This week's theme at Shopping Our Stash is "I don't really need another one or True Confessions from the Team."
The challenge is to make a card that includes your weakness ... the one thing you always buy, even though you know you have tons at home. For me it's Thank You Stamps ... I have an entire drawer full of them ... in every size and font ... but if I see a new one that's a little different, I almost always take it home with me (and seldom get rid of one) ... what can I say, I'm a sucker for versatile text ... and I believe in the importance of sending thank you cards.
This card also exposes many more of my creative weaknesses ... ink (the stencil is sponged with a duplicate set of old chalk inks I hang on to just for inky blending situations) ... stencils (I have two drawers full and am always on the lookout for more) ... cardstock (I want to make sure I have multiple pieces of every possible color ... and buy my white & cream by the ream ... what can I say, I was always the girl who wanted the biggest possible box of crayons ... with a sharpener) ... chipboard embellishment stickers (I'm a sucker for cute quirky images) ... and even black ink (I have three of my go-to India Ink pads and several refills ... because I just don't want to run out). Okay, I think that's more than enough confessions for one night.
My card was inspired by the Painterly Palette Challenge at the Moxie Fab World Blog.
And the layout is this week's Retro Sketches.
Big Thanks stamp is vintage A Muse ... and Honeycomb Stencil is Heidi Swapp.