Sir Cliff Richard...

We're all going on a summer holiday.
No more working for a week or two.
Fun and laughter on a summer holiday.
No more worries for me and you.
For a week or two.

We're going where the sun shines brightly.
We're going where the sea is blue.
We've seen it in the movies.
Now let's see if it's true.

Everybody has a summer holiday
Doing things they always wanted to.
So we're going on a summer holiday
To make our dreams come true
For me and you.

We're going where the sun shines brightly.
We're going where the sea is blue.
We've seen it in the movies.
Now let's see if it's true.

Everybody has a summer holiday
Doing things they always wanted to.
So we're going on a summer holiday
To make our dreams come true
For me and you.
Hmmmmmm, hmmmmmmm...
Hmmmmmm, hmmmmmmm...
Hmmmmmm, hmmmmmmm... 

Yes, that song has been going through my head for the last few days as I created my guest design team card for my good friend Ann's challenge over at Crafty Ann's Challenge Blog.  The fun challenge chosen for this fortnight was to use a Sir Cliff Richard song title as a starting point.  How fun is that? 

For my card I used Crafty Ann's Tropical Beach digi stamp and I must admit that I really spent some time creating this card as rather than colouring the whole thing (coward that I am) I printed the scene on sky blue card and then built up the layers colouring some layers with Promarkers and finally using real sandpaper for the beach.  I'm pleased with the result, but must admit it wasn't a card to be made in a hurry!  Great fun to make though.

My Cuddly Buddly character in bikini was stamped onto card, coloured with Promarkers and then cut out and attached to the acetate front of the card.

 

This photo taken sideways on shows the acetate front and the layers at the back of the card.  It's the same style of card as a Christmas card I did a few weeks ago which can be seen here.  I love how these turn out and will be doing some more soon.  They are easy, but I know Max and a few other people said they would like a tutorial so I will (time allowing) do one quite soon.

 

The sentiment is computer generated and after printing it out I remembered buying some sunshine charms quite a while ago and of course just had to dig them out.   Three hours later and craftroom looking like a bombsite I found them and attached one to the sentiment with some gold thread.  Gold links would have looked good, but I thought I'd done enough searching for one day - LOL!  You will be pleased to know that I have bought a storage container today so that I can sort out all the wonderful embellishments that came to light during the mad scramble.

My card is also for the following challenges...

• Craftalicious - Birthdays
• Stamp Something - Go Digital
• Daring Cardmakers - 'I want you to think of a beautiful summer day looking over the bright blue sea glistening in the sunshine. What do you see?'
• Cupcake Craft challenge - Acetate 
• Cutie Sunday - Sun, Beach and Ocean
• Sentimental Sunday - I can see clearly now - sentiment and acetate
• Crafty Calender Challenges - Summer

Have a fantastic weekend everyone.  

Ann xxx