Hoot Hoot

Happy 4th of July to those who celebrate it! My plans today include nothing more than keeping an eye on my littlest one, who's been battling croup since Thursday night. It was bad enough for him to be hospitalized for observation most of yesterday and overnight. The good news is he's home now, sounding and looking so much better.

I would have skipped posting a sample for Jen's Sketch For You To Try this week, except that I've had both cards (couldn't decide which direction to take) all laid out since Thursday night, so all I had to do when I got home and sufficiently caught up on sleep (aka long afternoon nap) was adhere everything together. The owl stamp is by Inky Antics (he wears a birthday hat on his head, which I snipped off for this card) and the dps are from the K&Co Carolyn Gavin Greenhouse collection. Coloring is with Copics. The owl is popped up, and then the eyes are popped up a second time.

If you haven't seen Jen's sketch already, have a look over at i{heart}2stamp.com. While you're there, give a warm welcome to the new July guest designer!! Amy Rohl, Carole Burrage, Kelly Lunceford, and Susan Liles all have sketch samples posted for even more inspiration. Hope you'll play along! Link up to Jen's post and/or use keyword SFYTT on SCS.

Here's my alternate version:



Have a great weekend!



Stamps: Birthday Owl (Inky Antics)
Paper: SU Kiwi Kiss and Baja Breeze, PTI Vintage Cream, Dark Chocolate, and Kraft, K&Co Carolyn Gavin Greenhouse dp
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, PTI Vintage Cream
Accessories: Copic markers, Labels 3 Nestabilities, foam adhesive, SU buttons, linen thread, twill, and ribbon

A Sketch for You to Maul, I Mean Try

Yes, I mangled Jen's Sketch for You To Try this week. Ugh!! I had to elongate the sketch to accommodate my image and sentiment, which I had to use so that this card could double for my OCC sample, too (more on that in a bit). Anyway, perhaps if you squint and make your eyes go all blurry, you'll see some resemblance to the sketch ;)

So, for SURE go visit i{heart}2stamp, where you can see more samples - the first by Jen, and the second by a new guest designer for September, whom you're sure to love (I'll let Jen spill the beans, though). And while you're there, you can also check out Jen's blog candy! You'll want to pay a visit to Amy, Carole, Shannan, and Susan, too, to see what they have cooked up. We hope you can play along! If you upload to SCS, remember to use keyword: SFYTT.

So yes, as I mentioned, this is my sample for this week's challenge at Our Creative Corner, too, which is to make a humorous card. Guess who the host is for September?! Yours truly. A little extra info on the challenge this week.... It's been documented here on this blog before that this is the wonderful year I turn 40. Well, in fact, this is the week I turn 40! So I'm counting on all my OCC friends to keep me laughing instead of crying. I hope you'll play!! You better - c'mon, it's my birthday!! Plus we have a really awesome present to give away!! You'll find all the details on the blog, along with samples by the rest of the team: Cindy Haffner, Dawn Easton, Denise Marzec, Jennifer Meyer, Julee Tilman, Laurie Schmidlin, and Lynda Benden. Did you see? Did you see? Julee, who guest designed for us all last month, has joined us permanently! Woohoo!! Welcome, Julee!!

Thanks for stopping by today, and I hope you have a fantastic weekend!



Stamps: Inky Antics
Paper: Pumpkin Pie card stock; dp by Magnolia/My Mind's Eye
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, various re-inkers
Accessories: aqua painter, clear embossing powder, tags trio Nestabilities, Baja Breeze wide stitched ribbon, SU label punch, silver brads, sponge daubers