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Samantha’s Penguin Christmas at the Beach

- Nancy Krueger 2 Comments

We are looking for fun and festive holiday projects for our Challenge 128 – Christmas in July! Time to get a jump on your holiday crafting and enter the challenge before Sunday, July 17 at 11:59PM ET. We can’t wait to see how this challenge inspires you!

Samantha takes the holiday fun to the beach in a whimsical card featuring Penguin Party and Christmas Fishes!

The penguins are celebrating a festive holiday on the beach! Samantha built this happy scene with Stitched Hillside Backdrop: Landscape and Simple Stitched Wavy Borders. Instead of snowy details she colored the hills, igloo and snowman in sandy colors and replaced the traditional Christmas tree with one made of seaweed from Christmas Fishes. Then she added the sentiment from Joy to the Woods to finish this Christmas in July design!

Thank you for this delightfully whimsical inspiration, Samantha! It’s such a fun idea!

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Samantha’s Under the Sea Inspiration!

- Nancy Krueger 1 Comment

Hey everyone, Samantha here with a project inspired by the current Beautiful Beaches challenge. I love this challenge so much because the color palette is so unique and beautiful. I created a card that goes beyond the beach and dives into the ocean. The You are Sublime stamp set creates such a fun under the sea scene. The coordinating die cuts make creating a scene so much easier, because you can cut out multiples of your stamped images so quickly.

I used my all time favorite Lawn Fawn paper: Watercolor Wishes. All of the colors in the pack are so versatile and the blue color is so perfect for both water and sky! To create the water, I flipped my Stitched Simple Wavy Border die cut around so it would not have the stitches. Torn kraft paper was used to create the sandy bottom. I layered all of my stamped images on top ocean background. Sequins were added for additional texture and shine.

You still time to enter the Beautiful Beaches challenge! The challenge is open until Sunday, July 14 at 11:59 Eastern Time. We would love to see what you create! I hope you have a wonderful day!

Thank you so much for inspiring us today, Samantha!

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Happy Crafting! Have a great day!