Wise Men Mojo

Hi friends! Another weekend has flown by and it's already time for a new Mojo Monday sketch. In keeping with my simple sketches theme this month, I've got another sketch that's easy for you to dress up or down, depending on your mood.

When I sat down to stamp I was feeling like distressing, so I just went with it. One of my favorite tricks with sponging is to start with white cardstock and then blend three shades of brown around. It gives such a glow.  I sponged all of my layers using distress inks in antique linen, vintage photo and ground espresso.  The stamps are from the Beyond Measure and stamped in midnight muse ink.  I added in some speckled ground with a copic marker for the wise men silhouette, then sponged a bit of the ground with a gothic stencil and some vintage photo ink.

The back panel is also stenciled with the same gothic stencil and the back rectangle piece is resist canvas that I sponged with the same colors of ink.  I chose to have my banner piece at a diagonal and this piece of vintage lace was the perfect touch.  The star is stamped in midnight muse, cut with the coordinating Christmas Spirit Die Set and then highlighted with a white gel pen and an itty bitty rhinestone.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you've been inspired and find a little time to get creative this week. For a little more inspiration with this sketch, head on over to the Mojo Monday blog to see what the design team is sharing.

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Mojo Monday 475 Sketch

Stamps: Beyond Measure (Verve Stamps)
Paper: Regions Beyond Paper Stash (Tim Holtz Ideaology), brown paper bag cardstock (Paper Accents), white cardstock (Neenah)
Ink: midnight muse (SU!), antique linen, vintage photo, ground espresso distress inks (Ranger), white gel pen, copic markers
Acccessories: Christmas Spirit Die Set (A Cut Above by VERVE), stitched circles stax (MFT), resist canvas (Prima), gothic layering stencil (Tim Holtz), vintage lace, tiny rhinestone