Beach Day (for CCMC 809)

This week at Create With Connie & Mary we have a sketch challenge. I went into full craft mode with this one, using the Beach Day Bundle. Here’s the sketch:

And here’s my card:

Sometimes you just feel like pulling out all the stops, and I pulled quite a few with this card. No, it’s probably not one you are going to mass-produce. It has several techniques, bits, & pieces. I had so much fun putting it together!

A few things you may wonder about ~

• I textured the sand bar with Snowflake Sky 3D Embossing Folder. I know that sounds odd, but it was easy to manipulate the strip of paper into the folder to avoid any snowflakes, and I think that it looks like sand!
• I cut and stacked 4 life preservers to give it some heft. Then I cut one from red and glued it under the top layer of white.
• On the inside, I stamped the chair and umbrella onto masking paper, cut them out and did a masking technique. First I stamped the chair on the white panel, then masked it, and stamped the umbrella to look like it was somewhat behind the chair. Then I added the umbrella mask and brushed some Daffodil Delight ink over the corner area to look like sunshine. After all that, I removed the masks and loved my scene.

Has anyone been to the Santa Monica Pier in Southern California? I took my color scheme from their lifeguard station!

The beach is my happy place. I lived in Hawaii through my high school years and adapted quite nicely to that lifestyle ❤️ Now I live about 2 hours from the Northern California coast (not the same, but beautiful nontheless) and love to drive over whenever I can. Come visit and we’ll go to the beach! ☺️

Now it’s time to go see what the other CCMC designers made with this sketch inspiration! Click HERE.

Thanks for visiting today!

Product List

Beach Day Bundle (English) [162800] $48.50	Azure Afternoon 8 1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [161719] $10.00	Balmy Blue 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [146982] $10.00	Basic White 8 1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [159276] $10.50
Crumb Cake 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [120953] $10.00	Real Red 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [102482] $10.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $6.50	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin’ Pad [147116] $9.00
Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin’ Pad [147094] $9.00	Azure Afternoon Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [161672] $10.00	Balmy Blue Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [154830] $10.00	Real Red Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [154899] $10.00
Bronze & Ivory Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [154922] $10.00	Lemon Lolly Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [161673] $10.00	Basics 3 D Embossing Folders [161598] $30.00	Snowflake Sky 3 D Embossing Folder [162026] $11.00
Stampin’ Up! Masking Paper [155480] $7.00	Blending Brushes [153611] $13.00	Stampin’ Dimensionals [104430] $4.25	Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals [144108] $4.25