My inky travels along life's rocky road

Sunday 5 July 2015

Calendar Challenge - July


The weather continues to sizzle and makes me think longingly of a dip in the sea and the feel of sand between my toes. A couple of weekends ago we took a trip along the south coast from Brighton to Worthing and the memory of the beach huts I saw along the way was still fresh in my mind when I read that this month's recipe for the Craft Barn calendar challenge is turquoise and beach huts.
The only beach hut stamp I possess is by Craft Individuals (I suspect there may be several people in the same situation this month) so there was no long decision making as to which stamp to use. All the stamps used come from the same CI set except for the sand castle which is a very old Rubbadubadoo stamp. I used Adirondack butterscotch for the sand and various shades of blue/green DIs for the sea in the hope that one or a combination of them would be as close to turquoise as my ink supply could get. The seagulls and the beach hut windows were given a lick of wink of stella for a little sheen. So that's it for another month - I like to get my calendar done early but inspiration doesn't always strike.

13 comments:

  1. A beautiful soft coloured page. Your beach huts are so cute and the sea looks very inviting :o))

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  2. Great page, love your row of beach huts. I have a set of Tanda stamps from years ago so my beach huts came from those! xx

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  3. I even don' t own any beach hut stamps, still thinking about my page.
    I love how you did the sea.

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    1. You could check Google - they have some nice line drawings and images of beach huts.

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  4. Great page, and I think that is my childhood bucket and spade you've got there!

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  5. A great calendar page. I especially love the way you have created the sky x

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  6. Thank you. I forgot to mention in my blurb that I inked the sky with a stencil made from one of the Lawn Fawn stitched hillside border dies.

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  7. Your scene is very effective, your beach huts are fun and your water paint strokes give an impression of movement.

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  8. A beautiful Calendar page, I love the sea and the bucket and spade.
    xxx Hazel.

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  9. Love your seaside scene you've created. I've used the same set (as have others) and I love how they are all different!

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  10. A lovely depiction of a summer beach - I can hear the waves lapping on the shore That CI set is my current favourite.

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