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Tuesday 19 April 2016

Dictionary Challenge - S



This fortnight's letter for the Craft Barn dictionary challenge is S with the added twist that the page has to have a shell. I have to confess that I was not thrilled with the twist because of all the S words in the dictionary I really did not want to do a sun/sea/sand themed page. I debated making a background with some random shells stamped into it but then I thought of the word 'surf' and a very old Rusty Pickle stamp set that could do with some inking again. The background is a mix of Gelatos and DIs and I did some double and triple embossing to ensure the surfboards looked waxed to perfection. The 'surf' is a lot clearer IRL and was achieved with WOW white puff twinkle embossing powder. I had a pot of tiny shells from which I selected a few to scatter in the sand.
So that's it for this fortnight. If I had had more time I might have attempted something a bit more off beat but... onwards and upwards as they say.

17 comments:

  1. I love your surfing scene! Like you I wasn't thrilled with the twist either. I almost rebelled against it. But my shell is removable. I didn't glue it down. You had such a clever idea with your surf boards standing in the sand.

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  2. Even if you weren't thrilled with the twist you've managed to produce a super cool page, loving your well waxed surfboards! Lou x

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  3. Those surfboards are so cool and I love the background - a fab page! xxx

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  4. Your surfboards look great on the beach!

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  5. Great colour - love those tiny shells too.

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  6. A great piece as usual, love the surf boards! They would go down well here in Cornwall :) Love the tiny shells x

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  7. I love your project. Surf's up :)

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  8. I rather like this surfboard scene, it is very summery. You have captured that waxed shiny look on the boards very well.

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  9. Like you, I definitely didn't care for this twist, but I really like what you did with both your S word and the twist. You made it special, I think.

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  10. I loved the twist and it really doesn't look as if you struggled with it. Your page is lovely.

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  11. The main thing is it turned out well and tick all the boxes! I don't surf but I would still go and lie on your lovely beach...

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  12. Clever page I really like your use of words
    MaggieH

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  13. Great page, I wouldn't have thought of surf and surfboards even though it's my son's hobby as he lives by the sea! xx

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  14. A great idea to go for surf. A lovely bright page xx

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  15. That's cool, great summer feeling.

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  16. A great page. I love the way you created the surf and added shadows around the boards.

    I'm sure I have an atc of yours that I received in a FAL swap hosted by Liz many moons ago and you used that stamp. It's a good one for creating summer seaside scenes.

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