Birds...meet Stone.

Okay here are the birds I am killing with this stone...my sketchy thursdays entry, my new baby announcement sample for my sister, and posting my cute story for the day. Got it? Okay, then lets get to it...

First off...my sketch entry. Have you been to Sketchy Thursdays by Diana yet? This is my second week participating. And I am still enjoying it!

Here is the sketch for this week:

And I actually chose to make a card from the sketch...mainly because I need to whip up a few more samples for my sister. I offered to make her baby announcements for her. And to do that I need to make some samples to show her an idea of what I can make for her, and to show her that really, it can be whatever she wants. She is not really a crafter, and I dont want to show her one thing, ask her opinion and then have her feel stuck with what she is getting. I want her to really understand that these are going to be totally custom announcements. I think that will make it more special. Because really, this is her first baby, it is very special.

So without further delay, my card.

My card is a combination for the stamps. The large image is House Mouse by Stampabilities, and the small stamps in the circles are all studio g. The pattern paper is cosmo cricket, and the ribbons are offray (solid green) and holiday ribbon from michaels. yep thats right, pale pink and green CHRISTMAS ribbon...LOL.

Now for the next bird. So my 4 year old was spazzing out on me today. She desperately wanted to play with her safety scissors. Only thing is, she got into my scrap stuff yesterday and cut up my pretty ribbon. So the scissors are taking a little vacation. She really didnt like that.

After the screaming ended, she started freaking out over some of my blue painters tape. I caved and tore off a huge strip of blue tape and told her to go nuts.

I heard some muttering, and *toddler swearing* which was really just her assortment of phrases from toddler television...so it was stuff like: oh my goodness....great googly moogly!...golly gee!...

Then came the kicker. She furiously slammed her hands down and yelled: Mommy these scissors are just not CUTTING!

At this point I turned and looked over...and OMG what a hilarious sight!! She had found two little wrenches that came with my Gazelle exercizing machine, and taped them together to make scissors!! Thats right, my kid went all MacGuyver on me! ROFL!

Well, I am over and now....gotta go clean up those birds...LOL. Have a wonderful weekend!