Framed beach scene

I have made this framed beach scene for our August challenge. The theme was chosen by the lovely Christine aka CraftyField and it's called I do like to be beside the seaside.

For this project, I got the inspiration from one of my earlier cards. You can find it here. 

Here is my tutorial. 

I cut out a rectangle, the exact same size which fits in the frame, and then another one. The second one was torn by hand to create the beach. This second one was also covered with Ranger, Grit-Paste. When it was dry, I painted with DecoArt Americana Buttermilk paint, then spritzed with Burnt Umber.

For making the beach hut, I used only one side of the Village Dwelling house. And I cut this out from corrugated cardboard.

I painted the house white and then I let it dry.

For the little doorknob, I used this part of the Robotic die set.

The door, the roof and the tree trunk were cut out from kraft paper but I inked the edges with Vintage Photo.

The leaves of the palm tree were inked with Distress inks (Mowed Lawn, Peeled Paint). Then I smeared Micro Glaze onto the surface. 

What I used:

Sizzix Bigz die, Village Surf Shack by Tim Holtz

Sizzix Thinlits die, Village Dwelling by Tim Holtz

Sizzix Thinlits die, Tropical by Tim Holtz

Sizzix Thinlits die, Scarecrow by Tim Holtz

Sizzix Thinlits die, Robotic by Tim Holtz

Ranger Distress Grit-Paste by Tim Holtz

DecoArt Americana paints

Ranger Distress inks

Ranger Distress Micro Glaze

So if you have a project with a beach scene, please don't hesitate to join our August challenge where you can win a £20 voucher. 

Summer scene with beach house

This is my second inspirational project for our August challenge. The theme was chosen by the lovely Corrie: Sun, sea and sand.

For the beach hut, I used the Village Dwelling XL die by Tim Holtz but I used only the side part of the house because I didn't want to make it 3 dimensional. So I just cut off the tabs from my house and painted white the corrugated cardboard.


The sandy beach is a torn paper covered with Grit-Paste. When the paste was dry I coloured with DecoArt Multi-Surface Buff Beige. The edge was inked with Distress Brushed Corduroy ink.

What I used:

Sizzix Bigz Die, Village Dwelling by Tim Holtz

Sizzix Bigz Die, Village Surf Shack by Tim Holtz

Sizzix Thinlits Die, Handwritten Vacation by Tim Holtz

Sizzix Thinlits Die, Scarecrow by Tim Holtz

Kraft paper

Watercolour paper

Tim Holtz Idea-Ology, Textured Surfaces (TH93204)

acrylic paints

Ranger Distress inks and DOX inks by Tim Holtz

Ranger Distress Grit-Paste by Tim Holtz

tiny real shell

So if you have a summer project with sun, sea and/or sand, please join our August challenge where you can win a £20 voucher.

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Vintage Cote D'Azur poster by me

I love the Cote D'Azur! I love the sea, the forever blue sky (without any cloud on the horizon), the hot weather with cooling wind from the sea, I love the French culture, food, wine etc. Every year when I was somewhere on the Riviera I bumped into the vintage Cote D'Azur posters advertising this area for the tourists in the early 1900s. Most of them were made by very famous painters and illustrators like Picasso, Hervé Baille,  Jean-Gabriel Domergue...

But unfortunately this year we can't go there during the summer, instead we will stay long in Hungary because our family is there, because my daughter prefers the Balaton to the Cote D'Azur and because I have a lot of things to arrange there. 

But I will miss this region so I prepared a canvas (18x24cm) in the style of those vintage posters. 

I will show you some posters which inspired me but on my Pinterest board you can find more:

Like on the posters I used bold colours and strong contours. Although I had a primed canvas I put one layer of gesso on it.

For the background I used the following DecoArt Americana colours: Buttermilk, Desert Turquoise, Whispering Turquoise.

The palm trees were coloured by Light Cinnamon and Mistletoe.

The sun was stencilled and I used Pineapple.

For my project Tim's new Alphabet die with its Art Deco letters was just perfect for my project, also it was better to make with cutouts than stamps.

What I used:

Sizzix Big die, Village Surf Shack by Tim Holtz (661208)

Sizzix Thinlits die, Tropical by Tim Holtz (661207)

Sizzix Bigz XL die, Alphabet, Deco by Tim Holtz (661815)

Tim Holtz Layering Stencil, Rays (THS003)

Signature dies, Seagulls (SD232)

Signature dies, Yacht with Sails (SD180)

DecoArt Americana paints

With my canvas I would like to join the following challenges:

- Monday Challenge of the Simon Says Stamp blog: Stencil It!

