March Dirty Dozen/Dirty Dozen Alumni Challenge.

It’s Friday!!!!!!!!!!! I am looking forward to the weekend.  How about you? I haven’t stamped in several days and I have really missed it.  I was inspired to get busy by our monthly Dirty Dozen/Dirty Dozen Alumni Challenge.  Holly is hosting the challenge and has taken us down memory lane to a time when we were all new stampers and first started uploading to our Splitcoaststampers galleries.  Her challenge was for each of us to go back to one of our very first gallery uploads and recreate or "case" it.  We were to change at least three elements of the project like color, technique or stamped image but still be able to recognize the original theme. There were lots of groans among all of us as we sadly went way back into our galleries and saw how pitiful our beginning projects were.  The fun is that we had the chance to redeem ourselves a little.

KC Loads of Love3 Here is my third gallery project uploaded in July 2005.  It is no surprise to me that it was with my beloved little Loads of Love truck.  I loved the set when I first got it and I still love it today.  I couldn’t resist using the exact same truck image for my challenge card but all the other images are a total change.

 

I hand sketched the three little surfboards and cut them out. I wanted to use them in place of the Christmas trees.  I sure hope you can that darling little palm tree on the board in the back of the truck.  I stamped the truck, painted it and cut it out.  If you look closely KC Surfboards and Loads you can see that I added a little rust to the truck. I watercolored the blue sky and added yellow for a sunny feel.  I used a white Sharpie to add the white foam to the water. I watercolored the sand area and stamped with Itty Bitty Background for the sandy texture. I tore all the edges of the water and sand layers to represent the torn layers on my original card. I assembled the card with the three torn layers, attached the truck and surfboards and finished it off with a little hand written sign that says “No Surfing”.

 

If you would like to see all the  DD/DDA projects click here.

 

Stamps:  Loads of Love

Paper:  Soft Sky, Watercolor

Ink:  Baja Breeze, Soft Sky, More Mustard, Adirondack Lettuce, Lemonade, Latte, Distress Vintage Photo

Accessories:  Brushes, Artist Pen, Dimensionals, Sharpie

9 thoughts on “March Dirty Dozen/Dirty Dozen Alumni Challenge.”

  1. I absolutely love the new card! Very bright and inviting. I’m ready for a day at the beach. Please come and join me!

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  2. Kittie,
    This is adorable! I’m amazed at how the techniques and tools have progressed through the years. It makes me wonder what new things could be coming in the years ahead.

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  3. These cards as so fun to see. I have always wanted that little truck set but never could convince myself to buy it. I love that second card, lots of my favorite colors and the details are amazing. Beautiful job!

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  4. I loved your card from back in 2005 too 🙂 the beach scene is cool and I didn’t notice the rust and thought that looked very realistic, fun card!

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  5. I love both your cards, Kittie, but the stepped up version is amazing with the beautiful sky, sand dunes and those adorable surf boards….everything you create turns to beautiful!!!

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