School's Out for the Summer!

This week's Nacho Average Challenge is a sketch . . .

The first thing that came to mind was children running down a hill.  I didn't have any stamps or digis of the subject matter so I went in search of photos and illustrations.  I found this great free wallpaper that just fit the bill.  I added the title, did some design work,  printed it and added it to a card base.

Blue Skies & Smooth Sailing Challenge

I decided to give card challenges another try.  This time a challenge over on Fusion caught my eye!

The beach colors are among my favorite combinations.  I decided to fuse the two options and this is the result . . .

 

I substituted blue fence boards which I sandpapered for a worn look for the two boards with the anchor and then used the three elements of the sketch to finalize the design.

Thanks for looking!

Freedom

Well, tomorrow is Independence Day in the States.  In honor of our freedom I made another 4th of July card.

Again I used a graphic from one of my e-mails and the same paper as I used in the Summer Fun card.  Easy...but effective!

4th of July

Decided to make my sister a 4th of July celebration card.  I had seen some napkins and a few doodads I liked in Hobby Lobby and gathered them up for a cardmaking session.

I've always been fascinated by shaker cards but had never made one.  I decided that this was the perfect time to try one out!  Most of the online directions showed you how to make your own box but I've been saving plastic packaging covers for quite some time hoping to use them for just this purpose.  Out of 40+ sites with tutorials I found one that addressed this idea but oddly enough it wasn't for a shaker so I had to make my own adjustments.

I was going to attach the napkin piece as I did in a previous post but changed my mind.  I tried to separate the three layers but only was able to remove one layer so I decided to glue stick it to the front of the card.  This worked great until I handled the card for a while and I noticed that the top layer was coming loose at the corners.  Wouldn't you know it...it wouldn't come off when I wanted it to, LOL!!!  So...I slipped some glue under the edges and things were fine.  The glue stick worked fine so if you use it make sure you really have removed two layers!!!

I finished up the front with the doodads I got at Hobby Lobby and I used confetti red, white and blue stars for the shaker. The three stars are part of a garland and I attached it with brads.  I used double stick tape to attach "July 4th" to the shaker.

I carried to theme to the inside, added a verse and used some of the napkin scraps to make faux photo corners.

Fun, Fun, Fun

Until your daddy takes the T-bird away!  Now that song brings back memories!!!

Here's an easy card I made with a cute summer theme.  I got the picture off a piece of e-mail stationery.  I took the main picture and the border picture and grouped them together using Microsoft Word!  Printed out on glossy photo paper and backed and attached to a card base...how could it be any easier!