It's time for some Fun Friday inspiration!

    

If you haven't played along at the new Your Next Stamp Challenge Blog, you need to check it out! Every month we have a new challenge (a combination inspiration photo and sketch), and each Friday of the month, the Design Team will be bringing you some AMAZING inspiration for the challenge! And of course, there are PRIZES! One random lucky winner will receive a $10 Gift Certificate to the YNS Store, and one shining star will be chosen to join the team as Guest Designer! Plus... you can use any company stamps you want!

   

Sounds like FUN, right?! Are you ready to play??

   

Here are the sketch and inspiration photo we are challenging you with this month... choose one, or combine the two!

       

 

       

            

I actually chose the photo for my inspiration this week, NOT the sketch... can you believe it?! I'm such a sketch junkie, I actually surprised myself! But, those bright colors just screamed summer, and I had this fun, colorful fishy paper I've been wanting to use...

       

I colored Ellie and her crab from Ellie Loves the Beach using my Copics, and fussy cut them out. Ellie's swimuit is paper-pieced, but I did a little masking on it first (the original image has a flower on her suit). All patterned papers are from the Fancy Pants Beach Babe 6x6 pad. I used a scrap of blue to cut waves using the YNS Wave Border Die. I made the sand by tearing the edge of another scrap, and used the YNS Puffy Cloud Dies to create the sponged cloud background. The sun was from one of the pages in the paper pad, and I cut it out with my Circle Nestabilities. Finished it off with a sentiment from the new Austin set.

       

       

Skin - E11, E00, E000, YR0000, R00

Hair - YR24, Y26, Y21, Y13, Y000

Lips - R30, R000

Crab - YR18, YR15, YR12

Shading on Swimsuit - C3, C1, C0

          

I got a little carried away with this card... I just kept adding more stuff! Not my typical simple style! I was also playing around with hair colors, and tried out a new color combo... what do you think???

I'm pretty happy with how this one came out! :)

    

Now it's your turn! You have until the end of the month to link up your creation at the Your Next Stamp Challenge Blog.

Can't wait to see what you come up with!