Friday, July 19, 2013

Sunshiney Day

I made this card for my parents.  As mentioned in a previous post, I like to send them an uplifting card every week or so, and I think this one will bring some cheer.   The image is a great retro beach scene freebie from The Graphics Fairy, and the sentiment was a freebie from Create with TLC - thank you both!  This card was easy to make.  I printed the retro beach image, trimmed, and mounted on black cardstock.  Then I stamped the sun in black on yellow cardstock and fussy-cut.  I printed the sentiment on yellow cardstock and circle-punched.  Then everything was affixed to a striped panel, layered on black cardstock, and layered on to a white card base.  Lastly I embellished with 6 black gems.  Here are the supplies I used:
  • Stamp:  Sun (Studio G)
  • Ink:  StazOn Jet Black
  • Cardstock and DP:  Recollections
  • White Card Base:  Staples
  • Circle Punch:  Marvy Uchida
  • Gems:  Dollarama




I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:
613 Avenue Crafts Anything Goes 3E #1
A Gem of a Challenge Spots/Stripes or Both (I went with stripes) UE
Anything Goes Challenge Blog #97 Anything Goes 5E #5
Cards and Scrap Challenge Blog #176 Everything Must UE #1
Chocolate, Coffee & Cards Challenges #43 Life's a Beach 2E #2
C.R.A.F.T. Challenge #216 Photo Inspiration (my beach is a bit more crowded!) 5E #2
Craftin' Desert Divas #10 Summer UE
Crafting by Designs Anything Goes UE #1
Creative Card Crew #40 The Great Outdoors 3E #2
Creative Moments #21 Holidays 3E #2
Cute Card Thursday #278 Oranges and Lemons (I was inspired by the colour of lemons) UE
DL.ART Challenges July's Anything Goes UE
DRS Designs #79 Lucky Stripe UE #1
Fairies Challenge Blog #9 Flowers/Summer UE
Fresh Brewed Designs Take a Vacation 5E #1
Friends of Speedy TV #81 Summer Fun 5E #4
Get Inky! Challenge #8 Summer Sun Fun 3E #1
Inky Impressions IIC#117 Summer UE
Kreativeinkauf Stripes 3E #1
Left of Center Creative Challenges #10 Spots and/or Stripes (I went with stripes) UE
Let's Craft and Create #74 Anything Goes UE #1
Little Scrap Pieces Pool/Beach/Swimming 1E #1
My Heart Pieces Use Your Favourite Fruit Colour (I love lemons!) 3E #1
My Sheri Crafts Use Colours Black, White, and Yellow UE
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog #136 - Use the Colour Black 3E #3
Pile It On #28 Water UE
Scrappy Moms Stamps The Great Outdoors UE
Seemacrafts Holiday/Vacation 1E #1
Simon Says Stamp Simon Says... By the Sea 5E #2
Sister Act Card Challenges #16 Anything Goes UE
Stampin' with the Dragon On the Beach 2E #1
The Crafting Café Summer's Here 1E #1
The Sisterhood of Crafters Black and White and One Accent Colour 3E #3
Woodware Blog The Great Outdoors UE #1

Thank you for looking at my card!  I enjoy reading your comments - have a wonderful day!

43 comments:

Sunshine HoneyBee said...

Thought I'd stop by for a visit after seeign your wonderful cards entered in challenges I've entered. Like the b&w image & pop of yellow for this card.
Melissa
"Sunshine HoneyBee"

Janine said...

Nice colour choices. Thanks for another FOSTV Summer Fun entry.

Sandy Palmer said...

That is really nice that you send a card to your parents every week! Great looking card! Thanks for sharing it with us at My Sheri crafts! :)

Helen said...

Love it - the black looks really good with the little bit of yellow.

Thanks for joining us at Penny's.

Helen x

Shelia said...

Your parents will love this!! I really like the retro look of this image and you've chosen the perfect color scheme to go with it!! Awesome card. Thank you for joining this week's challenge at DRS Designs!

Glenda said...

Thanks for sharing your cute card with us at My Sheri Crafts!

Tlc Creations said...

What a fun card~!....love the black and yellow together. Great pairing of image and sentiment also.
Paulette

Unknown said...

Fabulous Kitty, could really do with some of that rain, in the background, just too blooming hot by far, LOL xxx

Unknown said...

fab creation ty for joining us at left of centre xx

mags said...

A lovely creation. Thanks for sharing with us at A Gem of a Challenge.
Mags
x

Karen The Graphics Fairy said...

What a darling card!! I would love it if you would submit this via my the new submission page on my blog! I would really like to feature more cardmakers and cards, and this one is so cute, I'm sure my readers would adore it!

vania said...

