Hello crafty friends!

It’s time for the new challenge at The Male Room Craft Challenge Blog! This fortnight’s challenge theme is Surf’s Up 🙂 Super fun right, after last Christmas in July challenge, this one put me right back into the summer mode.

The card I made for today’s post is a bit different from my usual cards – this one is patterned papers only – no stamping.

As I was getting ready to make the card for this challenge, I realized I do not own a single surf themed stamp or die set, but what I did find was a pack of Hawaiian themed scrapbook paper (back from my scrapbooking days).

After looking through the paper pack, I choose several pages with images of surf boards, cars, sentiments and one for the sky.

I fussy cut the elements and darkened the edges with distress ink in Walnut Stain.

I used Sunny Studio Catch a Wave dies to create the waves – I added snow marker and embossed the caps.

For the sand, I used a piece of kraft cardstock, and added some splatter with Walnut Stain distress ink mixed with water, then once it was dry, added white dots with white gel pen.

I adhered all the layers to the card base, popping smaller surf boards and cars with foam tape.

To finish the card, I inked all edges with the same Walnut Stain Distress ink. I love the way this card turned out – it reminds me of the retro surf postcards 🙂

I really hope you enjoyed this post and decide to join us for this fun challenge!

Don’t forget to check the rest of the Design Team’s creation on The Male Room Blog as well as our Guest Designer Lisa’s post.

Thank you for stopping by today and I wish you Happy Crafting!