Time To Shell~ebrate

I'm using the last of the die cuts that my dear friend Marcia sent me.  Goodness, they were all so fun, but this crustacean is a hoot!

 

The Happy Lobster die from Waffle Flower was cut from white cardstock.  I colored him with a coral colored Copic marker and then rubbed on Candied Apple Distress Ink.

 

I added some seaweed from Elizabeth Craft Designs that was colored using DOX inks as well.  I placed this little fella on a piece of design paper from Stampin' Up, and gave the whole thing some white gel pen accents and a healthy dose of white ink splatter from Spellbinders.

 

I am so pleased at how cute this turned out.  He truly looks like a happy lobster would look!

I'll be adding this card to the following challenges:

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge ~ Anything Goes using Waffle Flower

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes 

A Cut Above ~ Anything Goes without the Option 

Krafty Chicks Challenge ~ Masculine 

 

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A Peek Under The Sea

Howdy friends~  

 

Today I'm sharing a card using the Simon Says Stamp Fun Fish Dies paired with the Dotty Contour embossing folder.  These were included in the envelope that Marcia sent me about a month ago.   

 

It was so fun coloring these fish up using DOX inks, blending different colors together to make these bright and sparkly fish.  Wink of Stella was added to make them shine.

 

The sentiment is from Elizabeth Craft Designs.  I adore these little fishies!
 

 I'll be adding this card to the following challenges:

Simon Says Monday Challenge ~ On / Under the Sea 

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge ~ Going Around in Circles 

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes 

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Honeycomb Sea Creatures

Good morning friends ~ The cards I'm sharing with you today are compliments of my dear friend Marcia, who sent me these adorable "Hey Honeycomb Fish & Crab" die cuts and the honeycomb balls that she got from The Greetery.  

 

These sea creatures were so much fun to make, and I simply mounted them on this fun underwater printed paper from Stampin' Up.

 

Now, there is a stamp from The Greetery that says "Peel ~ Open ~ Stick!", but I don't have that stamp so I simply wrote it myself with a fine tip copic marker.  The sentiment I used on the other half of the circle is from Elizabeth Craft Designs.  I was so pleased that the sentiment fit perfectly on that half circle. 

Here is the fish card with the open honeycomb.  Is that cute or what??

 

 

 Here is the card I made using the Hey Honeycomb Crab.

I ended up having to hand write both sides of the circles.  My handwriting isn't that great, but it works in a pinch.

 

 

Eeep!  So cute!!  Thanks so much Marcia for the fun dies and honeycombs.  These were a blast to build!

 

I'll be adding one of these cards to the following challenges:

AAA Card Challenge #320 ~ "S" for Sea or Sea Creatures

 

Just Us Girls ~ Die Week 

 

 

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes 

 Four Seasons Challenge ~ Anything Goes Summer

 

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Lobster Wishes from Maine

Hello friends.  Did you know that 

Maine is

globally recognized as a premier lobster destination, producing over 90% of the United States lobster supply?  Personally, I love the taste of lobster and I always enjoyed having my birthday in July.  My family would often have a lobster cook out to celebrate my birthday.  So this card, which I made can be either masculine or feminine, but it leans more masculine to me.  

 

Sizzix is the maker of this wonderful lobster die.  

 

The details on this lobster die are amazing.  I paired this crustacean cutie  with Elizabeth Craft Designs Seashell and coral dies.  The sentiment is also from ECD.

 

 I'll be adding this card to the following challenges:

Sunday Stamps ~ Oval Things

Krafty Chicks Challenge ~ Masculine 

 Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

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Starfish Tunnel Card

Hello friends~ In an effort to use up the mounds of printed paper I have, I made this fun ocean themed tunnel card for the Cut It Up Challenge.  Their challenge theme is "By The Sea" and this card fits perfectly for their challenge. 

 

I've had these beautiful ocean papers from Stampin' Up sitting in my pile for far too long, so I pulled out some sea shell and coral dies from various companies and went to work coloring all the little elements that would fill this tunnel card.

 

Making a tunnel card is a great way to use up printed paper.  Here's a close up where you can see all the layers, as well as the inside of the card.

 

I didn't have a chunky star fish die so I searched online for a free image and then printed the outline and fussy cut it. 

 

 

 I stamped the face using my favorite face assortment of stamps from Peachy Keen Stamps and then colored it in using copic markers.

 

 

There are so many cute faces to choose from in this set, and you can use these on so many dies, bringing things to life in a whimsical way.

 

I'll be adding this card to the following challenges:

Cut It Up ~ By The Sea

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

Love Those Pretty Papers ~ Polka Dots (in the very back) 

 

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Oh Crab!

Hello dearies!  A few weeks back, my sweet friend Marcia shared some cutie little crabs from Waffle Flower with me.  She's so good at sharing her toys.  Anyway, they've been sitting on my desk just waiting for me to get back in to my craft room.  When I saw the colors from Color Hues this week, I just knew I had to put those little crabs together and do something using their colors RED & BLUE.

 

The background dp is from Stampin' Up and the alphabet letters from from Scrapbook.com

 

I think I used the smallest crab in the bunch and made him look like he was grabbing the letter "b" from my sentiment.

 

The rest of the sentiment is inside the card.

 

I added a little red balloon from Elizabeth Craft Designs to add to the birthday message.

