I discovered the other day that I have very few anniversary options. I only know for sure that I have “Teeny Tiny” wishes by SU. Well, that’s dandified but it’s not sufficient to the task! MUST CELEBRATE MARRIAGES!! So… I went shopping.

I looked everywhere. At everything. I drooled over this, that and the other. I told myself ONE SET. ONLY ONE. Found tons of stuff I wanted… but only one Anniversary set stood out. Three days later, I STILL wanted it. So I bought it.

Why did I wait three days you ask? Well, like guests, fish, and other things, three days lets you know if it stinks. OR maybe it had to do with payday… Something like that.

What does this have to do with this card? Nuttin. I am trying to distract you from the fact that it’s just kind of so-so. I love the idea that is this card. Too much white or too little background paper, or something just doesn’t grab you about it, but it is sufficient to the task of saying, HAPPY ANNIVERSARY. Congratulations on another year of wedded bliss… or married mayhem… or something like that.

ONTO THE NEXT. I still have one more before I start this week’s Friday Five. And Tuesday is almost over. EEK

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Yeah. Ok, I loved every element of this thing as I was working on it. LOVED every stinkin’ element. And then… all together now… BOMB. Epic fail. It’s so boring. I was going for a masculine romantic card– something for a guy that says, “Not only do I want you to know I am thinking of you… I’m also not sending something that’ll embarrass the heck out of you if you have it lying on your desk!”

Hmph. All it says is, “Now, does she think I’m as boring as this card?”

Note to any recipients: The card is an indication of the thought, not the execution of that thought. Oy.

However, it’s the last of this week’s Friday Five and While these look a bit more like each other than I wanted, well, it IS a masculine set… and for some reason I really got stuck in a color rut with them. Oh well.

Since the next three sketches had large image panels (and I had no use for that), I skipped them to do this. I now must do 3 sketches before I start next week’s five.

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I love this card. I didn’t put a sentiment on it so I could use it for whatever I needed at the time. Birthday, Father’s Day, Retirement… etc.

I played with the image panel. I wanted it to be shaped instead of squareish. It works.

This won’t be for my husband for any reason. I can count on one hand the number of times that I’ve seen him in a tie in 23 years… and one of those times was at our wedding.

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This card is a “CASE” of one of my other cards. This one.
Virtual Stamp Nite (Scroll down to see the card– it’s near the bottom)

I wanted to do that turquoise again, but it really seemed to wash out that poor car, so black it was.

I’m thinking this would be a perfect “Sweet Sixteen” card with a note inside saying, “Well you said you wanted a car for your birthday! Happy Birthday!” mmmwwwaahahaha.

That’s the only way my kids are getting a car for anything. I’m of the “make ‘em earn it” school of parenting. My kids all say they disagree with me… until they talk about paying for it for their kids.

So, day three and we have three “Authentic” cards but not all are “Man”ly. Sorry ’bout that.

Nah, I really am not. Tomorrow I think I’ll get all tied up.

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I don’t know! I’m making this stuff up as a I go. Come on, this is the gal who used that beaten path thing WITHOUT A CAR OR SHOES OR EVEN A PATH!!! I’m delusional. I have no idea what this card is or why I made it. I like it though.

Yes, I know that stupid “book” is supposed to be a vertical rectangle. Well, I cocked it– a lot. Once I had the idea for it to be a book, I kind of couldn’t get it out of my head.

What on earth would I use this card for you ask? Who knows. Maybe I’ll slap, “Happy Graduation” or something on it and give it out at Graduation time. Some guy might need it, right?

It’ll be original and thought provoking. His teachers will all applaud me for giving him an abstract concept for him to ponder on summer break. He, on the other hand, will probably grab the 20 dollar check and toss the card in the garbage. It’s what guys do.

That’s ok. I may not believe in Karma, but I absolutely believe that Murphy (the one with the Law) takes it upon himself to rain down upon those who… oh who am I kidding. Toss the card, kid. Take the check. Have a great summer. You’re only young once!

What was I typing about again? Oh, the card. Yeah, I kind of tweaked the sketch but hey. At least this doesn’t look just like the last one with this set– despite using very similar colors (accidentally of course).

Oh, and this is another UIU!  Woot!  Or did I say that already.

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This week’s Friday 5 will feature this set by Ippity “Authentic Man.” This was card one. I couldn’t believe it when I saw the sketch. I about choked. I mean, come on. What do I do with that? I could turn it on its side and go for the whole “row of ties” thing but how cliche, right? This way I get variety.

Yeah. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.

Oh, and if that’s not enough, this is a UIU! Three things in one!!!

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Now, to decide what to do for week three…

I wanted to do cool stuff with white on white and make it very christening–or weddingish, but um, well, I wanted COLOR. Sooooooooooo Oh, well. It works.

I do love it, but I really would have wanted to do other things with this sketch. I see that circle as a lollipop, a fan, snowflake… so many things. Sigh.

I should have done sketches out of order. Oh, well. I like the card even if I would have preferred to do something else.

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Yippiedoodles. One more to go so that I can end the Five of these. I wondered how long it would take to mix stamps… on number nine, I did it. This set kind of demanded that I do it, soooooooooo…

Here we go. I like it. It’s a semi-copy of

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/ga…?&si=sc239

But let’s face it, the original was soooooooooooo much prettier. Tuff doodles.

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