Oh, wow Beth, the Monday techniques challenges just keep getting better and better! Thanks to Jenn for a very easy tutorial! And speaking of challenges and tutorials...here's my plug for SCS...and a link to the first card I uploaded just 9 months ago...I was relatively new to papercrafting...getting ready to go on a BGF trip to Hawaii...I posted a card I was sending to my dear friend in advance of our trip...I think you will be able to see how much I have learned from our online artist community! Almost there by One4Joy at Splitcoaststampers
My double bag base is one of the great textured unknowns in my stash. I stamped the front with SU's cheesecloth in sea foam ink. I cut the marvelous shells from K&CO embossed paper. I lay them on top of a very funky net fiber I had in my ribbon box. The Memories and Beach Cottage are stickers. The ticket is from a set of unmounteds by Invoke Arts. It is inked in TI di walnut stain and embossed in clear. The 4U is from a cute set of wooden stamps my youngest son has. I used aqua twill tape for the handles, having cut circles to attach.
I'm going to fill this with pictures of other girlfriend trips we have taken as we'll meet up at the coast in July. Time for papercrafting and watching the waves roll in as our waters are not warm enough to tip our toes...but we'll hear the roar and smell the salt air and watch awesome sunsets and take a rest from DH's and DS's for a while...just a while! Thanks for sticking with me on this one!!!!
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Registered: June 10, 2007 Location: BC Posts: 44872
Mon, May 19, 2008 @ 2:00 PM
Ohhh that is gorgeous Susan!!! Love those seashells - just gorgeous!! Fabulous netting!! Come come.. I'm sure the water is warm enough to just put your toes in!! Have fun on your July Holiday..now I'm going to peek at your old card!
Registered: June 10, 2007 Location: BC Posts: 44872
Mon, May 19, 2008 @ 2:02 PM
Actually I think your first card there is very pretty .. I love the colours - but you have really morphed into your own very dististictive style!! Good for you.. no cookie cutter stamper here!! Good on you!
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Mon, May 19, 2008 @ 2:21 PM
Gorgeous, Susan. Love your background and the shells are beautiful. Wonderful story and I did go back and look. Yes, it's quite a bit different, but not in a bad way only a different way.
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Registered: March 17, 2008 Location: across the street from One4Joy Posts: 27
Mon, May 19, 2008 @ 5:07 PM
Very fun, love the blue and shells and textures- thanks for encouraging me to take a look at the daily challenge today- (I even tried it!). We have a lovely coast for great memories, don't we? (And yes, the water is cold on the toes even in July).
Registered: August 7, 2007 Location: North Carolina Posts: 28113
Mon, May 19, 2008 @ 6:29 PM
Wow Wow Wow! Susan... you HAVE come miles since your first card.... (haven't we all!) This is a gem! I love the cheesecloth bg, and that funky netting is just perfect for the seaside theme! I adore how you did the shells! So gorgeous I can't think of the words to express it... this one is a winner for sure!
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Registered: April 20, 2005 Location: The only Eaton Rapids on the Earth, Michigan Posts: 57568
Mon, May 19, 2008 @ 6:37 PM
Susan, this is outstanding! I love it! I think the next one I do, I'll knot the ribbon, like you did, instead of taping as suggested in the tutorial. It looks better to me.
Registered: February 7, 2006 Location: Out West Posts: 24437
Mon, May 19, 2008 @ 8:06 PM
Gorgeous bag, Susan, I just took a peek at your first upload. You know that was really a great card too. You have collected so many awesome supplies in a short time and you use them so well and give use a great description too. Have fun at the beach. It has been so beautiful this past week. Come to Bandon sometime.....
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Registered: January 6, 2004 Location: Connecticut Posts: 20543
Mon, May 19, 2008 @ 8:32 PM
Awesome texture on this one. And I like your first card. It's lovely.
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