You Are My Sunshine

Here's my card for this week's Muse challenge. I was inspired by Therese's layout and her card's gradient stenciled background.

Instead of using different shades of the same color for my background, I went with warm shades of pink, orange, and yellow.  I used a dotted stencil and ink applicator on a piece of white cardstock, overlapping the colors just a bit for a smooth transition.

I stamped the "you are my sunshine" sentiment from the Lil' Inker Designs Sun Sentiments stamp set directly on my stenciled panel in black ink.  I added a die cut sun next to the sentiment.  The center of the sun is filled in with a tiny yellow circle with a dot embossed pattern, matching the background's dotted pattern.  I went back and forth about whether or not to add the felt cloud over the sun, but in the end, decided I liked the texture  from the felt.  After edging the panel with narrow strips of dark pink cardstock, I adhered it to a white card base.  A trio of gold sequins around the sentiment completes the design.

Materials Used:
Sun Sentiments stamp set, stitched sun and cloud dies (Lil' Inker Designs); Scattered Straw, Worn Lipstick, and Dried Marigold distress inks (Ranger); white cardstock, white felt, gold sequins (Michaels); Pink Passion cardstock (Stampin' Up!); dotted stencil (Heidi Swapp); Spotted embossing folder (Lifestyle Crafts)