JAI #344 Inspiration Challenge - Day at the Beach

Morning gang, wow what a week. I don't think I've been so busy with challenges and there is still one more post to come later on tonight. But it does feel great to be back in the craft closet are being so busy with the kids.

School holiday's really does keep me flat out but I'm lucky that my kids would do anything to get in my craftroom and play with my goodies.

Here is my daughter making some birthday cards for her friends, and yes she is in her swimmers. She said it was the only way to stay cool!!

So for today's challenge, we are hanging out with the JAI gang, who have a very seasonal photo to inspire us:

 Now I did think I could have taken inspiration from the pool that the lady is sitting in and maybe make a project life page of our background pool with recently put in, but for some reason I just kept coming back to her hat and so I decided to go along that line.

I was really pleased with how this came out, and it was such a fun card to make. Oh and if you were wondering about the sizing, these are actually our awesome notecard sized cards.

I used the sun hat stamp from Day at the Beach as my ground images plus my main accent. The stamps from this set are all so much fun and very versatile. I can't wait to use them on upcoming holiday scrapbook pages.

I used my markers to colour in the sentiment in different colour (this trick is something I really love to do) It's such an easy technique but gives your sentiments a little bit more  wow.

Well now it's time for you to check out the other DT's creations and find some time to join us this week. As always I can't wait to see all of your creations!!

Happy Crafting,
Chlo

Product List 
 

Day At The Beach Clear-Mount Stamp Set [142261]	Happy Happenings Clear-Mount Stamp Set [139381]	Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad [126944]	Peekaboo Peach Classic Stampin' Pad [141398]	Watermelon Wonder Classic Stampin' Pad [138323]
Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad [131171]	Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad [140931]	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549]	Watermelon Wonder A4 Cardstock [138341]	2015-2017 In Color Designer Series Paper Stack [138432]
Brights Designer Series Paper Stack [138434]	Layering Circle Framelits Dies [141705]	Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies [145372]	Whisper White Note Cards & Envelopes [131527]	Many Marvelous Markers [131264]

TGIF Case the designer #88 - Happy Happenings

Christmas has been amazing and I've loved spending time with the family. we've swam everyday, eaten lots and just had a heap of fun. Unfortunately that has meant my crafting time has been no existence and so my blog has been a little quiet.

But I'm back today with my design team card for TGIF and this weeks challenge is to case one of my fellow DT's amazing creations and I was so excited to see we would be casing Kaitlyn Zumback.

When I was looking back over all of Kaitlyn's amazing creations I noticed that she likes to add a smaller panel to the middle of her cards and so that's where my inspiration came from:

Now this year, I have decided that I want to go back to more a clean and simple style of cards and this one is no different. I just love the water colour background that I have created with my aqua painters and I really wanted that, along with my sentiment, to be the hero of my card.

I added a little bit of copper thread and made the sentiment pop by cutting it out with one of the oval stitched framelits. Now all I need to do it, is pop this card in the post to my beautiful friend!!

So now it's over to you. Pop over and check out the other DT's creations and why not check out Kaitlyn's gorgeous designs and take part in our challenge this week!!

Happy Crafting,
Chlo

Product List 
 

Happy Happenings Clear-Mount Stamp Set [139381]	Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad [126944]	Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad [141397]	Peekaboo Peach Classic Stampin' Pad [141398]	Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock [140490]
Watercolor Paper [122959]	Flirty Flamingo A4 Cardstock [141421]	Aqua Painters [103954]	Copper Metallic Thread [141696]	Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies [145372]