Go to Sketches Magazine: Friend Hop

Welcome to the Go to Sketches blog hop! Holy moly, you have no idea how excited and I honored I am to have been asked to join this hop by my friend Kim Kesti. I had the pleasure of meeting Kim at CHA and she's as sweet as sugar! I'm beyond flattered that she remembered me! I've been keeping this blog hop a secret for a little while now so it's nice to FINALLY let it out! :) Oh, read to the end of my post, there's a PRIZE!

What's this magazine about? If you haven't heard about it, this special edition of Paper Crafts Magazine has 66 sketches and 282 projects in it to inspire you. I love sketches! I can't get enough of them. They are such a great starting off point. You can go HERE to buy yourself an issue of Go to Sketches.

Today is a super fun hop! The Go To Girls have invited some of their friends to show you never before seen cards made from a few of the sketches in the magazine. Please stop by Kim's blog to make sure you see all the amazing creations inspired by her sketch. She will also have links to the 5 other Go To Girls and you'll get the chance to see 30 brand new cards based on the Go to Sketches Magazine.

Kim emailed me her fabulous sketch and I tried to do it justice. You can see the sketch to the right here. I love how clean and simple Kim's sketch is! At first, when I was asked to join along, I was afraid I might be asked to attempt a complicated sketch. While I would have attempted it, I am much more comfortable with clean and simple. This is a sketch I'll be able to use time and time again.

For this card, I used all elements from the new Caffinated Cropper kit that is being released today called "With a Cherry on Top." The only thing I added was the white card stock. The designer paper is Doodlebug and the pink card stock is Bazzill. The alphabet stickers are My Little Shoebox. The big butterfly is freehand cut from some rusty screen (literally from a window screen), the antenae is made from a wire thingy with pearls on each end and then the butterfly is embellished with Kaisercraft rhinestones. The baby butterflies are punched with a Martha Stewart butterfly punch and then embellished with the same rhinestones.

Here's another view of the card. I glue the big butterfly down with Zip Dry and then popped the little butterflies with some foam tape. It gives a nice 3D effect.

Ok, how about that prize? For a chance to win your very own issue of Go to Sketches, leave me a comment letting me know how you feel about sketches. Easy peasy!