Comfort Zone

My family has been working on getting me to push myself out of my comfort zone for a while now. I am what one would call an introvert, and it has gotten worse over the last several years. I work from home and would rather stay at home with family. I would like to do certain things, but my "anxiety" keeps me from doing those things, but I am going to work on changing that. This blog is one of the many things I have been thinking about doing for a very long time. Other things include sewing lessons, making a YouTube channel for crafts that I make, selling my crafts, joining card making crops, making new friends, losing weight, being more active, and the list goes on. I'm hoping by blogging my life that it will help me realize how much I am missing by letting my thoughts get the best of me. 

This blog will consist of the crafts that I end up making, stuff about my daily life, probably stories about my son, hopefully my adventures in overcoming my anxieties, and other miscellaneous topics.  I'm not in this for the number of followers or anything, just a way to express myself through writing instead of through actually speaking with someone face-to-face. LOL. I laugh, but it's really an issue I struggle with on a day to day basis. 

If you are reading this I hope you will enjoy my posts and actually gain something from them. 

Sympathy Card

This weekend I created a sympathy card with inspiration from a YouTube channel I watch by Kristina Werner. She's a fantastic artist, designer, and card maker. 

Kristina recently posted a Distress color blend series on her channel. This color blend came from one of her posts and I thought it would work great for the sympathy card. Sometimes I have trouble knowing what colors would blend together nicely other than the obvious choices. 

I used blending brushes in the picture above with Distress Oxide inks: Faded Jeans, Weathered Wood, and Pumice Stone. The card features the Magnolia Waffle Flower stamp set and the envelope features the Pleasing Envelopes stamp set from PaperTrey Ink. I embossed the Magnolia flowers in white embossing ink and then blended over a white card base with the Distress Oxide inks. I also added an Avery Elle With Sympathy die cut sentiment with a few layers of card stock and some Dew Drops from Studio Katia. Hopefully my photographs will get better as time passes as well as the content.

Again, thank you for reading and hope you enjoyed! 

Sincerely,
Missy Verhey