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Saturday, May 14, 2016

I Sea it's your birthday Card

Created this beach scene using:
1. Cricut for Lifesaver, Pelican & Fishes
2. Tim Holtz distressing tools & distress ink for more of a masculine look
3. wiggle eye for Pelican
4. Glossy accents on fishes 
5.  embossing on water scrapbook paper
6.  paint on the Lifesaver
7. pun sentiment




























Supplies List

adhesive: foam, glue dots, Scotch ATG
Cricut cartridge:  Life is a Beach  Lifesaver  2 1/2"  Pelican  3"  Fish  1"
embossing: Darice Beach Waves
Glossy accents: on fishes
ink: Memento Bahama Blue
machine: Cricut   
paint: Apple Barrel acrylic Berry Red
paper: scrapbook (all scraps) - beach sand, water
cardstock - red, browns, green, orange, white w/ blue core, white w/ tan core, yellow,
   Darice cream flower (inside card), Kraft
punch: Fiskars 2 1/2" circle - to punch out sentiment to put behind Lifesaver
stamp: Craftin Desert Divas Under the Sea - sentiment
Tim Holtz: Distress Ink -walnut stain   tools - paper distresser, sander
tool: MISTI
wiggle eye: 3mm

Entering this into the following challenges:  

5/15  Die Cuttin Divas Ch265 Water Safety or Blue  3E(#1) 5/10

5/15  Simon Says Stamp Mon Emboss It      5E(#55/9 

5/17  Simon Says Stamp Wed Flower  5E(#3)  5/11   Flowers on cardstock on inside of card

5/18  CRAFT Ch363 Bday  5E(#25/12
5/18  DRS Ch 226 Its a Guy Thing  UE  5/12

5/20  HIMCR #250 Super Scraps Sat  3E(#15/14 





5/22   Craftin Desert Divas Craft It Up Link It Up Linky Party Foodie   UE  5/9   Food - fishes








5/22  Fantabulous Cricut Ch#276 Things with Wings   3E(#25/9  Things w/ Wings - Pelican

5/25  DLART Thankful Thurs Ch180 Flowers and/or Grad alt TY  3E(#25/12 
   Flowers on cardstock on inside of card

5/28  Crafty Calendar may Ch Things with Wings  3E(#2)  5/7   Pelican

5/31  Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper May 2016 Ch  UE  5/1
5/31  DLART May Linky   nostack 1Eperday  5/1  

6/4  Anything But Cute Ch13 Celebrate Your Style  UE  5/5

14 comments:

  1. Fabulous card, I love your pelican with his googly eye and the punny sentiment is great - a girl after my own heart :)
    Thank you for joining us at Crafty Calendar Challenge and good luck,
    Katrina x

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  2. You created a lovely seaside scene on your birthday card. Thanks so much for joining in our 'Celebrate Your Style' challenge at Anything But Cute. Anne DT xx

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  3. Melissa, this is wonderful. Love that pelican and the whole beach feel of this card. THanks for sharing it with us in the DRS Designs Challenge! Hugz

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  4. Gorgeous card with a beautiful seaside scene!
    Thank you for joining in our Celebrate Your Style challenge at Anything But Cute! Branka DT x

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  5. I love the pun! Thanks for linking to Die Cuttin' Divas this week, Melissa!

    Evelyn

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  6. Another fab card, Melissa, I love the pelican's eye, it's so funny! Thanks for joining in at CRAFT Challenge Birthday Bloghop!

    love Mags B x

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  7. Great card! I love the way you embossed the water :) Thanks so much for joining us for the FCCB challenge this week! Hugs, DT Karla

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  8. Fabulous card, Melissa! Love the beach scene behind the pelican! Thanks for joining us at Die Cuttin' Divas this week!

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  9. Great card,I love cards with a beach theme for guy cards, Thanks for joining the DRS designs challenge.

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  10. What a SEA-sational card! The pelican is adorable! Thanks for joining us at HIMCR!

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  11. Great, fun card
    Thank you for joining us at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge this week.

    Jo x

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  12. Love your card. Hang the fish pop out was a great idea. Thank you for sharing with us at the C.R.A.F.T. Challenge. - Myrna DT

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  13. Loving that card, Melissa! Such a treat seeing your creations! Thank you for joining us over on the HIMCR blog!

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  14. Another great card, Thanks for sharing in Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge Hope to see you in our next challenge too, Donna ☺

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