Beachy Card

I always like a beachy card (or decoration, or drink, or vacation).  My inspiration for this one came from Pinterest.  The original card had coral instead of flowers and a fish instead of a shell, but the basic colors and layout are lifted from someone else.

 

This photo shows the dimension:

The colors are CTMH's Lilac Mist and Sunset.  The stamp sets used are CTMH's "Air Mail" (background text), "Catching Waves" (flowers), and Quick Cards "Shell" (shell).  The white piece and the shell are attached with dimensional adhesive.  The Lilac Mist mat was embossed with my Cuttlebug.  I added a little shading on the shell and flowers with a light grey (C1) Copic marker.

 

Beachy Shower Invitation

I was commissioned to make twenty-five bridal shower invitations, with the instructions to have a beach theme and maybe use blue and white.  Here's what I came up with:

I ran the front of the card through my Cuttlebug to get the polka-dot texture in the background.  The shells were cut on my Cricut.  "Bridal Shower" was printed on my printer, then punched out.  The palm tree was stamped.  The shells have glittery highlights:

I used the Copic Spica clear marker and followed the line created by the Cricut.  I think the invitations turned out nice.  I hope the bride liked them.

Sand in Your Shoes Card

"May you always have a shell in your pocket and sand in your shoes."  I found this quote on Pinterest and loved it for a beachy card.  The sunrise picture is one I took at Orange Beach, Alabama.  The background paper is really much darker and is from CTMH's new "La Belle Vie" paper pack.  The flowers and butterflies are also from CTMH.  I freehanded the sentiment with CTMH's new metallic silver pen.