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: January 9, 2008 Location: SS Utah Posts: 7689
Mon, Mar 22, 2010 @ 6:02 AM
Very pretty Faith, and Im sooo sorry hun, I know how hard it is too loose a family member like that. It was super hard for us tooo when our Bella Belle had cancer and we had to have her put down :( I would cry for weeks. Hang in there k!!! Sending hugs your way!!!
Registered: June 9, 2006 Location: Wauconda, IL Posts: 55665
Mon, Mar 22, 2010 @ 6:23 AM
You did some awesome coloring on that frog Faith!! I remember the days, long ago, when I too would touch a lot of strange critters, including frogs - NOT AT ALL ANYMORE!! :>)
Registered: June 29, 2004 Location: Sugar Land. Texas Posts: 79473
Mon, Mar 22, 2010 @ 7:00 AM
Many of us were reminded of our grandmothers on this challenge. Those memories are so sweet and it is great getting to share and hear about everyone else's wonderful memories.
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Registered: April 18, 2009 Location: Boston suburbs, MA Posts: 14060
Mon, Mar 22, 2010 @ 7:13 AM
What an adorable frog!! Lovely CAS card
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Registered: January 11, 2007 Location: MN Posts: 59812
Mon, Mar 22, 2010 @ 7:38 AM
Love the card Faith, and the memories...reminds me a few more of myown trying not to get distracted from making a card to writting a journal entry of memoreis today..might have to do both..
Registered: August 21, 2007 Location: Wayland MA Posts: 105014
Mon, Mar 22, 2010 @ 7:38 AM
We are frog people here. Some day I will tell you about our Doubledecker Frogs story!! What fun it is to get these glimpses into each other's lives. I guess this is why I feel like we are all friends!! I love your card, your colors, and that wonderful frog, Faith!!!
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