Enjoying the Challenges...Summer is Here!

My first official summer 2012 card is done:

I decided to "surf" the net (since it's summer), and found a few challenges to enter with this card:

Clear It Out Challenge - Anything Goes

Cupcake Craft Challenges - Eyelets

Papertake Weekly Challenge - Ribbon, Gems, Punches

Cute Card Thursday - Summer Theme

Corrosive Challenge Blog - 2 or more punches or die cuts

Great Impressions - Dies and/or Punches
4Crafty Chicks - By the Sea

 I decided to use my newest stamp set, Seaside, by Crafty Secrets. I hand wrote on the "photo" as if I were making a scrapbook. I used a Martha Stewart punch on the left side of the card, punching vintage look paper. I also used a slit punch from SU! to run the gold ribbon through.

 The eyelets are from SU!. I distressed all the edges and gold embossed the edges of the image and the torn script paper. A gem is used in the center of the starfish, which I masked to stamp the sand dollar behind it.

The background paper is by Melissa Frances. It looks like vintage notebook paper. I stamped little flip flops on it. Then I stamped the sentiment in the bottom right corner.

Here you can see the ribbon which I heated to make it curl and melted some holes in it to age it. You can also see the layers which I distressed with my scissors along the edges, and inked with walnut ink distress ink by Ranger.

My adorable image is colored with Prismacolor markers and pencils, plus chalks. I also used a Gelly Roll Pen to highlight the edges of almost everything!

Thanks for looking, and Happy Summer!

Bev