A crabby day at the beach

Impression Obsession's blog and Flower Soft's blog had a joint blog hop this past week so since I'm a big fan of both, I made this card using a couple of their products.

I stamped the main image with dye ink and used colored pencils to color it. I added Flower Soft sand around the crab and highlighted the crab's shell, conch shell, water and lighthouse with a clear Gelly Roll pen. I distressed the edges of the image layer and backed it with a black layer. I layered that to a blue CS layer that I had Cuttled with a Tiny Bubbles ef. All were adhered to a black layer over a white card base. I threaded hemp through three yellow buttons and backed them with pop dots.
Stamps: Crab (Impression Obsession), Inside: My Heart is at Home (Great Impressions )
Paper: CS: White, black and blue
Ink: black dye ink (Memories)
Accessories: Tiny Bubbles e.f. (Cuttlebug), sand (Flower Soft), edge distressing tool, Prismacolor pencils, Gamsol, clear Gelly Roll pen, buttons, pop dots, jute, Fiskars waves border punch (inside), Fiskars paper cutter, Scor-pal.
Size: 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 (A2)

A little bug told me . . .

What a fabulous day!  The sun came out early and stayed all day. It doesn't get more beautiful than a sunny day at the beach. Of course, with the sun comes all the tourists so then there's no room at the beach. I just consider myself so lucky that when Monday comes, I get to stay.  In the meantime, there were so many colorful kites flying. I love watching them - so many different shapes, colors & sizes. It's hard to pick just one as my favorite - try as I might.

The card that I'm posting today was one that I made about a year ago. This guy is one of my favorite stamps. Such an attitude! Frog was painted using Radiant Pearls, and I applied loud yellow glitter (Magik Glitter) to his eyes & Royal Coat dimensional magic over that to give his eyes a "pop." I used Cuttlebug's Swiss Dots on the tan background layer and paper pierced the tan scalloped layer behind the frog.

Inside:

Stamps: Thinking Frog and A Little Bug (Diamonds), Happy Birthday (Hero Arts )
Paper: DP: Burgundy Collage (Paper Pizazz), LaCreme Matstack Glittered & Textured DP (DCWV), CS: White, Red, Olive Green, Tan
Ink: Black pigment ink (ColorBox), black dye ink (Memories)
Accessories: Radiant Pearls, loud yellow glitter (Magik Glitter), Royal Coat dimensional magic, Circle punches (Paper Shapers) and scalloped circle punch (Marvy), flourish scroll (BossKut), Spellbinders classic and scalloped rectangle Nestabilities, Swiss Dots e.f. (Cuttlebug), edge distressing tool, paper piercer, Fiskars paper cutter, Scor-pal.
Size: 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 (A2)

Thinking of You Alicia!

Today I decided I was ready to go "public" with my blog so I listed it on my Facebook and sent the link to my daughter. She of the million friends told me she "shared" my blog link so now my knees are knocking big time. It was too early! But my sweetheart daughter-in-law, Alicia, became a "follower" of my blog - so now my blog has a friend who cares! How cool. Thanks, Alicia. You're always there for me! And Happy Birthday girl. Even though the birthday card we're giving Alicia this year is "store bought" (really lovely though, isn't it Alicia?) I'm dedicating this next card to her (since I can't be there with her as the family celebrates) But I'll be . . .

Stamps: Sophie (Mo's Digital Pencil) and computer generated sentiment

Paper:DP ?, CS: white and purple
Ink: computer
Accessories: Spellbinders Oval & Circle Nestabilities, edge distresser, ink dauber, flowers, brads, Tombo markers, Radiant Pearls, Fiskars paper cutter, Scor-Pal
Size: 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 (A2)

Whooo Loves Ya Baby?

With owls being so popular this year, I purchased this guy so that I would have more stamps to use on cards that required a more masculine feel. He was fun to paint. I made this one for my youngest son's birthday.

Stamps: Artsy Owl ((Memory Box), computer generated sentiment
Paper: DP: The Green Stack (DCWV), CS: white, chocolate brown, kraft, olive green
Ink: Black Pigment Ink (Colorbox) with clear embossing powder, green distress ink (Ranger)
Accessories: Rectangle and Tags Nestabilities, corner punch, branch die (Quickutz), edge distresser, sponge dauber, Radiant Pearls paint (Angel Wings Enterprises), fine point paint brush, heat gun, paper cutter (Fiskars), Scor-Pal & Scor-Pal pad, twine, pop-dots, Glue Glider Pro, Cuttlebug and Cuttlebug embossing folder
Size: 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 (A2)