Friday 29 July 2011

Stamp Something - summer fun!

This week at Stamp Something we'd like to see your 'summer fun somethings', and we're sponsored by Simon Says Stamp who are providing our winner with a $20 gift certificate to spend in their fab online store :o)



I'm not sure what's going on with my photos!  I've tried sooo many times to take a decent pic of this card and they're all a bit rubbish - you can hardly see my sky and there's a weird orange glow on the surfboard that isn't there in real life... no idea why!

I've used one of the fab images from the July offer of the month at DigiStamp Boutique - Molly and Tom summer fun (this one is Tom obviously!).  I've coloured the image with promarkers and added glossy accents on the fish, glasses and surfboard... the surfboard was a mistake though, I should have left it alone!  The papers are from the gorgeous Echo Park 'walk in the park' pad, with coredinations cardstock.  The sentiment is made up from 2 Elzybells stamps, tag was cut on the Cricut, the ribbon, button and twine are from my stash  and I added some orange card candy.

I'm entering my card for the following challenges:

I don't seem to have enough time to get everything done at the moment... the boys have actually been quite good today, not too much squabbling anyway, but we've spent the afternoon at the park which obviously means I've not made any cards today.  Tomorrow I'm going to a Busy Bees dabble day with a crafty friend - I'm not demoing at this one, but it's not often we get the chance to craft together so we thought we'd go along and have a fun day.  So really I should be in the craft room right now getting something made, but I want to do some commenting too... oh wouldn't it be nice to gain a few extra hours when you need them?!

49 comments:

Debs said...

Gorgeous card Lisa - love the bright fun colours.
Have fun tomorrow.
Debs xx

Lisa Elton said...

VERY FUN!!! Great happy summer colors. Hmmm maybe the gloss on the surfboard is causing the orange glow??? Still looks good to me :)

Alberta said...

Cute and Fun card. Love the collaboration of colors and papers. Definitely says Fun in the Sun! Fab job!

Faye said...

Oh you are a cool dude. What a fabby, fun, bright, male card. I love it. Thanks also for playing with Paper Sundaes and MMCS this week. xxx

Debs M said...

great card and sentiment, def summer fun! x

Denise said...

Great card - such a cute surfer dude!
Hugs
Denise xx

Amanda said...

Lovely card Lisa, love the papers.. have a fun day tomorrow

Claire said...

Fab card hun - love the image and the aqua and orange look so cool together. Have a fab day tomorrow. Hugs, Claire x

Donna Mosley said...

Great card Lisa, love the image and your awesome colouring. Gorgeous papers and fab tag/button embellie. See you in the morning. :o)

Donna x

Vicky said...

Hi sweetie I know what you mean about the extra hours....someone keeps robbing me of mine, I def aint getting 24 a day...
Awesome card hun I think its lush & the sky looks fabulous. I love those papers I was over their website the other day looking at the digi papers lol.... How are you doing on your ban shug lol?

Lotsa hugs Vicky xxx
Enjoy your weekend hunni

Anonymous said...

Great card Lisa.
Sue x

Janette said...

Great card Lisa, love the colours they look really fab.....if you find a way to grab a few more hours...will you let me know...lol...xxx

Janette said...

Great card Lisa, i luv the colours and the papers you have used. Janette x

Liz McGuire, said...

Hey, send some hours over here too! Fabby card, enjoy your day,

Liz x

Vicky said...

Just so brill Lisa....and great dp's too hun...

So glad I have two weeks off now....time to chill, do some crafting and spend a lil time with my big kids..lol...and you are so right....where does the time go????

have a lovely weekend...hugs Vicky xx

Christine said...

This is fantastic, Lisa!! Love the colour combo, and your colouring is perfect!

Little K Smith said...

A fabulous summer card Lisa, I love the cute image and perfect papers too :)
Kelly.x

Squirrel x said...

LOL, oh bless, he's so skinny! First wave would have him off that board. Gorgeous summer feel card hun, and terrific colours (your "glow" might be camera being confused by contrast in the blue and orange). Such great fun, love it. Hugs Sxx

Anonymous said...

