The Ton's August Challenge - Summer

Hi everyone.  Happy August!!   It's the first day of the month and you know what that means!!  Another great challenge is up on
 The Ton's Challenge Blog: The Season.
You have the whole month of August to enter this challenge for a chance to WIN a $50 gift certificate for  
The Ton online store.  You can click on the link to head on over and check it out any time.  But first I'd like to show you a card I made for this month's challenge....SUMMER!!

Summer background:
I created this summer scene by starting at the bottom of my card front.  I taped off a strip using post-it tape and blended a soft sand color using  The Ton's Warm Hazelnut dye ink.  Then I taped off a section right above  the sand and blended some Cali Blue ink for the water.  Using the water ripple stamp from The Ton's new Mermaid Vibes stamp set, I stamped tone on tone using some more Cali Blue ink.  Moving my way up, I added more post-it tape and blended a soft Bleach Blondie dye ink to create some beautiful sun rays.   

Stamps:  Sunnies, Palm Tree, Mermaid Vibes (The Ton).
Ink:  Beach Blondie, Warm Hazelnut, Found Topaz, Cali Blue, Caribbean Turquoise, Soft Garden, Bright Fern, Deep Emerald, Noir (The Ton), Copic Markers: BG23, G00.
Paper:  White 110 Solar White (Neenah).
Accessories: Sunnies Coordinating  Dies, Palm Tree Coordinating Dies, Gold Sparkle Tape (The Ton), Ranger Clear Embossing powder, fun foam.


Die cuts:
What's a beach without some palm trees?  The Ton has a gorgeous set of layered Palm Tree stamps and coordinating dies that worked perfectly for this card.  For the palm leaves I layered Soft Garden, Bright Fern and Deep Emerald inks and for the trunk I used Found Topaz.

The Ton's Sunnies stamp set and coordinating dies are an absolute favorite of mine this summer.   They are really getting a workout in my craft room.   I stamped the frames using my favorite ink color Caribbean Turquoise then colored in the lenses with Copic markers.  I added some second generation stamped palm leaves to the lenses to give the impression of a reflection on the glasses.

For a little shimmer I added a thin strip of The Ton's Gold Glitter Tape to the bottom of the card before I popped it up on the 4.25" x 5.5" card front with fun foam.   The stamped birds and sentiment were my final touches on this card using The Ton's Noir black ink.

Thank you so much for stopping by today.  I hope you'll make some time this month to join in this fun Summer Challenge with us over at The Ton Blog.  We love seeing all of your creations and it's so fun to see everyone's interpretation of each challenge.

Have a great day and Happy Stamping!!