Creative Expressions - Fun at the Beach

Good morning :-).  It's Monday which means it's time for my last beach creation for Creative Expressions Blog and I have to admit I think I shall miss the nautical/beach stamps.  I never thought that I could get so creative with some stamps and sand lol.  Today I have done a well worn chipboard frame that I found in my stash, to hold a photo of my kids having fun on the beach 7 years ago.  Next month I am playing with the awesome Dina Wakely masks and Cosmic Shimmer Sparkle Texture Paste, no more sand but lots more sparkle lol.  As always I shall highlight the products from Creative Expressions in red as I go through the step by step :-)
I would like to enter my creation into the following challenges -
Crafty Catz Challenge Blog - Anything Goes
Crazy 4 Challenges - Summer/Winter (UK so summer)
Pile It On Challenge Blog - Summer Fun
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
Ruby's Rainbow Challenge Blog - Stamping

I really love this picture of the kids with their nets fully clothes in a 

sea pool on the beach, my kids are now 15 and 17 and

when I put this on the fireplace downstairs all I go was a Oh No Mummmmmmm!!!

To give the frame as a gift you can put decorated patterned paper inside

instead, this chipboard frame which I initially took apart ages ago, 

and then put back together for this, has a space at the top that you can slide

your picture in.

I really do love the slight sparkle on the clothes, sand castle, kites and buckets

from mixing Distress Markers with Cosmic Shimmer Watercolours.

And now for the step by step ...............................

To start with I measured some Creative Expressions Teresa Collins Patterned

Paper for the centre (yep I forgot to take it out before the first lot of paint went on lol).

From then on I covered the centre with some paper, I painted some Cosmic Shimmer

Matt Chalk Paint Warm White over the frame.

Now I wanted a slight shimmer so I mixed some of the white with Cosmic

Shimmer Paint Sky and added it to the top of the frame.

There wasn't much shimmer as I added alot of the matt white so I used a sponge

and dapped on the sky on top of the already painted frame, this really

gave it a gorgeous sparkle and a nice sky look.

I used some Eco Green Paint Sand for the bottom half, if I ever

have paint left over I grab a piece of scrap cardstock and paint the remainder on

their just in case I need some spare card for wording etc later on.  On this occasion I

didn't use it :-).

I did the same effect with the sky using Cosmic Shimmer Paint Pearl.

I then added some Cosmic Shimmer glue randomly over the bottom half

and patted some sand all over and left it for an hour to dry then empty off,

(it only takes around 5 minutes, but I like to leave it so it's really stuck on).

I stamped with Archival jet black on watercolour paper the images from

Creative Expressions Single Stamp Set Sandcastle in The Sun and Kite Dreams,

I also stamped some of the Beach Bucket Bliss and Treasure Seeker for the

bucket and spade.

To start with I always lay down a base colour so I can see roughly how

everything will look, this way I can change now rather then after doing the whole

thing, hence why I always stamp more then I need like above lol.

To get the sparkle I always lay down my matt colour from the Distress Marker

and the Cosmic Shimmer Watercolour on a stamp block that I now only use

for water colouring.  I used the following colours, so not to keep using each

long name I have abbreviated them down to DI Distress Marker, 

CSA Cosmic Shimmer Acrylic Ink and CSW Cosmic Shimmer Watercolour -

Skin - CSA warm delight, cosmic tone, DI victorian velvet, spun sugar

Hair/bag/teddy - CSA umber, dark spice, DI gathered twigs, walnut stain

Girl top - CSW pastel pink, DI picked raspberry, spun sugar

Girl shorts - CSA meadow lime,  CSW golden mint, pastel lime, DI mowed lawn

Boy top - CSA meadow lime, CSW holly lime, DI mowed lawn

Boy shorts - CSW golden scarlet, DI rusty hinge, tea dye

Sand - CSW autumn twist, DI antique linen, wild honey

Bucket/spade/park of kite - CSW frosted scarlet, DI festive berries

Other part of kite - CSW golden scarlet, DI ripe persimmon.

Here they are all done, sorry it's an awful picture.

Another bad picture, I added sand to areas of the image (apart from the kite lol).

Next I used Stampers Anonymous Worn Text with Archival jet black

and stamped along the top of the frame.

I then decided on placement and stamped the birds from Creative Expressions

Single Stamp Set Marina Bay and the grasses from Beach Flora.  I then

glued down my stamped images and added some string to my kite with a black promarker, I 

did first stamp the kites to see the placement of where to add the strings.

When I stamped the beach flora I didn't stamp hard enough because

of the gap underneath it didn't stamp right, I didn't have another frame to start again

so I added some stems and bushed up the tops with a promarker, and it doesn't look too bad lol.

Right I shall be back tomorrow with some more crafty playing and I hope your Monday is a good one.
Happy Crafting :-)
Hugs Kezzy xxxxx