Congrats to Lois, our Queen for the day! Lois, your galley is beautiful, fun and inspiring! I chose this card because I wanted to try something new- and your tree spoke to me! (And your waves were delish!) I could not get waves in my ocean, so I settled for some sand. Hope your week is full of good things, you surely deserve it!
This is also for the Twisted Sister challenge to make an April Fool's' card with a surprise inside. I made two of these cards as Congrats for new employees, who have very challenging jobs. The inside reads "Congrats" and below that, "Got Margaritas?" I think they will get a chuckle from that, considering how hard they work.
I sponged the clouds in Bashful Blue over a torn paper towel, and used a post it note (Thanks Tater) to mask off the bottom and sponge in the ocean and tore a piece of sand paper to make the beach. The trees and palms were then stamped over the bg.
Thanks for looking.
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Registered: September 17, 2006 Location: San Marcos, Tx Posts: 3011
Mon, Apr 04, 2011 @ 1:05 AM
Just a second and I'll get my surf board and join ya on the beach!!! How awesome is this one??? Beautiful Sistah.
------------------------------ Ich bin Klein. Mach mein Herze rein Soll niemand anderen drin wohnen Als Jesus allein. (I am little. Make my heart clean. Don't let anyone else live in it but Jesus alone.)
Registered: August 18, 2008 Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK Posts: 31972
Mon, Apr 04, 2011 @ 1:49 AM
Pat - cold, gray, rainy Irish morning and I click on your card - ahhhhhhh - sooooooo lovely, warm and inviting! LOVE your sponging, stamping and sandy beach - plus the fun inside sentiment!!!
Registered: March 5, 2007 Location: Coatesville, Pennsylvania Posts: 44921
Mon, Apr 04, 2011 @ 6:57 AM
How lovely is this scene!!! Awesome work on this one! i love the sand paper for sand....genius! Cute insides too.....great work on this challenge, Sissy! Love it!
------------------------------ Lesley Proud Fan Club and RAK Member He is the GOD of the Impossible!!!! Kookzi the Rookzie Punchkateer It is by the grace of God that we take our next breath.
Registered: October 21, 2010 Location: in the okanagan in b.c. canada Posts: 13012
Mon, Apr 04, 2011 @ 12:55 PM
super fun one...right on girl...a fun new different one for you...I love your clouds they turned out so beautiful...my mom told me about the paper towel trick , have to ask her again on the details on how, cause this is awesome....and the sandpaper what a great idea, look so real and the whole picture is so cool colored and placed and stamped so well....hmmmm, kind of makes one want to get out the chair and lay down right underneath that tree...:0)...TFS
------------------------------ 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: February 21, 2009 Location: Mt. Pulaski, IL Posts: 29131
Mon, Apr 04, 2011 @ 6:16 PM
Pat,
If you look really, really close, you can see me sitting in my chair behind the waving palms - ah, you missed it! I wish!
Your card is so pretty, balmy and tropical breezes, beautiful sand and water -- aaah - peaceful and gorgeous card!
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