Winter Sunshine

Here’s my card for this week’s Our Craft Lounge sketch challenge. I went for a bright, sunny card—quite a contrast from the wintery chill we’ve been stuck in for most of December.

I stamped the sun and cloud images from the Sunshine Cheer set on white cardstock using black ink. The images are colored with Copic markers. I stamped the cloud a second time on a scrap of cardstock, colored it, cut it out, and attached it to the panel with a dimensional dot. I pulled out my airbrush to add a soft blue-green tint to the sky behind the sun and cloud.

Most of the cardfront is covered with a green on green dotted patterned paper from Echo Park’s A Walk in the Park Collection Kit. The edges are machine-stitched to add some interest. The patterned paper piece is layered on a turquoise mat. I ran a strip of turquoise twill across the panels before setting them on a green card base. It’s accented with a trio of clear crystals. The cheery sentiment is set at the bottom of the card on a pair of layered oval panels.

Materials Used:
from i {heart} papers: Our Craft Lounge Sunshine Cheer stamp set, Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Copic markers (Y11, Y13, Y17, R21, B000, B0000, BG11, BG32), May Arts turquoise blue striped twill, Spellbinders circle, big scalloped circle, and petite oval dies, Ranger Crystal Stickles, Zva Creative clear crystals and dimensional dots

other: white Copic blending cardstock (Couture Cardstock); Hawaiian Shores and Simply Chartreuse cardstock (Papertrey Ink); sewing machine