Gorgeous card Lisa and I can see your sky! Love the colours you've used.

I think tomorrow will do you the world of good - enjoy!! xx

coops said...

fantastic card lisa.love the fab cool dude image and your bright papers and colours are stunning :D

xx coops xx

Cazza said...

Fabby DP's, colour combo and background Lisa!
Have fun tomorrow hon :o))
Hugs,
Cazza
xxx

Jenny said...

Loving all these summer cards at the moment...reminds us what it should be like !!!
Love your surfer dude and the glossy surfboard is cool :)
No advice re time extensions...sorry :(
Jenny x

Fiona said...

fab card as always Lisa...fab layout!!

Thanks for joining us at paper sundaes this week.

Fi
x

♥Gemma♥ said...

Fun, summery & absolutely awesome card..just love it :D
hugs and xxx

Jennifer said...

Hi Lisa. I could do with some extra hours too. This is gorgeous! love the colours. Thanks for playing at fab'n'funky too xx Jenny xx

Crafter in the Making said...

Very nice card...love it..
Melissa

Crafternthemaking.blogspot.com

Sarpreet said...

hi there, this is gorgeous. love the layout and papers

Jackie said...

Fantastic card, love the vibrant colours :o)
Jackie xx

CRAZYCRAFTSHED said...

Fabulous card Lisa
Fab image and love the paper's have a lovely weekend
Hugs Dianne xx :)

Gaynor Greaves said...

What a fab card, I LOVE it, thanks for sharing with us at Craft your days away and good luck, Gaynor DT xx

CraftyC said...

Gorgeous card Lisa, and such a great background
Clairex

rosie said...

gorgeous. fab papers. love the image x

Whisper said...

Ooo fabby card for a boy am loving those DP's, Luv Sam x

Cheryl said...

FANTASTIC,a wonderful colour combo and design......love it!!!
xx

coldwaters2 said...

Hi Lisa what a fabby card that image is great a real cool dude, those papers and the design look terrific.
Hugs
Lorraine x

karen said...

Hello Lisa, oh so gorgeous, fabulous colour combo and very cool image, thanks for sharing at fab n funky this week, karenx

Lynsey said...

Fantastic male card Lisa!
Hugs Lynsey x

Jenny said...

I love the clean and fresh look of this card. Thank you for joining in our fun at Paper Sundaes this week.

Nadine said...

Absolutaly fabulous this one! Love how you put all those fresh colors together and you colored the stamp perfectly!

Anonymous said...

Fabulous Lisa, love the colour scheme and fab image, especially love the little fish lol!
Helen x

Helen Dooley said...

He is too adorable! Thanks for playing along on For fun.

Vicky said...

Oops..me again..lol..

thanks for joining us at Divas & Do it with Digi's...and good luck..!

hugs Vicky xx

Unknown said...

Hi Lisa, love it! The image is great and your choice of papers fantastic. I'm also finding there isn't enough hours in the day at the moment too! Something to do with school summer holidays maybe?!! There is always a little 'helper' wanting to help for me! Thanks for joining in with us this time at Divas by Design. Sarah

Lorraine said...

OOOH, love your masculine card! Love the colors, papers and your coloring of that surfer boy!

Karen said...

Great card Lisa, love the colours too, thanks for joining us at I ♥ Promarkers.
xx

xxxtglxxx said...

Super-cool summery card! :)

Thanks so much for joining us at I ♥ Promarkers this week,

hugs

xxalisonxx

TLC DESIGNS, LLC said...

That bottom DP is perfect for water!
This is a terrific summer time image! Thanks so much for joining us at Diva's by Design this time, good luck and come back next time!
Hugs
Tammy Louise xx

Anonymous said...

Another stunning card Lisa! Love the image and the layout! Thanks for playing at Do It With Digis! Woo x

Amanda said...

Great card - love the image and the papers too - thanks for joining in with our challenge at CYDA!

Amanda