TBS DT: Summer Fun in Paris

Hello friends! I hope you've had a great weekend! Husband and I went to an Antique Boat Show where we saw loads of beautiful wooden boats. While we are die-hard sailors, we fell in love with vintage Chris Craft runabouts from the '30s and '40s. How much fun would those be to cruise around in?

Speaking of fun, the Beary Scrap design team is celebrating all kinds of it this week with our Summer Fun theme!

For Husband and I, this time of year means day trips and long weekends. We go to summer festivals and visit out-of-state family. For others, summer means grander vacations taken while the kidlets are out of school. I don't know if any of you go to exotic locales like Paris, but it looks like my little friend Emilia is on her way!

I have so much to tell you about this card! If you haven't seen the full line of Basic Grey Capella, you are missing out big time. It is truly stunning paper. Here, I've used the 6x6 pad version of Dolce for a smaller pattern. This whole line is full of scrumminess that you'll see a lot of it from me!

See the Paris postage cancellation do-dad? And the little corner dohickey in the bottom right? They are from an Australian company called Dusty Attic. They are paintable die cuts that come in an incredible assortment of beautiful shapes. 

So, this is my first attempt at coloring with Distress inks. It was an interesting experiment, to say the least. Let's just say there's a lot more practice in my future! I tried to do a little correction on her chin and now she looks like she has a 5 o'clock shadow... *grin* When I get an extra hour or so I'll replace her with a clean-shaven version. :)

This card is also my first one made to fit a handful of challenges rather than finding challenges to fit a finished card. I didn't do so well with the monochromatic challenge (harder than I thought!) but did manage to use up a bit of old stash *and* CASE a card made by someone I really admire. I used this beautiful card made by Linda Coughlin, The Funkie Junkie. We were tasked to change at least 2 things - my changes are a different color scheme and relocating the bottom ribbon to the top. Thanks Linda for always being an inspiration to me!

Oh! and speaking of "firsts" this is the first card I've made without my usual white base. This one is Bazzill Mud Pie, one of my go-to colors. I like it... but I miss my white borders, too. The jury is still out. :)

Challenges

• The Beary Scrap - Summer Fun
• Our Creative Corner (6/25) - CASE an OCC Girl
• PaperPlay #24 (6/23) - Something Old (round ring and brown checked ribbon)
• Fussy & Fancy #13 (7/1) - Monochromatic with wings (I reallyreallyreally tried to stay monochromatic - do I get an "A" for effort? *grin*)
• The Shabby Tea Room #15 (6/27) - Cottage Comfort/Photo Inspiration
• Really Reasonable Ribbon #2 (6/30) - Use ribbon as a border

Card Recipe

• Stamp: Kraftin' Kimmie - Emilia with bonus airplane; Vintage postcard from The Vintage Moth
• Paper: Bazzill Basics in Mud Pie; Basic Grey Capella - Dolce from the fabby 6x6 pad and the back side of a 12x12 Mezzo; watercolor for Emilia; Neenah for the plane
• Medium: Tim Holtz Distress Inks; Stickles - Diamond on scarf; Distress Stickles - Scattered Straw on belt, Walnut Stain on the corner do-dad; Colorbox Fluid Chalk; Prismacolor pencils on the airplane
• Embellishments: Lace and ribbon from stash; Tim Holtz filmstrip ribbon; K & Co metal frame; Dusty Attic corner piece and Paris die cut.
• Adhesive: 1/4" Scor-Tape; Fabri-Tac

That's it for me. I'm off to have some Summer Fun of my own. :)

Don't forget - you still have time to enter your project in the color challenge at The Beary Scrap! It's all about navy, turquoise and lime - a yummy color combination! Go here for all the fabby details!

Thanks so much for stopping in today. I appreciate your company and conversation!

Cheers,

Susan