 I'll be adding this card to the following challenges:

Color Hues #116 ~ Blue & Red

 

 Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge ~ #643 

 

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Starfish Wishes ~ Double D

Good morning friends ~  It's time for a new challenge over at Double D Challenges and the theme is "For the Kiddos". 

 

I'm not sure why I dragged my feet so, while deciding what I wanted to make for a card.  Perhaps because the inspiration tile was all Disney characters and I don't own anything Disney related.

 

I went out on a limb and cut these starfish shapes out of white cardstock, which I then colored using DOX inks, adding the spots with a copic marker.  The faces are stamped with my favorite faces from Peachy Keen Stamps.  Seriously folks, these faces can be used on just about everything and they're so cute!

 

These happy little starfish are all sunning themselves on a stenciled beach.  

 

 Here's an inspiration tile to help you on your way:

 

Don't let the Disney characters throw you off course.  The cards can be anything for kids, so have fun with this challenge.  You'll find more amazing inspiration at Double D Challenges.

 

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A Trio of Ocean Themed Cards ~ CCS

Hello friends~ I have three ocean themed cards up on the Cutcardstock blog today.

 

Using multiple colors of quality cardstock from Cutcardstock, I made three different backgrounds using one die from Bluebird Studio.  

 

The crab, whale and lighthouse are all from Elizabeth Craft Designs.

 

The sentiments are from Elizabeth Craft Design and PTI.

If you'd like to see more details, please float on over to the Cutcardstock blog for more details.

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Let's Shell-ebrate!!

Hi friends~  I was cleaning my craft space when I got side tracked by the box of die cuts that are all assembled and just waiting to be used.  Do you do that?  Cut a bunch of dies out for a particular project, but you keep cutting since you're right there.  Then assemble all the dies in assembly line style.  I'm always left with extra die cut shapes, ready to be used for a future project. Then,when I'm feeling crafty but uninspired I go through the box of die cuts and just start using up scraps from my scrap box and die cut box.  

Enter this card!  This little crustacean has been hiding out in my die cut box for a very long time.  Probably since last summer.  It's time he make an appearance on a CAS card.

 

He's the crab from Elizabeth Craft Design.  I found this tropical leaf, which I believe is from Echo Park, in the box of die cuts as well.  He's waving the leaf like a flag in shell-ebration of something special. 

Needless to say, I didn't get very far cleaning my craft room.  But I used up some of my scraps to make this card.  Now that's a reason to "shell-ebrate"!

I'll be entering this card into the following challenges:

Cut It Up Challenge ~ Animals On Parade

Crafty Chicks Challenge ~ All Occasions

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge ~ Anything Goes

Sisterhood of Crafters ~ Tropical

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Lawn Fawn How You Bean Seashell Add-on ~ ScrapbookPal

Summer is my favorite season.  Living on the east coast we have rugged rocky coasts and sandy beaches.  One thing I enjoy doing, which I don't do enough, is going to sit by the oceans edge and just be still.

I recently had the pleasure of working with Lawn Fawn's summer release.  My assignment was How You Bean Seashell Add-on Stamps & coordinating Lawn Cuts, through ScrapbookPal.

These stamps and dies are right up my coastal alley!  

Here's how I made my cards:  

I started by stamping all the seashell images onto 80# Neenah Solar White cardstock scraps that I pulled out of my scrap box.  This is a great way to use up some of the smaller pieces of cardstock that are leftover from other projects but are too big to toss away.  I then colored them with Copic Markers.

Next, I die cut them all out using the How You Bean Seashell Add-on Lawn Cuts.  You can see I amassed quite a pile of them. 

 

Next, using the Nuvo Smooth Precision Glue Pen, I randomly applied glue and then sprinkled each shell with Elizabeth Craft Designs Cool Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter.

Card #1:

For the first card, I stenciled a very light background onto an A2 sized kraft cardstock base, using a swirly stencil I had in my stash.  I then added a strip of weathered wood design paper and simply layered all the shells along the bottom of the strip.  This image could possibly reflect the results of my collecting seashells all day at the beach.

I stamped the sentiment from How You Bean Seashell Add-on Stamps to the lower right corner.  

Card #2:

I used the Beach Sunset Stencils to create a warm, sunny background for card #2.  I needed enough sand along the bottom of the card panel for the seashells to land, so I slid the cardstock through the sandy part of the stencil so that I could extend the sand, and stenciled on Brushed Corduroy DOX Ink.

I then finished stenciling the rest of the scene using Salvaged Patina, Broken China, Squeezed Lemonade, Mustard Seed, Mowed Lawn and Vintage Photo DOX Inks.

In Focus:

I glued the seashells onto the sand and added flecks of sand using a fine tip brown marker, and stamped the sentiment just above the sunrise.

Two summer cards just perfect for celebrating the all-to-short summer season here on the east coast, and I still have lots of leftover die cut images all ready to use for a future project.

I've linked all the supplies I used below, that can be found at ScrapbookPal.com:

Lawn Fawn How You Bean Seashell Add-on Stamps

Lawn Fawn How You Bean Seashell Add-on Lawn Cuts

Lawn Fawn Beach Sunset Stencils

Distress Oxide Inks

Nuvo Smooth Precision Glue Pen

Copic Markers

I hope you'll stop in for a visit at ScrapbookPal, and while you're there check out there New Arrivals and what's Coming Soon.  They also have an extensive line of wonderful products in their Clearance section.

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