
Hello and welcome. Today’s card was started last week with some input from my daughter. She picked out a little beach girl from an online coloring page, but my fingers were not cooperating with coloring. The arthritis in my fingers has been pretty nasty lately so I’ve been wearing compression gloves most of the time and using markers doesn’t work too well. So, I looked for beach girl clip art on the computer. Puppy was in my stash. Girl and puppy were fussy cut, clip art beach ball was punched with Stampin Up’s 1 1/2″ circle punch. I printed Happy Birthday on the ball before punching. Sky was made using a cotton ball with Soft Sky stamp pad and a handmade paper cloud template. Ocean background paper was in my stash. To tear the wavy edge, I used an old tearing tool from Stampin Up. Paper for the sand was found online and I tore the top edge. Since my daughter helped me with the layout but I didn’t finish the card while she was here I will send this to her for her birthday.
Thanks for stopping by I really appreciate you taking the time. Have a great day and try to stay out of the heat.
This will be entered at https://daranddiane.blogspot.com/2025/06/beach-challenge.html


So cute! And fun getting to craft with your daughter.
Thank you Lisa. I love crafting with my daughter.
Adorable image and a good job of fussy cutting. I know exactly how your hands feel!
Thank you Johanna. It’s not always easy using our hands but we have to keep trying, don’t we?
Yep, my motto is keep moving and somehow I do, but it isn’t always easy
Such a fun card! Glad you have tools that help.
Thank you Lisa. The compression gloves really help me.
Adorable and had to be so much fun working on it with your daughter. Love the sea and sky!
Thank you Gayle. I treasure every moment I get with my daughter.
Very cute!! Especially appropriate as the heat wave is sweeping the country right now! Barb
Thanks cuz.
Super cute beach scene! Thanks so much for joining our challenge at Double D!
Diane DD Co-Owner
Thank you Diane. Always enjoy the Double D challenges.
Gerry, this is adorable!
You’ve done a fabulous job with your beach card despite the arthritis! Where there’s a will there’s a way. I’m so glad you played along with us at Double D!