An EXCITING New Challenge Blog Announcement!!

Hello, my friends! Do you remember a couple of posts ago I mentioned a brand new blog that was starting in June called A Die For A Sketch? They had a Design Team call out and I posted link. What I couldn't tell you at that time was that I was already part of the Design Team! Previously, I had received an email from the sweet Dunja inviting me to join her international team of talent in launching this exciting new Challenge Blog! I've always said no to that question before for various different reasons. What an honor it was to say YES!!

Here's how it works...on the 5th of every month the Challenge Sketch will be posted. You can create whatever you want; a card, a gift bag, a layout, etc. The only requirement is that you must use the current sketch and you must use a die of some kind in your project. Isn't that fun?

Here is the sketch for the very first Challenge:

Here is my card for Challenge No. 1:

It's such a fun sketch to use! I really hope you'll all come over to A Die For A Sketch and join in the fun! I hear there's even a prize involved! ;o) I've added a link in my sidebar, plus the names of all my new friends on the Design Team. You can also find all the information right HERE! I do hope to see many of you there! :o)

Just a little note about my sentiment. It's a little bit goofy, isn't it? lol Let's face it, there really aren't that many opportunities to use this "hullabaloo" sticker. This fun little penguin just looks like the right character for it. I did have something else in mind but had nothing in my stash for it. So I worked with what I had. I almost changed it because I wanted my first DT project to be perfect, but you know me...goofy works! :o)

My Card:
Papers: BASIC GREAY - lauderdale
              Cardstock - Recollection;
Brads: Recollections, Westrim Crafts;
Baker's Twine: The Twinery;
Sentiment: the Girls' Paperie Stickers;
Image: Birdie Brown Digital Stamp - Penguin in Summer 02;
             (button with link to store can be found in my sidebar)
Prismacolor Pencils & Odorless Mineral Spirits;
Punches: Recollections Flower Punch,
              Stampin' Up - Modern Label Punch;
Dies Used: Spellbinder Nestabilities - Standard Circles (LG),
               MM Slice Design Cards - Basic Shapes 1, Je t'adore;