Getting Started

I have really enjoyed reading other people's blogs over the years, but never felt moved to write my own.  I guess I didn't feel that I had anything original to contribute, but now I'm motivated to start, due to a creative challenge posted by CAS-ual Fridays, a group of cardmakers that host a contest based on a weekly theme.  I'm relatively new to papercrafting, though I am a crafter in various other media from waaaay back, but I thought this would be a good way to get me to think outside the box a bit. The weekly contributions are very inspirational, so if you are into cardmaking, check out the website at  www.cas-ualfridays.blogspot.com/  This week's challenge is "something you'd see at the ocean", so here is my contribution:

I added a little texture to the sand by dry embossing with a Cuttlebug "Forest Branches" folder and my Sizzix Big Shot; the shapes I just cut with scissors. I raised the umbrella with some double-stick mounting tape. Hope you like it; I had fun putting it together!