I love you, count the waves Love Beach Card

Created this Love Card with attention to detail. Can you see the black eyes on the Crab? Can you see the torn/distressed Kraft cardstock for beach sand? Can you see the glitter on the Hibiscus? Did you know that the inside of a Hibiscus is red in color which you can see in photograph of my Hibiscus below the card? Did you see the sentiment with the word 'waves' which I found to be appropriate for this Love Beach card.

Hubby & I enjoyed 2 trips to Hawaii. First time we went to Maui with our daughter when she was in high school during Spring Break. Highlight of trip was a helicopter ride from Maui to Molokai in which we saw & I photographed whales & waterfalls. Second time hubby & I went to O'ahu for hubby's niece's beach wedding. Niece was interning at Kaiser Hospital in Chicago and each student is required to intern at the hospital in O'ahu so she decided to have her wedding there when the internship was finished. Highlight of trip was beach wedding & an island bus tour in which I saw & photographed a Sea Turtle on the beach sand.

Hubby & I will be celebrating our 30th Anniversary this Nov and I'm going to use this as one of my many Anniversary cards I have for him.

One of my Hibiscus:

Supplies List 


dies: memory box - Oceana Border, Swaying Palm
Enamel accents: black - Crab's eyes
inks: Memento - Bahama Blue, Cottage Ivy, Tangelo
paper:   cardstock - Kraft, blues, brown, green, white
punch: Martha Stewart Crab
ribbon: Celebrate It Dashes, Dots & Checks
stamps: There She Goes - By The Sea, Hibiscus (includes flower & leaf)
stickles: Tropical Tangerine, Xmas Red

Entering this into the following challenges:

8/24 Pink by Design All About Firsts unlim 1st time I used the Hibiscus stamp set 8/19 

8/25 Craft Your Passion Ch176 Summer Flowers 3E(#3) 8/19

8/26 Paper Take Wkly Flower Power 5E(#2) 8/20

8/26 {PIN}spirational Ch#71 5E(#3) 8/20

8/27 Crafters Cafe Ch25 Bling & Sparkly Things 2E(#2) 8/21
8/27 Paper Pretties Wed PWC272 Girly Girl unlim 8/21
8/27 Word Art Wed Ch94 Anything Goes 5E(#5) 8/21

8/28 Crafty Ribbons Ch58 Anything Goes w/ Ribbon 5E(#5) 8/22

8/30 Jos Scrap Shack Fun Day Fri Ch Photo Insp 3E(#1) 8/25

This week's Challenge:

"Photo Inspiration"

Create a project using this photo:

8/30 Ribbon Carousel RCC84 Wk 1 Summertime Fun unlim 8/6

8/31 DLART Thankful Thurs Aug Linky Ch Anything Goes unlim 8/1
8/31 Just B Creative Anything Goes unlim 8/1
8/31 Red Carpet Studio RCS51 Card Ch "We Bought A Zoo" Card w/ Animal 3E(#2) Crab 8/25
8/31 Robyns Fetish #174 Rectangle Cards Only 3E(#2) 8/25

9/1 Craftin Desert Divas Craft It Up & Link It Up Linky Party #13 Anything Goes 6E(#6) 8/19 
9/1 Stamped Blessings Anything Goes 2E(#2) 8/25

9/2 Fresh Brewed Mth Long Prize Ch Aug Ocean or Beach & Glitter 5E(#5) 8/7

9/7 Creative Insp Paint Anything Goes unlim 8/25

9/14 Victorine Stamps Ch66 Wedding or Love unlim Love card 8/24