Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #19

Happy Memorial Day! I hope you and your family will take a few moments and ponder the meaning of today and how many men and women have sacrificed their lives for our freedom. Let us not forget.

If you have been following my blog, then you know that rarely do I miss the opportunity to participate in Karen Giron's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge. This week is no exception. For some reason this card was a little bit more of a challenge for me...maybe because it was a holiday weekend and there are tons of things going on here...maybe I am just bored with my paper and stamp sets and just couldn't find anything that "fit" the sketch. Sometimes it helps if I look at a sketch from a different angle. I turned the sketch on its side and things just seem to make sense. I have been feeling guilty that I have so much product that goes unused at the end of the catalog year, so I decided to pull out some of my rub-ons and see if anything appealed to me.

This card uses a standard 5-1/2" x 4-1/4" Chocolate Chip CS base with a slightly smaller layer of Riding Hood Red CS that I embossed with a Cuttlebug dotted swiss embossing folder. I took my color cues from the rub-on and layered Kiwi Kiss, Chocolate Chip and Riding Hood Red CS along with a small strip of Pumpkin Pie DSP. I added some large designer buttons from the Latte collection and attached them using mini glue dots.