Sketch time at Handmade by Suzanne

Well here we are at the start of another month ...where did January go!?!?!
So that means its time for another sketch at Handmade by Suzanne....and again, the sketch is brought to us by the fabulous Michelle Fowler!

And here is my take on it.....

I've been using up some of my old paper stash again for this layout....Cosmo Cricket "Wanted" for my background paper, and some 7 Gypsies that is so old that I don't know the name....and there's a few scrap pieces of BG & Fancy Pants with some strips of orange linen ribbon.  Flowers are Prima, Manor House & Kaisercraft.  There's also a Lovelybug corduroy button, Bo Bunny brad, EK Success punched butterfly, Martha Stewart frond punch, AC Thickers & BG alpha stickers.  Plus I've had a whirl using my  We R Memory Keepers Sew Easy stitch piercer (straight stitching), that I've had in my stash for a long time, but never had the handle piece to be able to use it, but they are now in stock at HBS, so I got myself one along with a heap of different stitch varieties!.....& let me tell you, this thing is fabulous & I love it!!! 

Pics are from "The Big Picture" Diorama in Broken Hill, which is a 360 deg mural of outback scenes in the area....absolutely amazing!  And as the journaling says, no photography was allowed, but somehow these photos ended up on my camera....ooopsy!  lol

And now for some close ups....

This months sketch is a great one...so I hope you'll all be inspired to give it a go!
You can flip it, rotate it, mirror it.....whatever you want, as long as the "bones" of the sketch are there.

There is a $30 store voucher up for grabs, that includes free postage...so what have you got to lose!?!  Upload your layouts to the Feb 2012 folder in the HBS gallery by midnight 29th Feb....and the winner will be detemined by random draw...too easy!  And make sure you keep checking in the gallery throught the coming days & weeks to see the fabulous takes on the sketch by the DT & other entries.

You can also check out all the latest news at Handmade by Suzanne in the Feb newsletter that you can view HERE..... for all the latest products that have arrived, and will be arriving over the coming weeks with the release of all those new yummy CHA goodies!!  And also to see who this months guest designer is & the winner of last months sketch challenge!


Well, that's all from me for now....Thanks for dropping by & TFL.  xx