Technostamper Challenge

I tried to get a card done yesterday for Mary Jo's Technostamper challenge. It didn't happen.. However ~ today is a new day, and one of my long time customers/friends is looking for a gift certificate. I had to make the sketch a bit longer for the size of my gift certificate. The certificate was 3 1/4 x 8" So my "holder" is 8 1/2" x 3 1/2".

I think the sketch lends itself well to a long style card, so I thought today, when I needed a gift certificate holder, that it would be perfect for what i needed. I think I may have made it even longer than the sketch but, that's ok..

What I learned ~~ After adding the little lip for the paper to sit in, I had to cut my certificate down a bit to fit. Sticky Strip is 1/4" thick, but even on the edge you need to account for another 1/8" of an inch on both sides at least.

I used crushed curry, ruby red, and soft suede markers to ink up my image and I stamped it on very vanilla cardstock. I cut that focal point down to 2 1/4" x 4 1/2" and then matted it with a piece of soft suede cardstock.

The ribbon sitting on top of the below view, is just hanging there. That is how I am keeping the envelope closed. I think it looks really beautiful above, when the designer series paper frames where the ribbon sits going across and that part stays true to the sketch. What a great sketch Mary Jo! I'm going to try and start playing along more! Beautiful!

Would you like to play along too? Check out the lunch time Monday sketch here!