Jennifer McGuire
Hello! I hope you’re all enjoying your summer. And if your life is anything like mine, you’re spending lots of time at the pool and only daydreaming of crafting.
But never fear! You can actually find great inspiration at the pool for your summer card making. Just look around at the adorable kid’s bathing suits and the colorful beach towels. Before you know it you’ll feel inspired to create!
So…how about a bit of swimming inspiration here? Check out fabulous colors in this suit from Gap Kids:
And the flowers on this suit from Janie and Jack are amazing. I just love the added white flower at the neckline!
And don’t forget the towels! I have fallen head over heals for these polka dot towels from Garnet Hill:
Inspiring, huh?
I found all of these pieces so lovely that I decided to use them as inspiration. I took the colors from the striped suit, the flowers from the floral suit and the dots from the towels and pulled them together to create a very summery card:
I first stamped the background with a Hero Arts dot background and Soft Pool ink. I then stamped three flowers and colored them with my Copic Markers. Finally, I white heat embossed three buttons for the flower centers. And get this – that Hero Arts background is called a Cling Pop – the circles pop out so you can stamp them separately, making the button embossing a piece of cake!
And what could make this summer day better? A giveaway, of course! Just leave a comment here by midnight (MDT) on Thursday, July 14 for a chance to win a summery prize pack that includes the Lawn Fawn Swimsuit Season and BasicGrey Lauderdale Sunshine stamp sets and the Echo Park Splash and Summer Days 6×6 paper pads. Love it!
One lucky winner will take home this fun 'n the sun prize package!
Good luck. Oh, and have fun at the pool!
Jennifer McGuire,
Paper Crafts Go-to Gal
P.S. Just a reminder…you have one more day to vote in Round 1 of Gallery Idol! Click HERE to view the Top 20′s cards and cast your vote. Voing will end at noon (MDT) tomorrow!
It’s pretty neat to see where your inspiration comes from and how you pull it together, great card. Love the colors!
I love all the bright vibrant colors of summer. Echo Park has the best color combos!!
Thank you for the explanation about the creative process. You’re amazing. Thanks for the chance.
What a great collection of colors. Summer brights.
Love the card–beautiful colors and love the idea of stamping on buttons–they are adorable! Also a great set of stamps and papers–wouldn’t those be fun to play with?
My daughter has that strip suit and I love it! Great card.. love the summer give away!
Your card is SO cute and the colors scream summer!!!!
Oh what a beautiful card Jennifer! Thanks for the chance to win this great package of goodies. You guys are the best.
Love the card, it’s so cute!
Very cute card!!! I love the colors! Thanks for the chance to win!!
Cute card. TFS and for the giveaway
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE as usual!!! Would love to win!
You consistently amaze me!
Love the bright summery colors. Thanks for a chance to win.
Amazing what you can use as inspiration. I always struggle, because I mostly try to `copy` what I wanna use as inspiration. Love your card!!
Beautiful!
I would love to win these prizes!! Thank you so much for always sharing your ideas and giveaways!! You are awesome!!!!
very fresh summery colors! love the use of the circles!!
What a wonderful blog post! I enjoyed seeing how you were inspired for the card–love the bright colors!
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you are so inspiring, i am new and your ideas just help me think of versality with the stamps
thank you
I absolutely LOVE this card and plan to make it. I’m new to copic markers though, I will be taking a class on it to help me with the technique but I was wondering if you could tell me what colors you used for the flowers? Amazing!
I love that card. It’s s fresh and cute. Way to go, Jennifer!