by Joanne James31. July 2026 12:00
Today I'm sharing my design team card for our new challenge over at As you See It where it's time for a seasonal theme challenge, chosen by Deborah:
Summer days - for me that means sunshine, vacations, pools and the beach! I took my inspiration from Kim's layout over at Freshly Made Sketches this week and used it to bring together the perfect collection of items for fun in the sun - take a look:
Here's the low-down on today's card:
I used my (retired) Soft Waves 3D embossing folder on Balmy Blue cardstock for my background, then added a collection of items - a rubber ring, flip flops, a drinks beaker, sun visor and sunglasses - from the Splash & Relax bundle to represent the circles. Since I didn't choose an identical object/image to represent the circles, I decided to colour them all in yellow and white to still give the collection of items a homogenous feel. I added a stamped sentiment from the set, then decided to snip it into two pieces and eventually I replace the 'hello' with this swirly diecut using hte retired Hello You Thinlits as I wanted something larger:
Once again I customised my flip flops with some cute flowers - and that completes my card for today! So what do summer days mean to you? Link your card up to the gallery and share your inspiration.
Here is the visual summary of the key products used on today's project for you to pin for easy reference:
You can see all of my 'How To' summaries on my 'How To - Tips and Techniques' Pinterest board in case you've missed any.
Here's a summary of our challenge rules:
- Create any card, scrapbooking page, 3D or packaging project that fits the challenge.
- Please include the challenge graphic and link back to the challenge in your post.
- Make sure you link the specific post and not the whole blog to the Linky. Use AYSI#(insert challenge number) when uploading to a public gallery
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- You can combine our challenge with up to 3 other compatible challenges.
- We do reserve the right to delete, or not consider for Top Pick and Featured Artist, entries that do not comply with these guidelines.
We look forward to seeing your creations in the AYSI gallery.
Enjoy your day and I'll be back tomorrow with another project. Until then, happy stampin'!
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