Toddler Obsessions

Toddler obsessions are strange creatures. My son goes through phases of being obsessed with this thing or that thing, and then after a period of extreme intensity, he's done with it. His latest obsession is with naptime and bedtime. He wants me to put him to bed for naps (instead of his babysitter), and his papa to put him to bed at night. Usually we don't deviate from this, but sometimes it doesn't work out, and then it is hard for him to understand the change. He begins his days by asking, "Mama put you to bed?" [for the afternoon nap], asks at regular intervals all morning, lists all the things that he has to have done before he can go to sleep (turn on the noise machine, close the curtains, turn on the nightlight, clip the paci, hold Mr. Floppy and the green blanket, snuggle with Raggedy Andy, cover up with the quilt...you get the idea). When I get him up from his naps, the first words out of his mouth are usually, "Papa put you to bed?" And thus it begins all over again until bed time. Tied to this latest obsession is a somewhat unhealthy interest in pajamas. Until now he has cared very little what we put on him to sleep. Suddenly it matters and since the footie pajamas from his cousin don't fit, the red pajama pants are the only thing that will do lately. I indulge him in this particular obsession because it seems fairly harmless to me. It *is* annoying to have to discuss it endlessly every day, but on the other hand, it seems to comfort him, and since he is a child who is difficult to comfort, I'll take what I can get.

Today's card is inspired by an architectural interest piece that I saw in a Hyatt Place that we stayed at recently. (I should add that we got the room at a bargain through hotwire.com). Our room had this interesting dividing wall that separated the "living room" from the "bedroom" and I immediately thought that the colors and textures were begging to be made into a card. You can see a photograph by clicking HERE.

So my card is based on that wall. I thought the window panes (which are textured like linen when you see them up close) were the color of River Rock, and that deep brown wood was like Early Espresso, with Very Vanilla on the walls. I started with my new Day of Gratitude stamp set, plus my Sanded background stamp and set to work on a window card! I love the clean Oriental simplicity of this card. I already mailed it as part of a mail swap of which I am a part.

Supplies:
Very Vanilla, Early Espresso, River Rock cs
Afterthoughts, Day of Gratitude, Sanded stamps
River rock, Versamark, Early Espresso inks
Square punches, bone folder for score lines
post it notes for masking
dimensionals
paper snips