SSW2: Dearie Dolls 217

Raise your hand if you can't believe May is almost here.  Holy cow, where did April go?  But in addition to being the last day of the month, it's also Wednesday so that means it's time for another sketch challenge over at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2.

Being the last Wednesday of the month, Sally has a sketch AND a twist.  This week we are playing crafty tic-tac-toe.  I went right down the center for my choices: stitching, design paper and jewels.  It was kind of a no-brainer since 99% of my cards have DP!  Looking at my card, I have to say that in hindsight, I should have stitched BEFORE I put the ribbon on!!  The ribbon looks puffy!  {{Sigh}} but it's a bit too late to fix that little problem now.  I'm blaming sleep deprivation for my poor choices!

Our sponsor is Mary Ellen from Dearie Dolls.  The great thing about this is that there is the fun of shopping for new images right away.  All her images are FREE.  Don't forget to leave her a bit of love when you download her images!

Hope to see you play this week!

From the Heart - April

Not gonna lie ... This was not an image that screamed "use me!" (Thus explaining my nearly missing the deadline to use this image!) It's pretty and I love flowers.  I buy them to have in my house all the time and love all the hard work my hubby does to make our yard bloom ...  but flowers as images on cards?  Nope.

I really liked the sketch over at From the Heart this week so I thought I would kill two birds with one
stone.

Eat Cake Graphics - Diets

 I am sooo with Granny Gertz, dieting is not fun (especially when there are cupcakes AND sprinkles involved)  As soon as I saw the "diet" phrase from over at Eat Cake Graphics, I knew that I had to have it.  I love me my sprinkles.  The kids are always amazed when I chose to ONLY put sprinkles on my frozen yogurt (unlike my youngest who tries to put nearly every topping they have on his!)

I'm using the April sketch over at Kraftyhands Challenge Blog.  Lots of different shapes to use; it proved to be challenging indeed!

MMIS-April

This month's hostess was Patti.  She chose this charming Heather Ellis image.  Her challenge was to put something "Spring-y" in the tree.  I thought about butterflies, but that is one small tree!  There was no way I was going to be able to cut a butterfly THAT small!!  Soo, I settled for gems to represent buds.

I decided to make Patti's card a "I miss you" card.  She has some awfully cute grandkiddos in Arizona and she can probably needs a few cards to remind them how much grandma loves them.

Fun challenge Patti!

SSW 2: Just Some Lines

Happy Easter (OK, three days after, anyway).  I hope you had a nice holiday.  Ours was fantastic. We just had my MIL over.  The kids enjoyed hunting for the eggs.  We had a panicky few minutes when we couldn't find the last three eggs.  Hubby was giving me the "so where DID you hide them?" look over the kids' heads and I was completely flummoxed.

Heck, I can barely remember where I put them 10 seconds after they leave my hands!  It wasn't until we had the kids re-count the eggs that we determined that all eggs had been found.


I am so glad that you could come join us for another sketch challenge over at  Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2.  This week Sally has given us another fantastic sketch to work with; there is quite a bit to it.  I rotated the sketch this week.

Our sponsor is a new one,  Just Some Lines.  The shops stocks whimsical art work created by its owner Jehanne, who creates and adds new artwork regularly into her shops when not doing school runs, illustrating children books or running after sheep.

We hope you find time to play.

Eat Cake Graphics

I'm back with another cutie from Eat Cake Graphics.  This is Feathers.  Is he not the cutest panicked bird that you have EVER seen? 

This week Delicious Doodles is challenging us to use pink for breast cancer awareness.  Since it's a cause that has touched my life I wanted to participate.

I'm using the sketch over at Just Add Ink.  If you squint and tilt your head to the left, I'm sure that you'll agree with me that I NAILED this sketch! 

Creative Knockouts

Today Doodle Pantry sponsors Creative Knockouts and I really wanted to participate.  Their challenge is "Furry Friends."  I figured that this little guy certainly qualifies as furry and since he's obviously sewn, counts as a friend (Can't say that I'd want a REAL bear as a friend).

I used the sketch from over at Sketchy Colors.  It was pretty fun.

I'm also participating in the following challenges:

Sentimental Sundays: Embossing
The Squirrel and the Fox: All Creatures Great and Small