Nice card! Thanks for joining us at My heart pieces
Vania

Laura said...

Great card...
thanks for joining the summer linky party at Craftin Desert Divas.
Laura guest designer

Jessie L. said...

What a fun retro summery card! Thanks for joining us at Inky Impressions! Hope to see you again next week!

DIANA L. said...

Looks like fun!!
Thank you for joining us at Little Scrap pieces.
LSP--DT member
DIANA L.
dianamlarson.blogspot.com

Dreja said...

Große Klasse!
Danke für deine Teilnahme an der Kreativeinkauf-Challenge.

LG dreja

Scrappy Mel said...

Great card! Thank you for playing along with us at Scrappy Moms Stamps! :)

- Mel

Nelly said...

Prachtige kaart heb je gemaakt.

Bedankt voor je deelname aan de uitdaging deze week van Card & Scrap

Groetjes Nelly

KraftyKoolKat said...

What a super creation sweetie. Thank you so much for sharing your lovely creation with us at Creative Card Crew.

Hugs
Cathy DT
xxxxxx

Sandy said...

Looks great in black and white and that pop of sunshiny yellow!!! Thanks for joining in the fun at 613 Avenue, Create
Hugs,
Sandy

Nadelmarie said...

Ein wunderschönes Werk Gefällt mir sehr gutDanke für deine Teilnahme an der Kreativeinkauf-Challenge.Maria

Mandy said...

fabulous card...thank you for joining us at LCC for our challenge.

carol said...

Another great card entry for our challenge this week at CRAFT x carol

Anonymous said...

What a beautiful card you have created! I love the black outlines and just that little bit of color. Thank you for coloring along with us at Chocolate, Coffee and Cards.

Nadja

Joanie said...

Fab card, the yellow compliments the B&W. Thank you for joining us at Anything Goes. Hope to see you again soon.

Micki said...

Gorgeous card. I love the yellow accent which is perfect for that great beach scene. Thanks so much for playing along with us in the Sisterhood of Crafters.

Janett said...

Cool card love the pop of color. Thanks for joining the DRS designs challenge.

Darlene said...

This is awesome! Love the yellow accents! Thanks so much for joining us at The Sisterhood’s ‘Black & White + One’ challenge and please come back again soon!
Darlene
one of the 'Sistahs'
The Sisterhood of Crafters
DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS

TannyP said...

What perfect accents :) Gorgeous combination of details. Thanks so much for playing along with our Black, White & One Challenge at The Sisterhood of Crafters!

Ellen said...

Fabulous creation, thanks for joining us at Cards & Scrap. Ellen

Mandy said...

Aww that is so lovely sending your parents regular uplifting cards, they must really look forward to them.
Your card is fabulous, really striking, I love how the sun and sentiment really pop against the black and white.
Thanks for joining us at Simon Says Stamps Wednesday Challenge
hugs
Mandy xx

Dawn said...

Fantasti summer creation! I love the vintagey feel of your card! Thanks
for plaaying at The Crafting Cafe this time!
Good Luck
Hugs
Dawn xx

Karen said...

Great Card! Thanks for joining us at Inky Impressions.

Karen

Jennifer E. said...

Love those colors and all those stripes! Thanks for playing with DRS Designs this week!

PinkyLisasInkyCrafts said...

Thank you so much for joining in this months challenge 'Holiday/Vacation' over on SeemaCrafts Challenge Blog.

What a brilliant card. I love the image and the backing in the monochrome that is very popular. The added addition of the bright sunshine yellow looks gorgeous and really sets the card off.

I hope you will join us again for more of our future monthly challenges, we always have great prizes up for grabs.

Hugs Lisa xxxxx DT Member

Julia said...

Gorgeous creation. Thanks for joining us at Left Of Center Creative Challenges.
Hugs,
Julia

Anonymous said...

Driving by the beach..just a lovely scene to see. Lovely creation. So glad you joined us at The Crafting Café.
xx Ria

missmacymay said...

Lovely, well designed card. This card really shows how a random image can be made into a greeting card anyone would love to have. Thanks for the inspiration.

Dorrie said...

I love the black and white with a pop of summer sunshine, thank you for playing along with Wooodware.

Anonymous said...

Saw your card on The Graphics Fairy. Very nice. It does look retro. How fun and bet your parents loved it.

:)
Peabea

Lisa Lynn said...

Wonderful card and a great use of the TLC sentiment.

kalleinka said...

Eine tolle Karte, erinnert mich an Urlaub.
Vielen Dank für deine Teilnahme am Kreativeinkauf-Challengeblog.

LG, Ilonka

Andrea said...

Another very cute card - thanks a lot for playing with us at Kreativeinkaufchallenge -
hugs Andrea