Beachy Sea Street ~ CCMC402

Yay!  It's Create with Connie and Mary Thursday again!  And, it's color week!  

Aren't these colors just gorgeous together?  My mind was going a thousand different directions with this trio.  I couldn't decided weather to go floral or funky or fresh and clean. I actually did another card that had a watercolored rose , but it just didn't come together like I had envisioned in my head. So, plan B. I'd been tossing around with different ideas (again, in my head) using {Sea Street} and thought they'd be cool in these colors, so I set out to do a shadow box/sampler type card.  

I'm so excited with the way this turned out and I love this set with these colors! 

These images are so fun to play with too!

The background stamp is the looooong ago retired {Cheesecloth} stamp, but I just couldn't resist pairing it with these cute, sea images.  I tried a couple of different choices in products that were current, but nothing looked quite as good as this did.  

The greeting is from the fun set {You're Sublime} and I think it fits perfectly with this theme.

Here's a list of my supplies.....

Stamps: Sea Street, Cheesecloth, You're Sublime

Ink: Soft Suede, Mint Macaron, Lost Lagoon

Paper: Same + white

Accessories: 3/4" and 1" circle punches, Linen thread 

I hope you'll have time to join us for this cool color challenge!  I can't wait to take a gander at all your creations!  

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Beach Bird ~ CTD248, Fusion13, FM116

I have to tell you that I am absolutely in love with this card!  I'm jus so pleased with the way it turned out!!!!  I combined a few different challenges here:  Color Throwdown 248 using Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Cool Carribean, and Pretty in Pink; Fusion Challenge 13 which incorporates the bird and the sketch; and The Friday Mashup which calls for a beach scene and masking.  It was so much fun to create!

 

I started by cutting a 3 1/8" vanilla circle and and 3 3/8" Crumb Cake circle.  I masked the top of the vanilla circle and sponged on some Cool Carribean ink.  Next, I punched a 3/4" circle and placed it in the "sky".  I masked off the water and sponged Pretty in Pink on the sky.  I pulled of the masked circle and there was the sun! Next, I stamped on some beach foliage and sentiment from Too Kind in Crumb Cake ink.  The foliage stamp is one I purchased from Hobby Lobby.  I adhered the beach scene circle to the Crumb Cake circle and moved onto the bird.  I punched a Very Vanilla bird and a wing with my bird builder punch, trimmed down the belly (because seagulls are a little trimmer than the fat little bird builder), and sponged on some Crumb Cake ink.  I added a pearl for the eye and cut a couple thin strips of Crumb Cake for it's legs.  Next, I made the wood pillars using some Woodland Walk DSP (retired). I cut 1" strips, one a tad shorter than the other, and used a corner rounder punch at the top of each.  After I rounded the corners, I trimmed off the top to make them flat, then I wrapped them with twine.

The last step was to make the background.  I stamped a peice of Very Vanilla with the Cheesecloth background stamp in Pretty in Pink ink.  I ran it through my Big Shot with a grass-looking embossing folder.  It is from Cuttlebug and has no name.  It's a little hard to see in the photo, but it adds just a little extra textured detail.  A little strip of frayed Natural Trim and my card was complete! 

 

 

Stamps: Too Kind, Cheesecloth, Foliage from Hobby Lobby

Paper: Cool Carribean, Pretty In Pink, Very Vanilla, Woodland Walk DSP

Ink: Cool Carribean, Pretty In Pink, Crumb Cake

Accessories: Bird Builder Punch, Natural Trim, Twine, Circle Cutting System, Pearl, 3/4" circle punch, Cuttlebug EF, Corner Rounder punch

 

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny