Hello Crafty Friends,
Welcome to the Colour INKspiration #17 Blog Hop. You are visiting Jackie. If you are following the blog hop, you would have arrived here from the amazingly talented Bronwyn Eastley. How fantastic is her gorgeous card!
I am so super excited to be taking part in this blog hop as Guest Designer with the talented Colour INKspiration Crew. Tanya has chosen this weeks inspirational image and stunning colour combination of Flirty Flamingo, Pool Party, Lemon Lime Twist and Tempting Turquoise.
Don't you just love those colours!! Such a bright and fun colour combination. It instantly made me think of summer - sun loungers, beach towels, beach umbrella's and music festivals. Fun, Fun, Fun! So with that in mind I decided to create a beach themed Christmas card. This is what I came up with, Santa on Boxing Day at the Beach. Watch your toe's, Santa!
I have created a card in a box with the front and side flaps removed. The front of the box has an additional panel added to create an underwater scene. The panel has an acetate window and was created using the shells and crab images from the Beachy Little Christmas stamp set. They, along with the Palm Trees and Beach Huts, were watercoloured using the fun challenge colours.
The seaweed are die cuts made using the Eclectic Layering Thinlits. A layer of vellum was cut using the scallop edge thinlit in the Colourful Seasons bundle. The Pool Party background has been embossed using the Softly Falling Embossing Folder.
The Pool Party and Tempting Turquoise waves inside the card, have also been cut using the scalloped edged Thinlit from Colourful Seasons. Santa was stamped in Black Momento and Flirty Flamingo inks and then cut on a slight angle. The bottom half has been placed under the window sheet on the front panel and the top half has been adhered to the back of the front panel.
A few rhinestone jewels have been added to the Beach Shack door handles and a couple tucked into the sand in the window panel. I used the sentiment "Happy Holidays" from the Fesitve Phrases stamp set ( its the one the Elf is holding, I have cut away the Elf parts carefully and used them to hold the greeting on the back of the card) See Below
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Hope you join us and play along. Up next in the blog hop is the super talented Nikki Spencer and her stunning creation. Enjoy!
You've created an amusing scene with Santa, Jackie. Inspirational!
ReplyDeleteHi, may I say just how amazing this project is (I really cant call it a card!). Brilliant work!! Liz x
ReplyDeleteOmw this is amazing!!! Love, love, love it! Xx
ReplyDeleteFabulous project. So creative and beautifully made.
ReplyDeletePerfect card for those of us in Houston or Florida to send this Christmas
ReplyDeleteI've already told you how much I LOVE this card. Just makes me smile every time I look at it. Thanks for joining in as Guest Designer and new Crew Member. Wooohoo!
ReplyDeleteWELCOME Jackie! I cannot begin to tell you just how amazing this card is!!!! I LOVE it!!!!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on a becoming a new member of our design team Jackie. This card is all the proof we need that you are such a welcome and deserving addition. This is a true work of art. Every time I look at it I see some other detail. Very cool.
ReplyDeleteWelcome to the team! What an amazing work of art. Your card is a true feat of paper engineering and artistry. What a great way to show off these gorgeous colours.
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