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Monday, June 11, 2012

Father's Day Beach Card

Decided to really challenge myself with a sketch challenge and make this Father's Day card. The sketch is from Go Fish and also Sentimental Sundays.

In the background I used a digi, Ocean Paradise,  I had won from Sweet & Sassy.

Used Life is a Beach Cricut cartridge for the beach chair & umbrellaPopped the beach chair & umbrella images using foam dimensions. Added a metal brad to top of umbrella.

Used VersaMark & clear embossing powder to stamp the sentiment "Happy Father's Day" to make it look like it was written in the beach sand.

Used Spellbinders dies for banners. Used Sizzix Diamond embossing folder on the banners.











brad: metal - top of Umbrella
Cricut cartridge: Life is a Beach 2" Beachchair & Umbrella
digi: Sweet & Sassy Ocean Paradise
embossing: 
Sizzix Diamond embossing folder (part of Diamond & Tropical Paisley set) - banners on left side
Stampendous Clear Transparent embossing powder
ink:
VersaMark
paper:
 9 1/4" x 11 3/4" DCWV Summer cardstock - blue

8 1/2" x 11" Paper Pizazz Palm Tree
core'dinations cardstock Grandpa's Trunk - off-white Beachchair
core'dinations red cardstock - Umbrella
DCWV Summer cardstock - blue banners on left side
DCWV Summer cardstock - red Umbrella layer
punch: Fiskars corner rounder
ribbon: Spool O' Ribbon
Spellbinders: 
Nestabilities Labels Eight
Shapeabilities Nested Lacey Pennants- banners on left side
stamp: Inkadinkado Happy Days clear stamps -
sentiment Happy Father's Day

Entering this into the following challenge:


Card Makin Mamas Ch47 Father's Day lim2 1st 6/8-21
Cards for Men Ch12 Father's Day unlim 3rd 6/4-17 

Catch the Bug Photo Insp Ch Summer unlim 2nd 6/9-16
Craft A Scene Beach Scene A Bit of Sand & Water lim3 1st 6/10-29
Craft Spot by Kimberly Mon Ch59 King of the Grill card or proj for a spec Dad 6/11-18
Craft Your Passion Ch114 Anything Goes lim3 1st 6/11-17
Cute Card Thurs Ch220 Water Water Everywhere unlim 1st 6/7-13
Digital Tues Ch163 Anything Goes unlim 3rd 6/5-11
Dis Digi Designs Male Insp Creations lim3 2nd 6/5-15
Dream Valley Ch34 For that Special Guy 6/10-22
Fantabulous Cricut Ch115 Father's Day Outdoors theme 6/11-17
Fresh Brewed FBC99 Prize Ch Jun POP IT lim5 4th popped the Beachchair & Umbrella with foam dimensions 6/6-11
Friends of Speedy TV Ch24 Father's Day unlim 1st 6/11-17

Go Fish Ch18 Father's Day Sketch Ch 6/1-14





Jaihart Sun Are Lovely 10 unlim 11th 6/3
Just Keep On Creating Anything Goes unlim 56th 5/5-6/18
Little Scrap Pieces Fun Fri Happy Father's Day Ch 6/8-14
Milk Coffee Embossing lim3 3rd 6/7-20
More Than Favors Wacky Wed Ch72 Father's Day 6/11-26
My Sheri Crafts Ch87 Father's Day 6/9-22
OneStitchAtATime Ch117 Cardfor'TheManinyourLife' lim3nonSBDS 1stnonSBDS 6/10-16
One Stop Craft Ch186 Father's Day 6/9-15
Pan Pastel Ch22 Boys/Father's Day 6/10-15
Paper Pretties Wed PWC209 Use your fav color combo unlim 7th blues 6/6-12 
Paper Take Wkly Anything Goes unlim 9th 6/5-11


Pause Dream Enjoy Ch23 Beach unlim 2nd 6/8-30
Pile It On Ch24 Let's Get Outdoors 6/10-16
Scrap-Creations Father's Day lim2 1st 6/5-11
Scrappy Moms-Stamps Terrific Tues Ch Father's Day 6/5-11

