Saturday, July 20, 2013

beach babes

No, not the scantily clad bikini kind!  These are for a Beach Baby (featuring children)
ATC swap: 
 I used my hand carved ocean waves stamped on glittery cardstock for the waves.
You can see the glitter in this shot!
 (This little swimmer is also on the cover of my beach book.)
The backgrounds are pieced collages, with a wash of color--Splash Inks are perfect
for this, and such vibrant colors, a little goes a long way.

This one, poor thing, I'm just not sure about, but it's still some summer fun, yes?
You can find the images on the Let's Go Wading sheet at Altered Pages.  If you're
not into saltwater and sand, check out the Dreamy Nights Challenge.  Fortunately,
the challenge is open to artistic interpretation--I can't get past thinking of only
A Midsummer Night's Dream!  Oh that's it--I have to go find a donkey head . . .

More summer challenges:
Amusing Challenges:  Summer 
Frilly and Funkie:  Summertime 
Stampin' With The Dragon:  On The Beach
It's All About the Vintage:  Feelings of Summer and Sparkle
crafts 4 eternity:  Inky Fingers

17 comments:

Yvonne Garner said...

Absolutely precious! I love them all!

trisha too said...

Thank you, Yvonne!

:)

Debi said...

these are fab Trisha- love your glittery waves especially :) Debi xx

Unknown said...

Absolutly gorgeous summmer ATC! Love the colors, the sweet imagtgaees and the sparkle! Thanks for joining my challenge over at It's All About The Vintage & Beauty Challenge! Good Luck! Hugs and sunshine

Vicki said...

Love your beach babies ATCs!!

Brenda Brown said...

Gorgeous images and outcomes Trisha.
hugs {brenda} x0x

Anita Houston The Artful Maven said...

Fabulous ATCs! Love the babies in swim attire....precious and oh so vintage yummy!

Linda Coughlin, the funkie junkie said...

Oh my gosh, I think these are about the cutest thing I have seen in forever! Fab job! I really love them! And they do scream summer. So great to have you joining in the Summertime challenge at Frilly and Funkie!

Unknown said...

A lovely atc's with a lovely images.

Thanks for joining in the fun over at Stamping with the Dragon.

Good luck

Hugs

Jo dt member
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Guylaine Seyer said...

lovely cards with pretty pictures!
thank you for playing with us this week at Craft 4 Eternity

Anonymous said...

Such sweet ATCs. Those children are so precious.
Wishes
Lynne

Anonymous said...

Fabulous ATC's, love the hand carved waves ! Thanks for joining us at Frilly and Funkie. Sue C x

Suzanne B aka brookfies said...

Waves are wonderful as are the sentiments! Thank you for sharing with us at Its all about the Vintage & Beauty! Wishes, Suzanne x

michele said...

Gorgeous! Thanks so much for sharing your creations with us at Crafts 4 Eternity. Hugs x

Dianne said...

Wow these are gorgeous, love the background the second one looks like she is riding that wave, love all the sparkle, gorgeous cards, thanks for sharing...

Tina said...

Oh wow they are all perfect! the glitter looks really effective too. Gorgeous ! Thank you for joining us over at Stamping with the Dragon. Hugs Tina (DT) xx

Michele said...

these are darling and i love the 3rd one -- i like the "wave" effect at the bottom! xo