Believe in YOUR SELF!!!

Sometimes LIFE has a way

of sneaking up behind you...

and slappin' you on the back

of the head!!

Seems like I've had a few toooo many
head slaps lately....

I NEEDED to make something
to encourage myself....

...to BELIEVE IN YOUR SELF!!!

A Chunky ATC!

I colored the piece of wood...brown.

Then, I cut  a 5"strip of 7Gypsies ~  Mabango paper

 from the Serengeti Collection.
Followed by distrezzing the edges of the Mabango paper

and adhering it to the Chunky ATC.

I trimmed a piece of Canvas Corp ~ Leather paper

and adhered it to the top of the Chunky ATC.

I picked another piece of paper from 

7Gypsies ~ Serengiti Collection ~ Wanyama.

I tore off a piece big enough to cover

the front of the Chunky ATC.

TIP: spritz the paper, front and back,

and help crumple the paper easier.

I created a spiral flower using 

Canvas Corp ~ Burlap Sheet ~ Wheat.

I colored the outside edges of the spiral, 

dried it and then rolled it into a flower.

Using the Flowering Branch die from Die~Namites Dies,
I diecut a piece of Canvas Corp ~ Kraft Cardstock,

colored it and crumpled it while I was drying it.

I thought the 7Gypsies Antique Brass Corner

just set the Chunky ATC off!!

Whether it's the best of times

 or the worst of times, 

it's the only time we've got.  ~Art Buchwald