IB292 Surfin Summer

Happy Saturday, everyone! Hope you have something fun planned this weekend!  I loved the inspiration photo at Inspired By this week:

Laurel always comes up with the most fun ideas!  I don't have any oars in my vast array of stamps, but I do have some surfboards:

To achieve a weathered look, I stamped the surfboards from Pretty Pink Posh on some white woodgrain-printed paper, then loosely watercolored them, adding some shading of Smoky Slate here and there.  I stamped and diecut a sentiment from the same set, then mounted everything on a panel of Lost Lagoon that was embossed with the Pinewood Plank embossing folder.  Before embossing, I swiped a Craft White ink pad on the raised inside portion of the EF and I love the effect it created!

The Many Mates set was on my desk, so I stamped it on the inside, along with a little solid oval and some more surfboards:

I love this summery vibe!

On Thursday, I went to the Quarryville Presbyterian Retirement Community where Dana works (in billing, not nursing) and had a fun little stamp class for eight of the residents!  My friend and downline Sheilah went to help me and we all fun!

These ladies took to stamping like a duck to water...and I'll be back there in July to have some more fun!

Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Many Mates (ret), Summer Surfboards (Pretty Pink Posh), Stitched Shapes (Simon Says Stamp)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Lost Lagoon, Heart & Home DSP (ret)
Ink	Craft White, Real Red, Cherry Cobbler, Pool Party, Blueberry Bushel, Smoky Slate
Accessories	Candy Dots (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Pinewood Plank Embossing Folder (ret), Aquapainter, Sponge Dauber, Banner Dies (Nellie Snellen)