Sunshine Vibes Sketch Challenge

September 25, 2025

Sunshine Vibes Sketch Challenge

Today’s card is for my Coast to Coast Team Sketch Challenge, and I just knew I had to reach for the Sunshine Vibes set. The cheerful colors, bold rainbow, and playful design are perfect for spreading a little happiness.

I love how sketches give a jumping-off point—you can take the same layout and end up with so many different styles of cards. For mine, I leaned into the bright and happy rainbow look, and of course added a fun birthday sentiment to finish it off.

Basic Steps to Create This Card

1. Card Base

Start with a standard card base (8 ½” x 5 ½”, scored at 4 ¼”).
Then add a black matt 5 3/8 x 4 1/8

2. Patterned Background

Cut a piece of Sunshine Vibes DSP to 5 ¼” x 4” and adhere to the card front. The bold stripes give instant happy vibes!

3. Rainbow Panel

Die cut the layered rainbow piece out of white and back it with the same DSP trying to line up the patterns
Mount onto a slightly larger black cardstock layer to make it pop.
cut a strip of black card stock adhere to the Card front
Adhere rainbow layer on top

4. Sentiment

Take your sentiment and Layer it onto a small strip of black cardstock and adhere to the rainbow panel with dimensionals.

5. Embellishments

Add a few coordinating enamel dots and add some wink of stella for a finishing touch.

This card works beautifully as a birthday card, but you could easily change the sentiment for a “thinking of you” or “just because” card. That’s the beauty of a sketch—you can take the same design and make it your own every time!