Brick Wall Technique Card

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Happy Ground Hog's Day!

Will Phil see his shadow???  Here are a few fun Ground Hog facts as
taken from the Groundhog.org website.

Punxsutawney Phil is the only true weather forecasting groundhog,
the others are just impostors.

Phil's prediction is correct 100% of the time.

How many "Phils" have there been over the years? There has only
been one Punxsutawney Phil. He has been making predictions for over
120 years!

Punxsutawney Phil gets his longevity from drinking the "elixir of life,"
a secret recipe. Phil takes one sip every summer at the Groundhog Picnic
and it magically gives him seven more years of life.

On February 2, Phil comes out of his burrow on Gobbler's Knob in front
of thousands of followers from all over the world to predict the weather
for the rest of winter.

According to legend, if Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow, there will be
six more weeks of winter weather. If he does not see his shadow, there
will be an early spring.

Phil's forecasts are not made in advance by the Inner Circle. After
Phil emerges  from his burrow on February 2, he speaks to the Groundhog
Club president in "Groundhogese"(a language only understood by the
current president  of the Inner Circle). His proclamation is then translated
for the world.

The celebration of Groundhog Day began with Pennsylvania's earliest
settlers.  They brought with them the legend of Candlemas Day, which
states, "For  as the  sun shines on Candlemas Day, so far will the snow
swirl in May..."

Punxsutawney held its first Groundhog Day in the 1800s. The first
official trek  to Gobbler's Knob was made on February 2, 1887.

So the story goes, Punxsutawney Phil was named after King Phillip.
Prior to being called Phil, he was called Br'er Groundhog.

So there you have it....just thought you would want to know those
important facts today!

My card share with you today uses the Brick Wall technique that I
found over at Splitcoast HERE.  I have one word to say on this
particular technique.....TEDIOUS!  Don't get me wrong.... it was
fun and all.... but a bit to much fiddling around for my taste.
OK, so I have been there and did it....will I do it again??
probably not, but maybe.

The base of my card is basic black with a shot of very vanilla. 
I was actually trying to make a Toile style of card and ended
up with this.  This was made for my SIL who has a birthday
today!  I am not going to get into the details of the technique
as the link to SCS above does a good enough job on that.

I will talk about the stamp set as I think it is a very pretty
set.  The set is called #118568 (clear) Garden from the Heart.
This is a set of 5, I used the clear mount version.  My design
was stamped with StazOn black ink & versamark then embossed
with clear embossing powder.  The only coloring I did was on
the hat ribbon and I water colored that with melon mambo ink.

My sentiment is from the Teeny Tiny Wishes set, I used the
word window, modern label and the new small heart
punch in the mini catalog.

You can purchase the new Garden from the Heart set in my
online store HERE, it really is a set worth having in your
collection!

Thanks for stopping by, have a wonderful day!



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