Fun in the Sun!

Happy weekend everyone - hope you're enjoying it! First up, another fun in the sun card:

Supplies: Paper - Recollections & Spellbinders cardstock;

MFT Sand, Surf & Sky; scraps

Stamps with Dies - Hero Arts Studio June 2025 Card Kit

Dies - Spellbinders Under the Sun & Amalfi Breeze;

AJVD Stitched Dot Rectangle Backdrop Set;

In case you don't know, Craft Roulette is a YouTube show airing Fridays at 6:30 Central. Besides weekly challenges from spinning the wheel for parameters during the show, members can also do bonus cards with different parameters that appear on the site each week. This last week it was Z-fold, Any Colors, Old, Something from my "Mesk" (messy desk), plus an optional 5th of Unusual Color. I did a classic Z by folding back the front of a kraft A2 card. Added mat layers of old patterned paper.

I still haven't finished my Spellbinders Weekender cards yet & in fact, "borrowed" the sun from Jennifer McGuire's first card which I had started during the event. Her sun has some rays and it spins on the card - very fun. I'll just make another sun when the time comes...

The girl on a beach towel was an add-on that Spellbinders offered - we all agreed it was nice to see a more realistic figure! I made her during this week's crafty Zoom call - both she & the sun were on my "mesk" (along with a lot of other stuff!). I love the bright color of the sun which I feel is an unusual one; it's called Saffron in the Spellbinders ColorWheel.

The cute little cup also comes in the beach girl set, plus the towel fringe. The set doesn't come with a towel, figuring everyone can form a rectangle. I found the perfect size die in my well-loved AJVD set! Since my beach girl is new, I'll add my card to the June NBUS Challenge #75.

For a bonus, I have my Craft Roulette card from Episode #273 which aired last night:

Supplies: Paper - Recollections; Neenah Solar White

Digi - Angie Blom Camping Adventures 

Stamps w/dies - Lawn Fawn Love You Smore (dies)

Stamps - Hero Arts Bring on the Merry (retired)

Other - foam tape; gel pens; Copics;

sentiment from the stash (old HA)

Host Mary had Justine Dvorak (‪@stationarybyjustinellc‬) as her guest, such a talent! Justine does a process video on her CR cards plus many other card making videos (especially with Spellbinders) which I enjoy watching. Check her out - nice Minnesotan - lives west of me about 2 hrs! The wheel spun some tricky parameters; I didn't finish my card until 90 minutes after the show!!

• Project - Lady's card: I made a birthday card for my sister-in-law; the bear is a lady.
• Colors - Candy Wrapper: Just about any color can be found on a candy wrapper!
• Element - Camp(s)(ing): I used a digital camper image; colored with Copics.
• Random - Belt(s): The camper stripes looked like belts but to be on the safe side, I hand drew a belt on the lady bear.

The camping stamp set that came to mind is at the satellite studio. Darn it! So I went to Angie Blom's website and searched for a camper digi - bingo! Purchased & printed - I expected a smaller print based on my trial print on copy paper. Nope, the minute I loaded cardstock I got a jumbo camper. Oh well - I made an A9 card (8.5x11" cardstock folded in half). That's a dreaded project to get on the wheel but it worked just fine for me!

Next I stamped and die cut the Lawn Fawn elements to add. Colored w/Copics. Found a sentiment in the bits box and popped it on. Besides a belt, I gave my lady bear a bow; this was stamped from an old HA Christmas set & fussy cut - done!

Thanks for stopping and have a crafty day!!