Friday, July 23, 2021

Just Us Girls Challenge #594~Photo Week....LOVE You (Concord & 9th)

Hello

Welcome to Just Us Girls Challenge #594, where our lovely Nancy has selected this quartet of nautical-themed images as this week's photo inspiration. From stripes, to colours, to 'sea' objects/creatures, to LOVE...the possibilities are many!


Chrissie Stokes joins us once again as our July guest designer; she and the rest of the team have created fabulous cards (as always!). I'm sure you'll whate-y LOVE what you 'sea'!

Okay...enough of my feeble attempts at punniness! Despite my rather *ahem* extensive paper collection, I couldn't find any with navy or red stripes, and I didn't want to take a risk in creating my own with cardstock, knowing full well they'd wind up wonky. I also don't have a cutie-pie whale or anchor or compass either. As you can see, my initial response was to go literal. The absence of required products to do that meant putting Plan B into play...which is what you see below.  Square + LOVE, both of which are clearly evident in the photo. Changed the colours, added a 'you'...and done! 


That's it from me; looking forward to how this photo inspires you (nautical or not!)

Thank you for dropping by!


9 comments:

Jeanne said...

Isn't that always the way, with all the stuff we collect, invariably we are missing that item or theme we want to use. Humphf!! Great literal interpretation. It's a very pretty card!

Nancy said...

Carol, I must say that I adore the direction you took on your card as I really love those letter dies. The font is amazing! However, I did find it surprising that out of all the fabulous dies and stamps you own, you don't have a nautical type die or whale to be found. LOL, I can tell you one thing, I do not own any postal-shaped dies and I am off to go see what I can find to make that right! Honestly, a great card!

Lindsey said...

I, ahem, LOVE those giant die cut letters! This definitely works for the inspiration, and makes a gorgeous card!

Vicki Dutcher said...

Perfect [and popular] die for this challenge!

Sue VanDeVusse said...

Fabulous! I love that big square LOVE with the little you gracing it. I think it is absolutely perfect for our challenge!

Lisa Kind said...

You did a great job with the inspiration photo. Everyone takes something different from the photo. I love your interpretation! Very pretty card!

Macimbalo said...

Great job on the challenge - I love that die and your layout is spectacular!!!

Ina G said...

Gorgeous card Carol. Love the big love die and how you added the you in black. So very pretty in pink.

Cécile RIBON said...

What a lovely design, Carol! I love how you layered the white "Love" and the black "You".