Creation Station June Blog Hop--Beach Life

 

Welcome to the June Creation Station Blog Hop!

So glad you have joined us today as we interpret Beach Life with our stamping projects.  Be sure and click the "Next" link at the bottom of each of the design team members' posts so you can hop around and see all of our Beach Life themed projects. Our team includes artists with different styles and beach life experiences, so you are sure to be inspired today.

When I think of beach life, I think of my grandson who absolutely loves to go to the beach and dig in the sand, hunt for interesting things on the beach and, of course, head into the water with his daddy.  To celebrate Easton's love of the beach I created this page using photos from a cold February day on the beach.

The main colors on this page are two of our new In Colors, Pebbled Path and Boho Blue.  Accent colors are Gray Granite, the returning color Misty Moonlight, the new color Bubble Bath and another new In Color, Moody Mauve.  The stamps and dies are from the Seaside Bay stamp set (#160436) and coordinating Seaside Bay dies (#160444).  The netting die is from the Chic dies (#158815).  The page title was created with the Alphabest stamp set (#158884) and coordinating Best Label punch (#158885).

The page base was scored with three vertical lines on the left-hand side of the page and three vertical lines on the bottom half of the right-hand page.  You cannot tell from the photos that the seashells and crab were highlighted with the Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Brush (#141897) to give them that sparkly sand look.  Three Boho Blue dots from the 2023-2025 In Color Dots pack (#161620) were added to the page among the seashells and next to the crab. There is a strip of Boho Blue textured ribbon (#161631) under the photos.

My journaling is always hand-written.  My most treasured items are hand-written letters from both my parents.  My handwriting is not as beautiful as my mother's nor as hard to read as my father's, but it is still that personal connection that I want to leave behind.

Head on over to Denita Wright-Smee's blog to see her Beach Life project(s).  She is sure to inspire us with her creativity.

To Denita's Blog . . .

Wishing you many happy moments at the beach or wherever your happy place is this summer!

--Sara Nell