Donna Mikasa is the host for the Clean Team at Freshly Made Sketches this week. It's her first time hosting, and she's come up with a fun clean and simple sketch for us to try out.
Here's My Card:
The rectangles in the sketch were just calling out for some fun characters to liven them up. After careful consideration, I hauled out my retired Taco Fiesta stamp set which has lots of lively images. This card certainly isn't "clean and simple" with so much going on, but it was really fun to make! Here's what i came up with.
Here's the inside of the card. I love all the images in the Taco Fiesta stamp set. They make me smile. Instead of using a cardstock matte for the inside I chose to add a layer of the designer paper. There are two reasons for this. One, the card is lighter when you use DSP for the matte so mails cheaper and two you use your designer paper instead of having it on the shelf.
Supplies and Instructions:
Stamps and Dies:
- Taco Fiesta #160732
- Stitched so Sweetly dies #159690 for rectangles (6)
Cardstock and Designer Series Paper:
- Basic White Cardstock
- 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 for the card base
- 3 3/4" x 5" for the inside matte
- 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 piece to cut out the rectangles - cut six
- Variety of small scraps to stamp the images on. All images were fussy cut because I don't own the dies for this set. Cutting and colouring is very relaxing.
- Misty Moonlight 5 3/8" x 4 1/8" for matte layer on card front
- Painted Illusions Designer Series Paper #167977
- Cut two mattes 5 1/4" x 4" - front and inside. This 12 x 12 paper pack was the February Product of the Month and I've found it works as a background for so many of my projects.
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- Basic Black Hybrid ink (NEW)
- Blends: Granny Apple Green, Old Olive, Parakeet Party, Daffodil Delight, Timid Tiger, Crumb Cake, Smokey Slate, Poppy Parade, Summer Splash, SU500 brown
Accessories:
- Adhesive Backed Shiny Sequins in Yellow
- Dimensionals
I had a lot of fun stamping and colouring all these little characters. I can't wait to see the reaction when my friend opens this fun birthday card. What about you, do you like it? If so drop me a comment. I'd love to hear what your favourite taco character is.
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Penny Hanuszak, CDN Stampin' Up! Demo since 2006
