Live Salty

It's my turn to hostess Just Us Girls Challenge #727 and I have chosen a summer moodboard for you this week. I just got these Waffle Flower Beach Day stamp and stencil sets when they released because they were just irresistible! The seagulls at our beaches are no different than any other location. They will snatch food from you if it is out in the open. This one looks cute and innocent, but it wants those french fries! He is a salty one like all the rest! Check out what the team and special guest Jenny Martin have made for your inspiration! 

I am also playing along at Inkspirational Challenges #315 Seasonal: Summer with my beachy postage card.

I used Distress inks and a few colored pencils along with Versafine Onyx black ink. I already had the Waffle Flower postage die. I debated saving this for our next stencil challenge, but I had to play with the set as soon as it came. That doesn't mean you won't see it again in a different way!!

Please join us this week for some summer fun!

-Carol

Alphabet Magnets Day

I am happy to say that I am guest designing twice this month at Time Out Challenges. This first challenge #263 is all about Alphabet Magnet Day. The article (click on link in the previous sentence) says that modern day refrigerator magnet letters are in the form of letter boards. These type of cards came to mind immediately when I saw the challenge. I took a second picture of the white card to show the gold paper better.

The winner of this challenge wins a $15 store credit to Altenew!! Get out those alphabet dies, quick!! Actually, you have from May 9-22, 2024 to play along. The Time Out Team has all kinds of great inspiration for you...go check it out. I like reading how they made their cards and you will too.

Products I used:

Lawn Fawn: Oliver's Stitched ABCs

Ellen Hutson: A2 Piercing plate 2

Picket Fence: Diva Hearts confetti

A purple gem

A variety of cardstock including gold shimmer

Who doesn't have letters or word dies? Join the challenge!!

-Carol

Live Your Life in Color

While stamping at my friend's house, she showed me how to use the BetterPress machine. She made it look so quick and seemingly easy. Next up was the stenciling part, which I loved! I came home to complete the card and to find a sentiment for our Just Us Girls Word Week Challenge #726: Garden.

Products I used:

Spellbinders: Cosmos Backdrop BetterPress and Stencil Bundle, Paint Your World Sentiments Clear stamp set

Sugar Pea Designs: Card Front Element Builder die set

Distress inks

Versafine: Onyx black ink

Gems

Speaking of gardens, our next door neighbor's garden out back is full of pretty flowers on the bushes, some young palm trees and a blue ceramic birdbath. She also has great uplighting in her garden in the evening. We are able to live our life in color now, especially when the sun sets behind this view. (Her garden is near our property line and we can't help but enjoy the pretty view. We have a pool...no garden.)

We hope you will join us for our garden theme this week! 

-Carol

Hello Summer

It's Saturday again and I made my weekly card for this week's Craft Roulette #213. It's a Funn one and not too difficult! The new parameters are:

Project: Hello

Colors: Robust

Element: Workplace

Random: Mixed Media

My use of the parameters is a Hello greeting, bright colors at the beach, a lifeguard's workplace, and my mixed media is the use of vellum in the window while using heavier cardstock for all the other die cuts, along with ink blending distress ink and SU! classic inks.  The bird, lifeguard tower and and sun are popped up on foam tape.

I am also entering my card at #SSSIGChallenge Lots of Layers for May. I count at least 5 here. They are disguised in a CAS card. LOL.

First I did my die cutting and assembling of the lifeguard stand, life preserver and surfboard. Then I ink blended the front of my A2 card base to make a beach scene. I cut a piece of white card stock to be 4" x 5 1/4" and die cut a circle out of it for a window. I attached it to the ink blended card front with foam tape for dimension. I adhered the die cut pieces to the card front. The bird, lifeguard tower and and sun are popped up on foam tape. Last, I stamped the sentiment in the lower right corner.

Products I used:

Rubbernecker: Lifeguard Tower die

Spellbinders: Bird die from Build a Summer Birdhouse

My Favorite Things: Cloud dies from Beach Scene Builder, Inside and Out Stitched Circle die, Sunny Days Ahead sentiment stamp

Sizzix: Sun die

Ranger: Distress ink in Antique Linen (sand), Tumbled Glass (blue sky and water), Coastal Cabana (water)

Stampin' Up!: Classic ink pads in Brilliant Blue (sentiment)

Lawn Fawn: White woodgrain cardstock

Aqua vellum (in the window)

Now I'm off to post my card to Craft Roulette and tag the #SSSIGChallenge on Insta!

-Carol

Life's a Beach

Here's my card based on the colors that hostess Bobby chose for our Just Us Girls Challenge #725: peach, lavender and grey. I went beachy, but the team and our special guest Jenny Martin came up with a variety of ideas for you to check out and enjoy. We hope you will join us for this pretty color combination.

Products I used:

Papertrey Ink: Shell dies

Ellen Hutson: Let's Chill stamp set

Quatrefoil cover die: I don't have the packaging anymore, but possibly Papertrey ink

Distress inks

My Favorite Things: Grey ink pad

Gems: Pretty Pink Posh 

I masked off the left side of the card base, then ink blended lightly with purple and orange distress inks in an ombré way. I found the quatrefoil die cut in my stash and cut it to just cover the left side of the card front. (I used the other half on the right edge inside the card.) Next, I die cut my shells and ink blended them. I glued them down with the tops loose for dimension, and popped the scallop shell up on foam tape. Last, I inked up the sentiment and added a few gems.

Play along with us this week!

Carol