Welcome friends! I hope you have had a wonderful week (and stayed reasonably warm if you are on the East Coast)! I truly LOVED seeing all your creations last week using feathery friends! This week, The Paper Players has a sketch challenge from the very talented Sandy…I had so much fun working with this sketch and I’m sure you will too!

Isn’t is fun?? My first inclination was to go with a the sketch and use a feather, but I discovered I just wasn’t in a feather-y mood, I wanted something bright. I pulled out a new-to-me set and got right to work creating a bright and fun card…

What do you think?? Is it bright enough?? lol. That’s one thing I love about Doodlebug Designs papers, they do bright very well! When picking my papers, I knew that I wanted the circle cut out to feature a bright and fun pattern. I felt that plain card stock would be a bit boring so I paired up my feature polka dot paper with a more subdued pattern. It’s a nice bright small pattern so as to add visual interest but not compete with either the balloons or the feature paper. I decided to add in a layer of Enchanted Evening card stock to help define the pattern paper a bit more.

I fell in love with this coordinating stamp and die set from Lil ‘Inkers called Balloon Builders. The die cut balloon strings was the clincher for me. No more trying to attach baker’s twine to make my balloon strings, thank you very much! I pulled the colors for my balloon from my polka dot paper and decided to go more masculine with the colors, ending up using Island Indigo, Gumball Green, and Tangelo Twist for my balloons.

In the end, I decided I wanted to add a bow to my balloons and copied the shape of the die cut, using glue to tack down the ends of the baker’s twine. I think it’s a fun detail!

Perhaps I went a bit wild with my sprinkles, but they are just so cute that I couldn’t help myself! And, that’s what they are for, to use…or so I keep telling my other side who is screaming that they won’t last!! If I run out, I know where I can get more! (wink)

So, I hope you will visit the rest of the team and be inspired by their amazing artwork and then settle down to have a go at the sketch! I can’t wait to see your creations!!!