Good Thursday morning and welcome to the Impression Obsession design team “Colors of Summer” challenge. Before I start my post I want to give a warm welcome to our new design team member Karen Amidon. Hop on over to check out Karen’s blog Paper Lilies & Ink.
I couldn’t resist creating a brightly framed mini beach scene for today’s challenge. Frames not only highlight the main focal point of a project but also add a decorative element of dimension. The Square Shaker Frame is just the perfect size to use with the Umbrella and Small Bird set embellishments on my mini scene.
I sponged in the sand using a Color Box stylus and foam tip. I masked the sky area with a piece of Post-It Removable Labeling Tape and sponged in the ocean. I removed the tape and lightly sponged in the sky area using an ink blending tool and hand cut cloud template. I applied touches of liquid applique to the water to create the sea foam, smooshed it around with my finger to remove air bubbles and heat set. I lightly applied glossy accents over the liquid applique and sprinkled a light coating of diamond glitter. The sea oats were sketched in by hand using a distress marker.
I attached the large square frame and framed scene to the card base with mounting tape. I made the beach towel with strips of the cardstock and attached with rolled glue dots. The umbrella was attached with a double layer of mounting tape. The three seagulls were lightly colored with a mini applicator and attached for the finishing touch.
Why don’t you come along and play with us. To enter the challenge go to the Impression Obsession Blog (all the details are there!). A random challenge card will be selected to showcase on the IO blog and you can to enter to win a $25 gift certificate to IO just by playing! I hope you will go check out what the other IO teams members created for the challenge. Thanks for coming by today.
wow, what a fabulous beach scene.
Really WONDERFUL, Kittie!!
I love your choice of colors!
It’s so very pretty the yellow frame against the deep sea green background and the bright red umbrella, gorgeous!
The sea scene is soooo beautiful and so real…
You know, it’s a familiar view to me…:-)
Hugs, Eva.
How cute, you didnt even forget a beachtowel. Your scenes are always so realistic its easy to get drawn into them. Lovely card Kittie.
Great color contrast…and I love how you made the water look so realistic. I love sending “Florida/Coastal” cards to my friends and family who don’t live near the coast….TFS
Good Morning, Kittie what a cute summer scene, with a path to the beach an its cool breeze , and the comfort with umbrella, relaxing….have a good day.
Kittie, your beach scene is amazingly beautiful. It makes me want to go and have a beach picnic and listen to the sound of the waves. Thank you for sharing your techniques for achieving the beautiful effects of the water. Thank you for sharing this amazingly, beautiful, inspiring card today. It has transported me to the ocean, I can just hear the birds and the waves.
Jacquelene L
Canada
Amazingly clever!! Love the towel idea!! So definitely speaks summer!!!
A perfect summer card. Love the use of the glitter to define the waves!
such a pretty card…. I always love ALL of your beach cards and this is no exception…. Another card that could be in a frame and on the wall…. Thank you for sharing your wonderful creativity
A mighty piece of work!! I just want to climb right into that scene. At first, I thought the blanket was made of fabric, I LOVE the “fringe”. Your cards always make me smile because of their beauty, quality and your amazing attention to detail.TFS I hope you have a wonderful Independence Day!
The whole card is pretty. Hope you don’t think this is silly, but the towel is my favorite part. That is so brilliant of you! 🙂
Hi Kittie, it’s been a while but finally than…..like your summer scene and as always you’ve made a real ‘Kittie’ creation!It’s nice to play along, warm greets Miranda