Sketch 351- Monday Lunchtime Sketch

It is time again for our Monday Lunchtime sketch and again, Mary Jo has put together a great sketch.  I love the ocean and I have a saltwater fish tank in my home, so today I wanted to use my two favorite sets from Stampin' Up!, By the Tide and By the Seashore.  It just reminds me of relaxation and comfort.  And right now that is exactly what I am striving for.

 

So here is the sketch for today!

 

 

And here is my version.  I will say I forgot to round the corners before attaching to the card, but I was ok with the square, so no need to change is my motto.

 

And yes, I did do the inside!

 

And a close up of the shells!

 

Hope you have enjoyed my card for today and hope you will join us this week for our Monday Lunchtime Sketch.  And don't forget to check out the rest of the design team samples.

 

 



By the Seashore - CAS

 

Good Tuesday Morning to everyone.  I am back with another clean and simple card using the stamp set "By the Seashore."  I am loving this stamp set and especially since we have entered the beach time again.  This card was inspired by yet another blog for clean and simple called CAS(E) this Sketch.  I decided to use this stamp set as soon as I saw the sketch.  I also used the cloud embossing folder. 

 

Now let me tell you what I did with the shells.  I embossed them with white embossing powder and once embossed, I went over them with the crumb cake marker.  I then took a paper towel and brushed the excess crumb cake color off the embossing and it left just enough of the crumb cake in between the embossing to give it this effect.  Don't you just love it.  I cut them out and then popped them up with a pop dot.  I also took a sponge and sponged around the clouds with Baja Breeze and sponged around the sentiment with crumb cake.  I spritzed the crumb cake at the bottom with the Log Cabin Smooch Spritz to give it a sand look.

 

Here is a side view of the card!

 

 

And, yes the inside is decorated also.

 

 

The stamp set on the top is one of "Our Daily Bread" stamps called Footprints in the Sand.  I stamped the bottom with another shell from the set "By the Seashore."

 

All items used are Stampin' Up! Except inside stamp noted above!

 

Stamp Sets: By the Seashore, Embellished Events, (ODBD) Footprints in the Sand.

Card Stock: Bashful Blue, Whisper White, Crumb Cake

Ink: Bashful Blue, Crumb Cake, Versamark

White embossing powder

Cloud embossing folder

Banner Framelits

Crumb Cake Marker

Log Cabin Smooch Spritz

 

Thanks for stopping by today and hope you have a wonderful day!

TSSC265 Challenge

Good Monday morning and Happy Memorial Day all! Hope you had a wonderful weekend and hope this holiday is wonderful.  First let me remind you that our LNS challenge is now going for two weeks and if you are looking for that challenge, see this post!  This card of course was inspired by this weeks sketch over at Techno Stampers.  Please join us this week for this fabulous sketch.  Since today kicks off our beach season here in Wilmington, NC, I thought I would use the seashells that we have. I just love them.  What I did here was to used the embossing technique two ways.  I used heat embossing on the sentiment and the shells and of course used the perfect polka dots embossing folder for the background.  Here is my sample!

Here is a close up of the embossed shells and sentiment!

A close up side view!

And a side view of the card!

And the inside of the card!

Lots of photos this time as I was having fun with this card!

All items used are Stampin' Up!

Stamp Sets: By the Seashore, Apothecary Art (outside sentiment), Create A Cupcake (inside sentiment)

Card Stock: Whisper White, Pool Party, Crumb Cake

Designer Series paper: Comfort Cafe

Ink: Pool Party, Versamark

Pool Party Embossing powder

Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder

Shimmer Spritz for sand effect

Thanks for stopping by and hope you play along with our Monday Lunch Time sketch this week!

Get Well Card meets By the Seashore

Good Wednesday morning to all my friends out in cyber land.  Love the fact that you get to know so many people and become friends just by having a blog and visiting others blogs.  It is great!

Today I am sharing this Get Well Card which was inspired by this weeks sketch at "Sketch Frenzy Friday."  It was the perfect sketch to finally break out my stamp set By the Seashore.  Loved it from the beginning, but have just used it for the first time.  Also this weeks challenge over at Sunny Challenges is to make a Get Well card, so that was easy to just put the Get Well down at the bottom.

Here is a close up of the crab showing how I stamped up under the cut out image.

You can just see a hint of the stamping underneath.  Also a side view!

All items used are Stampin' Up!

Stamp Sets: By the Seashore, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Card Stock: Whisper White, Basic Black

Designer Series Paper: Polka Dot Parade

1/4" black grosgrain ribbon

Ink: Stazon black

Labels Collection Framelits

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your day!