Welcome to my new follower, Gerrina of Gerrina's Creatieve Wereld. Thank you for following me, I hope you visit again soon.
The theme of The Craft Barn Challenge this fortnight is a beach scene, which must contain a beach hut. The closing date is in a few hours, so this card jumped up to the top of my 'cards to make' list.
I made the background scene using a Lil' inker Designs 'Cloudy Sky' die with blue card. The die leaves cloud shaped apertures, so I put a piece of white card behind. The sand is gold glitter card, which really sparkles IRL. The beach hut is a Joanna Sheen 'Signature' die, which cuts and embosses and the little door opens. I backed the beach hut with a small piece of silver pearlised paper so you don't see the sky when you open the door! I didn't have a sun die, that's still on my wish list, so I used a small flower punch and added a small circle on the top. The sea is a MB 'Oceana Border' die cut and I used MB 'Stitched Squares and Rectangles' for matting and layering. Everything apart from the base card was snippets, so I'll be off to play in The Playground.
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Super little scene. I guess the beach hut could also double up as a garden shed too. I like the cloud foe too. Much easier then trying to cut out cloud shapes and masking off the background to create. Hugs Mrs A.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea to turn the beach hut into a garden shed.......watch this space! x
DeletePerfect for retirement Liz, I love this card.
ReplyDeleteSue xx
Beautiful card with a pretty little beach scene! Summer pure!
ReplyDeleteThank you for joining us at Country View Challenges this month!
Hugs Evelyn
Hi Liz,
ReplyDeletewhat a brilliant scene to your wonderful card.
This makes a wonderful retirement card, and I love everything you have done to create this.
Lots of crafty love. Jenny L.
Ooh - great beach scene Liz - and perfect for the weather we're having!
ReplyDeleteHugs, Sarn xxx
What a great summer scene Liz, great beach hut and I love your sea. It's perfect for our hot summer days challenge over at Country View. Thanks for joining the fun xx
ReplyDeleteYou have created a fabulous beach scene Liz, I love all the dies you have used, especially the cloud one!
ReplyDeleteJanice x
Great beach scene you created Liz.
ReplyDeletePam x
I love your die cut beach hut and the clouds, glitter card beach and pretty waves border, and what an inspired idea to use a flower with a circle for the sun, it works perfectly Liz. x
ReplyDeleteSuper cute!!! Thank you for joining us at Cardz 4 Guyz, good luck!!! Amy DT
ReplyDeleteWow Liz - this is fabulous! Perfect for the weather right now and (as always) you used some beautiful dies. And, as Pat says, your sun works perfectly so why even buy a die for that?
ReplyDeleteGreat to see you in the Playground, I had a day off yesterday so am catching up now with commenting :)
Hugs
Di xx
A super relaxing card for the summer. Thanks for joining in the fun at Cardz 4 Guyz. Caz DT.
ReplyDeleteI am still going trough my stamps to find a beauchhut :) Wish I had one like yours; it looks so warm amd sunny, even with the waves on the background :) Thamks for the welcome; my post from today was a scheduled one due to the last days of our vacation...so you will find your welcome in my next post... Have a colourfull week!
ReplyDeleteOh this is lovely, just perfect for a retirement card. Wouldn't you just love to spend a week here! Thank you for joining in with our challenge at Country View Crafts, and have a fun week. Sue xx
ReplyDeleteGreat card - love the dies you've used.
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining us at Cardz 4 Guyz.
Helen x
I LOVE this cute beach scene you created!So fun for a retirement card.
ReplyDeleteAnother lovely entry with the similar 2 shaded panels, love this one too, the house die is fabulous, thanks for joining us again at HLS!
ReplyDeleteA really pretty summery card Liz. What a clever way to make your sun too. Barbxx
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful beach scene you've created, love it! Cara x
ReplyDeleteSuper fun card. I like the wee beach hut die! Very cool. Also like the way you cut the clouds and then used the aperture to display the clouds.
ReplyDeleteOooh - I like this scene!
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing with Happy Little Stampers!
Susan
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