Sending Oceans of Love

Hi everyone,

It's challenge time with my friends over on the CCEE Stampers challenge blog. Joanne Grzelak our challenge hostess for the month continues to issue the challenge.

Joanne tells us .... July, for those in the Northern Hemisphere, is one of our warmest months.  When I think of hot days, I think of the beach.  Let’s create cards that honor beaches in some way. 

For my card today I decided to play with the Adirondack Chair Pop Up Card die set designed by Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs to create my beach themed card. 

I decorated my card with the Palm Trees from the Palm Tree & Pail die set and the sun is from the Oval Pull Card die set.

On the bottom of the card I added two girls playing with a sandcastle which is a die I purchased earlier in the year with the view of using it with the adirondack chair. The colouring isn't perfect, but I think it still works.

Here is a side view of my card so you can see the pop up part of the card a little easier.

For the front of the card I created some sand and waves using the Beach Edges die set and added another Palm Tree. I also added some seagulls and a sentiment.

Don't forget to check out the CCEE Stampers blog (goes live 12 AM EST) to see the rest of the creations the CCEE Stampers created this week. You can also see more details of their creations on their individual blogs:

Anne Harmon

Joanne Grzelak

Liz Williams

Lois Bak

Lynn McAuley

Maryann Einam

Vicky Gould

Stamps: Seaside Wishes - Sugar Pea Designs

Paper: White; Blue; Brown; Green; Dark Brown; Yellow; Sand DP - Kaisercraft; Cool Summer DP - Carta Bella

Dies: Adirondack Pop Up Card; Palm Tree and Pail; Oval Pull Card (Sun); Beach Edges; Katie Label Pivot Card - designed by Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs; Fishtail Flag Stax - MFT Stamps; Children & Sandcastle Thinlits - Sizzix; Seagulls over the Ocean - Couture Creations

Other: Black Ink; Frayed Burlap Distress Ink; Shabby Shutters Distress Ink; Mustard Seed Distress Ink; Tumbled Glass Distress Ink; Foam Tape; Copics