Saturday, January 29, 2011

get sketchy!

Helllllllllo!  Happy Saturday!  All over blog land I have been hearing about many of you covered in snow!  Me too.  It snowed A LOT today!  I am so thankful that my hubby does the shoveling! I have trouble with me neck and shoulders and have to watch how much I lift and what I do, if I shoveled I would pay for it dearly for a few days!  There may be a lot of snow, but at least it's not as cold as it was!  And at least it didn't rain like it was predicted!  I hope all of you who are covered and are having a hard time that it gets better fast!  I know that if your not used to it, it's overwhelming.

We have another great Wee Memories Scrappy Saturday Challenge for you!  Our sponsor again is a great online store Simon Says Stamps!  I am sure you know what a great online store they are! :>  And what a great prize they are offering today, $10 gift certificate to there store to our winner!

Our challenge is different today as we are Getting Sketchy!!!!  (I so love the name of our challenge!)  Jenny made a sketch for all of us to play with!

Today we are celebrating a sweet baby boy's first birthday!  It's always great to celebrate with friends!!!  I needed to make a birthday card for him.  I was planning on using this sketch to make a Valentine card and started.  I didn't like it.  Than it clicked for me and I used it for his birthday card:

I don't know if you can tell but I flip die embossed the clouds in the background!  (I used the back of the die to emboss the background)  And the clouds are felt!  I am really pleased with how this turned out! 

I hope you love this sketch and join us and play!  And I hope that if you don't love it, you love the challenge of it and play too!  :>  Please jump on over the Wee Memories blog here  for more information and to check out the rest of our wonderful DT's creations!

16 comments:

Anonymous said...

This is so cute Anita! Love that embossed background and the felt clouds :)

Char Dobson said...

Great card Anita! Love the debossing on the kraft. :)

Lin said...

Love it, Anita! The felt clouds are adorable, and the striped scallop is the perfect touch for a little boy!

Sara Mac said...

Wonderful card! You should be pleased with this. It's so adorable. Love the idea of embossing with the cloud dies. I have to give that a try!

~amy~ said...

This is over the top DARLING!!!!

Erin (Homemade Cards by Erin) said...

Love the embossed clouds, very cool...

Ann said...

This turned out SO cute! I love it!

Barb said...

Love this sweet card, Anita! That's a fun sketch too! I hope to find some time to join the challenge this week.

Dawn T said...

Such a great card for a boy's birthday ~ and so nice to see the sketch used like this. Love it Anita.

stampingandstitching said...

This is absolutely adorable, Anita! Brilliant idea to emboss the bg like that - I must try that! Love the felt clouds and beautiful striped scallop border too!

Vera Yates (Ling) said...

So cute! Love the way you interpret the sketch!

Jinny Newlin said...

Oooo! This is fantastic, Anita! I adore your dry embossed, card base and those sweet, felt clouds! Oh, and your color combo is scrumptious! Great work!

Clare said...

So CUTE! Love the little plane and the clouds!

Alice said...

such a cute and delightful card, Anita! love that you used kraft for the background. it really helps the images to pop! love your flip die embossing, too! so clever! love the pretty card! hope you have a wonderful week and stay warm! =)

Ayana Posadas said...

Wow... So Adorable! I love your use of the clouds, and the twine too. What a gorgeous card, Anita! :)

Tiffany Ervin said...

That is the sweetest scene, just LOVE that single engine plane and the clouds make it all the more whimsical!

 

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