Love (Anniversary Part 2)



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That's me and DH in the lower left hand corner of the L. That was our "wedding" picture. Well, not really. We eloped, so we didn't have a true wedding photo. But we did have our picture taken at a family wedding shortly after, and have always considered that our wedding photo. The rest of the pictures in the collage are from 16 years of home photos. It was a lot of fun to make this. It was for a challenge, topic Love, anything but a siggy. I submitted this. I also gave it to DH as a kind of anniversary card. You probably recognize the texture I used previously. I love that texture. I made the frame much the same way I did in the Jack tutorial (go back several posts).

I also submitted this, sans frame, in a contest on another board. We were supposed to submit something we made, not a siggy, no scrap kits, no tubes. When I submitted the full image, he said to remove the frame and resubmit, because frames are usually from a kit, and people might think I cheated and used a kit. Sigh. I made that myself, too, just like the collage. That's okay. I went ahead and sent it back without the frame. I can't see how I'd have much of a chance to win, but I did it anyway. Sometimes the trying is more important that the winning. I'm learning a lot with graphics, and while I'm still a real newbie at this, I am gaining confidence. I don't have to be a fantastic artist, or well-known, or even noteworthy. I'm creating things I enjoy making and enjoy using and enjoy looking at. That's worth something. To me, anyway. So I share my work in challenges with pride. Maybe I'm not as good as all the others, but I've worked hard on them and I'm proud of them.

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