Get it in Gear

Here’s my card for this week’s Kraftin’ Kimmie challenge. I made the sketch a little taller to fit the tall Moonlight Whispers Carole image I chose for my card.

Carole’s colored with Copic markers to match the patterned papers I used on the cardfront. I did a little fancy, out of the box cutting with my Spellbinders die and a craft knife so that her ponytail extends beyond the edge of the image panel. I also used a fine-tip black pen and a ruler to draw in a sidewalk beneath the image so it didn’t look like she was floating in space.

I used a combination of spring-like patterns and coordinating solids for the cardfront. Once everything was in place, I stamped the “get it in gear” sentiment from the Steampunk Sentiments collection in coordinating green ink and set that in place on the cardfront. It wasn't meant to go with this image, but I think it works pretty well with it! A trio of golden yellow buttons, threaded with hemp twine, completed the design.

Materials Used:
Moonlight Whispers Carole image and Steampunk Sentiments stamp sets (Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps); white cardstock (Taylored Expressions); Memento Tuxedo Black ink (Tsukineko); markers (Copic); Simply Chartreuse and Harvest Gold cardstock (Papertrey Ink); Sweet Summertime designer papers (Echo Park); petite oval dies (Spellbinders); scallop edge punch (Stampin’ Up!); hemp twine (Hemptique); buttons