Cards-by-the-Sea: July 2022

Wednesday, July 27, 2022

Time Out #219...With Sympathy

It is time for a new challenge at Time Out. We challenge you to make a card inspired by this photo:

Fun fact about this beautiful sunset photo is that it is a picture of the beach near my house. (I did not take this photo--but found it online)

I was inspired by the beautiful colors of this sunset, and the silhouette of the plants in front.

How will this photo inspire you?

Please head over to Time Out to see more inspiration from our fabulous Guest Designer, Deepti, and the Time Out Design Team. Varada Sharma is our sponsor for this challenge. Details for the prize are on the Time Out Challenge Blog.

This challenge will run for 2 weeks. I hope you will take some Time Out of your busy schedule to play along with us.

Thanks for Visiting

Saturday, July 16, 2022

Guest Designer Color Hues #45: Peach & Gray

Hello and happy Saturday. I am posting today as the Guest Designer at Color Hues #45, where the colors are Peach & Gray.

This is such a lovely color scheme, and I immediately thought of creating some peach flowers. This card actually was quite quick and easy to make. I pulled out a very old PTI stamp (Bigger Blooms, I think) and stamped one corner in DO Dried Marigold. Flipped the card over and stamped the opposite corner. It looked a little flat, so I used colored pencils to add a bit of darker peach to the flowers. Then I cut the center out of the panel and popped it up just a bit for some added dimension.

This is where I confess that for my first version of the card, I got the colors wrong. For some reason, I had it in my mind that the colors were Coral and Gray. No, I did not check the email before starting my card! So, at least the card was very quick and easy to make, and once I realized that Coral was the wrong color, it was very easy to redo using peach.

A very happy mistake, because now I have two cards!

I big 'THANK YOU' to the kind folks at Color Hues for having me as their Guest Designer for this fun challenge. I would encourage you to head over to the Color Hues blog to see the lovely inspiration provided by their Design Team.

Thanks for Visiting

Wednesday, July 13, 2022

Time Out #218...RBG

It is time for a new challenge at Time Out. We challenge you to make a card inspired by this quote:

"Reading is the key that opens doors to many good things in life. Reading shaped my dreams and more reading helped me make my dreams cone true."

--Ruth Bader Ginsburg

I was inspired by this quote to make a card featuring books and reading. I used Newton's Nook Sips & Stories stamps for my card. I am always needing book and reading themed cards for my book club friends. I especially like the sentiment I chose, as it has the word 'judge' in it--fitting for a quote from a Supreme Court Justice.

There are so many ways to be inspired by this quote. Will you focus on books and reading? How about dreams? Doors? Or maybe an encouragement card. We'd love to see how you are inspired.

Please head over to Time Out to see more inspiration from the Time Out Design Team. Newton's Nook is our sponsor for this challenge. Details for the prize are on the Time Out Challenge Blog.

This challenge will run for 2 weeks. I hope you will take some Time Out of your busy schedule to play along with us.