Thursday, August 29, 2013

Sunshine and Summertime!

We're hitting that point where I can see summer coming to a close, but I'm still far from ready to let it go, so this card is a celebration of what's left of it. Most of this is retired favorites of mine, but I did play with some new stuff too... on the Happy Birthday tag, I trimmed the edges and point, then used one of the tag cutouts from Chalk Talk and then the Corner punch to round the end of the tag. I used a Candy Dot to highlight the bottom bubble, a Round Array stamp with the 7/8" punch for the sun, and one of my favorite things from the Holiday Catalogue, the White Chalk marker, to color the dots on the embossed clouds! I also used Soft Sky with my brayer to color the water background and then spritzed it with water for a bubbly effect and let dry before stamping the animals.

I often have trouble choosing between the perfect flash photo and the flash-free, as they showcase different aspects better, but this time I couldn't decide, as the flash shows the white marker SO much better, but the tag just looks SO flat with it, so today, you get both ;)



Challenges I used:

Pile It On - Designer Paper
Ribbon Carousel - Summertime Fun
SUO Challenges - Ribbons and Bows
Stampin Royalty - Circles!
Colour Q - see below
Hand Stamped Sentiments - sketch below


12 comments:

  1. What a fun card, Anjii! Thanks for joining us at the colourQ.

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  2. Very cute card. Thanks for sharing it with SUO Challenges.

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  3. This color combo was not easy but you did a great job. Thank you for joining our 'Designer Paper' challenge at Pile It On Challenge and please come back next week.
    Anna

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  4. Awesome card! I love the bright colors and that you showcased some oldies, but goodies! Thanks for joining us at HSS!

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  5. Such a cute card! I love all of the fun colors and cute little sea creatures. Thanks for joining us this week at HSS!

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  6. Love your card!! Thanks so much for playing along with us at ColourQ this week!! I have some great candy up for grabs on my FB page, please stop by!! https://www.facebook.com/TheFlamingoChronicals

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  7. Your card is ADORBS!!! I LUV it! The colors are so happy, the images are too adorable and I am so glad you shared it with us at HSS!

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  8. Wonderful work! I'm so glad you joined us this week at the Colour Q!

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  9. This just makes me smile :-) Love the fun colors and that little sun is just sooooo cute! Thanks for playing at HSS!

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  10. I think this is so darling! Such great colors and stamp set choice. Thanks for playing with HSS.

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  11. Great job! I never would have thought the purple. Really cute card

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