Crafty Purple Frog Challenge - July 2017 - Summertime

 It is time for another challenge over at The Crafty Purple Frog Challenge Blog.

The topic this month is "SUMMERTIME".

Here is my card with this theme.  

For my card I have used the Dovecraft Back to Basics goody bag.  These goodie bags are a wonderful idea as everything matches in the bag.  For this card I have used some backing papers, card blanks (which I have cut up for matting and layering as I wanted to make a bigger card) and some gems.

The rubber stamp I have had for a long time and is by Michael Powell.  I recently changed around my storage for my stamps.  It took over two weeks to finish but I have easy access to my stamps now and have made use of stamps like this that had not seen the "light of day"!!  I have coloured the image in with my Promarkers and some of my Spectrum Noir Illustrator pens.  I then have used my Wow! embossing pen on the surface of the sea and then added my Wow! Sand Dunes embossing powder to add some sparkle to the sea.  I then used my Wow! embossing pen on the windows of the huts and the glass of the lighthouse and then added my Wow! superfine clear embossing powder to add a glaze to the glass.

I have finished the card off with some decorative fish net, various seaside themed die-cuts coloured with Pan Pastels and some gems from the goodie bag.

This card is for my husband's birthday.  I long to live by the sea.  In the meantime when we go away it always has to be near the sea.  One time when my husband was at a course in Eastbourne I went too and I had a scary experience with a seagull who swooped down and pinched one triangle of my sandwich.  A few years later my husband and I went back again to Eastbourne and we dared to sit in the same spot.  Obviously it was a place drawn by seagulls as one swooped down and tried to pinch our lunch.  Needless to say we moved inside the shopping centre to finish our lunch!!

 I am entering this card into the following challenges: 

Cardz 4 Guyz - Beside the sea

Crafty Hazelnut Patterned Paper July Challenge - Anything goes

A Bit More Time to Craft - Anything goes

613 Avenue Create - Anything goes with the optional twist of monochrome

Lil Patch of Crafty friends - Anything goes

Scrapbook Stamp Society - Anything goes with the option of blue and green
Delicious Doodles - Beside the sea
Lemon Shortbread - Anything goes
The Male Room - Add texture (embossing and netting)
Let's Craft and Create - Beachy or red/white/blue
Word Art Wednesday - Anything goes
The Crafty Addicts - Anything goes/summer colours
Crafting by Designs - Anything goes
Crafty Creations - Anything goes
Simon Says - Summer sunshine
Crafty Gals Corner - Anything goes
Star Stampz - Summer celebrations
Crafting with an Attitude - Anything goes
Craft Rocket - Anything goes
4 Crafty Chicks - Stamping - no digis
Crafting with Friends - Anything goes
Creative Fingers - Anything goes
QKR Stampede - Anything goes
Crafty Catz - Anything goes with the optional twist of add some lace
Jo's Scrap Shack - Anything goes
Sweet Stampin - Photo inspiration