Sentimental Sundays Ch106 For a Special Guy lim3 1st 6/10-16


This week's challenge is:
For That Special Guy
(plus a sentiment)
And this weeks BONUS challenge is:
Another beautiful sketch created by: Nicole


Simon Says Stamp & Show Anything Goes unlim 1st 6/11-17
Simply Create Too Ch15 Happy Father's Day [Or For A Male] lim3 1st 6/8-21
Stamping With Dragon All About the Water 6/7-13
Sweet n Sassy SNSDC57 Back to Nature used SNS digi Ocean Paradise 6/8-15
Tammy Scrapin Corner Wkly Ch14 For the Boys unlim 1st 6/11-17
The Pink Elephant TPE52 Masculine 6/11-17
The Stamp Man Make It For A Man Ch unlim 5th 6/1-13
Tues Alchemy Ch17 Sand, Surf & Sea (World Ocean's Day) lim3 2nd 6/5-11
Victorine Stamps Ch35 Texture unlim 13th 5/31

53 comments:

  1. Lovely idea for a father's day card. Thanks for joining us at OSAAT. Hazel x

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  2. love your card, fab layout and colours, thanks for joining us at Craft Your Passion, hugs, Sarah x

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  3. Very fun! The sentiment looks like it is drawn in the sand!

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  4. I'm sure your hubby will enjoy this Father's Day card, too. Lots of detail on it.

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  5. Beautifully done! Love your details especially that sentiment. Thanks for joining us on this challenge over at the FCCB.

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  6. Beautiful and serene looking card! Thanks for playing at My Craft SPot!

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  7. This is so unique. I love having the image duplicated. Awesome

    Thanks for Entering the Challenge
    At Tammy's Scrapin Corner.
    I hope to see you enter next week!!
    Hugs Owner Tammy Ortiz

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  8. I love how you created the scene. Just lovely. Thanks for joining us at OSAAT.
    Hugz,
    Christine

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  9. Yes, it works! Nice layout. Thanks for joining us at Craft a Scene. NancyD

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  10. This a great layout. Thanks for joining us at Tammy's Scrapin Corner.
    Hugz,
    Christine

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  11. Just beautiful!
    Thanks for joining us at Craft a Scene!

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  12. This is a scene I love. I want to be there...now! :-) Good idea with the sentiment. Well, if you have already have the 'Get Reel' set and win this time, you can always give it as a gift. Thanks for joining us at FOSTV again this week.

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  13. Great card! Thanks for joining Craft Your Passion this week! :)

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  14. Wow - great card! Makes me want to head to the beach! So glad you joined us this week at My Craft Spot!!!

    housesbuiltofcards@gmail.com
    www.housesbuiltofcards.blogspot.com

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  15. Great looking card! Like the cricut cuts along with the image! Thanks for sharing with us at My Sheri Crafts!
    Glenda

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  16. This is so pretty!! I'd love to be sitting in that beach chair right now :)

    Lisa
    A Mermaid's Crafts

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  17. What a fun card! Such a unique design! Love the pop of red and those fun banners! Thanks for joining us at FOSTV this week.

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  18. Great job on he card. Love the way you combined the stamps and that beach chair. Hanks for joining us at Sentimental Sundays.

    Olivia

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  19. Great Father's Day card! Thanks for joining us at FOSTV.

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  20. Melissa like the monotone colors with the pop of red in the umbrella fabulous accent! Thanks so much for joining my challenge for another week with your wonderful card. Karen

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  21. Very cool. Awesome Father's Day card. Thanks for playing along with FOSTV this week.

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  22. Wonderful card Melissa~~ The cut out chair and umbrella are so cool with the image :) So glad you joined us at FOSTV

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  23. Great card and layout for a Father's Day card:)

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  24. What a fun card. Makes me want to go to the beach and sip umbrella drinks. Thanks so much for shareing with us at Bugaboo this week.

