Have Yourself a Beachy Little Christmas

 

Are you dreaming of a white Christmas?

I have already spent one Christmas in Florida, and I have to say, it just doesn't feel like Christmas without snow to me.  But I have met many people that say they would trade in snow for sand at Christmas time year after year.  Which do you prefer?  Snow or sand? 

 As the Christmas merchandise is set up in the stores here in Florida, I always chuckle inside when I see signs that say "Let It Snow".  I think merchandisers should create items with melting snowmen, santa in his swimsuit or fluffy white polar bears drinking a Coke on the beach in an adirondack chair.  I think many of the people here in Southern Florida have seen a white Christmas once or twice in their lifetime, and maybe they do, in fact, like to dream of a white Christmas. However,  they would prefer to be dreaming from the beach with a nice cool drink in their hand while basking in the sunshine. 

If you have one of those sunbathing friends, then this is definitely the card for you. 

I created this card with one of our bright new in colors, Lemon Lime Twist.  I like how bright and cheery this color is.  It makes me smile.  In fact, if you have ever been inside my Michigan house, you will know that this color closely resembles the color on my living room and hallway walls.  Even my son said he can't help but be happy when he sees this color. It's good.

Here's what I used to create this card:

• Lemon lime twist cut at 8 1/2" x 5 1/2"
• bundle of love designer paper  cut at 4" x 5 1/4"
• lemon lime twist cardstock cut at 4 3/4" x 3 1/2"
• Beachy Little Christmas stamp set (item #144857)
• delicate doilies (item #141701)
• whisper white cardstock cut at 1 3/4" x 4 1/4"
• metallic enamel shapes (item #141678)
• gold embossing powder (109129)
• markers or blender pen
• pool party ink, lemon lime twist ink, flirty flamingo ink
• versamark ink
• layering circles framelits

This is how I created the card:

• fold the 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" card base in half
• attach the 4" x 5 1/4" bundle of love dsp to the front of the card base
• round the corners of the 4 3/4" x 3 1/2" lemon lime twist card stock piece, Using versamark ink, stamp the beachy little christmas greeting and emboss with gold embossing powder.  Use your heat tool to set the image.    Attach this piece to the top of the designer paper layer
• using lemon lime twist ink, stamp shells randomly into the 1 3/4" x 4 1/4" whisper white card piece.  Attach this piece to the top of the lemon lime layer.
• stamp the tree image onto a piece of whisper white cardstock using versamark ink. Cover with embossing powder.  Heat the image using a heat tool.  Once the image has set, cut out using the layering circles framelits
• color the shells using markers or with the blender pen and ink pads
• attach the delicate doilie to the back of the circle cut out
• attach this piece to the top of the white strip stamped with shells using dimensionals
• add 3 gold enamel shapes to the right upper corner as shown

I hope that you enjoyed this beachy Christmas card and that you will stop back again tomorrow to see what I have been creating.  There are so many great stamp sets in the new catalog.  Check them out at my online store by clicking HERE.  Please use hostess code 7WJRC6DJ at checkout. 

Happy Stamping,

Debbie