Based on the sneak peek I made this for the TPT challenge today. Having grown up within earshot of the sea I could make beach cards all day, and hope to have time to make another once I get the housework out of the way. But this will do good as a guy card - no matter what embellishments I tried adding (shells, twine, buttons, even an orange star one that was almost a starfish) nothing worked, so it stands or falls as is.
It's a big bigger than my usual, as I stamped the scene and then didn't want to trim it too much.
Base is 7x5" cream card, stamped with Weathered in Weathered Wood. I drew a brown line 1/4" in, then masked inside that and sponged around the rest with Antique Linen. The very edge is sponged with Vintage Photo, as is the edge of the image panel.
Image panel is watercolour paper. Most of the stamps are Kittie Kits Cause a Scene, with the birds from Shore Thing. I used Versafine Sepia for most of the stamping, with a green marker for the grasses, and some Scattered Straw and Vintage Photo for sand.
Colours used for sponging - Antique Linen, Scattered Straw, Broken China, Stormy Sky.
I'll be back to comment after that housework, and I'll bring some nice sand-free sandwiches and ginger-beer for an alfresco picnic.
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Wed, May 18, 2011 @ 7:30 PM
So pretty!! Love your watercoloring!!
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Thu, May 19, 2011 @ 10:09 PM
I beg to differ with you... your scene is FANTASTIC! Love the shore birds and flying birds, awesome sponging and I LOVe how you framed your scene! The weathered wood is perfect!
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Registered: June 4, 2009 Location: Deatsville, Alabama Posts: 83489
Fri, May 20, 2011 @ 3:36 AM
Don't you want to be there? This is absolutely gorgeous and looks so peaceful. Your coloring is really, really special. I am missing me some beach!
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Registered: February 21, 2009 Location: Mt. Pulaski, IL Posts: 29131
Fri, May 20, 2011 @ 4:53 PM
Wow, I called my husband to the computer to look at your card when I opened it up to enlarge it and he thought it was a beach print! Jim was so impressed with your card, as am I! The colors are beautiful and the scene perfect!!
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