Some me time...

 Hi all!

Isn't it hard to find time for ourselves?  With taking care of my elderly parents and their doctor and social commitments, my teenage daughters school and fall play schedule, my hubbys work and family business commitments and babysitting our adorable God daughter, it leaves little time for my own things.  My mom signed me up for a caregiver class these last 2 months, and I have to say it's been eye opening!  Taking time for ourselves is a must when you're taking care of so many others...I am now making MY schedule a priority, which means more time for me in the studio!!

  

So being in the studio today, I was shuffling through my weekly challenges, and found 2 color challenges that I had to do.  The Color Throwdown and the first 3 colors from the Sunday Stamps colors this week are my favorite autumn combination...oranges and teal blues are a DREAM together!

I had a pumpkin left over from my creations 2 weeks ago using the Ella Pumpkin stencil from The Ton and needed to use it asap!  I also noticed I have ZERO birthday cards in my stash...what is wrong with me??  How is that possible???  This is something I MUST rectify!

The flowers are the gorgeous Japanese Camellia die from Altenew, inked with a little Vanilla Cream.  The background is inked with Dew Drops and covered with the new Honeycomb Daisies die...to be released on November 6th!  Make sure you make a note if it...it is going to go FAST!!!

I finished it off with a sentiment with 'birthday' from the Versatile Greetings 2 foil and die and 'happy' from the Sentiment Strips 3 set.  I love the colors and can't wait to sent it to a friend whos' birthday is in a couple weeks!

That's all for now!  Hope you've had a colorful day!