My shining star

My shining star

Thursday 17 July 2014

down by the seaside

Good morning Lovelies! I hope you are well today and also happy! We are all smiling and trundling ever closer to the end of term - at 3.30pm today school's out!!! Yay! Very exciting!!! Looking forward to lots of fun!

Today I have a card to show you that I made for the artistic stamper challenge - the theme this month is 'By the seaside'. I always slip into singing the Led Zeppelin song at this point - hence the title of my post. I've used stamps from Sheena Douglass to make up the background using the emboss resist technique. I've used wow powders in a variety of colours and then used distress inks to fill in the background. The main image comes from Crafty Individuals. I must confess to loving this card - and its evolution was very enjoyable too!


I've also stamped with some more crafty individuals word stamps too once the background was dry, overstamping in black archival.


I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Artistic Stamper:theartisticstampercreativeteam By the Seaside
Craft Stamper: craftstamperTake it make it July Challenge: Emboss resist
mmcsmymumscraftshop: summer
allsortsallsortschallenge: splish splash splosh
FSCfashionablestampingchallenges: Dreaming of summer

Thanks for looking today and I hope you enjoyed your visit! Thanks also for any comments you leave!

Big Hugs

Rachel x

33 comments:

  1. This is gorgeous Rachel. I love the image and your background looks stunning.
    hugs Sue xx

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  2. Great seaside card, fab image and colours. Hope you will enter my little candy

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  3. Love the scene you have created Rachel and the image is such fun !!

    hugs Diane xx

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  4. Beautiful colours create a gorgeous card

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  5. Love the image and what a fab background.xxx

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  6. Brilliant card Rachel, the sea colours are wonderful and this image I really love, takes me back, fab embellishments too, have a great day, hugs Kate x

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  7. Rachel! This is so beautiful, the background is brilliant! thank you for your sweet comment!
    Ingrid x

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  8. Rachel, I think this post is a reflection of how you are looking forward to your girls being on holiday. It's a gorgeous coloured back ground and a great image. Hazel x

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  9. Wow Rachel this is one super creation and image used. Your paper and fish look brilliant...wow..Your additional beauties finish the card of beautifully...xxx
    ♥aNNie The Journey is the Start

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  10. What a lovely, happy card! Great project! Thank you for playing with us at Craft Stamper challenge!

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  11. Love the vibrancy and design.. Fab as always, Px

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  12. It is a beautiful stamp Rachel, the children look so happy and carefree and you have certainly done it justice with this gorgeous card.

    Yes, it is this week - Sunday, I have a nice little pile of cards and pressies to open........ I am getting itchy fingers! A xx

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  13. Fabulous background and love the image!
    Hugs
    Linda xxx

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  14. I love it too Rachel, that background is stunning and the focal image is gorgeous
    Claire xx

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  15. Fab card, reminds of my summer holidays 50 years ago, thanks for joining us at Allsorts, xxx

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  16. This is gorgeous Rachel, I love your fun image.
    Pauline
    x

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  17. Great card, I love that image. Shona xx

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  18. Superb card Rachel! I love the colours & the stamp is divine!
    Hugs
    Dawn xx

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  19. Is this what you hope to be doing next week??
    Love the background, colours, image and great design

    Patricia XX

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  20. Great card Rachel, loving all the work you have done to create the background.
    Dawn x

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  21. Fantastic card love the fabulous background and colours and great summery image -think I was meant to live by the sea
    Carol x

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  22. Fabulous background and a lovely card... My two are finished at about 2pm tomorrow, after I've sobbed my way through Morgan's leavers assembly! Hugs, Lisa x

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  23. A lovely card - full of fun and very seasidey. Jean x

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  24. Such a wonderful image and background! Fabulous card!

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  25. Great card using the CI stamp Rachel and perfect for our theme, thanks for joining in at Allsorts challenge.

    B x

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  26. Gorgeous card Rachel. Love the image and the vibrant colours used in the background.
    Mags
    x

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  27. Ooh, just love those ocean blues and greens, so cool and refreshing (especially in all this heat!) ... fantastic use of a wonderful stamp. Thanks so much for playing along with us at The Artistic Stamper.
    Alison xx

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  28. This is wonderful Rachel and embodies the joy of the end of another school year. I love that watery background! Thank you so much for joining us at Frilly and Funkie. Jenny x

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  29. One of my favourite CI stamps and a fab make, thanks for joining in with the take It Make It Challenge, Elizabeth x

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  30. This is stunning Rachel, love the stamped image and the colours you've used for the background are so bright and vibrant. Thanks for joining in with the Craft Stamper TIMI challenge .. good luck! Linda xx

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  31. Hi Rachael gorgeous card, loving that image!!! So happy you joined us over at the Craft Stamper TIMI challenge :-)

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  32. This is fun and has so many interesting details! Thanks so much for joining us at the Take It Make It Challenge.

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  33. Love the underwater background Rachel! Thank you for playing along with the Craft Stamper blog challenge this month! xx

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