Summer

It's Wednesday again and that means it's time for another What If? Wednesday challenge from The House That Stamps Built.  This week it is Sun, Sand, and Surf.  Fun, right?

Here is my summery card:

 I started our with Repeat Impressions' "9016W. Sandcastle", then stamped "4109W Sand Dollar" on the background piece to give it some subtle pattern.  Check out those letters!!  I'm just in love with how they turned out.  Here's a close up:

I colored a strip of scrap white card stock with a brown Spectrum Noir marker, then swiped some aqua mist ink directly from the ink pad below the brown.  I sponged on a bit of medium blue to tone down the aqua and add "waves" with a darker blue marker and a white gel pen.  Then I taped my letter dies in place and die cut them from the strip.  I also die cut the letters from white card stock 3 times and layered all four sets together to create some depth.  Did I mention that I love how it turned out?  It's so fun.  

Head on over to the House blog and see how the rest of the DT interpreted this challenge.  Their cards are pretty fabulous!

Challenges:

Cards Galore--anything goes

Pattie's Creations #113--anything goes

Crafty Calendar Challenge--bingo (I went with the center row: die cuts, kraft, blue)

Craftin' Desert Divas--keeping cool

Paper Girls #85--Large letters

Cute Card Thursday #385--one word

I used the sketch from Hanna & Friends and then realized I didn't have a "living creature" on the card which is part of the rules, bummer!

Frosted Designs--metal/metallics (metal star brads)

Brown Sugar #158--anything goes

Sister Act Card Challenge #118--anything goes

Fussy & Fancy #145--Lazy Summer Days

Jo's Scrap Shack #100--anything goes

Creative Fingers #89--anything goes

Wags n' Whiskers #160--Frame it out

Sweet Stampin'--anything BUT a birthday card

Eureka Stamps #153--Hot, hot, hot!

Sweet Stamps #234--Anything goes

Crafty Cardmakers #145--warm summer colors
Fashionable Stamping #102--seaside or beach

Supplies:

Stamps: Repeat Impressions "9016W Sandcastle" and "4109W Sand Dollar"

Dies: Spellbinders "Classic Circles, large"; PTI lowercase letters; MFT sunshine

PTI: Aqua Mist card stock, ink and grossgrain ribbon