PP552 By The Seaside and a Tip

Happy Sunday, peeps! Happy AUGUST!  Whoa, how did that happen? The summer is zipping by!  Time for a new Paper Players challenge!  Joanne is our hostess with the theme of Beside the Seaside!  Since I just used my sailboats last week, I decided to go in a bit of a different direction this week!

 

Did you know that SU has kits that are only on their website?  I must have been asleep when they passed out that info!  Anyway, this kit is called A Little Smile, and it comes in a sweet wee box just like Paper Pumpkin!  I only used the stamps on this particular card, but there are LOTS of fun embellishments (like glimmer paper starfishes!) and diecuts!  So here we go with my seaside-themed card:

I used Judy's sketch from FMS:

just stamping the panels with the stamps from the set!  The coral was stamped with Poppy Parade; the starfish and sand dollars were stamped with Crumb Cake and So Saffron, with some speckles from Quiet Meadow added for "sand":

And I stamped the watery stamp (at least that's what it looks like to me) in Balmy Blue, then added a sentiment from the same set, stamped in Early Espresso and diecut with a Tailor Made tag die, then tied with some Linen Thread:

And here's a little tip:  my customers and I both were occasionally having some issues getting some of the more detailed stitched dies out of the metal die.  I found if you put a piece of waxed paper between the stamped image and the die before running it through the Big Shot, it pops out BEAUTIFULLY!  Woohoo! Finally, on the inside, I stamped another sentiment from the set and some starfish:

The Paper Players team has some amazing samples using Joanne's theme, so be sure to check them out at the PP blog!  There's lots of summer left, so I hope you'll be inspired to create something and share it with us there!  Thanks for popping by today!

Still continuing with my birthday greetings!  This amazing creation is from Fran; it features a water lily and a "ruby", which are July birthday flowers and gems!

This brilliant card is from Martha....those flowers are washi tape!

And this glittery creation is from my Paper Player teammate from across the pond, Joanne!

Thanks, ladies!

Cassidy has been at soccer camp this past week, so I haven't seen her much!  Here she is enjoying some miniature golf while on vacation!  We'll be back to our regular schedule this week!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!