Last week, we had such wonderful entries for Joanne's sketch challenge - thank you everyone! This week, Ann is our hostess and she has a theme challenge for us.
Summer Love is asking for any kind of romantic occasion card. I'll confess that my card is very summery and less romantic because I love summer and the beach. Somehow, the beach and summer seems closely linked to a spot of romance - or at least, it did when I was young! So I broke out the new Summer Happiness bundle, new from Online Exclusives.
I started by adding a wave die from Rolling Waves to start the beach feeling. Then I had a bit of fun choosing which of the summer images from Summer Happiness to stamp and die cut. I settled on a pair of flowers and a camera, cut from Basic White and coloured with Stampin' Blends: Daffodil Delight, Flirty Flamingo and Pool Party. The sunglasses were stamped onto Pool Party and the jandals onto Flirty Flamingo. The glasses and camera are popped up on dimensionals.
I finished off with a trio of Strawberry Slush flat pearls.
The team and I would love to see what you do with Ann's theme. You can see what the rest of the team have done, and link up your entry, at The Paper Players.
Here's a quick recap of our challenge rules:
- Create a new paper-craft project specifically for this challenge.
- Upload your creation to your blog with a link back to us.
- Please provide a direct link to the post featuring your challenge entry.
- Please link your card to no more than four challenges, TOTAL, including ours
- Have fun, and thank you for playing with us!
Don't forget to check out the great inspiration from the rest of the design team.
Anne Marie Hile (on leave)
Jan Clothier - You are here
Jan, this is so FUN! I love the sentiment and the beachy theme of your card. The rolling wave adds so much texture and all the beach themed items are perfect. Such a happy card! SMILE! I hope you have a great week, My Friend!
ReplyDeleteLove this! I am (im)patiently awaiting my Summer Happiness set myself! I love how you combined all the little images and added the seafoam! SO fun!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun card, Jan! I love the iconic summer images you selected. The sea foam is a great detail and adds wonderful texture. The sentiment seals the deal for me. I'll be humming The Turtles song "Happy Together" (from my teen years) for the rest of the day. Thank you for making a perfect Summer Love card for my challenge!
ReplyDeleteI like how you started with that Rolling Waves die, it's such a fun way to start the beachy vibes on this card. And now I'm wondering why our camera is a boring black when fun colors like that are an option! ; ) Great summer card!
ReplyDeleteThis is a cute card, Jan! I especially love the camera and the bit of embossing to give the feel of waves. And a clever interpretation of the theme...literally summer love!
ReplyDeleteI think this is the perfect balance of summer and love Jan - the cluster of themed items works so well and the hint of surf just adds to the summer feel. Love it!
ReplyDeleteJan, the white rolling waves was the perfect element to ground your collection of summer and beach themed goodies. It adds interest, texture and movement without detracting at all from your goodies. I also love the colors you chose. Oh, and thanks for the ear worm :-). But, it was worth it to spend some time looking at this fab card!
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