A Cherry on Top (and PageMaps) Sketch Contest

Did you think i had abandoned you all? hehe  I was busy creating as always... had quite a few orders for Mother's Day cards from my friends. Seems like my KaiserCraft easel card which i posted a week ago was a HIT! I took a picture of a couple of the new ones i made so i'll have more to share with you soon.

But for now, look at a layout i made for A Cherry on Top Sketch Contest at the PageMaps blog.  It is based on this fabulous sketch (aren't all PageMaps sketches just perfect!?):

Baby Daphne 

What better way to feature the very first precious picture (taken from a cellphone, thus the poor quality) of my youngest niece (who is now 4) than with a layout all dressed up in ivory and pink.  As you know, I normally do double-page layouts, usually extending the sketch i'm working with on a 2nd page, but i think this single layout will be just perfect at the very start of Daphne's album!

The paper i used is from Creative Imaginations and it is so beautiful (see the quilted texture on the background paper!?) that i had to keep myself from buying it in all the other colors available (green, yellow, blue, etc)!

I did a lot of hand-stitching which i LOVE to do although my poor hand would beg to differ! hehe  I'd love to say that i did the crochet flower too, but i bought it from a local scrapbooker who's also very talented at crocheting as you can see.

Cute carriage, isn't it?  It is a Martha Stewart 3-D accent. The pink bling also comes from MS.

So what do you think? Too much pink for you, perhaps? ;)