You Drive Me Bananas

Now that the holidays are over, I'm ready to move on to new crafting themes. I made this fun Valentine's Day card yesterday for this week's Paper Craft Planet sketch challenge.

The focal image is Chip, one of the adorable monkey images from the DoodleFactory Valentine Remix set from Starving Artistamps. I colored the monkey with Copic markers and added in some grass beneath him, also using Copics. A small red felt heart, dressed up with a red button, fills in a little of the white space on the image panel.

I used two different patterned papers for the cardfront. A plaid one runs across the card, edged with a solid red strip on the bottom and a scalloped heart border strip on top. I've had these borders in my stash for a while, so it was nice to break open the package and put one to use. I wrapped some red baker's twine around the panel and tied the ends in a tiny bow. The coordinating sentiment is set on a white tab that's slipped underneath the patterned paper panel. All of the pieces are set on a yellow paper with a very subtle textured-looking pattern that I picked to coordinate with the yellow I used on the monkey image.

If you get a chance to try out the sketch, be sure to link it up using the Linky Tools widget on the Paper Craft Planet blog. And, you can always upload your card to the PCP gallery--be sure to use the keyword 010111 so it can be added to the album with the rest of this week's creations.

Materials Used:

Chip from DoodleFactory Valentine Remix and Valentines Sentiment sets (Starving Artistamps); white cardstock (X-Press); Tuxedo Black ink (Memento); markers (Copic); Riding Hood Red Classic ink, Riding Hood Red and Creamy Caramel cardstock (Stampin' Up!); A to KaZoo designer paper (K & Company); Made with Love collection designer paper (KaiserCraft); heart border (Martha Stewart); heart die, Pure Poppy button, Pure Poppy baker's twine, natural twine (Papertrey Ink); Corner Chomper; red felt