Happy New Year, Stamping People! I wish you all the best in the year to come...happiness, health, creativity, moolah, peace, friendship, family time....the works! I'll be wishing and hoping for all of those things too. Cheers to the year ahead...
AND, speaking of the year ahead, rememeber that I mentioned some changes for the SKETCH FOR YOU TO TRY team? All of that starts right now with this first sketch of the year. We'll all be featuring this same sketch twice this month. And then each month to come a new sketch will be revealed and we'll all use it twice and so on. That'll give you lots of time to join in and play along.
Each month will have a sponsor as well as a guest designer. This month the sponsor is my favorite, THE CAT'S PAJAMAS, and the guest designer is the fabulous KIM TEASDALE. You'll also want to get in on the goodies, right? JEN has ALL OF THE DETAILS on how you can win her prize package over on her blog so head there straight away after me.
Okay, as for my card, I used one of the sweetest new images from THE CAT'S PAJAMAS in the set called YOU SUIT ME. This sketch was definitely a challenge for me. I had chosen those papers and was definitely going with 'em but then I just couldn't bring myself to cover up the awesome plaid with the vertical piece. To fix that I put the patterned paper strip beneath the horizontal layer and then added the ribbon to represent the "on top" part of the sketch. I added ALMA's gorgeous ICING CUTUPS die cut to the edges of the horizontal piece as well. That die is soooo dee-lish!
Okay, so that's me. Be sure to check in with the other SFYTT gals today. We've got new and wonderful talent to share with you in the form of KERRY JOHNSON! Here's the complete list (Carole and Sony are on vacation this week.):
Susan Liles
Amy Rohl
Amy Sheffer
Megan Lock
Amber Hight
Jodi Collins
Kelly Lunceford
and Jen del Muro.
Wow. Just wow. This is totally beautiful. I love what you did with the swirly border--I'm so going to try that! Coloring is perfect, paper choices are warm and wintery, and the image is just too cute!! Love it.
Posted by: Megan Lock | January 01, 2011 at 10:56 AM
love this.... the border is very cute.
Posted by: diana sears | January 01, 2011 at 11:40 AM
Love the paper choices to go with that oh so very cute image. I really like how you used that big loopy border too. I need to try that.
Posted by: Nancy Thomas | January 01, 2011 at 01:57 PM
Love, LOVE this. Love that plaid. Love the hair. Love the paper piecing. I think I love this card.
Posted by: alma de la rosa | January 01, 2011 at 08:18 PM
Great card design! Love how you used your border punch!
Posted by: Kathy Martin | January 02, 2011 at 08:15 AM
Love it Leigh! Your pieced scarf is fab and I love how you placed the cut up border! Awesome!
Posted by: Kerry J. | January 02, 2011 at 09:19 AM
Just gorgeous...so rich and vibrant, yet subtle...love that! Your touches with the white gel pen are always so perfect, and that scarf--that scarf is just popping right out at me! Bravo, dear!
Posted by: Amy Rohl | January 03, 2011 at 10:56 PM
Leigh!!! LOVE the idea of tucking some of the icing swirls over and under... SO clever!! Absolutely love the plaid pattern as well, adds just the right touch to the project. Definite home run with this one!
Posted by: Cindy Major | February 23, 2011 at 11:13 AM