You Say It's Your Birthday @ Little Red Wagon

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it's Brenda's turn to choose the challenge and she's saying, "You Say It's Your Birthday" (duh nah nah nah nah nah nah)....and I don't think I need to tell you what that means. (:

This is what I did.....

I used another find from that "garage" sale I went to back a bit. It's from a Close To My Heart set. I'm impressed with how well their stamps stamp. I know all of you probably already know their quality but I'm an almost exclusive digi user.....and part of the reason why I am is because when I first started my foray into cardmaking I would buy cheapie stamps, so I quickly became disillusioned with the whole inking up a physical stamp process. Who knows, if I hadn't been so reluctant to spend some money I might own an entire mountain of clear/rubber stamps that would slowly be taking over the house.....okay, maybe it's better that I'm into digis.

Gack, I don't know why every card I've made lately has turned into such a time consuming, labour intensive romp. It's like my mojo is still here, and all well and good, but has become ridiculously indecisive. This was basically the layout I had in my head, save the trees. They went through a colour change, size change, became clouds for a bit, then had to finagle the trunks as the die cuts weren't long enough (obviously)....but at least I got there in the end. I got there at 1:12am last night, but I got there nonetheless. (It's times like these when I wish I liked coffee!)

Why don't you give our challenge a go this week and head on over to Little Red Wagon and link up.  And, while you're there, be sure to check out the fabulous projects the other Girlfriends have created.

The Cutie Pie:  add an animal + cute
613 Avenue Create:  scrap your stash - Trees and ground were made from scraps.
Crafty Catz:  birthday
QKR Stampede:  anything goes
Southern Girls:  anything goes
Watercooler Wednesday:  masculine
Dream Valley:  favourite colour combo - I love blue & green together.