Monday, 7 July 2014

Beachy Scene

It's Monday morning here and I have two days off work - yahoo!  It's the school holidays here in New Zealand and it's also my son's 12th birthday tomorrow, so I'm spending a couple of days with him.  For his birthday dinner, he wants to cook a three course meal a la "My Kitchen Rules", so we're also getting ready for that.

 Anyway, I took some time this morning to make a card which covers several challenges:  Addicted to CAS, CASology and The Paper Players.

I created a beachy scene using an old PSX stamp as my focal point.  After I stamped the image in Memento ink, I masked off all but the sand and sponged Crumb Cake and River Rock before using my Color Spritzer to spritz some Crumb Cake ink.

 I then masked off and sponged Pool Party ink for the sea.  I put some white gel pen dots in the "sea" to mimic waves.  For the sky, I cut some cloud dies out of Eclipse paper and sponged Baja Breeze ink.  The I used the reverse mask to lightly sponge some Soft Sky ink around the inside edges of the clouds.  Lastly I stamped some birds (which I envisage are lazily floating in the sky - hence using the CASology key word).

Thanks for visiting.  This was a fun and relaxing card to make.



Products used:

 Stamps:  Near the Sea (PSX), Up Up and Away (SU)
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Crumb Cake, Pool Party, Baja Breeze, River Rock, Soft Sky
Cardstock:  Whisper White
Accessories:  Color Spritzer, Crumb Cake Marker, Flat Bottom Clouds (MFT), White Gel Pen, Eclipse Masking Paper

 Cheers
Karren
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10 comments:

  1. Cathy7 July 2014 at 11:47

    Love this card Karren, your inking looks amazing, so much texture on just 1 layer. Hope you have a fun day chefing in the kitchen, Cathy x

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  2. stampwithsandy7 July 2014 at 12:00

    This is just beautiful, Karren! I love the gorgeous scene you created, and absolutely adore the sentiment because it is so true! Way to rock three challenges, and on a one layer card, no less! Thanks for playing along with us this week at The Paper Players!

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  3. laurie7 July 2014 at 14:42

    I really like all the detail you put in this card....the clouds...gel pen for waves...the sponging...it's awesome! Great card, Karren. Thanks for playing along at The Paper Players!

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  4. Andrea W7 July 2014 at 15:43

    The scene you create is very calming and beautiful. I love the sentiment and floating birds. So glad you shared your creation at The Paper Players.

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  5. sandie7 July 2014 at 22:03

    fabulous masking and I love the sentiment. Thanks for joining us at ATSM and this would also be good for our challenge at TIME OUT Challenges 'Fun in the Sun', here is the link#
    http://timeoutchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/challenge-9.html

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  6. Anonymous8 July 2014 at 17:58

    Wow, love your card!!! Your masking and blending looks perfect! Thanks so much for playing with us at CASology. May

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  7. Nance Leedy9 July 2014 at 00:48

    Karren, this is so soft and soothing! I can almost hear the waves and the birds. Fabulous sponging of the sky and I love the wavy lines you've added to the water. Just wonderful--thank you for joining in our beach theme at The Paper Players!

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  8. Vicki Dutcher9 July 2014 at 08:53

    LOVE LOVE LOVE! This also qualifies for Just Us Girls Challenge;
    http://justusgirlschallenge.blogspot.com/2014/07/just-us-girls-challenge-248.html -- Thanks for joining in with ATCAS!

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  9. Deepti10 July 2014 at 04:09

    This is gorgeous :) Love the sea sky and the sand u created, Thank you for sharing with ATCAS !

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  10. OH Babs14 July 2014 at 02:09

    What a great card I especially like the sand.

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