Saturday Challenge

Sometimes I make cards just for a challenge, but this card is for someone special, my granddaughter Payton (2 ½). Last week she joined us at our 5th wheel for some “camping” at the lakeshore. I wanted her to know that we had so much fun taking her to the lake and making sandcastles. (Payton’s idea of building a sandcastle is to fill the bucket, tip it over, then stomp on it). Anyway, when I saw this sketch from Saturday Challenge I knew it was perfect for what I wanted to make. I found this adorable fish paper at the local Ben Franklin store, and that’s where the idea formed for this card. The supplies I used:

Green, turquoise and white cardstock
Print paper-K&Company
Polka dot ribbon
Mini ball fringe
Green button
Clear rhinestones
Cuttlebug-Circles embossing folder
Cricut-Life is a Beach, Plantin Schoolbook cartridges
Colorbox chalk ink-Blue Lagoon
Martha Stewart glitter pen-Blue

I made this card a 5 ½” square. The base card is green cardstock topped with turquoise cardstock, which I edged with the blue glitter pen, then the fish paper. I cut an oval from the Cricut Plantin Schoolbook cartridge at 4 ¼” then embossed it with the Cuttlebug Circle folder. I inked the edge with Color Box chalk ink in Blue Lagoon. Then I used the Circuit Life is a Beach cartridge to cut the title phrase at 3” and a whale at 1 ¼” and one at 1”. I hope Payton will understand that the three whales signify Pop, Nana and Payton. I outlined each whale with a glitter pen because Payton loves sparkles and I used clear rhinestones for eyes. I embellished the card with a polka dot ribbon, mini ball fringe and a green button.