The Paper Players #795

I was crazy not to bring summer stamps and dies with me to the lake when that's what a lot of the challenges will be.  I did bring Spellbinders Oh Buoy! so I used that for my card for The Paper Players CAS challenge - Going to the Beach. 

The background is from a Lawn Fawn pack I got to make baby cards but this sheet looked like a foggy sunrise at the beach to me, especially when I added the seagull and sand.  All die cuts are from scraps.  No sentiment at the moment until I know who it's going to and why.

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Time Out #315 - Pick Two

There is a fun and appropriate Pick Two challenge at Time Out this fortnight.

You can use as many as you want as long as there are at least two on your card.  I went with Summer, Beach and Water. 

I've had that water patterned paper since back in my scrapbooking days and it worked great for my ocean/lake.  The edges were torn to represent the foamy waves and they are washing up on sand patterned paper.  The gulls and other nautical images are from Spellbinder's Oh Buoy set and the sentiment is from Stamplorations.  

Our sponsor for this challenge is Newton's Nook and they are sending our winner a $25 store credit.  The winner is also invited to be a guest designer, so get making those cards.  

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Time Out #292 - Theme Challenge

This week's challenge at Time Out is based on a theme. 

There are so many things you can do with this prompt.  Here is my idea. 

Every summer we travel from our winter home in Ohio to our lake home in northern Michigan.  I know it seems a little crazy when Ohio isn't that far south, but this is a cottage that my parents have had since the early 80's and it holds a lot of memories.  While we discourage seagulls from perching on our dock, this is the general scene at the water's edge - minus the line up of pontoons.   

The nautical images are from Spellbinders Oh Buoy.  The dock is made from The Greetery's Shiplap Builder, leftovers from a previous whitewash technique.  Even the posts were cut from the leftover pieces.  The sky is Tumbled Glass DI over Rabbit Hole clouds and the lake is Salty Ocean.  

How will you represent travel on your card?  The Design Team has plenty of inspiration for  you over on the blog. 

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