Sun Anyone?

Because I miss summer already...

...I'm sharing a warm weather, beach card with you today. 

Hurricane Joaquin spun by the North Carolina coast over the weekend leaving us cold, windy and wet, causing me to miss the sun! It was cloudy for a week already before the hurricane neared! 

I used stamps from Fun Stampers Journey Surf's Up set for this card. 

I finally figured out how to get a watercolor look with the acrylic paints from the Journey Media collection. I put a small dab of paint on an acrylic block and added water with my brush until it looked nice and fluid. You'll have to play to get the exact amount of water and look you want to achieve. 

Well...I'm not missing the sun anymore now that I'm in Arizona at the Journey Station this week. Ah....sunshine! 

Fun Stampers Journey Supplies:

Surf's Up SS-0194

Howdy Notes SS-0170

Black Licorice IP-0041

Various Re-inkers

Fusion Blender IP-0088

Cool Pool IP-0105

Blue Lagoon JM-0018

Oatmeal Cookie JM-0022

Journey Sequins Blue Skies AC-0113

Oatmeal Cookie CS-0023

Whip Cream CS-0040

Made in the U.S.A.

Summer starts Saturday and right on cue we're having our first heat wave! Summertime brings hot temperatures, high humidity and lots of trips to the pool along with Fourth of July celebrations. It's also time to create patriotic projects and the Pebbles' Americana collection is perfect! 

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Stars, stripes, plaids and pinwheels make this card fun for the Fourth! It was a breeze to assemble with all the cool patterned papers, die cuts and already made pinwheels...leaving me with more pool time! :)

Cool Summertime

It's summertime! Time to head to the beach or pool. Time to dig your toes into the sand or cool grass. And time for a juicy slice of watermelon or an icy cold bottle of pop!

This week the Doodlebug design team is focusing on summertime projects and these soda pop bottles from the Boys Only collection are perfect, don't you think?

To add a bit of dimension to these pop bottles, I added a Mini Pearl and star Shaped Brad.

If you haven't heard, Doodlebug came out with some cool new alphas called Teensy Type. Oh what fun and perfect for cards!

How's that for a summertime refresher? Hope you enjoyed my card and a can keep your cool during these hot days of summer!

Thanks for stopping by!

Kathy :)

Camp Royall

Hi! How is your summer shaping up? Have you been on vacation yet? Are you crossing lots of activities off your summer bucket list? 

Recently Christopher went to Camp Royall for a week, something he looks forward to all year long! Camp activities include swimming, fishing, crafts, riding the zip line, horse back riding, etc. etc. etc. Makes me want to go! If only they would let me! ;)

We rarely have pictures of Christopher at camp since we're not there, so I was thrilled to get this photo of him boating. He's the little dude in the back with the yellow life vest.

In the past I've taken pictures of Christopher's camp crafts when he arrives home so I have something to scrapbook. I love this alligator he made with a clothespin and google eyes!

My page is a mix of old and new patterned papers from My Mind's Eye. New buttons from Prima and We R Memory Keepers, old cards from October Afternoon, a new wood banner accent also from My Mind's Eye.

I thought the flowers from one of the patterned papers would make a great accent.

There's a lot of summer left, lots of time to have fun and make memories. We're looking forward to our annual trip to Carolina Beach next month. How about you?

Thanks for your visit.

Kathy :)