Welcome to the Ginger Snap Scraps Summer Blog Hop.
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For this fun summer blog hop this weekend, the DT is featuring all things related to summer. You might think of swimming, going to the lake with friends, picnics, sun...well the list goes on forever.
My projects were inspired by the Authentique Fresh paper pad which then made me think of my friends in Connecticut that resulted in a cape cod look and feel to my projects this weekend.
The card is a standard A2 size. All paper is from this little 6x6 paper pad except the base paper. It is the weather wood look, I cannot remember the brand name, sorry.
I used the cuttlebug divine swirls embossing folder for the background and used the Tim Holtz weathered wood distressing ink to slide over the raised swirls to add some color to the sky.
The waves are torn strips of paper from different shades of blue with the top two waves popped up with pop dots so the little boat could sit between the waves.
The sailboat is cut at 2" from the Life's A Beach cart.
The sentiment and ribbon is from Stampin Up.
Now for my favorite thing about this card, the brad and Twine. The brad was something in my stash that I got ages ago, but had the perfect colors to match my card. But what is exciting is the looped twine from Twinery behind it. I found this technique on pinterest here. It was very simple to make. Here is the back side so you can see how it stays together without a brad. Give it a try.
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Now it's time to sail over to Ashley's blog to see what she has created for you today. Come back tomorrow for my day 2 project!
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30 comments:
What a beautiful card!! Love the papers you used.. Love the texture in the background.. and the torn paper for the waves is perfect!! LOVE that flower with the twine! Thank you for linking the technique!! Really great!! And I love that brad too!! its just perfect!
Susan
http://scrapathousandwords.blogspot.com
This is beautiful Barb!!! love that flower !!
Have a GREAT weekend :)
Jessica
chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com
OOH how pretty!!! I love the patterned paper waves and the embossed sky. Does not look like a very calm day out on the sea. A very fun and beautiful card.
Heather D.
Super cute card!
Love this card! The sentiment and paper is just perfect! I love your button! Thanks for the GREAT Idea.. I have so much twine and i have a hard time coming up with ideas to use it! GREAT IDEA! I AM a NEW FOLLOWER.. THis will not be the last time you see me! Can't wait to see more of your talant! Thanks for sharing!
I really love your card. I have this cart but have never used it yet. Thanks for the inspiration on it. It really looks like it outs on Cape Cod :)
tammy
Beautiful card, and I love the brad/twine embellishment! The colors are perfect!
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Love the summery oceany theme you used to create this super cute card. Thanks for sharing :-)
This is super cute, Barb! Thanks for sharing!
Beautiful card Barb! You nailed it on the colors!
Janea
www.recollectionalley.blogspot.com
I LOVE this card - its so wonderful. I love the wripped paper for the sea. And how you have put all the elements together. TFS
love this card!! sooo pretty!
Candace
scrappin2littleprincesses.blogspot.com
Love this, Barb!! The embossed and distressed sky looks awesome!!! Love that twine flower, too!
Beautiful card Barb! The colors are perfect together. I love how you uses the twine too!
Oh wow, this is fabulous! I love the twine embellishment, thanks for showing the back and link. I just did something similar with Jute twine. Boy this is so much easier :)
Have a SUPER day!
Shelly
Just love your card! Love how you ripped the paper!
Beautiful Card. love the layering and the colors the added Ribbon and the Twine Flowers is super cute. the Embossing is Amazing. thanks for sharing.
www.anita-craft-corner.blogspot.com
I'm loving the twine and the brad myself! Such a great idea!
mimi2trentdrew.blogspot.com
Love this card. Great Embossing and I just love what you did with the twine.
Hugs,
Kate
Fabulous card Barb! The torn papers make an awesome sea and I love the sailboat. Beautiful embellishment, thanks for sharing your twine trick, I will have to give that a try...it's cute as can be!
Fabulous card! I pinned it!!! I love the embossing panel behind the sailboat!! What WONDERFUL clouds that makes!!!
Great card, Barb! I saw the same post on Pinterest - just haven't had the chance to give it a try. Yours came out great!
great job!!!
Beautiful card! I love all the papers you used and that twine flower is to die for! It's so neat :)
Thanks so much for sharing!
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http://melllisssa.blogspot.com/
Love this oh so much! Definitely going to be copying the twine flower!
So pretty! I love your flower, I keep wanting to try one of those, it just looks so complicated
I love the way you emobossed this! WOW! It is amazing and just gives the card so much character. AMAZING!
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Enjoy the day!
adorable Barb, love the swirly background and your awesome twine flower!!
hugs
Love the style of your card. Great way to emboss it with the inks.
Hugs,
Patty
creativediva98.blogspot.com
GSS DTM
Wowzers! I love the twine! Gonna check out that link. Thanks!
Connie W GSS DT Sister
http://conniecancrop.blogspot.com
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