Thursday, June 17, 2010

June WMS Blog Waltz

Today is the day of the June Waltzing Mouse blog waltz! This is my first time participating, and for the life of me I can't get the badge to display. Will anyone give me a pointer on how to get it on here? Thanks!!

The theme this month is boys! And am I ever surrounded by boys! Here's a quick card I made up using Free Spirit Boy and Free Spirit Additions. My son thought this would be the perfect card for him to use for a friend's birthday.


I pulled some textured cardstock from my stash, tore the edges and then gradually sanded more and more with each layer to let the white core show through. Also pulled in PTI Aqua mist for my skyline and surfboard. The other board is stamped with SU Pumpkin Pie.
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18 comments:

  1. AntjeJune 17, 2010 at 8:35 AM

    Wonderful card - love how you achieved the different layers of blue! and the orange makes the whole card pop- GREAT!

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  2. Lynne PhelpsJune 17, 2010 at 8:42 AM

    LOVE the waves - gives such a great feeling of depth! Great colors and textures, wonderful!

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  3. Sarah MartinaJune 17, 2010 at 8:42 AM

    Ok this is just plain awesome!!!

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  4. Julia AstonJune 17, 2010 at 9:32 AM

    Love how you distressed your 'waves' and stamped your sun! super surfer guy card!

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  5. LeeJune 17, 2010 at 9:50 AM

    A great card. Love those waves!

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  6. JenJune 17, 2010 at 10:58 AM

    terrific card! the waves and the surfer are so realistic.
    Thanks for sharing

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  7. BonnieJune 17, 2010 at 11:12 AM

    Oh my - we had the same idea...lol!! Love your cardstock sanded like that - great idea for surfing!

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  8. Rachel WebberJune 17, 2010 at 1:35 PM

    lovely card - have seen this set several times now & think I'm missing out - damn! another one to add to the must have list!

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  9. Jen CuthbertsonJune 17, 2010 at 2:03 PM

    This is a great card! I love the treatment you did to make the water and how you used the skater as a surfer! Great job!!

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  10. JanetJune 17, 2010 at 3:12 PM

    That's excellent. Love all the texture you've created.

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  11. UnknownJune 17, 2010 at 4:00 PM

    Oh this is fab! your 'Sea' is amazing!! Thank you for waltzing with us! simplest way to do the graphic is to just grab it and put it on your desktop, then upload it like yo would with any other photo! hth! Thank you for waltzing with us!

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  12. Laurie MarmonJune 17, 2010 at 4:12 PM

    This card is great! The sanding for the different layers was just the right touch and I'm liking your sun and the surfboards for a little extra pop! Glad you could join in on the waltz!

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  13. Mona PendletonJune 17, 2010 at 4:40 PM

    Very cool card! Love the surfing theme & the background that you created! Great job sanding & distressing!

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  14. BJune 17, 2010 at 5:31 PM

    LOVE the effect of the sanding and the distressing!

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  15. Sharli SchaitbergerJune 17, 2010 at 7:31 PM

    Very COOL card! LOVE how you made the ocean look so huge!

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  16. Julie RanaeJune 17, 2010 at 8:08 PM

    Very cool card!

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  17. Joanne GilchJune 18, 2010 at 4:06 AM

    ok, to get the Waltz logo I'll expand on Claire's directions. Right click on the logo, 'Save image as' and it will go to your picture library and you can get it there and add as you would a photo to your blog.
    Very cool surfer waves. Card is fabuloso!!!Or surftastic!!!!

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  18. PaulineJune 18, 2010 at 2:34 PM

    Great card!

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