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Summer Breeze makes me feel fine.

Playing along with a challenge at Splitcoast inspired by a summertime song.  

It gave me a chance to play with some of these stencils from A Colorful Life Designs.

So here's what I did to create my card.

• I cut a piece of white cardstock, placed it onto my Waffle Flower Stencil mat and laid the Surf's Up stencil over it.  I inked up the sunshine with some Mustard Seed and a hint of Carved Pumpkin Distress Oxide ink.  I set that aside to dry.
• Next, I pulled out another piece of cardstock and carefully tore the edge, trying to give it a jagged, wavy looking edge.
• I laid that piece onto my stencil mat and inked it all over with some Tumbled Glass DOX ink.  I laid the Bubble Release stencil over the inked panel and rubbed on some more Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink with a heavier hand to add the bubbles.
• I removed the stencil and splattered with my white Posca pen.
• I stamped the sentiment over the sun and then glued the stenciled sun to a white cardstock base.  
• I added foam tape to the water piece I had stenciled and placed it over the sunshine which helped to pop it up, giving more interest to an otherwise flat card.
• I stamped the whale, die cut it out and coloured using some grey Copic markers.  I popped that just under the waterline.
• I glued it all onto a white A2 card base.

Here are the stencils I used:

Surf's Up

Bubble Release

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Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ADD A SENTIMENT

Dragonfly Dreams- OUTDOORS

Challenge Up Your Life- FUN IN THE SUN

The Crafter's Cafe- HUMOUR

Supplies

Stamps- Flip Flop Duh-Nuh (Lawn Fawn)

Inks- DOX, Versafine Clair, Copic Markers

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.)

Accessories and Tools- Stencil Mat (Waffle Flower); Blending Brushes (TE);

stencils (ACLD); Misti (My Sweet Petunia