OLW8: Masked Butterflies

I’ve been feeling completely drained for the past two weeks. I never have any energy and my brain is so tired that I can’t think. It’s literally a struggle to stay awake. I don’t even think it has anything to do with the fact that my son hasn’t slept well in six nights. The sucky thing about living in a condo is that they only have either the heat or air conditioning on, not both. So when the weather turns cold after they’ve switched on the a/c, we freeze our butts off at night. My son doesn’t know how to use a blanket (not only that, he moves around way too much) and hates the sleep sack. Sigh. I so want a house. We’ve been hunting for 16 months now and there’s no end in sight. There’s very little inventory and too much competition. Boohoo.

Anyway, I had a lot of trouble getting creative with the three customer orders I have lined up. I completely botched the wedding card I was making and don’t like the way it turned out so I decided to put that aside and make something simple. It’s raining and dreary today so that combined with my exhaustion doesn’t really help. Susan Raihala‘s One-Layer Wednesday Challenge is the perfect pick-me-up. This week’s OLW8 Challenge is to create a mask and use it as a background. I pulled out Butterfly Dreams which I can never go wrong with! I used the Butterfly Die to create a mask and masked the background colours before stamping the details for the butterflies against the masked colours. Ignore the smudging. What can I say? I’m not feeling perfect today. ;Þ I hope your day is way better than mine!

Sources: The Paper Company weave white cardstock; PTI Butterfly Dreams; SU Kiwi Kiss & Summer Sun inks; Vivid ButterScotch ink; Memento Rich Cocoa ink; PTI Butterfly die; QuicKutz Epic Six