Last summer my entire family went on a family vacation to the Outer Banks in North Carolina. One of the activities we (specially my brother and I) really enjoyed was going out at night and catching the crabs that ran around on the beach. Of course, we let them go after we caught them. Anyway, my brother's birthday was the past week and I just had to make him a card featuring little crabs! I created a little beach scene by blending some blue and brown inks and joining them in the middle with some white ink. Then I stamped, colored and fussy cut the little crabs and added glossy accents to their eyes before adhering them in the sand.
I stamped a different crab on the outside of the envelope to dress it up a little bit. And to finish the card off, I added a few clear drops to look like bubbles.
Stamps: Your Next Stamp "Sea Creatures" crab and sentiment; the crab on the envelope is a freebie from Art Impressions Stamps
Challenges:
Love To Craft Challenge Blog #48--anything goes
Creatalicious Challenge #191--anything goes with the optional twist: 3 of a kind (I used 3 jewels and 3 crabs)
CRAFT Rockets #72--for the men/boys
The Paper Funday #19--anything goes with the optional twist: the great outdoors
Moving Along with the Times--at the beach
Cardz 4 Guyz #249--no patterned paper
Double D--Let's go to the beach
Crafty Friends #139--birthdays
Simon Says Stamp Monday--a day at the beach
Fab n Funky #491--use a real stamp
C.R.A.F.T. #565--summer
Krafty Chicks #517--all occasions
Crafty Catz #516--make it funny
Your Next Stamp #144--summer days
A great card - love the scene you created.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing it with us at Cardz 4 Guyz.
Helen x
Super cute scene you created and I bet your brother had a big smile when he opened it! Thank you for joining our challenge at Double D!
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OMG what a fun and fabulous card! Great job! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Double D ‘Let’s Go To The Beach’ challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.
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Hello… Thanks for sharing your little crabs card with us. It's really cute and fits perfectly with our 'Happy Birthday' theme… Your card will certainly brighten someone's day! Great sentiment too. Good luck in the draw and please join us next time at Crafty Friends.
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Hello again Heather… Back to comment for another design team... Thanks for sharing your cute crabs card with us. It’s lovely and fits perfectly with our ‘At the Beach’ theme… Please join us next time at MAWTT.
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Love your card and the image . Thank you for sharing your wonderful project with us at Creatalicious Challenges . Hugs Neva
ReplyDeleteFabulous card - love those cute little crabs! Thanks for sharing with us at Fab ‘n’ Funky.
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Thanks for sharing your card with us at Krafty Chicks Challenge - love the images and details...xoxoxo
ReplyDeleteLovely creation Heather! Thank you for sharing with us over at Love To Craft. We hope to see you again.
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Fab card love your shading and thanks for sharing with us at crafty catz
ReplyDeleteNow those little crabs are so cute it makes me want to give up eating crab legs! Great card, Thanks for inspiring us at The Paper Funday Challenges! Donna, DT
ReplyDeleteA brilliantly designed card!
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Regina DT-Member of Paper Funday Challenge
Wonderful background, and those crabs just make me smile. Great take on the Mood Board, thanks so much for playing along with us over at the Double D Challenge. Hope we see you back again soon!!
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Your coloring is amazing, the background is wonderful. Thanks for playing our challenge at Crafty Catz. Sorry for my late comment.
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