Grrrreat Friend

Here’s my card for this week’s Our Craft Lounge sketch challenge. I haven’t used my Jungle Love set in a while, so I put it to use for this square card.

I stamped the set’s lion image for the focal image. The image is colored with Copic markers and I added an airbrushed sky. It’s cut out with a Nestabilities rectangle die using the out of the box technique so that the lion’s tail extends beyond the border of the rectangle—too cute!

I used patterned papers from two different lines for the cardfront. The kraft panel is a piece of Basic Grey’s Basics Kraft paper and the dotted paper comes from October Afternoon’s Fly a Kite line. I liked the look of mixing the two different sized dotted patterns. It’s hard to see in the photo, but I added a trio of faux stitches to the top of the green dotted panel as an accent. The sentiment is done banner-style. I anchored it at one end with a clear yellow button threaded with some jute rope.

Materials Used:
from i {heart} papers: Our Craft Lounge Jungle Love stamp set, Couture Cardstock white medium weight Copic blending cardstock, Copic markers (Y00, Y11, Y13, Y17, Y38, YG01, YG03, YG05, YG07, R21, B21), Nestabilities rectangle dies, Basic Grey Basics Kraft designer paper and Kioshi button, October Afternoon Fly a Kite designer paper, Ranger Inkssentials white pen, Alexx Kesh jute natural rope

other: Kiwi Kiss and Crushed Curry cardstock (Stampin’ Up!); foam tape