Let's Get Sketchy Birthday Bash Blog Hop!

Let’s Get Sketchy is turning ONE, and to celebrate we are having a Birthday Bash Blog hop. As you make your way along our hop to visit each of our DT blogs, you will find lots of birthday inspired projects. If you have arrived here from Brenshevia's blog, welcome to the LGS blog hop!! If you have stumbled across this by chance, and want to play along, then you can head back to the Let's Get Sketchy site to start at the beginning and to start collecting your Birthday challenge words. These words should be in bold letters on each of the DT member’s pages.

I decided originally to create a two page scrapbook layout for the Birthday Bash. Usually for events, such as a birthday, I have more photos that I want to showcase on my layout. So I got onto Pinterest and found an awesome two page sketch by Cheri O'Neill. Here's the sketch:

And here is my layout using the sketch:

I used the October Afternoon/Cakewalk collection for my layout. With the exception that I should have used beige cardstock for the base instead of white, I am happy with how the spread turned out. The layout tells the story of our grandson's first birthday and showcases my favorite photos from his party, and that's what's most important, right? "How" could you not want to squeeze his cute little cheeks!

After I finished my layout, I remembered that I had a card kit that I had purchased at Walmart ages ago. I decided to dig it out of my stash and create some birthday cards as well for the hop! I used the supplies that was in the kit and also pulled a couple of other embellishments out of my stash to create these cards. The design elements of the cards would be so simple to recreate and make your own cards for any occasion.

Now it's your turn. Come and join us for the Birthday Bash challenge!

Birthday Bash Challenge- To create any birthday inspired project from examples you see on the design team blogs, and upload your project on the LGS blog.  If their project is a layout then do a lift of that layout. If it’s a project of sorts, then do that project.  You can pick from ANY DT member’s blog project from the hop for your entry.

Also as you hop along the way you will find clue words on each of the Design Team member’s blogs.  Once you have gathered all the words they will form a quote related to our birthday. Tell us the quote by emailing letsgetsketchy, (link to our email address), and get your name in the pot for an extra prize drawing.

The winner of the hop will be randomly selected and will win a nice bag of scrap goodies from Lets Get Sketchy.  As always there are rules for playing!

Here are the rules for playing and winning:

1. You MUST be a follower of each LGS team members blog and leave a comment on each blog and;

2. You MUST also be a follower of the LGS blog.

Please make sure you visit the entire team today as some members are hosting additional blog challenges during the hop and offering their own extra goodies for you. The more you play the more chances you have to win prizes! All blog hop entries are due by midnight, March 8th, 2013. CST. 

For an additional chance to win a prize, I will give one of my followers a little rak, (random act of kindness), here on my blog. All you have to do is leave a comment for this post by midnight March 4th, 2013 MST, and you could win this:

Little Yellow Bicycle - Pack Our Bags Envelope Album Kit

Now hop on over to Stacia's blog to see what she has in store for you!

Here is the line-up in case you get lost!

Line up:

Brenshevia

Debbie------You are here!

Stacia

Laurie

Carla

Michelle

Lynn

Alison

Melinda

Tracy

Sherri

Marit

Lanette

Bev

Stephanie

Stacey

LGS