This is my sample for this week's Tickle a Teapotter challenge, which you will find HERE.
Actually I hadn't planned the theme when I requested lighthouses in my helping hand recently, it's just that I love lighthouses! So I was delighted to use one of my RAK images from Jacqueline on this instead of one of the lighthouses stamps I own myself. I love that this is a real one - it says Nova Scotia.
It was stamped on watercolour paper so I used Inktense pencils to colour it, distressed the edges and popped it up on a mat layer.
I used cream card as the base for my center step card, making it about an inch wider than in the linked tutorial to accommodate the rope borders and the width of the lighthouse and sentiment.
Most of the papers are BG Basics, I stamped the rope on the dp for the side panels and coloured it with pencil. The sentiment is also stamped on DP. The shells were stamped with Sepia on white card and coloured by sponging with distress inks. The little hangers for the lighthouse are actually tassels from a banner die set. The long spiral shell is popped up on foam tape.
Date: Monday, January 30, 2017 GMT Views: 1038
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Registered: July 20, 2007 Location: Fergus, Ontario, Canada Posts: 52525
Wed, Feb 01, 2017 @ 1:28 PM
Sabrina, this is a beautiful card. I love that lighthouse image and you coloured it so beautifully. I love the step feature and the lovely shells too.
Your quilt is gorgeous too. i can knit, but this pattern would be way beyond my abilities.
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Registered: April 9, 2010 Location: Arizona Posts: 714
Thu, Feb 02, 2017 @ 10:01 AM
I love all the elements of your card and how they all work so well together to make this great card. I love your sentiment. Thank you for another great challenge.
Registered: October 21, 2010 Location: in the okanagan in b.c. canada Posts: 13012
Sat, Feb 04, 2017 @ 1:22 PM
Did this ever make for a lovely center step card. The peaceful lighthouse scene taking center and the ropes on the edges are so neat. The shells floating up along the beach nesting up to the super verse....yes LOVELY job Sabrina...so pretty...TFS..:0)
------------------------------ We as people are raindrops of colorful ink , falling down Crisp and Clear, each a different shade more vibrant then the last, but once we realize at the bottom of an endless abyss we all fall into the same inkpot forming one color, only then can we come together as one My son.
Registered: December 31, 2016 Location: Western Colorado Posts: 2495
Sun, Feb 05, 2017 @ 8:10 PM
Wow what a beautiful card and an awesome theme. I love lighthouses and so hope to post something before leaving for vacation. This theme is very inspirational to me.
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