Here is my card for the CC224 challenge. I chose one of the first beach sets I ever owned: Hit the Beach by MFT Stamps.
The images were stamped on Gina K. Luxury card stock in Palette Noir and colored with Copic Markers and adhered to PTI Kraft paper. Can you tell I was trying to show the progression in tanning?
The beach ball is popped up with a dimensional so it looks like it is floating on the 'water' and I added a brad for the circular center of the beach ball.
I ran some Pacific Point paper through my CB with the D'Vine Swirls embossing folder #my FAVE# and ripped the edge to give the illusion of water washing up again the sand.
Since I am not a good sponger, I used the sand stamp from Stampin' Up!'s A Shore Thing set and randomly stamped Creamy Caramel over the kraft cardstock. You know how when you go to the beach you notice the sand has some sparkle to it? I wanted to capture that quality in the card as well. I could not find my Martha Stewart Glue pad, so I randomly dotted the kraft paper with my Quickie glue pen and sprinkled some glitter on it. Perfect!
What do you think?
Date: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 GMT Views: 448
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Stamps: Hit the Beach (MFT Stamps), A Shore Thing (SU - for the sand)
Paper: Summer Sun, Pacific Point, Tangerine Tango (SU), Kraft (PTI), Gina K. Luxury Card stock (for images)
Ink: Palette Noir
Accessories: Copic Markers (Y15, Y17, B16, B18, YR07, YR09, Colorless Blender, I forget the E colors used for the skin - sorry!), blue brad, Pop It's, D'Vine CB Embossing Folder, glitter, Quickie Glue Pen
Difficulty (1-Easy 5-Advanced): 2 - time consuming
Registered: April 18, 2009 Location: Boston suburbs, MA Posts: 14060
Tue, Jun 23, 2009 @ 5:18 PM
Meredith, this is a stand out!!!!! I LOVE the tanning progression--what a creative idea!! All of your little details (the sparkle, the ripped paper at water's edge, the flip flops, the popped up beach ball, the swirly water) make this an amazing and super special card. What a great use of those challenge colors!! Love it, love it, love it. Great work
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