Summer holidays are here - The Paper Shelter says so!!

Good morning all

It's time for another challenge at 

The Paper Shelter

and we have a topical theme this week

Holiday Time!

hands up - who's seen the sun this week!!
(well it's sort of behind the clouds!!)

My card perhaps reflects the sort of summer we've been having off and on

a bit grungy at times with the hope of something better to come

this cute image is called 

Where're we goin' available here

This is probably my favourite style of card to make - though I don't do it very often, it doesn't suit every image and I need to have some inspiration to do it.  This week my inspiration came very firmly from Sheena Douglass when she was demonstrating her new Christmas stamps on TV.  I made the background paper and then the topper with the image on from stamps and TH distress ink and I really loved doing it!  this card isn't so much mixed media as mixed medium.  I used distress inks, Spectrum noir pens and blendable pencils, watercolour pencils and sparkle pens (for the flowers) - I had pens and pencils and inks all over the place by the time I was finished lol

Here's what i did

Image - where're we goin from TPS

Coloured with Spectrum noir pens and belendable pencils

Flowers - Sheena Douglass -A little bit sketchy -a new leaf  stamps

- coloured with Spectum aqua pencils and sparkle pen

Background created with TH DI  - faded jeans, spun sugar, abandoned coral and tea dye

Stamps - Be Bunny icons  and LOTV corner stamps

Dies used - Creative expressions noble pierced square dies, Sara's signature swirl die from the country garden collection at Crafters companion,  and Memory box Eiffel tower die

LOTV - tag stamps

Kraft card from Crafter's Companion

Film strip from TH idea- ology 

other embellies from my stash

Hope you'll play along with us this week

As always we have a fab prize on offer

See you there!

hugs Judith x