Saturday, June 18, 2011

Seashells on the Seashore


I hope this little number will eventually make its way into a package for my little nephew. He's not too far from the beautiful seashells by the warm seashore. Crazy... Makes me realize how far away I am from him! My boys, on the other hand, dig up clam shells from the bottom of the lake after the water's been thawed and warm enough to dip their toes in!

A Day for Daisies offered up this cute image and it reminded me of my nephew. They also have a challenge to try a "new" technique. I've looked back and don't recall framing in a circle a non-altered, non-colored digital image-in fact, I don't use much circles at all! My intention was for the varying sized circles to represent bubbles.

27 comments:

  1. That background, how did you do it? It's awesome. Such a sweet card!

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  2. your nephew will love the card. Thanks for joining us at A Day for Daisies.

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  3. Intention success! Totally got the bubble theme and I love the background. :)

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  4. what a sweet image offset perfectly by that spectacular watery background - gorgeous technique, Karen!

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  5. ahh- that cool background that you're going to teach us soon... Love the 'bubbles' and your stitching is a fun detail!

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  6. This is really cool - it's very relaxing as I suppose the beach should be!! :)

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  7. gorgeous bkgd, karen! i love your stitching, too:)

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  8. Great work Karen! I do love the circles! I think you should try them more often.....you did well with them! Thanks for all your kind words, too! They really mean a lot coming from someone who's work I admire and adore so entirely!

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  9. Oh...love the inking. What a sweet card for your nephew!

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  10. Love the watercoloured background effect, it is a cute image...love it left uncoloured too :)
    Jenny x

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  11. Love the background and I think it's nice that you've left the image uncolored... I also like the subtle detail of having the circle go off the card.

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  12. Karen, this is so, so cute! I love how you left the image uncoloured.

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  13. Another gorgeous background and card Karen. Love the uncoloured image and the stitching :)

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  14. This is so pretty Karen. I love the background colors, so unique!

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  15. LOVE this backgound!! Very Pretty!! (=

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  16. Get out!!! This is gorgeous!! LOVE it!

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  17. Oh wow Karen, that background is amazing, it is simply elegant, the stamped images are just perfect, and the stitching fantastic. Melx

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  18. What a beautiful watercolor effect! Circles are good :>)

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  19. Beautiful card! Love the watercolor! :-)

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  20. I love the inky bg Karen and those cut images! What a fun card!

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  21. that background is absolutely gorgeous! beautiful beautiful card, Karen!

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  22. That background is stunning and adds the perfect water feel to the card! Gorgeous!!

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