It Is What It Is

I love that phrase.  I use it often.  I use it to remind myself that sometimes, it simply is what it is.  Sometimes you can take strides to change things, other times, you must simply let them be, as, well, it is what it is.  Life moves all over the place.  We only have control over so much of it and I can't tell you how GLAD I am for that.  It would be dreadfully stressful, not to mention remarkably boring if we could control everything.  I like it.  It is what it is.  For reals.


My card today is inspired by this image from the Miu Miu Fall 2013 Collection shown on the Runway Inspired Challenge blog.

I was totally inspired by the strong black and white with the passing yellow, deep red tights, and the pink collars on the models. I decided to bring ALL of that together, along with a textured background, in my card.


That sentiment stamp? Awesome, right? Totally. It's from the super fabulous Hiya Gorgeous set from Unity. LOVE IT! The rounded diamond stamp and die are both from Avery Elle.


And here is my happy accident confession. See the sentiment flag? See how it has a cool graduated thing going on where it gets wider toward the end? See how that totally mimics the runway in the photo? Yeah. I totally didn't do that on purpose. I cut my sentiment strip. Somehow, I did not have my paper properly aligned so it didn't cut straight. I looked at the words ON the strip I had just cut, saw that they were well centered even though that had happened and decided, well.... It is what it is! At that point it pretty much seemed hypocritical to do a new one and I sorta loved the look, so I went with it. And there you have it folks, poetry in motion. It is. What it is.

Have a Happy!