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  25. Awesome job on this! i love the beach scene and so ready to go hang out at one about now:)
    Thanks so much for joining us at Go Fish!
    Sherrie K
    http://sherriescraps.blogspot.com

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  26. Nice card!! Would love to go there!! : )

    Thanks for sharing your creativity at the Simon Says Stamp & Show Challenge!!!
    -Sarah

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  27. Such a unique card, I love what you've done! So many fab details. So glad you joined us for our Father's Day challenge at Cards for Men!

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  28. Melissa: Wonderful entry into our Challenge #15 - "Happy Father's Day [or for a Male]" Challenge. I had loads of fun visiting, commenting and looking around on your blog. A heartfelt thank you for joining in at Simply Create Too.

    Diane
    Simply CreateTooDesign Team Member
    http://DianesDigitalDesigns.blogspot.com/

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  29. Beautiful card. I love the beachy feel. Thanks for playing along with Friends of SpeedyTV. We hope to see you again next week.

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  30. Fabulous card! Great take on the bonus sketch as well. Thanks for playing at SS.

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  31. Nice card! Thank you for playing along with us at Scrappy Moms Stamps! :)

    - Mel

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  32. Fantastic card - well done on all those challenges!! Thank you for joining in with us on Cute Card Thursday. Lynn ♥

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  33. Fab card, I love the soft colours. Thank you for joining in with the PanPastel challenge blog
    Lindsay xx

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  34. The embossing is so pretty! :) Janis

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  35. brilliant card with nice blue colors!!

    Thanks for joining us at Tuesday Alchemy Challenges!!
    hugs
    xMx

    you can visit
    http://whenthescraphitsthefun.blogspot.com/
    for my free digis!!

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  36. Great scenery card, I like how you did the chair twice and how the sentiment is done. Thanks for joining us at Craft a Scene!

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  37. Great outdoor/beach scene! Thank you for playing along at the SNSDC.

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  38. Very nice card!
    Thanks for joining us at PDEC!

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  39. Great Card. Love the scene. Thank you so much for joining us over at GoFish! Challenge . Hope to see you again.

    Hugs,
    Kate

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  40. What a cool idea to have the digi stamps match the cricut cut. Thanks for playing with us again at Pause Dream Enjoy Challenges, hope to see you back again soon :)

    michelle
    http://mumoftwoblog.blogspot.com

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  41. Great job on all the details. Thanks for playing along with us in this week's SNSDC. We hope you'll join us often.

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  42. Love the double-take look of this card. Very clever. Thanks for joining us @ PDEC again.
    Blessings,
    Belinda
    http://theembellishedcard.blogspot.com

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  43. great card! thanks for playing this weeks Bugaboo challenge at Catch the Bug

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  44. Very pretty card! So glad you joined us in this weeks challenge at Catch The Bug! Hope to see you again soon!

    =) Becky

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  45. Well I think I could just settle down on that chair with a nice book and something tasty to sip on!! Thanks for joining us this challenge at Card Makin' Mamas hugs Susan x

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  46. Fabulous card Melissa. Perfect for Father's Day. Thanks for joining us at OSAAT this week. A new challenge will be posted on Sunday.

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  47. Hi Melissa! How, this is stunning. I love how you strung the ribbon through the chair! Brilliant! Thanks for joining us at OSAAT this week. Best, CG

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  48. Beautiful card! Love the embossed banners and the pretty scene. Thank you for playing along at Craft a Scene!

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  49. Your card is FABULOUS!!
    Thank You for joining us at PIO last week!
    Have a GREAT day!

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  50. Super cool card - Thanks for joining in MCS challenge and good luck!

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  51. Great card! I love the look of the scene within a scene!

    Thanks so much for playing along with us at My Craft Spot and at Fantabulous Cricut!

    Kate
    Small Bits of Paper

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  52. love this summer card, I love the overall design.

    Thanks so much for sharing your creation at Anything goes, Just keep on creating, I hope you will continue to play along. Sorry about the the delay in leaving my comment I have been overseas and then got sick, I will be announcing the winners and will have the next challenge by 01/09 :)

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