Time for another challenge card. The latest challenge from the
kitchen sink stamp challenge blog - Hip to be a square card, creating a card with squares.
Our summer has been so hot, too hot to even enjoy the beach without being cooked like a hotdog. Finally the weather has calmed down and it's just right. It's now beautiful beach weather, which gave me the inspiration for my square card.
I used a total of 17 squares. What was I thinking..lol....but I think it turned out just right. The stamps are from the Kitchen Sink Stamp line
3 Step Sea Shells with diecuts of bathers and hat.
Any colours can be used for the shells and it was fun to mix and match all the colours and squares together.
For an authentic beach theme I mixed white beach sand with a multicoloured shades of gold, bronze and tan coloured glitter. Using a glue pen I drew stripes and squiggles around the stamped images. The glue pen made quite thick lines so this resulted in a lovely 3D raised effect. It really is hip to be square.!
TIP: Stamp more images than you need at one time. Nothing worse than messing up an image half way through a project and having to re-stamp, especially if you have lots of inks and can't remember the colour combo used.
Great work with this wonderful beach design, Anita!! I love how you have surrounded the starfish and sand dollars with the glittery, sandy lines and swirls!! How perfect for this fun summer card!! What a great use of squares in this layout!!
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What a wonderful card full of HIP SQUARES! Love the advice too....I've done that very thing many a time. Such great details....glad you could join us for this month's Kitchen Sink Crew Challenge!
ReplyDeleteOh so pretty, Anita! Love the fun colors and all the glitter!!
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