Summer Whimsy

Have any of you ever had a four or five day gap between creating cards?  I was frustrated earlier this week trying to jump start some designs for the 4 or 5 cards  needed to get ahead of the ball and I simply had no motivation!  I though at first I had lost my mojo and was having creator's block!  So I went online to some challenges and I ran across a super cute card with an oval image surrounded by some special lace and loved it!  I hunted through the paper stacks and the drawers of embelli's and found that I too had the makings of an adorable but simple card.

Thought that was the end of the story huh?

Wrong . . . I sewed the dp's to the bazzill stock, picked out and colored the really cute Wags 'n Whiskers summertime image to match the dp and stared at it for another 20 minutes or so!

I literally ate an orange and POP!!  it came to me that this card needed a 3D beach parasol, some sea life dangles with some super silky waves!  

By the time I was done twisting the wired ribbon into waves for the bottom left and adhering it, my mind ran into a circle image with a slit in it, then an accordian fold all the way around the circle . . . some really pretty web paper from my stash and the pole portion of a Jolee's fishing sticker pack for the pole!  And don't forget the paper pierced swim suit too with altered flower from stash!  The rest is history!

There are a lot of pics for this one as there is really a lot going on.  I literally had the best time making this card once I got that orange and I just couldn't stop adding! hehe !! I think if I put it in the craft sale this Sunday, someone is going to be a very lucky shopper!

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Anyway, As this is for the new "Summertime" challenge at the Wags 'n Whiskers challenge blog, our freebee this week is from Angelique.  I would love to see all of you join us with whatever you think represents summertime what's done, seen, smelt . . . you get the idea!

INGREDIENTS:
Bo Bunny DP "Barefoot & Bliss collection"
Wags 'n Whiskers image "Water Babe" from the Let's Play collection
Bazzill stock paper "Two Scoops Pumpkin Pie"
Sentiment by Raindrop Echo Designs with Whimsy "Summertime collection"
Nestabilities Die "Classic Ovals Large"

MEDIUMS:
Copic Markers: E00,E02,R20
B41,B32, Y35,YG05,Y38, YG07, YR68
Signo "White" ink
Ranger Distress Ink "Walnut Stain and Wild Honey"

EMBELLISHMENTS: 
Jolees "fishing" sticker (pole only)
Jolee's Tropical Fish stickers
Flora Craft Twinklet Diamond dust
Dress It Up ~ Sea Side Button
Cosmo Cricket Bling "Salt Air crystals
Royal Coat Dimensional magic "clear"
Blue Crystals, Ribbon, string pearls from stash
Homemade umbrella and symbolic waves!

Challenges entered into:


A Spoonful of Sugar ~ Ribbon and Bows
House of Gili ~ Ribbons and Bows
Crazy 4 Challenges ~ added string,twine,floss,rope

One Stop Craft Challenge ~ stickers (the glitter stickers)

Card Cupids Blog New Challenge Sunday ~ summertime
Totally Stampalicious ~ Something old, something new
Crafty Creations ~ Sparkly Let it shine
Fresh Brewed ~ photo inspirations (towels)

Anything Goes Challenge ~ Summertime
Bearly Mine ~ Summertime
Papertake Weekly ~ Sun
Ribbon Carousel Challenge ~ color it up
SOS ~ old tools (Oval NB never opened and paper piercing)
The Paper Variety ~ Summer
Southern Girls ~ Anything Goes

INSPIRATIONAL THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:


Where there is a Will . . . there's a Way.  Don't give up!

Thank you for visiting,