Ocracoke Islsnd, NC

Hey!!  Hope you all are keeping cool in this sweltering heat!

Today I am sharing the cover page for my Ocracoke Island album. I replicated the Ocracoke Lighthouse, and added a pirate ship and a pirate because Ocracoke is the home of Blackbeard! The files I used for this project are Lighthouse and Pirates by Scrappy Dew Creations! 

The texture on the lighthouse was achieved by covering my cut with Faber-Castell Bead Gel.  The "whitecaps" on the waves is Liquid Applique which I heated to make it puff up.  And lastly, the cross-stitched die is by Gina Marie Designs.

Hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed creating it!!  

Deb

Penguin Cutie

While everyone is posting their Christmas in July projects, I can't even begin to think about winter!!  It's hot and humid here, so I am still in Summer mode. This is a cute little card I made using a sentiment and sequins  from Virginia Turtle stamps and svg from Kadoodle Bug Designs.  I really enjoyed making this card.....I think it just looks like "happiness"

Be Unique

Today I am sharing a card I made using Scrappy Dew Creations Scrap Factory Plum Fruity Diva. The theme for this card is something that really breaks my heart.....Bullying!!! This is for a teenager I know who was bullied at school for her sense of style. I believe everyone should be "unique" and "be their own person". 

The Fruity Divas are soo much fun to make!!  I added a little Wink of Stella to the plums and to her belt, and I found the perfect quote by Orson Welles. ~ DT Deb

Brighten My Day

I just love the "happy" vibe of this card!  I used the a Sunny Days Ahead stamp and Pink Lemonade sequins from Virginia Turtle Craft Supplies, and the Sunshiny Bears svg from Kadoodle Bug Designs.  This card was a lot of fun to make, and I'm sure it will brighten the recipients day!!

Who Loves Cupcakes?

The inspiration for this card came from a sentiment on the Candy Shop Girls stamp set by Virginiaturtle.com. I think it's a cute and simple card, the cupcake is paper pieced with embossed and inked icing, and Sugar Rush sequins also available at Virginia Turtle Craft Supplies.

Create Your Own Sunshine

Here's a really quick and easy shaker card!!  For this card, I used a sentiment from Virginia Turtle Stamps freebie stamp set, and a 3d sun from the Silhouette Store.

I cut the sun using the instructions on the image page.  Then I stamped and foiled the sentiment, and using my Gina Marie die, cut a rectangle using the cross-stitch die.  I filled the center of the sun with Lemonade Mix sequins fromVirginia Turtle, which is now a retired product.

To me, this sentiment has a lot of meaning!  If you don't create your own sunshine, no one will do it for you!!!

Have a crafty and sunny day!!

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Sea Therapy

Today I am sharing a card I created using stamps from creativevisionstamps.com, and card borders from kiwilane.com.

To begin this card, I stamped and fussy cut a seahorse, seaweed, and coral.  For the seahorse, I used several colors of Tim Holtz Distress ink, and then covered the whole seahorse in Clear Rock Candy Distress Paint.  This paint is awesome!  As it dries, it actually starts to crack some here and there!!

The two borders at the bottom were cut using the Delight card border set from kiwilane.com.  I must say, that I am kinda obsessed with Kiwi Lane's borders!!  I use them a lot on my scrapbook pages, and just recently started using them on my cards.

The sentiment is from a Julie Nutting stamp set, which I embossed with Gold embossing powder.  I then cut the sentiment using a Gina Marie Round Cross stitch die!!

Hope you enjoy my little taste of the Sea!!