It’s Day Two of the StampNation Beach Vacation! Today’s challenge is to create a card with a beach sunset in mind. Ah….to be in a hammock someplace tropical…. Here’s a sneak peek of the card I created for the challenge.
Category: cardmaking
Stamp Nation Beach Vacation Blog Hop
We’re kicking off the StampNation Summer Beach Vacation event today with a Blog Hop. Each of the StampNation Dream Team members, along with a group of Guest Designers (of which I’m thrilled to be included) are hopping along sharing cards inspired by our first challenge — “Beach Style”!
To me, “Beach Style” starts with flip flops (and bright colors) — here’s my card inspired by this challenge theme.
Life is better in flip flops! I stamped and die cut the flip flops using the Papertrey Ink Flipping Out Stamp and Die Set. The beach and waves were cut out of a variety of cardstock colors with the Reverse Confetti Doin’ The Wave Confetti Cuts die. I cut the wavy lines with a Spellbinders rectangle die and attached it to a card base onto which I’d stamped the sentiment with VersaFine ink.
It’s time to hop along now.
For the prizes, one winner will be randomly drawn from all the blog hop comments. A second winner will be chosen from all the challenge entries at StampNation!
Penny Black Bon Voyage
Today, I’m sharing a card created with the new Penny Black Bon Voyage #30-224 stamp set – perfect for summer travel cards or scrapbook layouts!
I paired the stamped and Copic-colored Vespa with balloons cut using the Uplifting #51-004 die set. I cut each balloon twice and used dimensional adhesive on some to create a variety of depths. The balloon strings were drawn by hand.
Have a fabulous Friday!
Sweet Birthday Wishes – This is the Life!
It’s a lovely summer day in the Pacific Northwest. In fact, we’re calling it hot, which is a rare thing indeed in these parts! I’m sharing a summer-themed card combining the Frozen Treats die with a Reverse Confetti die and sentiment.
I’m definitely drawn towards brighter colors when it’s sunny outside. I cut four colors of cardstock with the Frozen Treats die and pieced them together. I stamped the sentiment from Reverse Confetti’s Sweet Thing stamp set and cut it with the Reverse Confetti Tag Me die. The background is dry embossed with the Simon Says Stamp Ring Cluster stencil.
StampNation Beach Vacation – Coming Soon!
Save the date! Starting Sunday, there’s a week-long Summer Beach Vacation planned at StampNation — July 20-26. Join the fun of daily beach-vacation themed prompts, inspiration from the StampNation Dream Team and Guests (I’m thrilled to be one of them), and prizes from Lawn Fawn, Ellen Hutson, and Pretty Pink Posh! This vacation kicks off on Sunday 9am EDT with a blog hop.
Not familiar with StampNation? It’s a wonderful online community of fellow stampers. Members have access to hundreds of video tutorials, a gallery, challenges, message boards and so much more. Check it out and be inspired!