Why must it be this hard?

I'm double dipping today, since I'm joining Jo at Let's Art Journal, our host this month at Art Journal Journey, whose theme is Something New, along with the talented artists at Try it on Tuesday, whose theme is What a cutie// Make someone smile today.

What's new?  The card stock, the postcard I got in the mail, and this set of corner stamps.

To be honest, I have had these for at least 15 years.  I think I received them in either 2004 or 2005 from a friend who no longer blogs.  They had never been out of the package until I created this last night.

Each of these foam backed corner stamps pulls apart.  I never really looked before, but it appears all the seasons are represented here.

The sentiment reads:

Decorating the house for Christmas was fun, but putting everything away should not be this hard.

If you don't smile when you see this, you must not feel well.

I stamped and fussy cut the four corners, then decided I didn't want to cover the lower right side of the postcard, which the corner would cover if I added it.  Instead, I added it to the sentiment.  I cut the relevant part of a reminder from the local zoo after I saw Jo's moose yesterday.

I really laughed when I saw this image.  That poor giraffe was trying to help, or at least I think it was.

Unfortunately, I didn't think about using the image until after Epiphany. 

I started this journal page using a new sheet of 110 lb card stock to which I added three of my handmade shimmering mists.  I colored the computer generated words I thought would match the image using water soluble crayons.  I stamped and fussy cut the corners and glued them to the postcard which I had purposely cut at wonky angles. I then glued everything to the page using a glue stick.

Thank you so very much for joining Bleubeard and me today as we laugh at this poor giraffe trying to put Christmas decorations away.  We also hope you will join us at Art Journal Journey and the current theme at Try it on Tuesday.