Hello and welcome to a new challenge at The Paper Players! First though, a big thank you to everyone who took time out of their busy week to play along with my theme challenge last week. It was great looking at the creations for the little ones.
This week, Stef has a colour challenge for us.
I'm not sure why but to me, it seemed to call out for a beach scene. Maybe it's the blues of the ocean and browns of the sand? Anyway, I've made a lot of beach themed cards with the wonderful Rolling Waves bundle and the Summer Happiness bundle but neither of them conjured up something for these colours. I could have forced it but instead went to an older beach -themed set that many of you will have on your shelves, as it was a beauty. And that is the Beach Day bundle.
I started by stamping in black the umbrella, deck chair, beach ball, sandcastle, gull and sandy seashells. I coloured the images with Stampin' Blends in Azure Afternoon, Real Red, Pool Party and Crumb Cake. I brushed on a light dusting of Crumb Cake with a blending brush over the sand area. I added the sentiment.
I used a post-it note to create a horizon line to blend over some Pool Party ink - maybe it's sky or maybe it's sea. I was aiming for a confusion of both!
I used the Party Banner dies to cut out the scene, adding a peep of a Real Red banner at the bottom. I used the dies to cut hole and make some reinforcing rings before adding the linen thread bow.
I have built up a stash of sea and beach-themed products over the years and so used the absolutely fabulous Sea Bed folder (retired) for the card front.
I also have a diminishing stash of the retired Glossy Dots Assortment but raided it for three Pool Party gems to finish this card off.
I hope you find some time during the week to join us in this challenge. Visit The Paper Players page to see what the rest of the Design Team have done, to link up your entry or to get more details on the challenge.
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.
Jan Clothier - You are here
