Shrinking Sketch *SFYTT*

I have been busy this week getting things ready for the baby shower I am throwing next Saturday. I thought I would use this week's sketch to make the tags that I will use on the prizes for the winners of the games we will play. It was fun to use the sketch on a smaller scale, hence the title of my post. Jen's sketches could also be used for scrapbook layouts as well. I really love this month's sketches and I am sure you all will, too.

I have been using this great paper from DCWV, which is from the Baby Boy Nana's Nursery slab. I got the 8 by 8 size, since I didn't like how large the patterns were with the 12 by 12 size. Isn't it funny that all of these papers are from the "boy" collection? I wouldn't use these for any of my boy pages, except for maybe Easter. They are super cute, though, especially since the Mother-to-be wanted purple invitations, etc. Everything is turning out quite nicely.

I paired the cute paper up with one of my favorite sets, Baby Button Bits. I used this same image for the invitations. Do you know how hard it was to color 43 of these? Those petals are really small and I had to be super careful with a new, juicy Copic marker. The invitations looked relatively simple, but when you take into account coloring all of those, it really took quite a bit of time and patience. The sentiment is from this set, which I thought worked nicely for someone who just won a game. Definitely not the way it was intended to be used, but perfect all the same.

Okay...I will quit rambling. I also added some felt flowers and ribbon for the embellishment. Can I tell you how absolutely yummy PTI felt is? It is amazing! For the finishing touches, I added some stitching and liquid pearls. I also added liquid pearls to the invitations, so I wanted to keep that continuity as well. The details are really what brings everything together and makes things flow. I will *try* and remember to take pictures the day of the shower when everything comes together. Now...all I have to do is come up with the prizes! LOL!

You won't want to miss the other gals creations:
Jen Del Muro and New October Guest Designer
Amy Rohl
Susan Liles
Amy Sheffer
Leigh O' Brien,
Jenn Diercks,
Amber Hight
Megan Lock
Sony Christoph
Jodi Collins
CAROLE
Thanks for fluttering by!

P.S. I wanted to let you know that I am having serious computer issues which is making is incredibly hard to get connected to the internet, hence my absence. My DH is trying to get things worked out. Thanks for your understanding!