Creation Station: Beach Life

 

How can it be June already! Wow, time really does fly! I have to admit: summer is not my favorite time of year and (gasp!) I really don't like the beach.

My family and I recently attended my best friend's daughter's wedding on Kitty Hawk Pier in North Carolina's Outer Banks. It was a glorious day--sunny, clear, and not too hot--and a beautiful wedding. Just to prove that I have actually been to the beach, here's a pic of my family....at the beach.

So, you can imagine that I had a slight bit of panic when I saw this month's Creation Station Beach Life theme. I don't own any beach themed stamp sets. But, I remembered that I do have a set that would work quite nicely: "In the Moment." So I present to you series of "snapshots" that I call, "Kathy at the Beach."

I noticed that one of the sheets of the Masterfully Made Designer Series Paper resembled ocean waves, so I used that as a backdrop on two of my cards. After I stamped my images in Memento Tuxedo Black onto Basic White Card Stock and colored them with a variety of Stampin' Blends, I fussy cut the images and then adhered them to a bit of the Masterfully Made DSP.

 

I used two of the square Stylish Shapes Dies--the smaller one inside the larger one--to cut photo frames from Basic White Card Stock to frame each of my beach "snapshots." I used the same layout for each card, changing up the sentiment--all from the "In the Moment" stamp set--and the Stylish Shape Die used to cut out the sentiment.

For this card, I thought another sheet of Masterfully Made DSP looked like beachy wallpaper, so I used a strip of it across the card and behind my fussy cut image.

These cards were super fun to make and except for the dog (I have 4 cats!), this could be me on any beach (or mountain or family visit) vacation!

Next up on our international blog hop is Yvonne Spikmans-Van Bruggen. I can't wait to see what she and the rest of the Creation Station Design Team have in store for us!

Until next month!

tams# 81216

Product List

In The Moment Cling Stamp Set (English) [157987] $24.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $6.50	Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Pad [150083] $9.00	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [159229] $9.00
Lost Lagoon 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [133679] $10.00	Fresh Freesia 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [155613] $10.00	Pretty Peacock 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [150880] $10.00	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $10.50
Masterfully Made 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [161192] $12.50	Fresh Freesia Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [155518] $10.00	Pool Party Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154894] $10.00	Night Of Navy Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154891] $10.00
Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154880] $10.00	Real Red Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154899] $10.00	Calypso Coral Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154881] $10.00	Pumpkin Pie Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154897] $10.00
Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154882] $10.00	Bronze & Ivory Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154922] $10.00	Soft Sea Foam Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154902] $10.00	Old Olive Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154892] $10.00
Smoky Slate Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154904] $10.00	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897] $8.00	Stylish Shapes Dies [159183] $30.00	Painted Texture 3 D Embossing Folder [154317] $10.00
Lost Lagoon ¼" (6.4 Mm) Bordered Ribbon [161171] $8.00	Iridescent Pastel Gems [160429] $8.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $4.25	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $5.50
Paper Snips [103579] $11.00