Beauty and the Beach

It's Aloha Friday...no work till...Tuesday! YEAH!! To start this holiday weekend off right I spent the evening creating two cards to catch up on some of the challenges at 365 Cards. Here they are...

Day 186 - Ad Inspired
Click on the link to see the Ad we were to be inspired by. As did most, I kept with a predominantly black, white and red color scheme, with a splash of gray (look at the shoes in the pic, that's where that color comes from). I did a Dahlia folded flower in Riding Hood Red DSP with a pewter brad in the middle. The overall card is based on the Criss Cross Card toot at SCS. The gray patterned paper is from SU! Walk in the Park DSP. Base is Basic Black textured CS and the insert is Whisper White with a RHR base. Added a Going Gray tab stamped with a Totally Tabs SU! stamp. The "All Natural Beauty" stamp is, I believe, an Autumn Leaves single stamp. So that's the "beauty"...now for the "beach"

Day 187 - Label It

My fabric label is from Making Memories. I bought it and several others when my local Kmart discontinued all their craft/scrapbooking supplies...just finding a use for some of the stuff I got. :) Anyway, I based the colors on the label and added the Bermuda Bay CS as a pop of color. The base in Very Vanilla and the mat is Pink Pirouette. The images are from the Sparkling Summer set from SU! I was in the mood to color with my prismamarkers and cut out the images. Used a silver paint pen for the accents (hard to tell in the pic). The BB CS is embossed with the circles and dots (not sure if that the exact name) cuttlebug folder. Think that about covers it. Hope you have a safe and fun holiday weekend wherever you are! Aloha!