Happy Thoughts

Hi and welcome!  We have fun sketch for you today at Freshly Made Sketches and its creator is the fabulous Linda Callahan.

As you can see from my card, I took a fairly literal approach to the sketch, sticking with the circle theme.

I used two different sized dies to die cut some circle frames of white cardstock that I'd sponged with Mint Candy, Duckling and Apricot inks.  Once the circle frames were cut, I added some more sponging near the bottom for an ombre effect.  The sentiment was also white cardstock sponged with Steel Blue ink and then stacked on top of four other layers of white and slightly offset so the white shows.

The base of the card was die-cut with a stitched rectangle frame then I used a Donna Downey stencil and some translucent embossing paste for a soft textured background.

I'm linking this card up to the current Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge which is Ombre.

Thanks for visiting.  Be sure to check out the wonderful inspiration from the rest of this fabulous team.

Products used:

Stamps:  Sending Happy Thoughts (SSS)
Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black, Steel Blue, Duckling, Apricot, Mint Candy (SSS)
Cardstock:  Stone (PTI), white
Accessories:  Spellbinders circle dies, Sending die (SSS), Stitched Rectangles (Lil' Inkers), Translucent EP, Scribble Script stencil (Donna Downey)

Cheers
Karren