We have a new theme challenge this week at Make the Cards Challenge! We want to see your beach theme creations. I live very far from the beach and have very few beach themed items in my craft collection. I decided to get creative with my new found love of alcohol inks to create my own little beach.

My beach scene is created with a mix of alcohol inks by Ranger. My sand is a mix of Butterscotch and Gold. The water is a mix of Pool, Sailboat Blue and Turquoise. Other than the slight appearance of an algae bloom on the shoreline where my Butterscotch and Blue inks mixed, I love the end result. The beach scene was die cut with a stitched panel die and mounted onto my card base with 3-D foam tape for added dimension. I kept my sentiment super simple, by die cutting my hello in white three times and adhering together.
All supplies by Close To My Heart, except where noted:
- 1385 White Daisy Cardstock
- Yupo Paper
- Ranger Alcohol Inks-Sailboat Blue, Pool, Turquoise, Butterscotch, Gold
- Ranger Alcohol Inks Blending Solution
- Z3259 Hello Thin Cut-Retired
- Stitched Panel Die-Simon Says Stamp
I have entered my card in the following challenges:
- Allsorts-Create a Landscape or Scene
- Color My Heart Color Dare-Blue/Green, Blue, Blue Violet

- Creative Artiste-Anything Mixed Media Goes
- Happy Little Stampers-Anything Goes w/Dies
- Hero Arts-Fun in the Sun
- Let’s Craft and Create-Anything Goes w/no pattern paper
Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope to see your beachy creations in the gallery this week at Make the Cards Challenge!
A great take on beach theme with the alcohol inks, thanks so much for sharing and joining us at Allsorts challenge this week.
B x
A very cleverdesign for our Scene theme, thanks for joining us at the Allsorts challenge
OMG what a FABULOUS design using your alcohol inks! Looks like an aerial view of a beach in French Polynesia. GREAT JOB! Thanks for reminding me to use my alcohol inks that haven’t been shown any love for quite some time! Beautifully done teamie!
This is so beautiful and reminds me of photos I’ve taken from airplanes of the shoreline. Thanks so much for joining in with my landscape or scene theme at Allsorts challenge this week.
Lynn x
That definitely looks like a beach and tide line! Very creative thinking and a beautiful card. Thanks for playing along with Color My Heart Color Dare. X
This is such a cool idea for the beach theme! Love the blend of the inks. Thanks for sharing with us at Colour Dare 🙂
Beautiful! I love how simple the card is and yet you know exactly what’s going on there. Thank you for such a great card! Jill – MTCC
I really like this card! Great colors and I like the water color look. Thanks for sharing with Color Dare!
Love your background, CAS and very pretty card. Thanks for sharing with us at Color Dare.
A bright and joyful, summer feel, card. Thanks for playing along with us at Creative Artiste Mixed Media challenge!