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Thursday, April 22, 2010

Texas Tuesday meets Oklahoma!

I need to ask a favor. Will you please pretend that I posted this on Tuesday? Thank you. I have a new feature I've been trying to start for a while now called Texas Tuesday. Every Tuesday I will feature cards with a Texas theme, or created with stamps by Texas companies, or whatever I'm feelin' is good 'n' Texasy that day! What d'ya'll think, sound good? Disclaimer: when I say "every" Tuesday - that actually means every Tuesday that I've gotten around to stamping something Texasy to post............! But without further ado, here is my first Texas Tuesday (on Thursday) card:


It was created with stamps from my two favorite Texas-stamp-making-peeps: the image is from Deadbeat Designs, and the message is Texana Designs. The card is nice and Texasy, yes? Well no, it's supposed to be Oklahoma-y, so since we've already been pretending, let's pretend those gals are Sooners, not Texans, k? I made this card to play along with this week's Cinema Saturday Challenge, which you've probably guessed by now is Oklahoma!


I was so happy when I saw the selection this week - Oklahoma! has always been one of my favorite musicals. It's just so happy (well, except when Poor Jud is Dead, of course!). I remember as a kid, probably no more than five years old, riding my bike at my Grandpa's farm and going full speed down a hill singing out "OH WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MORNING, OH WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY!!". Good stuff.

The rule for the challenge this week was to use gingham (and might I add, paper-piecing those gingham shirts was a bit of a PITA!). I chose that red ruffly ribbon because another of my favorite Oklahoma! songs is "Surrey With The Fringe On Top" - I had no fringe but this was as close as I could get. The sketch is this week's Mojo Monday challenge:

Now before I go, I have to share something that I just discovered this week. I don't think it's possible for me to love Hugh Jackman any more than I do after watching this!! Total swoon.


Thanks for stopping by!


  • Stamps: N-260 3 Cowgirls from Deadbeat Designs, message from Texana Designs
  • Paper: Hero Arts Kraft notecard, SU red, GP white, Making Memories DP
  • Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
  • Accessories: Prismacolor pencils, slit punch, MM ribbon, machine stitching, buttons

10 comments:

  1. Oh Libby, how I love your card, this is such a great interpretation.

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  2. love the checked shirts! thanks for using my stamp!

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  3. Hmmm...Texas Tuesday, huh? My mom is low on cowgirl cards. Can I play too? I think we should do it. :D

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  4. Libby, this is darling!! Love the gingham on the shirts!

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  5. now this is how you ROCK a challenge!

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  6. Sorry for another post. But I'm in Texas too! Can I play???

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  7. You rocked the Cinema challenge (Love Oklahoma)! What a great idea for your Texas Tuesday. I wanna play, too. You should start a challenge - maybe a Courtney Closet does Dallas challenge?

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  8. You did rock this challenge. I love how you stamped on the gingham & cut out the shirts. Brilliant!

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  9. Congtrats on your Audrey Award!! Love how you captured the mood/theme of Oklahoma in your card. Absolutely FABULOUS!!!

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