Just Us Girls #684 - Photo/Moodboard Week

Vicki is our host for Photo Week and has a summery looking photo for this week's challenge at Just Us Girls.

I'd love to have a little cabana on the beach 

but since I don't, this is what I do.

I sit under an umbrella. This one is made from an MFT die and a scrap of PTI polka dot and TH woodgrain.  I tore paper for a mask to make a beach with Frayed Burlap Distress Spray.  The clouds are courtesy of an MFT stencil and Broken China DI.  The flip flops and sentiment are from STAMPlorations. 

How does this photo inspire you?  The Design Team and our guest TK have a variety of ideas for you on the blog.  Check them out and make a card for the gallery.  You may have a chance to be a guest designer. 

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Inspired By #172

I don't really need a retirement card.  At my age everyone I know is already retired.  But I still made a card for Inspired By.

I started with a piece of Bristol and stamped nearly all the sentiments from STAMPlorations Beach Vibes in light gray.  After inking with Distress Inks, I took a cue from the charms and added the Paper Smooches flip-flops, MFT glasses and greenery, all cut from scraps.

I have a number of other beach and summery cards that I plan to send to my homebound people in July.  I hope they get a kick out of them and that they will bring back happy memories.

 

CAS Mix-Up August 2020

 It's summertime where I live so the prompt at CAS Mix-Up is perfect.  

I

 don't know why I can't center this image on the 'new' blogger.  It's aggravating.  When I try, it just moves to the top of the post.

This is what I did.

I used Altenew watercolors on a small panel of watercolor paper. to make my background and mounted it on my card base.  I stamped and clear embossed the flip-flops from STAMPlorations and colored the feet with Tea Dye Distress Ink.  The sentiment is from the same set.  

Thanks for dropping by.

AAA Cards #146

Yes, you see that right.  I'm a guest at AAA Cards for their newest challenge.

You know I went with the twist, right?  

This one layer card took less than 10 minutes to make with my Summer Fenceline Stamps from PTI and a NBUS sentiment from STAMPlorations.  I love all the wonderful sentiments in Shery's Beach Vibes.  You'll be seeing a lot more of them.

Whether you use the twist or not, we'd love to see your clean and simple 'made in minutes' cards in the gallery. For inspiration be sure to check out the wonderful cards the Design Team has made.

Just Us Girls #493 - Photo Week

I sure wish I could plant myself into the photo that Lisa picked for our challenge this week at Just Us Girls.

I tried to recreate the scene with my Newton's Nook stamp set.

I used DI to make my beach and ocean and then let it show through an MFT dome.  The margarita is colored with Zigs and some glitter was added to the rim. 

Our guest designer Marlena and the rest of the Design Team have some wonderful cards to inspire you.  If you enter a card you may be chosen Chic of the Week with a chance to be a guest designer.

Just Us Girls #452 - Word Week

We're back to Word Week at Just Us Girls and our host Maria has chosen the word "Beach".

I was going to do another flip flop card until I was looking for something in my craft closet and a stamp fell out.  It may have been a freebie from someplace and I didn't think I would ever use it so I didn't put it with my other stamps.  It was meant to be because I really like how this card came out.

I white heat embossed the image and sentiment on watercolor paper and colored it with Distress Ink. To give it a more finished look, I cut the panel with the MFT Wonky rectangle and mounted it on white cardstock.

Julia Aston is our Guest Designer this month and she and the rest of the Design Team have made some wonderful beach cards.  We hope they inspire you to make a card for the challenge.

CAS(E) This Sketch #256

What do you make of this sketch?

I think Chrissy is out to challenge us at CAS(E) This Sketch.  I mean REALLY challenge us.  I got an idea and it executed so I hope it fits.

I inked photo paper with DIs so the balloons would already be glossy, using a SSS die to cut them.  They are in the hands of the darling bear from EbyE.  I love how this turned out and may make more.  Wouldn't it be cute to use up some patterned paper for the balloons?

I'm also sending this to Little Red Wagon where the theme is 'Birthday Balloons.'

I'm glad you dropped by and hope your day is going well.

CASology #159

Today's card brings back memories.  For 20 years we went to Gulf Shores, Alabama in the winter and this would be the vista from our condo balcony.

A little wood pallet from Altenew, some 'seagulls' from PB embossed in white, and my Ziggies. That's all it took, folks, and no sentiment to block the view.  I'm sending nostalgia to CASology today.