Monday, 6 May 2013

Lighthouse Card

Hello Everyone, I hope you are all having a lovely Monday - I know I am because I'm off work as it's a bank holiday and for once the sun is shining!!

Today I created a card to give to my Dad as he used to live by the sea when he was growing up:








The stamp is made by Elusive images (now called Chocolate Baroque) which I stamped in black archival ink.  I coloured the image with pencils and distressed a little bit around the edges in weathered wood distress ink.  I then stamped and coloured the seagull on the post twice and cut him out.  I layered up my main image onto brown card and decoupaged the seagull on top.  I cut down an A5 card blank to suit my image and that was it all finished!

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


  • For Your Inspiration - challenge details HERE
  • Artful Times - challenge details HERE
 Thanks for stopping by today, please leave me a comment so I know you stopped by!

Claire x
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14 comments:

  1. StephC6 May 2013 at 19:37

    Fabulous take on the inspiration photo! I'm sure your dad will love it. So glad you joined us at FYI!

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  2. Neet6 May 2013 at 20:16

    One of my favourite sets of images and beautifully coloured.
    Thanks for joining us at Artful Times.

    Hugs, Neet xx

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  3. Redanne6 May 2013 at 21:36

    This is such a beautiful card Claire, the scene is beautifully and so well coloured. I love this card. Hugs, Anne x

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  4. The House of Bears6 May 2013 at 22:54

    Oh this is gorgeous. We used to live by the sea and miss hearing the waves lapping agaimst the shore and watching the seagulls swoop for the chips that visitors left them.

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  5. Mynn xx7 May 2013 at 00:29

    Claire, this is BEAUTIFUL! LOVE you amazing coloring and I absolutely adore the pop of dimension with the seagull! Thanks for joining us at FYI! :)

    PS: I've got a DT call going for a new challenge called House of Cards. I'd love for you to check it out and perhaps apply if you'd like to! :)

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  6. Vicki Dutcher7 May 2013 at 02:59

    What a fun scene! Thanks for joining in with FYI!

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  7. Von7 May 2013 at 23:36

    Lovely card :)Thank you for joining us at Artful Times
    Von ♥

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  8. Michelle8 May 2013 at 03:54

    Gorgeous, Claire! Your colouring is divine! Thanks for joining us at FYI!

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  9. Ann9 May 2013 at 15:12

    Gorgeous stamp set.....love your card & colouring, so pretty!! Ann-R xx

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  10. karen h10 May 2013 at 02:40

    Wonderful image choice - beautiful coloring! Thanks for joining us at For Your Inspiration!

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  11. Julia S-W10 May 2013 at 20:41

    Great card Claire! I love what you've done with the seagull. I really admire the little scene that you've created - I'm just hopeless at this sort of thing I'm afraid!
    Juliaxx

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  12. dstandard13 May 2013 at 17:27

    Beautiful card and great coloring! Thanks for playing at FYI!

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  13. Deanna 14 May 2013 at 18:11

    Love the image and colors of this card very nice. Cute layout with seagull!

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  14. Sara Mac14 May 2013 at 21:26

    Love this card! Your coloring is wonderful. So glad you joined us at FYI.

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