Friday, June 1, 2012

Beach Vacation

Beach Vacation by HikerCynthia
Beach Vacation, a photo by HikerCynthia on Flickr.
I love the first of the month! The crafters in Ali Edwards' One Little Word class host a blog hop, Tim Holtz posts his latest Tag 0f 2012 (uhhhh, insert link HERE when Tim posts his tag!), and I get to turn all the calendars to the next month!

OK, maybe not so much that last one....

But this "first" has Carolyn over at A Colorful Journey inviting us to go on vacation to the beach with her! Well, not really GO, but use that as inspiration to create something--anything!

So here's my card. Very beachy, yes?

I border punched the waves and dusted them with Picket Fence Distress Marker to create the foam.

So cool. *sigh* LOVE Picket Fence....

Then I stamped the sailboat on a scrap piece of paper, cutting out the sails only. I stamped the sailboat again--on the card blank.

I mushed Broken China and Tumbled Glass Distress Inks all over, leaving streaks to get the cloud effect.

I adhered the sails to the image using pop dots and then stamped the seagulls.

Finally I stamped the birthday sentiment down "in" the water. Hee hee!

Won't you join us at the beach?? Surf's up!! =D


Supplies:
Paper: Recollections (white card blank); Bazzill (blue cardstock)
Stamps: Stacy Stamps (sailboat set); Endless Creations (birthday sentiment)
Inks: Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Black Soot, Tumbled Glass, Broken China); Distress Marker (Picket Fence)
ETC: Fiskars (wave border punch); EK Success (Pop Dots); Glue Glider Pro


Have a wonderful weekend!!!!!


~Cynthia

PS:  Here's a shot of Folly Beach, South Carolina, I took back in April.  LOVE Folly!  Best surfing on the East Coast, baby!!!


3 comments:

Nora MacPhail said...

Cool card. I don't know picket fence products. I'll check them out. Thanks for the tip.
Have a wonderful creative weekend.

Carolyn Dube said...

Thanks for coming on vacation! I love your composition!!! The little touches of the picket fence and the clouds! Wow!

farmhouse-story said...

great card, cynthia! beautiful beach and no one is on it!