Sit by the Sea

It is good to be back in my crafty state of mind again. Somewhere between a trip to the mainland, and a big “spring cleaning/reorganization” project my creative mojo seemed to take a hike. I don’t know about you, but it is frustrating when that happens…and sometimes so hard to get over. For me, jumping in to a good challenge can be a big help. This week’s “Great Outdoors” Challenge at Simon Says Stamp proved to be just what the crafty doctor ordered. Here is what I made:

The background is an art orphan from my stash. I am trying to be better about notating what product I use for these, but this was done a while ago and I didn’t make notes.

Here are the supplies that I used:

**Paper from Gina K. Designs and Club Scrap.

**Sentiment stamp is from Seaside Stampin’ Ink, inked with Distress Embossing ink and embossed with Silver Zing embossing powder. I then “traced” over it with B99 Copic marker to tone it down a bit.

**Image stamp is from Club Scrap (Castaway kit – unfortunately no longer available), stamped with Distress Embossing Ink, embossed with Spring Leaf Chartreuse EP from Lindy’s Stamp Gang. I colored over parts of the stamp with G94, BG99, B99 and BG45 Copic Markers.

**The silver strip is some crepe paper ribbon that I flattened out then stamped with a “water” stamp from Seaside Sampin’ Ink using Midnight Blue StazOn ink.

**I also used some Faded Jeans Distress ink on the edges.

I used this week's Mojo Monday card sketch as inspiration, although I did tweak it a bit to fit with my image stamp.

Thanks for stopping by!