I do like to be beside the seaside

Hi crafter's

Its's been quite a while since my last post but I did want to get my entry to the Crafty Individuals challenge done. Hope I'm in time. My reference to music is 'I do like to be beside the seaside' so I started by stamping the girl. Mask with a post-it note. Stamp the beach huts twice. Mask the top and bottom leaving the middle free to colour. Use a blending brush and distress inks to colour the sky and the beach. I used Sunshine yellow and Sailboat blue. Colour the huts with these inks and Citrus. Add shading with pencils. I did add a bit more texture in the sand with a music stencil and Sunshine yellow but doesn't show up in the picture to well. Remove the masking tape and draw a line with a grey marker pen. Colour the parasol, hat and water with pencils. To frame I used the seaweed stencil from Clarity and run through a die cutting machine. Blend blue ink lightly around the edge then repeat with Pebeo gilding wax. Stamp the words on to a scrape piece of card, cut out then frame with a grey line. Stick on the left hand side. Attach to a white base card.
That's it for now hope you like it.

Thanks for looking

Sally

Under the sea

Hi crafter's

This my entry to the Chocolate Baroque colour challenge. The stamp set I used was Seaside Dreams. I love stamps to do with the sea and these shells are great, loved colouring them in. I started by stamping the shells in black ink. Hold the Art Is stencil by The Crafters Workshop in place and ink though with Wild Honey, don't go over the shells. Now use the Wavy Dots stencil from Clarity using Eggplant down the sides, blending a little Wild Honey at the bottom. Colour the shells in with Spectrum Noir colouring pencils. Add highlights with Copic Opaque White. Ink up Let Your Dreams in grey ink and stamp randomly. Colour the background with brushes and Cranberry and Wild Honey ink. To frame I used Flitter Glue and Gold gilding flakes. Stamp the words By The Sea on a scrap piece of card in black, colour with Cranberry. Cut into pieces. Draw dashes with a white pen around the edges. Glue into place as shown. Mat on to a White base card to finish. That's all for this one, hope you like it.

Thanks for looking

Sally