you are a treasure....

Hello friends!!  It is a wet and really cold day here in Western Washington... typical mid-December for us.  I don't mind the cold, but combined with the wet... not so fun!  Anywhoo... I have a card to share today that I made for this month's Sketch for You to Try challenge.   I was so sad when I read Jen's (the owner of SFYTT) post and saw that she has decided to shut down SFYTT.  When I first started posting cards online SFYTT was one of those challenge blogs that I always saw people talking about and posting their cards for.  I checked out the challenge a few times, but never seemed to be able to get something done in time to play along.  I was finally able to start playing along toward the end of 2011 and challenged myself to complete all the sketches for 2012.   Much to my surprise and delight I was even asked to be a guest designer for SFYTT in March of this year!!  So... yeah... I was definitely sad when I read Jen's post.  But with the posting of this card I will have met my goal of completing all the sketches for 2012... Yay!!  The complete list is at the end of this post.

For my card I decided to use a recently acquire My Mind's Eye stamp set that coordinated with the newly released My Mind's Eye Lost & Found 3 collection, Ruby.    The sentiment is from a PTI mini set, Signature Series Dress Form.   SU!'s Ruby Red (an ink they no longer carry) is a really good match for one of the reds found in the patterned paper so I used that to stamp the doily image.  I cut it out with a Spellbinders plain circle die and then matted it with a plain circle of  Ruby Red cardstock.  The fishtail flags were cut with... yep... my totally over-worked Fishtail Flag Stax dies from My Favorite Things.  The kraft cardstock was embossed using a new SU! embossing folder, Fancy Fans.  While not part of the sketch I added the sentiment as shown because I liked how it looked!!   Finished it off with a kraft colored button and some twine that matched.  So there you have it... my final SFYTT card.  Now here is a list of all my SFYTT cards for the year:   January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October and November. 

Thanks for stopping by and thanks to Jen for hosting such a fabulous sketch challenge that so many paper crafters have enjoyed!!!

Supplies:  Cardstock:  SU! Crumb Cake; PTI cream; PP:  My Mind's Eye Lost & Found 3 Ruby; Stamps:  My Mind's Eye & PTI; Ink:  SU! Ruby Red; Dies:  Spellbinderrs & My Favorite Things; button:  PTI; Twine:  The Funkie Junkie