Thursday, June 16, 2011

Sweet Summertime Challenge

Is it finally Summertime where you are?  We are having some nicer days, not quite summer but a move in the right direction at last!  Seems like it was a long winter, barely spring and now we are moving into Summer.
This next 2 weeks at Guylou's Inimitability our challenge is Sweet Summertime.  The challenge is to do a Summer themed card with the word SWEET on the front of the card.  I am pretty sure that when they added the part that it has to be on the front of the card that was for me!! LOL, I tend to get carried away with what I am working on and then forget parts of the challenge and then you often will find me putting part of the challenge on the inside as I can't find a place on the outside!!!  I used some new papers this challenge.  New yes, but still My Mind's Eye!  I just love the colors of these papers!
I have to tell you that I just love all these gorgeous Leah images.  Today Guylou has brought us another one. This is Leah eating watermelon.  My first thought was that it just screams 4th of July.  But nope, I used lime and red instead!!  The colors reminded me of a watermelon!  I distressed my edges and used a Nestie to cut her out.
This awesome sentiment is from our very own Tracy.  
Now, this challenge goes for 2 weeks. It starts now and ends June 30th at 10 PM EST.  You'll want to check out the rest of the Design Team's creations.  They are always awesome.  Would you like to be a Guest Design Team member?  The winner is asked back just for that!!  As well as winning some images from Guylou's store.  

Now I am going to enter this in some challenges.
Crafting for all seasons has the challenge of Summer
For fun challenges is summer fun. Is there more fun than eating watermelon in the Summer?
Little Darling Challenges theme is summer!
Anything Goes Challenge is also Summer.  See how I am on a role here?

19 comments:

Gina K said...

Bren, you always have the best MME papers! Love the distressing, too.

Two Dogs and a Book said...

Bren... Your card is simply gorgeous! The color combo is fantastic and your coloring is out of this world! Beautifully everything!
Cheers!
G

Dana said...

Super cute and I love your "exSEEDingly sweet"!! Great color combo and of course, that fab coloring!!
xx
Dana

Unknown said...

Love the card! 4th of July is perfect for that card! It happens to be my birthday!

Star said...

This is so fabulous!! Wonderful coloring, and I LOVE the sentiment!

Sara I. said...

Love your papers Bren and that super cute brad!! Always love your die cut images - your shapes rock !

Kim Kelley said...

What a sweet card! Love your pp. Have to agree with Gina you have some of the best MME papers. Heck best of all of the brands!

Lau W said...

So gorgeous card Brenda, superb colors again !
xxx

Angela B. said...

Love this sentiment with this image!!!

Crystal said...

Bren this is FABULOUS, LOVe your summer colors and that sentiment is sooo sweet and perfect for this cutie!! FABULOUS creation!

Craftdee said...

You're quite right: these colours are so "watermelon"!! Perfect for the cute image. Funny thing about the weather; we're FINALLY getting some WINTER weather, as in rain! We've had the longest summer - it sucked up autumn, not that our autumns are all THAT :-) It's still 20c but at least our dams will go above 22% capacity (which is all they are now) Dee

Katherine K :) said...

Gorgeous card! The image, layout - everything - so sweet!
Hugs,
Katherine

Stampin Mindy said...

What a great image, perfect for Summer!
Thanks so much for joining us at Little Darlings Challenges, I hope you join us next week!

Hugs, Mindy

Christine said...

I just love that sentiment. Your card is so wonderfully summery. Thanks for joining us at For Fun Challenges this week!

Dawn said...

Love the sentiment on your card! Thank you for joining us at CFAS!

Unknown said...

This is so summery Brenda! And the colours you've chosen work so well together...who'd have thought it?!
Thanks for joining us this week at Crafting for All Seasons :)
Lizy DT x

Carmen said...

Your card is so beautiful Brenda! Your coloring is really nice!

Charlene said...

Bren this card is wonderful...just screams summertime. Love how you used papers that resembled the colors of a watermellon. You did a fabulous job distressing them too. I always have a problem with that so tend to stear away from it lol.

Christine said...

Thank you for joining us at Crafting for all Seasons challenge #3.