The Card Concept #208 - Hello Summer

Got the winter blues? Cheer yourself up by using The Card Concept's Hello Summer board as inspiration for your cards this month!

My mixed media card was inspired by the colours and starfish.

I began by making the starfish using soft clay and a mould; once dry I coloured them with oxide sprays. More sprays were used on the teal background piece and mummy cloth, which I then interwove with a few fibres from hessian ribbon. For the foreground I used sand embossing powder over crumb cake cardstock - it's the first time I've used this powder and I was thrilled at how realistic it looks! I got out my stash of seashells, assembling those with the mummy cloth, starfish and some art stones/art pebbles. 

Materials used:

• stamps - Ocean Wisdom (Stampendous)
• card - distress watercolour (Tim Holtz), crumb cake and basic beige (Stampin' Up), vellum
• distress spray stains/oxide sprays - salvaged patina, peacock feathers, lost shadow, pumice stone
• other - silicone mould Sea Land - Corals and extra light soft clay (Stamperia), Sand embossing powder (Hero Arts), heat gun, art pebbles and art stones (Art Ingredients), mummy cloth (TH), hessian ribbon (SU), seashells, craft foam

I'd love to be walking along a warm beach right now, wouldn't you?

Check out more inspirational ideas over on The Card Concept blog. This is the last challenge before the US summer break, so no more challenges until September. 

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Kerry

The Card Concept Challenge #198

Hello and welcome to another challenge with The Card Concept. Challenge #198 is Summertime Fun and here's our mood board to give you some inspiration:

Inspired by the ocean theme of the cushions, I created a mixed media slimline card.

I applied a watered-down coat of gesso to my background paper to give it more of a whitewashed look and to tone it down a little so my focal panel stood out more. Edges were distressed slightly, as were the edges of the mat behind it. Mummy cloth was added, then the focal panel (also distressed) and die cuts, before lastly adding some small shells and art stones. 

Materials used:

• card - azure afternoon, pebbled path (SU), Blue Dream lighthouse (Stamperia)
• other - Seaside Escape die cuts (Mintay), Art Stones (Prima), mummy cloth (Tim Holtz), sea shells, foam mounting tape, Dimensionals, distressing tool, hot glue gun, sponge dauber, gesso, paintbrush

Why not check out what my team mates have created for you over on the Card Concept blog - and, of course, we'd love it if you create and add to our gallery.

Thanks for dropping by.

Cheers

Kerry