Sunshine Monday - Let the Show Begin!

Please Note: I have two posts today - this Sunshine Monday one and the next one which features some Squigglefly Challenges.

SUNSHINE MONDAY

For today's Sunshine Monday creation, I used the Sunshine and Giggles Shannon and the Dance image.

Having studied theatre in college, this image reminds me of the theatrical stage, so I teamed it with fun theatre-themed papers and used some artsy features, too.


I wanted to draw attention to Shannon so I printed her on white cardstock and colored her with my Copic markers. I then carefully cut her out and popped her up off of the image that I printed in the same size on yellow cardstock.


While it isn't noticeable in the picture, on the yellow cardstock image, I completely colored Shannon a dark gray color, When you look at the card at an angle it gives the colored image of Shannon a soft shadow. This is something I recently learned to do. In the past, when I popped part of an image up off of the rest, I always colored the bottom image the same way as the popped image. This was much easier and very appropriate in this case.


The flower in the lower left-hand corner was made by punching eight scalloped circles out of sheet music and attaching the stack of them onto the card by sewing a large button in the center. I then crumpled the scalloped circles to give them dimension. I learned this technique from my friend Tanja. It is fun, easy, and creates a delightful flower. (THANK YOU, TANJA!)


This card takes me back to my college days... I'd like to say "Break a Leg" but I'm afraid some might not understand that theatrical tradition, so instead I'll say Let the show begin!




Image: Sunshine and Giggles Shannon and the Dance
Ink: Copic markers
Cardstock: Stampin' UP! Black, Bordering Blue, and Rose Red
Designer Paper: Karen Foster Admission Tickets and Art Takes Two (theatre paper)
Embellishments: flower made from sheet music and a large brad plus two small brads