Phew ......made it!

I am just whipping this into blogger right now cuz I have to go pick up my son at preschool, but I didn't want to miss the boat over at the Sugarbowl Challenge which is this fabby sketch. If you know me, you know I can't pass up a sketch!

And here's my take.

The string/jute (whatever it is) inspiration is from a fellow blogger friend of mine HEGE.  It was this exact post HERE that inspired me to go on the hunt for this material, that I later found looming in my basement. I told her I am sooooooooooooo gonna CASE her cuz I immediately fell in love with her creation! This sketch lended itself perfectly for this layout!

Thanks HEGE!

KAY I'M BACK

Wow, can you believe this card only took me 2 hrs to put together!?!

You see I only saw the challenge over at the Sugarbowl yesterday & was bound & determined to make something for it. So with the help of my sons preschool (him being gone), my daughter's school (her being gone) & my youngest's two hr nap this morning, I was able to pull this together.

Once I had the perfect image, all the other embellies just fell into place, funny thing is almost all the embellies had to be glued down. BWAHahhaa, which usually takes a long time!

All I can say is thank gawd for Aleene's tacky glue that dries fast and clear. Goes on white, dries clear. LOVE THAT STUFFS (see tut below)

The doily I sponged with my pumpkin pie SU ink pad and Tim Holtz Vintage photo ink pad. Birdcage is a chipboard piece I bought in a set of 3 from a local craft store. I NEED TO BUY MORE !

Frames for the words 'friends forever' are from Dollarama, as are th feathers. The gold corner adornements are off eBay! Below is a pic of my completed inside.

Now for my Top Tip/ Mini Tut:

I must admit I was a little stumped at first on how to make the circle (in the sketch) with the rope/string/jute I had in mind, so I used my CTMH circle cutter to make it just so.

I placed the shape where I wanted it, then started dabbing glue around the outside about 3" apart in order to hold the rope down. The I had to take the circle shape away before it adhered to the paper & rope material.

The last pic there, just shows you the 3 different sizes of my circle cutters.

This pic shows exactly where my rope ends meet. (see the arrow)

And the last pic is just to show you that after the initial glue parts had dried, I still had to go in & add more to secure the remainder of the rope material.

All in all, this was a very fun project with lots & lots of textures including my corner adornments, feathers, suede brown brads in opposite corners, chipboard piece, frame & bling!

My speciality, embellied to the max!

Challenges for my card:

Sugarbowl- sketch (see above link & pic)

Creative Card Crew- cute & girly

Diva's by Design- for the girls

Top Tip Tuesday- for a child

Truly Scrumptious- anything goes

Paper Pretties- texture

My Partner in Crafting Crime- jute, twine or string

Colour Q- see below