Hi Sunshine

I've had this card in my head for a while and now that I have a challenge which is the perfect time to finally try it. I love being on the water watching the ripples of the water that boats make and the colors of the shallow and deep waters by the shore and out beyond. Monet's Water Lillies painting caught my eye so many years ago and here I have my feeble attempt to recreate a part of it.

Our Time Out Challenge #318 is Mother Nature.

Think Environment: Mountains, oceans, forests, weather, and ecosystems.

Think Living Things: Plants, animals, and natural phenomena.

Think of Nature Itself: Features and processes that exist independently of human creation.

We can't wait to see what you create! 🌿

Our wonderful sponsor is Lawn Fawn and they are giving our winner a $25.00 credit to their store. The winner will also be invited to be a guest designer with us in a future challenge.

I am also playing along at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Make Your Own Background. Talk about repurposing products from my stash!

What I used to make my card:

• Altenew Wooden Rowboat dies, Obsidian Black ink pad
• Spellbinders Mugs and Mittens die set "steam" dies for the water ripples, Delicious decorations (flowers)
• Waffle Flower Quilt Circle Panel die (lily pads), Overlapping Hello Additions stamp and die sets
• Concord & 9th Dew Drops

I started with the steam dies from the Mugs and Mittens die set and positioned them to make my boat "wake" out of aqua and teal card stock (cutting one at a time). By placing the dies to cut a larger one, then a narrower one out of a 5" x 7" sheet of card stock I made the layers and popped them up off of a teal/blue base with foam tape. 

I made my boat using old wood-look card stock that I have hoarded, and then added oars. I die cut, then fussy cut "lily pads" and flowers to place on the water.

I made a 5" card base by cutting down an 8 1/2" x 11" sheet of white card stock to 10" x 7" and scored it at 5" on the 10" edge. Last, I stamped and die cut the sentiment and added the completed front panel to my card base. Then I remembered to add the dew drops to look like splashes of water.

Be sure to visit our team's blogs to see how they were inspired by Mother Nature to make their cards. I love to learn about the thought process behind their cards.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today and I hope to see your Mather Nature inspired card in our gallery!

Carol