A sketch challenge and a story...

I made this card for 2 Sketches For You again, just love their weekly sketches! But also made it to give to my DH. Now there's a story behind this card too. Loooong time ago (25 yrs.) when we first got together, I moved to AZ with him...my first time to leave home. BIG move for me. I was missing my family and TX ALOT, and one night he came home late from work, I was mad at him but he just HAD to show me something. So we drove to this little park area, and there was this brick wall where everybody had wrote graffiti on it...and lo and behold he had wrote mine and his initials like this, with hearts, and the x' and o's, and the 4/ever thing....rofl. One of the x's and o'x didnt have an 'o' after it...he said he heard something and it spooked him off, thought it was a person, but it was actually an owl he found out, going 'whhoooo'...LMAO! He's no artist, but at that time I thought it one of the sweetest things anybody had ever done for me! LMAO! Sooooo, I did this for him...its suppose to look like a brick wall with graffiti, lol. I dont think he will mind the black ribbon, even though its for a man...lol.

Card Details:
Stamps: Owl is by Inkadinkado,sentiment is from Owl Always Love You from Gina K Designshearts and others from Technique Tuesday and clear stamps they sell at Wal-mart
Papers: all cardstock from M's except for the white, its from PTI
Accessories: ribbon from M's, oval scallop punch, a clay texture plate to create brick wall, (used a rolling pin, then swiped with black ink), copic markers, red ink from SU!, heart chipboard, pop dots.

SS for no card yesterday. I had what is called an 'eye migraine'. Yep, been diagnosed with those. Basically a migraine but in my eye. It's very painful and it affects the vision of the eye that it is in..so didnt want to strain it and make it hurt worse.

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I just have to say....

I am so overwhelmed today by the comments and votes I got at Melanie's for my Zack the Zebra card! Typed words through here never seem enough to say a simple 'Thank You', so I made a simple one layer card to try and express how so many made me feel. I am humbled...there are so many awesome card makers, many that I admire out there...well, just THANK YOU!

And oohhh the pressure is already starting! I am to be Mel's guest designer next month...and when I see someone post, 'can't wait to see what you make'...I start breathing all fast, hahaha! So...to calm myself down, this is what I'm telling myself....'I know that I am not in the league of lots of the card artists out there, but I love Mel's and Gina's stamps and if me making a card just MIGHT happen to inspire someone to do something with these stamps, and realize how wonderful they are, then my job is accomplished.' Honestly, that is how I feel.

OOOOKAAYyy...lol, enough of me rambling! Card details below!

Card Details:
Stamps: Inkadinkdo, MSE bought at Hobby Lobby
Papers: Kraft note cards from Hobby Lobby, PTI stampers select white cardstock
Accessories: red cloth brads, yellow brads, yellow metal flower all by MMs, SU! red ink pad, stampabilities black dye ink, piercing tool and pad.

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Trying another card for my brothers birthday...

He's such a hard one to get anything for really. But did this card because it brought back some memories of me and him when we were kids. I drove him crazy I'm sure, followed him around everywhere..sometimes he would acknowledge I was there, if none of his friends were around, lol. We had a creek that ran pretty close to our house and it used to be clean enough to play in, and this is what this stamp for Gina K Designsreminded me of, that creek and us damming it up!

The stamp looks like 2 boys, so I made the one on the right look like a girl by putting in her girly colors and making her hair long...worked I think...

Card Details:
Stamps: Kindred Kids greetings and Kindred Kids 'Exploring Nature' from Gina K Designs
Papers: kraft notecard from Paper Pretties (I think), SU! cardstock
Accessories: SU! hodge podge hardware that I painted black with a sharpie, hemp twine, dymo label maker, water splats from Cloud 9 Designs, CB photo corner dies, paper piercing tool and pad, pop dots, spica glitter pens, copic markers.

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HI!

You know, Ive come to the conclusion I see crooked, lol. Didnt even notice this was a bit crooked until after taking the picture...and then it was impossible to take apart without destroying it...so posting it anyways!

Card Details:
Stamps: Flower Fantistical from Unity Stamp Company
Papers: SU! cardstock, Kraft note cards by paper crafts
Accessories: CB swiss dots embossing folder and tag die, koh-i-noor pencils, OMS, blending stump, brads and ribbons from M's, rectangle nesties, metallic rub past from Gina K Designs, pop dots, safety pen from M's, splat rain dots from Cloud 9 Designs (those are sooo cool!), spica glitter pens, paper piercing tool and pad.

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A little birdie told me...

...that it wanted to be pink, lol. I love this color combo of pink and brown myself. Kinda shabby/chick to me. Anyways, I did this card for the sketch challenge at 2 Sketches For You. I didnt get to play last week and so love their sketches. I'm no where in the league as the awesome ones that post their cards there, but I still enjoy doing them! Thanks Kazan and Laura!

Card Details:
Stamps: Birds of a Feather from Unity Stamp Company, sentiment is from $1 studio G stamps.
Papers: DP is Basic Grey, white cardsstock is from PTI, textured cardstock is DCWV
Accessories: Koh-i-noor pencils, OMS, blending stumps, copic markers, Oval scallop punch, circle nestie, all ribbon and brads from M's (brads by MMs I believe), paper piercing tool and mat, pop dots, metallic rub paste.

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