Ain't No Sunshine

The colors in the current Market Street Stamps Paint the Town challenge had me stumped at first. After some thought, I finally came up with this simple design using the Ain’t No Sunshine set for my focal panel along with a few of Market Street’s fabulous background stamps.

I made a simple scene using the set’s cloud, sun, and raindrop images. The cloud was stamped on a soft gray cardstock, then stamped with the Bit of Burlap background stamp, inked in London Fog ink and stamped off once for a faded look. The teal background panel was stamped with the Pretty Perfect Grid background stamp, inked in Bahama Blue and also stamped off once. I stamped the sun image at the top of the panel and paper pieced its center with a scrap of buttercream gingham patterned paper before setting the cloud over it with dimensional dots. Some raindrops are stamped beneath the cloud in navy blue ink—they show up pretty well against the teal backdrop.

I set the teal panel on a pale yellow card base, placing the bottom flush with the card’s bottom edge. The set’s “ain’t no sunshine” sentiment is stamped on a navy strip in white ink. I added a piece of creamy ruffle-edged trim along the bottom of the strip and a pair of silver brads before setting it in place on the cardfront.

Materials Used:
from i {heart} papers: Market Street Stamps Bit of Burlap and Pretty Perfect Grid background stamps, Tsukineko Memento London Fog, Paris Dusk, Tuxedo Black and Bahama Blue inks, My Mind’s Eye Six by Six Blink of an Eye 6x6 paper pad, Maya Road cream ruffle edge trim, Sticky Thumb dimensional dots

other: Ain’t No Sunshine stamp set (Market Street Stamps); Barely Banana, Taken with Teal, and Night of Navy cardstock (Stampin’ Up!); Fresh Snow ink, Soft Stone cardstock (Papertrey Ink); silver brads (Recollections)