More is More

Happy Friday!  It’s time for the Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge (TESC117) and this week’s sketch is particularly easy and versatile I think!  It also works great no matter which way you turn it!  I flipped it over on it’s side so I could play with Hangin’ Out at the Beach some more.  I really love this set and I was super inspired by this card by Karen Motz.  I love her bright cheery colors and the way her sponged background so closely mimics her vacation photo!

So here’s my “wishing you white sandy beaches and the perfect swimsuit.”

I started out with the Basic Grey Green at Heart 6×6 pad.  First I chose 3 specific sheets of the paper that I thought I might work with for this card and then chose solid cardstock and ink colors from there.  I decided to use glossy cardstock for my main image panel since I love the way sponging and blending dye inks looks on glossy.  I sponged on Elegant Eggplant, Rich Razzleberry, Regal Rose and Pumpkin Pie inks for that sunset/twilight feel.  I cut a little strip of Kraft cardstock using the cutting blade from the SU cutter kit for my beach.  That was covered with Brown Sugar Sparkly Fluff.  All of my swim suit pieces were stamped on Green at Heart papers and cut out.  The palm tree was stamped on TE Choice Snow White cs, colored with Copics, cut out and highlighted with stickles.  The clothesline is hand-drawn with a Copic multi-liner pen.  Card base is Regal Rose, layered with Rich Razzleberry, then Pumpkin Pie and then the sheet of Green at heart.

I have a friend preparing for a family vacation to Hawaii in just over a week and we were just talking about bathing suits – YUCK!  LOL!  So I thought this card would be the perfect bon voyage for  her.

I hope you’ll play along with us in this week’s sketch.  Let’s check out what the rest of the Sketch Crew has created.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I have a fun post planned for tomorrow so please come back.  Have a fantastic weekend!

Card Recipe

Stamps: TE Hangin’ Out at the Beach

Paper: Regal Rose, Rich Razzleberry, Pumpkin Pie, Kraft, Glossy White, TE Choice Snow White. Basic Grey Green at Heart 6×6 pad

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Elegant Eggplant, Rich Razzleberry, Regal Rose, Pumpkin Pie

Other: Copic markers, Stickles (orange, lime), Sparkly Fluff (brown sugar),Kaisercraft rhinestones (champagne), Liquid Pearls (espresso), EK Success Dotted Wave border punch, corner rounder