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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Sea Turtle Wobbler Card ~ Double D Challenges

Good morning, friends ~ There's a new challenge starting up over at Double D Challenges and this week the theme is "creatures under / in the sea".

For today's card, I made a wobbler card featuring this cutie little Elizabeth Craft Designs Sea Turtle.

The background is stenciled, using the Placid stencil from Art-plorations and DOX inks in Tumbled Glass and Chipped Sapphire.  I used the land portion of the Eliabeth Craft Designs Palm Trees dies set to create a coral reef, adding elements from the Seaweed collection.

  

Here's a quick video, showing you the wobbler in action.  Sorry for the poor video technique.  I have much to learn about making videos, but you get the idea.  

Here's a list of products I used that can be found at Elizabeth Craft Designs:

Elizabeth Craft Designs Sea Turtle

Elizabeth Craft Designs Seaweed

Be sure to visit Double D Challenges for more amazing inspiration from my talented team members.

Here's the inspiration board to help get you started:

And here's what you could win when you play along:

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Ocean Shadowbox Card ~ DRU

Hey there ~ I'm so glad you're here today!  I have a pretty ocean themed shadow box card for you, as part of the new challenge that's starting up over at Dies R Us.

I started by cutting the Tutti Designs Slimline Stitched Collage die out of white cardstock, layering over a piece of soft blue cardstock and mounting it to the front of a slimline card base.  

Next, I cut all kinds of seaside treasures to fill the boxes with.

I'll have them all listed and linked below for your convenience.

Here's a list of links to the items I used.  Items go in and out of stock very quickly at Dies R Us.  If something is out of stock, you can enter your email address to be notified when it comes back in stock.

Tutti Designs Slimline Stitched Collage
Elizabeth Craft Designs Lighthouse
Elizabeth Craft Designs Seaweed
Elizabeth Craft Designs Whale
Marianne Designs Lantern (Special Order Event)
 Impression Obsession Sea Birds

Please be sure to visit the Dies R US Challenge Blog to see more amazing inspiration from my talented teammates and join in n the fun.

 

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Dies R Us ~ Seahorse

Hello friends!  There's a new challenge starting up over at Dies R Us and the theme is "Anything Goes".

Today's card brings me back for a visit to the depths of the sea, using Elizabeth Craft Designs dies.  I started by creating a mini slimline card using Pink Fresh Studio Blanket Stitched Mini Slimline dies. I stenciled the water onto the mini slimline panel using Tumbled Glass and Chipped Saphire Distress Oxide Inks

I cut the Elizabeth Craft Designs Seahorse out of card stock and glitter paper to give this little guy more interest... as if seahorses aren't interesting enough on their own.  Right?  It's hard to see in the photo, but I popped his back fin up using a couple of small foam squares.

I tucked Mr. Seahorse into a bed of Elizabeth Craft Designs Seaweed, all of which got a healthy dose of Wink of Stella

Here is a list of products I used to make today's card:

Pink Fresh Studio Blanket Stitched Mini Slimline

Elizabeth Craft Designs Seahorse

Elizabeth Craft Designs Seaweed

Distress Oxide Inks

Please be sure to visit the Dies R Us Challenge Blog to see more amazing inspiration and join in on the fun.

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