Kidspiration

Here are my cards for the final two June Viva la Verve sketch/inspiration challenges. This month’s inspiration room is kids’ rooms. For the first card, I was inspired by the green/brown color scheme and tree image in one room and created this masculine card based on those elements.

I stamped Verve’s Whimsy Tree Plain Jane image twice on cream cardstock. After coloring the images with Copic markers, I cut out the tree top from one image and attached it to the other panel with foam tape for a dimensional look. The “you’re my hero” sentiment from the Thankful Hearts set fit nicely in the lower left corner of the panel.

I used more brown and green for the rest of the card. I picked a brown paper with green dots for the large panel on the cardfront and matted both the patterned paper and image panel on a bright green paper. I used a strip of dark brown ribbon, accented with a button, underneath the image panel. Everything’s layered on a kraft card base to complete the card.

Materials Used:
Whimsy Tree and Thankful Hearts stamp sets (Verve Stamps); Rich Cocoa ink (Memento); markers (Copic); Vintage Cream and New Leaf cardstock, Dotty Biscotti designer paper, brown button, twine (Papertrey Ink); Kraft cardstock, Chocolate Chip grosgrain ribbon (Stampin’ Up!); foam tape

For the second card, I was inspired by the stars and stripes and colors in one of the rooms. I paired these elements with images from Verve’s new Always on My Mind set.

I stamped the sentiment on the oval panel first using red ink, then added the dangling star images at different heights around it. The stars are colored with a red Copic marker and covered with some Stickles for lots of shimmer and sparkle.

I used two different patterned papers for the panels on the cardfront. They’re both matted with a dark blue cardstock then layered on the red card base. I attached the stamped image panel and added a small knotted ribbon embellishment at the panel’s base.

Materials Used:
Always on My Mind stamp set (Verve Stamps); Tuxedo Black ink (Copic); marker (Copic); white cardstock (Xerox); Riding Hood Red, Bashful Blue, and Not Quite Navy cardstock (Stampin’ Up!); designer paper (Creative Imaginations); Enchanted Evening grosgrain ribbon (Papertrey Ink); Ruby Slipper Glitz Stickles (Ranger)