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Today I am entering the competition at the Sugar Bowl where they have this fabulous sketch.

The additional part of the challenge is to use 'ribbons and or bows somewhere on your creation'.

I decided to make a mini book using one of Suzanne Woolcott's Gorjuss Girls.

I turned the sketch on it's side so that the vertical band is across the bottom and this is what I came up with:

All cardstock used is from the Bo Bunny ~ Beautiful Life collection. I created various layers to the cover by mounting the cardstock onto chipboard and inking and embossing the edges.

I turned the very centre panel into a little door by adding a hinge and door knob.
 

The Gorjuss Girl image I used is Bear Hug and I coloured her with my copics.
What is behind the door?
For the band in the sketch I punched some circles using a circle punch, inked and embossed the edges and glued them in a strip across cover, layering slightly as I went.
Here is a picture of the back cover.

Finally, I bound it with my Bind-it-all and added some ribbons.

Thank you for looking.

kat - keeley

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birdsong

Today I am entering the challenge at The Sugar Bowl where they have a fabulous sketch and an additional requirement to use the colour 'kraft' in your design.

The sketch was a dream to follow and as luck would have it, I have a little stash of kraft paper and so was able to use that.

I used plain kraft card as my base and inked the edges with gold ink.

I machine stitched on, a piece of Hambly kraft paper The Birdcages which I had also edged with gold ink.

Here is what I came up with:

I took another piece of plain kraft paper, inked the edges with gold and machine stitched on a piece of vellum paper decorated with golden musical notes.

The hinges are made from Tim Holtz grunge board which again I inked with gold and used little gold coloured brads from my stash to attach.

The image is a Leanne Ellis design called Fly Free. This design also includes a birdcage which I have chosen not to use here. I coloured her with my copics and added some Prima flowers to her hair.

The birdcages at the top right and bottom left hand corners were cut from another Hambly ~ Screen Print paper.

To the bottom left birdcage I added a white button which I had decorated with a little brown bird rub on.

I added a strip of sheer white ribbon across the centre of the design and machine stitched on a piece a of lace. The flower in the top corner was made with a layer of various flowers from my stash and I added a strip of flower lace to the centre.

Before I go I just want to thank Penni at Lazy Cats Cards for the lovely blog award that she left for me.

Thank you Penni! I know that there are rules to follow but I will have to come back to that as I'm in a bit of a rush!

Thank you for looking.

kat - keeley

having a {me} day