Sneak Peak- Hello Heartsong 2

Good morning!

Happy Tuesday and welcome to another sketch challenge with Skipping Stones Design.  This week's sketch 121 is our final sketch from Angi Barrs (sniff, sniff) and it's pretty awesome.

I happened to stop in Archiver's over the weekend and with some new papers from Cosmo Cricket, pulled together this card:

I started by stamping some of the texture images from Garden Stamp Kiss on a piece of gray patterned paper to give it a bit more interest.  

Next, I stamped the circle pattern from Pumpkin Seed on a piece of yellow patterned paper.  I interpreted the rectangles in the sketch as weaved paper or ribbon, so I punched a piece of melon patterned paper with my "Leave it to Weaver" Fiskars board punch.  I flipped over the piece of paper and punched it again to make longer slots to accomodate a wider strip of paper.  Next, I wove the papers together and trimmed the edge of the yellow paper with pinking shears.  I attached the woven strips to my card.  

For the focal point, I stamped the bird, branch and sentiment all from Heartsong 2 on some lined paper I had cut with a Spellbinders die from the Hopscotch Collection from Pretty Little Studio.  I inked the edge of the label as well as the inside of the bird to give it more color. I adhered the label to the card and finished it with a few buttons tied with twine.  

Here is this week's sketch: 

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Be sure to check out the other DT gals and our guests, Angi, AJ Otto and Amy Tsuruta for more inspiring takes on this week's sketch!

Thanks for stopping by! 

Katie