this week's theme at city crafter challenge blog (#66), set by my lovely and amazing friend cheryl nelson, is beach-related and rather wonderfully called it's a shore thing!
simultaneously, at sketchy thursdays, this week's (7-21) scheme is particularly awesome, and easily adapted to any number of cool ideas:
meanwhile, over at shopping our stash, week #9 is technique turn back. now, you know that despite the fine tutelage & generous efforts of my amazing friend marisol, i'm still pretty much of a technique-free zone... but for this challenge i've dusted off a couple of things i haven't done in a while: i threaded shells beads & pearls onto wire; i digitally embellished & "creatively cropped" (in slices--to fit heidi's sketch!) a photo; and i printed the photo in question on a transparency and mounted it onto a subtly text-printed patterned paper. are any of those "techniques"??! i dunno. but i had fun making this card, which is the main thing, right?! :)
(photo of the shoreline at la jolla beach, ca, taken by me in april 2011; software: photoshop; digital swirly frame: scrap-n-fonts; patterned paper: glitz design, pink paislee, fancy pants;cherish rub-on: basic grey; flowers, pearls, silver wire, purple beads: michaels; inks: ranger; other: 3m inkjet transparency, plastic netting, shells from a rummage sale necklace & vintage seam binding; adhesives: xyron, tombow, sewing machine, low temp hot glue gun)
lately i've been trying to devote saturday afternoons to some different challenges, just so i can keep fresh and get a little play time. it is fun to just kind of be free form without a real plan (except to try to fill the challenge!) and i am willing to potentially "waste" the time trying out fanciful ideas. if they don't work i'm happy to walk away empty handed, but generally it's been paying off. gotta love that, right?!
i hope you have time for some crafty experiments this week and that they are either fun, or successful... or maybe even BOTH, darlings! ♥♥♥
Oh my gosh!!! I'm enthralled! In love! Its awesome. I really really like this Lauren. You out did yourself. :) Great card. Sorry I've been so absent. I'm hoping to get things moving after this Wed. No more speech after Thurs. No pugs for awhile. No swim for awhile... No Nothing. No excuses!!
ReplyDeletewowza...that is some fabulous multi-tasking lady. Your card that features your beach picture is gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteOh my this is such a lovely and clever creation ... great idea printing your photo onto DP ... I'll have to look into this process ... thanks for playing along at CCCB ... btw ... I don't see this linked up to our blog?
ReplyDeleteWOWZERS!! Seriously GORGEOUS! Once again...you AMAZE me!
ReplyDeleteThis is totally fun and gorgeous, love the photo, love the texture, I want to be by the water now!!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing it with us at CCCB!
Stunning, and so serene. I want to live in your card. :)
ReplyDeleteTotally frame-able gorgeous art. Fascinated by how the photo looks like a painting and your perfectly thought out embellishments echo a seaside harvest. Lovely, lovely, lovely!
ReplyDeleteKathlene took the words right out of m mouth. This is a beautiful work of art and should be framed!!! AND woot woot to you for combining challenges :)
ReplyDeletethis is really gorgeous! Love that you incoporated the photo you took from the shoreline. What a beuaty! :-) Amy
ReplyDeleteAs always, I LOVE IT! Such a great way to slice up the photo and layer it on text papers. And as far as *I* am concerned, those are techniques. Heck, I used Post-It Notes for masking as a technique, right? :)
ReplyDeleteMost definitely suitable for framing, my dear, most definitely.
And thanks for playing over at SOS this week! :)
oohhh how pretty! You always have the coolio creations! hehe and yeah, its all good for a technique!
ReplyDeleteUmmm...holy WOWZA!!! I think there were a squillion techniques on this. At least. Totally stunning card, here, missy. Love the shells and the netting...and the rub-on. Well, pretty much everything. :D Just a fabulous creation!
ReplyDeleteSo happy you played along with the SOS crew this week! :)
Loveeeeeeee this! I love love what you did with the photo and loveeeeeee the shells! Thanks soooooooooooooo much for playing along with Sketchy Thursdays! :):):):):):):):):):):):):)
ReplyDeletewhat a gorgeous gorgeous card, miss lauren! i love the colors, image, and embellies. so pretty and dreamy. thanks so much for sharing and have a lovely week! *hugs* steph :)
ReplyDeleteSimply stunning!
ReplyDeleteThanks for playing with us at s.t xx
This is sooooo beautiful. Thanks so much for playing along with us at CCCB!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful LO, love your use of the sketch, and the sweeping line of elements :)
ReplyDeleteFantastic Miss Lauren! LOVE every little bit!
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