It's Spring-y Around Here!!

**Normally I try to avoid doing multiple posts in a day, but I wanted to participate in the sketch challenge at Let's Get Sketchy, which ends tonight...SO, if you would like to see my post for the Fabulous Friday challenge at Frosted Designs, that I posted this morning, please check it out HERE.**

I'm sure the weather is just as crazy in your neck of the woods as it has been here!  We never really have cold, cold Winter's, but I think this has to be the mildest one in a while.  It actually feels like late Spring here, with temps getting close to the 80's already.  Well, with the hot temperatures aside, there is a great benefit to Spring and that is all of the gorgeous flowers that are in bloom!!  I snapped a few Spring-y pics yesterday afternoon of our two youngest kiddies playing around outside.  We were in search of flowers...most of the ones they found were actually weeds, but they didn't know that!!  :)  

I created this layout for two challenges.  The first is for Let's Get Sketchy, using their Challenge #2 sketch.  This was my first time to play along with one of their challenges and I had a lot of fun using the sketch.  Miraculously, I stuck pretty close to the original design of the sketch.  The only thing I really changed, was moving the title down just a little bit.  This layout is also for the March/April Issue Challenge #3 at Club CK, to use stitching through your title letters.  I LOVE the look of this, but I don't use it much, because a lot of scrappers also sew and they use their sewing machines to add stitching to their pages.  It always looks so awesome...but unfortunately I do not sew and therefore, do not own a sewing machine!!  :)  My stitching is usually always done by hand, using embroidery floss.  I still always end up liking the end result, but there is just something that is so (sew) cool about the machine stitching on layouts!!  :)

 

Products Used:

Cardstock:  Bazzill

Patterned Paper, Twine, Letter Stickers, Chipboard Elements, Flower Sack Shapes,      Sprinklers:  October Afternoon
Buttons:  Michael's
Brads:  The Paper Studio

Edgers:  Provo Craft
Embroidery Floss:  Janlynn
Punch:  Marvy
Pen:  Zig Memory System