On the Horizon

     I had to laugh when I read my friend Linda's blog post and she said she was having withdrawl symptoms when Blogger was down cause I was too!  It was like we all got frozen in time and couldn't go forward.  I did get a lot of work done though.

     I really should be working on a mini album I've started, but you know how it goes.  When the inspiration strikes one must act. {grin}  This card was created because of inspiration from several challenges.

     The image is colored with Copic markers.  I created the beach scene background and I'm pretty happy with how it came out.  Did you notice the sea foam near the shore?  That's just a tiny little bit of puffy paint.  I used Annika's cloud technique again and tried some stippling for the sand.

     I couldn't believe it when I googled poetry about the sea and this Emily Dickinson poem popped up.  It fit so well with the image. 

By the Sea

I started early, took my dog,

And visited the sea;

The mermaids in the basement

Came out to look at me.

     I hand stitched around the sentiment.  There was no way I was going to attempt to do that on the machine!  LOL 

     Hope you like the card.  I'd like to enter it into the following challenges:

City Crafter--by the sea

Make It Crafty--dotty backgrounds

Mo's Digital Pencil--here comes summer

Cardmadfairy's Digi Days Challenge--for the boys

Inspire Me Fridays--anything goes

Stamp Something--anything goes

The Outlawz Copic Challenge--color something cuddly

Moving Along with the Times--2 B's (brads and beads)

Cooking It Up with Katie--brads, letters, stamped image

Creative Belli Blog--anything starting with S (sailor, sky, sea, sand, spyglass)

Have a great weekend!

Supplies

Papers: Recollections, DCWV, Bazzill, Colorbok
Stamp:  Mo's Digital Pencil "Out There"
Copics:
            skin E000, E00, E02R20
            hair E31, E35, E37, E39
            clothing N1, N3, N5, N7, W1, W3, Y28, B18, B21
            spyglass N1, N3, N5
            dog B18, B21, YR20, YR21, Y26
            sand E50, E51, E53
            water B000, B00, BG01, BG02, BG05, BG07
            sky B000, B91, C0, C2
Tools:  Nestabilities Labels Eight (S5-019), sewing machine

Miscellaneous:  Tulip Puffy Paint, beads from my stash, Darice Hemp Cord, Recollections brads