Up! Alphabet A La Mode

 Yes… you're seeing things right. If you've been a follower of mine for any length of time (maybe the last 15 years or so…) you might have noticed I took a rather LONG hiatus from stamping and blogging. Life happened; I needed a break. Our family is fine. It's actually really good. I just needed to walk away for a while. I recently had some time to myself again, and thought I would give it another shot. I had tried over the last few months, but it just didn't feel right. This time. It felt right. I didn't stamp a TON, but I did get 4 or 5 cards made, and I am hoping that it was the kick start I needed.

 I decided to start where I have always advised others to start when looking for inspiration. CHALLENGES! This month's Creation Station Challenge was a GREAT fit for me!

 For this card, I used the wonderfully versatile Alphabet A La Mode Dies. I kind of veered off a little bit. I meant to keep it to all blues and greens for my Ombre Effect, but I kind of went more with a spectrum blend. But hey, you can still see the different Ombres…wait… yeah… I meant to do that, let's go with that! LOL

 I LOVE how they POP on that Basic Black background, don't you? I think it turned out to be a very simple design, with very striking results!

 I am glad I didn't walk away completely. I am still (technically) a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, and I will ALWAYS be a creative. Someday I won't be my only customer, someday I would love to build my business back to sharing what I love – both again online and in person. I'm allowing myself grace to get there at my pace. Most of the things I will be creating might focus on the same handful of products, as I don't have a lot right now, but that's OKAY… that's the fun part of creativity – working with what ya got!

 Ok, sorry – enough babbling. Please go check out the full hop and leave some love in the comments for everyone who is sharing their he(art) with you today! 

 Seriously…thank you. I guess I have to start back somewhere. If you would like to place a Stampin' Up Order with me – you can do so HERE – I would TRULY TRULY appreciate it!!!

Love y'all – have a fantastic day!