A blog devoted to the cards I make in my tiny upstairs space. When my sister stays there, she calls it an "artist's garret". I'm not an artist, but am an enthusiastic cardmaker - hence the title "Cardmaker's Garret".
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Thursday, 22 June 2017

Sitting by the Sea

For this month's CAS Watercolour theme of "Summer", I borrowed some stamps of deckchairs from my friend, Christine.  I already posted this card using one of her stamps but wanted to use another one before I give them back.  I was inspired to get it done today because of today's SCS Ways to Use It challenge "That's Sea Worthy".


It's another card inspired by my childhood holidays in England on the south coast with my grandparents. My grandmother always brought her deckchair to the beach and watched us children while we made sandcastles. She always brought a bottle of lemon or orange squash for us to drink.

I stamped and watercoloured, trimmed the panel and popped it up on fun foam, and then added a trio of little starfish to the bottom corner of the cardbase.

Please come and join us at CAS Watercolour before June 24th!




Supplies:
Stamps - Kittie Kits chair, sandcastle, and starfish; Rosie's Roadshow sentiment
Ink - Ranger Archival Jet Black
Paper - watercolour paper, white cs
Size - A2
Accessories - Gansai Tambi watercolour paints, fun foam



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10 comments:

  1. Loll22 June 2017 at 16:50

    Love your soft watercoloured background, Susan. And such a sweet summer beach scene with the deck chair, sandcastle and cool drink! xx

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  2. nancy littrell22 June 2017 at 18:24

    Thank you Susan for sharing your sweet Summer seascape and family memory. I love your colorful beach chair and sandcastle. We did the same except we always had beach towels to lay on. Now a days you need a beach umbrella too. Hugs..

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  3. Christine Alexander22 June 2017 at 20:11

    I had many a day at the beach during the summer in Swansea with my bucket for my sand castle and my parents would rent a deck chair. Great card to bring back fun memories :)

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  4. Nstiz22 June 2017 at 20:30

    You did a fabulous job on this, Susan! Love the watercoloring on this too. Such a wonderful sunny day and heart warming memories.

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  5. Bonnie23 June 2017 at 05:52

    Love your beach chair and your memories, Susan! This is a special little masterpiece!

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  6. Trina P.23 June 2017 at 18:24

    Lovely watercoloured beach scene, Susan. Your story reminds me of my childhood beach outings with my family.

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  7. Karen L K23 June 2017 at 21:46

    Very nice beach scene!

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  8. Julia Aston25 June 2017 at 10:07

    A beautiful watery sand and sea background for your lovely beach chair and sand castle Susan! Love the 3 star fish on the border! Julia xx

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  9. Sue25 June 2017 at 13:50

    This is such an evocative scene, Susan, a perfect Summer card.

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  10. Karen Dunbrook28 June 2017 at 04:14

    fun little beach scene Susan....I just wanna go there and relax.
    xx Karen

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