shore do love Lauren’s sketch

I had to give Lauren Meader’s sketch a try.  Love all the dimension to the layout of her sample.  With my little Ethan starting swimming lessons today, I had to go with a fun water theme. 

I have a huge fear when it comes to my children and our swimming pool.  I actually hate having a pool, but it was always a dream of my husbands.  One of those marital compromises…”You get the pool and I get a stamping ‘studio'”.  Needless to say, I stamp in our dining room…lol

Ethan is a fish.  I can’t turn my back for one minute (as no pool owner should).  We even have our pool 100ft away from our house with its own fence and double locks on the gates.  I still can’t trust Ethan.  So, swimming lessons it is. 

Here he is at 18months:

  See what I mean…no fears.  This instructor taught the kids to hold their breath and go under.  As where his current instructor teaches the kids how to float before anything else is taught. 

Here is Ethan today (4 years old) amazingly floating after 20 minutes:

  He makes me so proud:)  You must remember that swimming lessons don’t save lives….Parental supervision is still a must. 

Okay, now to my sample for the sketch:

  This sample is also a “tilt card”.  Charmaine Ikach created a tutorial on scs if you are interested.  What that means is that cute little crab turns.

  Like the tutorial suggests, I used a real red button from my bold brights assortment for behind the crab because a penny was too big. 

Here is a side view of the card to show you how this card works.  I used my coluzzle to cut a half circle for where the sun is.  Please refer to Lauren’s post for the directions to make this card.

STAMPS:  SU! Crab & Co.

CARDSTOCK:  Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie, Shimmery White, Bashful Blue, East Coast Prep DSP.

INKS USED:  Tempting Turquoise, Real Red.

ACCESSORIES USED:  Bold Brights Brads, Mat Pack, Real Red Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Horizontal Slot Punch, Coluzzle Cutting System, 1-1/4″ & 1-3/8″ Circle Punches, Bold Brights Buttons, Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Thanks for stopping by:)