Just Us Girls challenge #836 - Word Week

Hello again friends and welcome back to my blog. I am here to share my card for this week's Just Us Girls challenge and it's Word Week and Bobby has chosen 'water'.  It could be a summer beach scene, a masculine river scene or even just a critter in a swimming/paddling pool.  I'm sure this is going to be a really popular week and I cannot wait to see all your gorgeous creations. 

I used an older, retired stamp set that has been in my stash for years but I don't think I've ever used it.  I love the clean lines and fun wavy sea, along with some fun clouds.  I'm even happy with my fussy cutting on this one!  I hope you like it too.  

Here is my card:

A closer look at the details:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by stamping all my images onto alcohol marker friendly card and used my Promarkers to colour them in.  I don't have the dies so I fussy cut them out.  I cut a white panel 3 5/8" x 4 7/8" and added a teal blue mat layer using liquid glue.  I wanted a fairly clean and simple layout so clustered all my images together in the lower right corner and added them with a mix of liquid glue and foam squares.  I also added two clouds in the upper half of the card using liquid glue.  I white heat embossed the sentiment onto a scrap of the teal blue card and cut it out using a sentiment strips die and added that below the cluster using liquid glue.  The panel was adhered to my card base using double sided tape.  For the inside I cut a white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and added the wave image along the bottom and tucked the sailboat behind, using liquid glue.  I stamped the sentiment in the centre using blue ink and the panel was adhered to the card base using double sided tape.  

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Addicted to CAS challenge - water

As You Like It challenge - favourite colouring medium (it has to be Promarkers; I've been using them for 15+ years and they are reliable, blend well and are still going strong after all these years)

Craft Rocket challenge - transportation

CRAFT-alnica challenge - sea

Little Red Wagon challenge - we didn't start a fire (my card reminds me of my visit to Barcelona in Sept 24 when the America's Cup sailing competition was taking place; the little bit I saw was very exciting)

NBUS challenge - the stamp set is now retired and this is the first time I've used it :(

Paper Rocks Scissors challenge - I fussy cut my images

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - summertime blues

The Male Room challenge - jobs or professions (sailor)

The Sisterhood of Crafters challenge - sports (sailing)

I'm sure our gallery will be full of watery delights this week and I cannot wait to see what you create. Please pop over to the challenge blog and leave some love for the rest of the design team.

I appreciate you stopping by.

Love & hugs,

card supplies:

Simon Says Stamp - sailing clear stamp (now retired)

Gina K Designs - just keep swimming stamp (for sentiments) 

Gina K Designs - sentiment strips die set

Gina K Designs - blue sky ink pad

Promarkers

Sakura - white no. 10 gelly roll pen

WOW! - opaque bright white super fine embossing powder

Versamark - embossing and watermark ink pad

Limetree Craft - 280gsm silky smooth white card (not available but other options are here and here)

Limetree Craft - 300gsm smooth white card (for card base)

teal blue card from my stash

Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker friendly card (store now closed)

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Thank you x