Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Card Creating Tuesday - Sketch


Hello all my crafty friends!!
Today is the last week of June, and my
final sketch.  Let me tell, you this one had
to be the hardest!!  When I saw this sketch, I thought
OMG, I have to make a waterfall card!!
Well I have never made a waterfall or for that fact
any other special type of card. (easel, gate fold, etc.)
So what was I gonna do???  Well to the web of course!!
My first and only stop was Splitcoast Stampers.
If you have never been to this site, you need to check
it out!!  There are all kinds of tutorials.
Here is the one that I used:
At first it looked intimidating, but it ended up being pretty easy
and I am thrilled with the results!!

Here is the sketch:

And here is a sneak peek of my card!!

These sunglasses were cut at .70" from Forever Young.
I added some gems in the corner and
glossy accents to the lenses.


Next, the bathing suit was cut
from Nifty Fifties at 3.40"
I placed each piece on a seperate panel.


Lastly the flip flops are from
Life is a Beach cut at 2".

All the paper except the card base is from
my scrap pile.  The adorable paper used on the
card base is Imaginisce Makin' Waves.
This paper is so cute, and I was lucky enough to
recieve a few sheets, in a recent order from
The sentiment is from K Andrew's Splastastic Summer
I stamped it on to A Spellbinders Classic Large Square.


Here is a quick video showing the action!!
Boy is it hard to record with your phone and
pull the tab on a waterfall card...LOL!!
(man my hands look old...LOL)


I hope you enjoyed my card as
much as I enjoyed making it!!

Please be sure to stop by
to see what the rest of the design team made today!!

I will be entering this into the following challenges:

My Craft Spot - Monday Challenge #61 - Hot Summer Colors
Krafty Girls - Fun In The Sun Challenge #10
Paper Playtime - Ch# 77 - Say It With Sentiments - Anything Goes
Little Scrap Pieces - Fun Friday Challenge Use Yellow
Getting Cricky - Simply Sunday Challenge - summertime

16 comments:

Unknown said...

Such a wonderful waterfall! Love it! *Erica

Dawn said...

Very cute card, I love the summer theme...I haven't been brave enough to make a waterfall card yet, still stuck on the square ones. lol Have a great day! Hugs, Dawn

Unknown said...

I have never seen this type of card before. This is awesome!
Lisa
MCCR DT
http://ourcraftingcorner.blogspot.com

Desi Lee Designing Divas said...

Very cute Card love the waterfall. Great job!

MCCR DT, Lisa

TeresaK said...

Kathy, you did a great take on the sketch and a wonderful waterfall card! Love the summer theme! So cute!
Teresa
MCCR DT

Unknown said...

Kathy this is wonderful! I have yet to make a waterfall card. You really must try the easel if you loved making this one. Great job!!! TFS, Mary M

scrapbookingforfun said...

Too cute Kathy I love it!!
MCCR DT Shelley
http://shelley-scrapbookingforfun.blogspot.com/

Karen said...

This is adorable! Love the sentiment and background paper! Thanks for playing along at Krafty Girls! :)

Karen
craftedwithlovebykaren.blogspot.com

GiGi said...

Super fun card! I love the waterfall....have never tried it....gonna have to! LOL! Thanks for playing at My Craft Spot!

Jen R said...

Such a great card! I love the fun summery cuts you used!

Lisa said...

This is so fabulous, Kathy!! You did an awesome job for your first waterfall card!! I love the cuts you used too and the surfboard paper is so fun!! This is a perfect summer card!! Thanks so much for linking up at Paper Playtime and Krafty Girls!! You need to link this up at Getting Cricky, too :)

Have a great day my friend :)

Lisa
A Mermaid's Crafts

Stacey's Creative Corner said...

What a great waterfall card and all the cricut cuts are adorable! Thanks so much for joining us at Krafty Girls!

Stacey
Krafty Girls DT

Karen said...

simply fabulous! great colors fantastic images so rocking the summer theme...love the interactive feature of the waterfall...thanks so much for joining my challenge this week. Karen

Lucy Kelleher said...

Love your card Kathy! The waterfall design is so fun :)

Thanks for joining us at Paper Playtime!

Lucy
http://www.love2createitall.com

Unknown said...

How fun! I have never heard of the waterfall design. I like the idea. May have to try this some day! Thanks for entering the Getting Cricky Simply Sunday Challenge fun!

Heather Getting Cricky Design Team Member

Georgiana said...

I have never tried a waterfall fold before it sure looks like a neat one to try. So many options for each flap. Perfect for any occasion.

Georgiana
Carson's Creations