Playing Cards with Friends - Cindy Beach!

With a surname like my friend Cindy's of  Stamps, Paper, and Ink, what do you think I'd choose for my theme this month?  hmmm - go ahead take a guess...

If you guessed fun at the beach, you're absolutely right!!  lol  I was so happy Cindy Beach accepted my invitation to play cards!  Cindy is a fabulous card maker, and fellow Inspired By Challenge design team member!  We get to play cards once a week - how fun is that?

Today is National World Oceans Day* and we are celebrating it with only one parameter:  our cards must reflect something one might see, or an activity one might do, AT the beach, in the ocean, or a big old lake like the one near me! 

I have pulled out one of my all-time favorite Waffle Flower combo sets:  Sandy Toes, to make my card today.  Time to show you, and Cindy, my card!  I even pulled out my old Dymo label maker for a fun sentiment...

I really love to use the original Distress inks for water coloring, don't you?

The colors are so bright, even when watered down. I just stamp them onto an acrylic block and use an aqua painter to bring the color to my stamped, and heat embossed, images.

I thought these WF's Nesting postage dies give this card a little 'post cards from the beach' vibe!  I cut them from the same TH water color card stock, and gave them a little beach sand color.  I was too lazy to drive to the beach for some sand!

Thanks, Cindy!  I had a blast Playing Cards with you, and hope you did too!  xx

Okay.  Who's ready to join me to see what fun Cindy had at the beach??  Last one there ...

=]  Michele

*there are some fun activities for National Ocean Day if you follow the link above!