Vacation Challenge

The Eureka! Stamps Challenge this week is

"Vacation"

what better to use than something 'beachy'?

I used 

"Shell Background" (#58102) from 

Eureka! Stamps

for my card.

I stamped the image onto white card stock and 

colored the sand part with water color crayons.

I stamped it again and colored the shells then fussy cut

many of them. 

I then adhered them onto the background with foam tape.

It's hard to see the dimension in the picture, sorry about that.

I cut and added a few of the little shells to the bottom corner for 

a little interest.

We seldom vacation at the beach, but I do love it.

Where do you like to vacation?

Why not join in this weeks challenge and create a project

that shows us something about your vacations.

Pop on over to the Eureka! Stamps Blog 

to get all the particulars about the challenge 

then check out the 

Eureka! Stamps Store 

and see what great images they have to choose from.

There is something for everyone!

Thanks for stopping by today.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Swap card

I thought I had posted this card over a month ago,

but apparently not, so here it is now.

Better late than never!

I am in a newly formed "Swap" group

and I think I'm gonna totally enjoy this group. 

We are a group of stampers that met a long time ago

 online and have just reconnected and formed a group on Facebook.

Our first swap was to make a KISS card.

That is Keep It Simple Sweetheart!

I was to make a card for my friend Becky,

I knew she liked the beach, so I went with the beach theme.

I used "Shell Background" (#58102) from

Eureka! Stamps

I stamped the image twice onto white card stock.

Once with brown Color Box Fluid Chalk Ink

and once with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink.

I used the brown one for the background

and colored the shells with FlexMarkers on the black one.

I fussy cut the shells and then adhered them to the background with

foam tape.



It's hard to get a good shot showing the dimension on the card,

but this one shows a little of it.

I think Becky enjoyed receiving my card and I can't wait to see what we will be doing in our next swap.

Thanks for stopping by today!

I hope your summer is going well

and you are enjoying some beautiful weather.

 

Until next time, Happy Crafting!



At the Beach Eureka! Blog hop

Hello blog hoppers!

If you have come from

Barb's blog you are on the right track.

I'm sure she made something wonderful.

If you have just happened onto the hop, you should probably start at the beginning as you won't want to miss any of the great projects the design team has for you.

This month our theme is summer/beach.

I chose to use the "Shell Background" (#58102) from

Eureka! Stamps.

I used Memento black ink to stamp the image onto card stock.

I colored it with  FlexMarkers and layered it onto kraft card stock.

I added some little sun glasses to the corner to finish it off.

I hope you have enjoyed my beach/summer card.

Now on to

Kristine's blog

where I'm sure she has something wonderful to show you.

Thanks for hopping along with us today.

Leave a message if you wish and come again soon.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!