DJKASE #6 ~ Just Ducky!

Hi there! Here we are again, whooshed around to another Friday in the blink of an eye!

Ah me, I've decided I should make Valentines all year long like I'm doing with Christmas cards. There are just so many cute products and not enough time between Christmas and Valentine's Day to play with them all! Of course, I wouldn't use the Happy Valentine's Day sediments, but love goes with any sediment, right? Who wouldn't want a hearty card any time of the year?

Having said that, however, I'm here with a birthday card for Friday's DJKASE! Sorry for any confuzzlement.

The card artist and follower that I'm copylimenting today is the brilliant Karen Mead of Made by Meadie. Karen is from Tasmania Australia. She has been blogging since August 2011 and her work is consistently fabulous and clean and simple (CAS)! It was very difficult to narrow the choices down to one. 

Then, yay, the decision was made easier for me when I saw that Papertrey Ink {capture the moment} has a challenge going on to celebrate their 7th birthday! Happy Birthday, PTI! Thank you for the free color and sketch downloads and the opportunity to win prizes!

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I was delighted to see that the layout of one of my favorite Karen M. cards was pretty close to this PTI challenge sketch:

And I was inspired by these PTI challenge colors:

Here is the card made by Karen that I chose to DJKASE. Karen posted this card on her blog on May 11, 2013:

Karen's card

Isn't it adorable?!

Changing Karen's layout a bit to work with the PTI sketch, I made this:

Darnell's card

Karen's duck, Gerome, and my duck, Gunther, are cousins. Gerome's grandmother and Gunther's grandmother are brothers. Unfortunately, Gunther's family's line is endangered given that he is from a closed stamp company. In addition, the line is very well known by Ornithologists all over the world, not to mention dental hygienists, because if you look closely you will see that Gunther has a full set of teeth. Other ducks peck at seed corn with their beaks, but not Gunther. No. Gunther can eat his corn straight off the cob! Dude!

(Psst, I realize that Gerome is a duck and Gunther is a goose, but Gunther doesn't know he was adopted, and he for sure doesn't know he's a goose, so please don't say anything about that. Also, some people use geese as watch dogs and I know Gunny looks a bit menacing with those eyes and those teeth, but he's really gentle as a duck.)

Thank you, Karen, for all your wonderful support and inspiration! I hope you are pleased!

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I forgot when I was posting this to add that I used all kinda snippets on my ducky goose card, so I'm going to take it over to Pixie's Snippets Playground to show the other girls. Di has ducks there, so Gunther will feel right at home. I think I'll get through the gates in time for my second visit this week.

And because the sediment is definitely over the edge, I'm popping this entry in the "Over the Edge" challenge happening at CAS-ual Fridays.

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In my New Friends Corner I'm delighted to introduce you to Rebecca Luminarias of thurston post. Rebecca has been blogging since February 2011. (Happy 2nd Blogoversary, Rebecca, and many, many more!!) I find Rebecca's blog and creations to be fresh and wonderful. Like a lot of you, she makes beautiful layered works of art that leave me in awe!

Welcome, Rebecca, and thank you for joining us!

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Enjoy your day!  No, seriously, enjoy.  LITS!* 

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Project Details
Paper	PTI white, Hawaiian shores, raspberry fizz;  SU daffodil delight; unknown pp
Stamps	Gunther (619-S6) Mostly Animals; HB 2 U from PTI "Birthday Bash Sentiments"
Ink	Ancient Page Bordeaux; SU daffodil delight; Versafine onyx black
Accessories	Dies: Spellbinders classic circle and SSS sports and banners Baker's twine: DIY shop Googly eyes from stash

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I noticed something in the PTI challenge instructions that I didn't notice until after I posted my card: we were to use one of the designer's free printable art designs on our card. I linked my card and then I modified it to follow the PTI rules. I printed the superb circular HB design by Lizzie Jones, cut it out, and popped it on my card to link this version.

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