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Samantha’s Life is Good in the Summertime Inspiration!

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We hope you enjoy today’s inspiration! We are looking forward to seeing your Summertime Fun creativity! The Challenge 127 – Summertime Fun is a 2-week challenge and will be open until Sunday, July 3 at 11:59PM ET. 

Samantha created an amazing beach scene with summertime fun! Take it away, Sam!

I can’t resist a good beach scene for the summer! And this time, the crab from Life is Good are up to some summer-y antics! I love how cute they are! All of the images were colored with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and then fussy cut out. I used images from Life is Good, On the Beach and Pool Party! I even added some details to the images with a white gel pen.

The background was created by die cutting out some sandy shores with the Stitched Hillside Borders. I used Distress Inks in Vintage Photo and Fossilized Amber to add color. Then splattered white acrylic ink, water and ink color on top to add the sandy texture.

I used some white cardstock, and the Stitched Ripple Backdrop for the ocean! I added color with Distress
Inks in Blueprint Sketch, Mermaid Lagoon and Salvaged Patina, and surprisingly, I held myself back from any splattering! Ha! I heat embossed the sentiment in white onto some black licorice cardstock and cut it into a banner.


Thanks so much for this delightful inspiration, Samantha!

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Mimi Takes Us to The Beach

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We hope you enjoy today’s inspiration! We can’t wait to see your beach or mountain creativity! The Challenge 126 – Beach vs Mountain is a 2-week challenge and will be open until Sunday, June 19 at 11:59PM ET. 

Mimi created an extraordinary beach themed card to inspire us for the last weekend of our Beach vs Mountain challenge!

Mimi’s awesome design takes our Pool Party critters to a beach resort for some R&R. They are relaxing on a hammock, in beach chairs and on a floatie in the water.

To create the background, she started with a small slimline base and divided the beach areas using a Stitched Hillside Borders.

She combined Life is Good, On the Beach and Pool Party to fill this scene with fun! Then she got really creative, using the ice fishing hole from Beary Happy Holidays to add a table to the umbrella. The tropical drinks are from Plan on It: Vacation and she created the lounge chairs using the blender in So Smooth and the desk chair in Virtual Friends Add-On.

She used All the Dots 6×6 paper for the water and other colorful details like the beach towel, umbrella and chair cushions. And of course, that cute hat the cat is wearing is from Dad + Me.

Thank you so much for sharing this brilliant inspiration today, Mimi!

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This challenge will be open until this Sunday, June 19 at 11:59PM ET. Create a project showing us your favorite place, Beach or Mountains! We can’t wait to see your creativity! Click HERE to enter your project!

Samantha’s One in a Chameleon Beach Scene

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We hope you enjoy today’s inspiration! We can’t wait to see your beach or mountain creativity! The Challenge 126 – Beach vs Mountain is a 2-week challenge and will be open until Sunday, June 19 at 11:59PM ET. 

Samantha has created a super fun card featuring a cute chameleon relaxing on the beach!

To create this fabulous beach scene, Samantha started with Tropical Backdrop in Gold Rush cardstock. Then she added an inky sunset sky and Stitched Simple Wavy Border ocean. The palm trees (Tropical Backdrop) are cut from Cilantro and Shimmer neutral cardstock and she added Spring Showers clouds in vellum!

She stamped, colored and die cut the images from One in a Chameleon and On the Beach before assembling them on the sand! The final touch is the greeting in Oliver’s Stitched ABCs!

Thanks so much for this beautifully adorable inspiration, Samantha!

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