Little Best Friends - SSW117

Three things for today:  It's the last day of August - where did this month go?  It's my birthday and I'm not even going to go there on the topic of age - it really is a matter of mind right?!  And my favorite of all it's a Wednesday and that means another Sweet Sketch Wednesday challenge! We have a new sponsor this week and that's exciting too.

Elisabeth Bell Designs is the sponsor and I have just loved creating my card this week with the beautiful images this company has.  The lucky Grand Prize Winner of the challenge will receive both of the following images from Elisabeth Bell Designs:

You'll have to be sure to stop by the Sweet Sketch Wedneday blog to see what the design team created with these prize images.

And here is the sketch for this week. I love the combination of squares and the circle in this sketch - it has lots of layers which always adds interest to a card.

Now some of you might have thought you were on the wrong blog since my colors on this card are so pale and pastel but I can assure you I have not gone faint on this one.  I intentionally chose to go with softer colors because of the sweet delicate image of these toddlers on the beach.  I'm not going to say it was easy - you know I generally go for the bold and bright, vibrant color.  But I like how it turned out.  The sweet papers helped a lot here - they're by My Mind's Eye, the "Everyday Flair" collection.  The Elisabeth Bell image is called "Little Best Friends" and it reminds me of my daughter and niece when they were toddlers.  They are ony two months apart in age and totally inseparable even still today. 

And finally, I just have to mention the crocheted flower.  I made this little beauty and so proud of it too! I've always wanted to learn how to crochet something other than just chain stitches!  So I Googled crochet flowers, found a terrific video tailored to a total beginner (and it used normal everyday language-LOL) and this is what I came up with. Sort of...  I used white cotton yarn and colored this one with my Copics to get it to match my card colors.  I'm happy how it turned out for me! 

So that's it for today's post. Please join us this week in the Sweet Sketch Wednesday challenge - we just love to see what you can create!  Thanks for stopping by!