Wild Lion

Mornin', y'all!  How's it going today?

 I just got the stamp set A Little Wild with this super adorable lion, but I'll admit I'm not in love with this card.  I don't know why.  I didn't have time to ponder the problem or fix it though because Ryan woke up from his nap while I was working on it so I just had to call it done.  I mean, it's okay, but I hope I do other stuff with this lion that I like a lot better.

I used this week's Fall-To Layout from Clean & Simple Stamping:

Except I couldn't for the life of me figure out something to do for the dark stripe across the card, so I ended up doing nothing.

I also used this week's CASE the Designer challenge from the Global Design Project:

I know my card doesn't look very similar, but I used the same colors (or at least, what I thought they were)--Pool Party, Pear Pizzazz, and So Saffron (though I think the inspiration card looks more like Crushed Curry).  And I have my die-cut focal image on the lower left quadrant of the card.

So that's my card for today.  Here's a sneak peek at a layout that I'm almost done with now:

Sometimes I'll move photos around to try to find something I like, and I take pictures of possible ideas.  I didn't end up using this arrangement but the pages are all done now except for journaling.  Whee!  Oh, and Mom:  yesterday's layout was from Sapporo, Japan, not China.  I have just two pages left in the China books; I need to order a photo for one of them so it's on hold for the moment because I still have to go through some pictures and SOMEBODY was going to email me pics from Christmas in Texas.  Not naming names...

Cheers, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  A Little Wild
Ink:  Basic Black, So Saffron, Soft Suede, Pear Pizzazz, Pool Party
Paper:  So Saffron, Basic Black, Whisper White, Whole Lot of Lovely DSP (I used a tiny scrap!  Yay!)
Accessories:  Little Loves Framelits, Dimensionals