Hi! This card was made for today's Clean And Simple Challenge: New York, New York and Technique Lover's Challenge: Childhood Memories.
Yesterday was a better day at my house. Unfortunately, I broke down in TEARS twice on the phone with my friends over the loss of Dog. So, when I saw the Challenge: Childhood memories, I immediately thought of the summers I spent on my grandmother's farm when I was a kid. Grandma had a FABULOUS pond that was full of cat tails, frogs, SNAKES, and BUGS! I LOVED it! (Yep, total Tom Boy!) I had a semi-relative named Booger who was a playmate. He was 7, I was 8 the first summer I spent there. We would meet early in the morning and grab the slop buckets, feed the hogs, water the steers, and RUN down to the pond. We'd stay there trying to catch frogs, chase snakes and capture bugs to feed the frogs. Those 5 summers were the best of my life.
The next summer, my OTHER grandmother died. My aunt and uncle picked me up and MADE me go with them on a trip to New York City. The entire trip is still a blur to me. I mostly remember the Central Park Zoo and the amphibian display. I stared at the frogs and kept thinking that I wished I was back on the farm with Booger and Grandma.
So, this card fits both challenges. I stamped the cat tails and frog in Espresso. I colored in the cat tails with Memento markers and sponged in Seascape for water and the sky. I sponged Palette inks on the frog.
Finished card size: 4 1/2" square
Total Time to Complete: 34 minutes
Registered: April 6, 2005 Location: Stuarts Draft, Virginia Posts: 14401
Sun, Mar 21, 2010 @ 9:38 PM
Way to go combining both challenges...what a super cute card!!
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Wanda Cullen ~ Dirty Dozen Alumni, On design team for Papertrey Ink, Designer for Color Throwdown and Fusion Card Challenges Cullen-ary Creations[/URL]...my blogHERE'S MY GALLERY[/URL]
Registered: December 16, 2008 Location: Woodinville, Washington Posts: 11566
Sun, Mar 21, 2010 @ 9:53 PM
Life can hit us really hard sometimes especially when it comes to those we love. You're blessed to have a special talent for bringing out the most beautiful things in life that keep us going! Stay strong and keep doing what you're doing! TFS
Registered: February 18, 2010 Location: Stuck in the middle! Posts: 4680
Sun, Mar 21, 2010 @ 10:02 PM
Hi Faith, have always been drawn to your cards in the gallery. They are always AWESOME! Love how you share so much of your day to day life with us too. Your stories touch us in so many ways, sometimes happy, sometimes sad. Most of the time, they just tug at my heartstrings and bring back memories I may have forgotten about. You are an amazing artist! This card is so full of details and yet, I do still find it CAS.
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Registered: September 18, 2006 Location: SingStampShine, Florida Posts: 53481
Mon, Mar 22, 2010 @ 4:52 AM
So adorable, Faith...the colors just glow! Makes me smile and remember days in the Louisiana swamp with my brothers, listening to the frogs meep and chasing the minnows!