Deconstructed Sketch #164

Hello friends!  It’s Thursday, and that means it’s time for another Deconstructed Sketch!  We’re on sketch #164 this week, and Jen has designed a fabulous layout for you…

There are a lot of fun options you can have with this with your background stamps or patterned papers!  I hope you’ll stop over at Jen’s blog and give this sketch a try!
Here’s my card…

A long time ago, the idea kept popping into my head to make a watermelon using the big circle dies in the Blueprints 16 set from My Favorite Things.  And the half-circle element in the sketch kept speaking to me so this is what I came up with!  I cut the watermelon rind using Gumdrop Green card stock, and stamped it in Gumdrop Green hybrid ink with the BG Diagonal Stripes background.  The watermelon flesh was made using Wild Cherry card stock, and I made the seeds using the leaves from Die-Namics Flower & Leaf Trio and Black Licorice card stock.  The card base is Sweet Tooth card stock, and on it I layered a Wild Cherry card stock panel backed with Black Licorice card stock, and stamped in Sweet Tooth pigment ink with the BG Gingham background.  Behind the watermelon is a piece of Black Licorice card stock that was embossed using the Polka Dot Cover-Up die.  I added some Pierced Fishtail Flags STAX in Sweet tooth card stock, and a black twill ribbon tab at the bottom to finish the design.
On the inside, I added a very simple sentiment stamped in Gumdrop Green hybrid ink from the Chocolate Sentiments stamp set…

I hope you’ll join us!  Stop over at Jen’s blog for all the details, and see the rest of the team for more inspiration…

• Arielle Gordon
• Cresta Woodruff
• Jen Shults
• Kim O’Connell
• Sheri Gilson
• Tangii Crain
• Tracey Pickersgill

Here are my supplies…

Die-namics Blueprints 16	Die-namics Flower & Leaf Trio	Die-namics Polka Dot Cover Up	Die-namics Pierced Fishtail Flags STAX	BG Gingham Background	BG Diagonal Stripes Background
Chocolate Sentiments	Hybrid Ink Pad Gumdrop Green	Pigment Ink Pad Sweet Tooth	Gumdrop Green Card Stock	Wild Cherry Card Stock	Sweet Tooth Card Stock
Black Licorice Card Stock

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All products from My Favorite Things unless otherwise noted…
Stamps:  Chocolate Sentiments, BG Gingham background, BG Diagonal Stripes background
Dies:  Blueprints 16, Flower & Leaf Trio, Polka Dot Cover-Up, Pierced Fishtail Flags STAX
Card stock:  Gumdrop Green card stock, Wild Cherry card stock, Sweet Tooth card stock, Black Licorice card stock
Inks:  Gumdrop Green hybrid ink, Sweet Tooth pigment ink
Accessories:  black twill ribbon (unknown)
Thanks so very much for stopping by today!