Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Bathing Beauties

My very first design kit from Alpha Stamps was a beachy delight.  This month they are sponsoring a "Wish you were here" postcard swap.  You can find more information about it here.  I made several samples, delighted with all the fun imagery. 



I absolutely adored the travel adhesive borders.  I did not even use them as intended, I left them on the card stock backs as I did not realize until later that they were stickers.



On the back of the card on the left I used this cool wire mesh to capture some shells and glue it on my card.  The product is kind of like a tube of mesh, so I was able to tuck things inside.  

  

I really love this card.  I used lots of Dresden borders in a nice shell motif. I love this image too.  


I kept this once pretty simple.  I really liked the imagery.  Here are more of the adhesive travel borders, along with a sticker from the Tropical Travelouge line from Graphic 45.  



The last one is really fun.  I just freely collaged from all of the images I cut out when I got my design kit.  Sometimes it is freeing just to put stuff down and not be attached to the outcome.  I think this is why I am really loving collage journaling right now.   

Stay tuned for more beachy goodness on my blog.  I have a tutorial coming soon with Alpha Stamps! 

Cheers, 

Rhea

6 comments:

  1. All these look like great fun. Good use of lots of goodies.

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  2. Your cards are so cute! I LOVE those Travel Adhesive Borders. I didn't realize they were stickers either lol

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  3. Your work is creative genius. Stunning.

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  4. I love the stamp line! Super cool. Gotta spend more time checking out their stuff. Love your work!

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  5. One of my favrote places...the beach! Love your cards! Tfs!
    Bev

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