Technostamper's Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge

This week I took the easy way out and killed 2 birds with one stone. You see, almost 2 years ago I participated in an AMuse ATC swap. I've had about 20 ATC cards, as adorable as you can imagine, sitting around and have been wanting to convert them into full cards. I have yet to do it.

So, when I saw Mary Jo's sketch challenge for this week, I thought PERFECT sketch for my ATC's. I chose to do my ATC into a full card, but think this sketch would work for more than one of the ATC's I have on hand so I will definitely be going back to it! I searched SCS for a good color combo based on the Sahara Sand I had already used and Blue Bayou and Chocolate Chip worked awesome (CC127).

This card came together so quick and I'm so happy about that! Sometimes I really struggle with the card and this time I chose to use solid layers instead of searching for the perfect patterned cardstock although I know I have some that would work well with this card.

Make sure to check out Mary Jo's blog and join us with your card based on her sketch! I love to see what everyone comes up with.

Card details:

Stamps: AMuse, PapertreyInk "Hi There" sentiment

Cardstock: Vellum, Whisper White, Sahara Sand, Blue Bayou, Chocolate Chip

Inks: Black Staz On, Yo Yo Yellow, Pumpkin Pie

Accessories: Gold Brads, Corkboard, Lumiere, Pearl-Ex, Oval Nestabilities, Scallop punch

You can't really tell in the picture but I colored the palm tree leaves with lumiere and Pearl-Ex, the base of the tree with a SU! Marker. The sun was made by cutting a square and then punching the "sun" shape out of it with a circle punch. I used this as my template when I sponged on the color.