I've Got Your Back

The Card Concept #158 Long Summer Days had my name written all over it. I live near the beautiful aqua colored Gulf of Mexico and I'd like to think that my little sea birds are wading in the surf as night is falling on a long day at the beach, carefully navigating the rows of waves as they roll into the shore. Momma has baby on her back to keep it safe. I call the style of my card Clean and Layered. I was inspired by the challenge photo because of the aqua items and the grey of the tiered tray, but more obviously the beach themed objects were why I grabbed the "sea" bird stamps and this "wavy" patterned paper.

I also noticed that the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge is Anything Goes. The card actually started first with the patterned paper. Isn't that the tail wagging the dog? I then got out  everything that color-matched the paper and stamped this card with the adorable Simon Says Stamp Stacking Animals stamp set. I also grabbed some random cardstock that is dark grey with glittery speckles in it because the sand on the beach has those same speckles!

I happened to see a video for a card style that I haven't made in a long time. Here is the tutorial: Dawn's Stamping Thoughts. Such a cute card! (Mine is oriented sideways due to the size of the cardstock piece I had left.) I used Simon Says Stamp Intense Black Ink to stamp the birds and Prismacolor pencils to color their beaks. I fussy cut them (because I haven't bought the dies yet!) and decided to stamp the sentiment over to the right with the same black ink. I tied some older (hoarded) "wavy" aqua ribbon from SU! and the card is done!

It's a fairly quick card and it leaves you lots of writing space inside! I hope you try this card style...any tag punch should do!

Hope to see you back here soon,

-Carol