- Stamps and Stencils blog Words with Meaning because Cote D'Azur means a lot to me

And because of the art deco feel I would like to join the Canvas challenge of A Vintage Journey. 

I hope you like it! Happy crafting!

Art Impressions: Beach babe

I made this card especially for the challenge of the Art Impressions blog: Let's distress.

For this I used the Beach Babes stamp set. I love the images with the fun texts. 

I coloured the card with watercolour technique using Ranger Distress markers and then inked the edges of the card with Ranger Distress inks (Brushed Corduroy and Vintage Photo).

Crazy birds on hot summer days

At the Country View Challenges the August theme is: HOT SUMMER DAYS. 

For this challenge I made a fun image with Tim Holtz Crazy Birds who are spending their holidays on a sandy beach in the hottest days of a very hot country. (Actually I'm spending my holiday in South of France right now.) On the very first day they got sunburned, in fact they became really red. (My hubby sunburned too - on the first day). And of course they are terribly hot! (Yes, the same, but I love it!) So when they have just enough from sun and heat, the Dad says wisely: Darling, son! Next year we will fly to Iceland!

First I stamped the birds on white cardstock and cut out.
For this I used Tim Holtz Bird Crazy Stamp Set (CMS212), Crazy Things Stamp Set (CMS237) and Mini Crazy Bird Crazy and Things (CMS250).

With Ranger Distress Markers I coloured them.

For the little flower on the lady's hat I used Sizzix Sizzlits Die, Tattered Flowers by Tim Holtz.

I made the background with using Ranger Distress Ink Pads (Stormy Sky, Antique Linen, Tumbled Glass). I added the colours with a sponge. In the end I put a thin layer of white acrylic paint to soften the colours and I put glitter liner to the sun and to the line between the sea and the sand part.

For the ball I used a Memory Box die and I coloured with Ranger Distress Markers.

And I put a thin layer of Schmincke Acrylic Medium to the background paper and to the birds for protection.

The words were taken from Tim Holtz Idea-ology ChitChat Stickers except the word Iceland, because it was printed by Dymo Label Maker.

I glued the image with double sided foam adhesive to a burlap panel from Tim Holtz Textured Surfaces. 

Happy crafting! And greetings from La Ciotat!

Mini canvas with sea, beach huts and seagull

The August challenge of the Country View Challenges is: Hot summer days and it was the lovely Jane who gave us this fabulous theme.

For this challenge I prepared a mini canvas (13x18 cm) with sea, beach huts and seagull.

And now, here's my tutorial.


I took a mini canvas and with palette knife I put a layer of modelling paste on it.

For the sandy part I used structure paste with big grains (Marabu Structure Paste), then I painted with some kind of beige acrylic paint (Marabu Sahara). 

The sea and the sky was a combination of DecoArt Americana Paints (Bahama Blue, Salem Blue and Indian Turquoise). 

I made the sky with white acrylic paint and a piece of sponge.

I also put some extra modelling paste next to the shore. 

The beach huts were made with Sizzix Movers&Shapers Die, Artful Dwellings by Tim Holtz (657218) from chipboard.

I gessoed and drew 1 cm lines on the houses.

I cut out the windows with two different sizes circle dies. 

With acrylic paints I coloured the huts.

The roofs and the doors were embossed with the Stripe Embossing Folder from Tim Holtz Texture Fade Harlequin&Stripes Set (657849).

The fence were cut out with Sizzix On The Edge Die, On The Fence by Tim Holtz (657030).


When all pieces were ready I glued them on the canvas. Actually I had a first version, but I wasn't satisfied with it, so I changed some shells and I put more sand to achieve better composition. At least, better for my taste :-)

Here is the first version:

Here is another photo of the final version to show you the side:

For the seagull I used a Signature die (Seagulls - SD232).

The shells were picked up form a "plage" of France last summer.

I hope you like it! Happy crafting!

And don't forget to join our August Challenge at Country View Challenges where you can win a £20 voucher!



With this canvas I would like to enter the Summertime Fun! challenge of the Anything But Cute blog.

Mixed media canvas - At the beach

Here I am again with my latest mixed media canvas: At the beach.

I had long wished to make a canvas about beach with beach huts. And now here it is one! 

This picture was inspired by my other picture of street with houses and cars. 

With this canvas I would like to participate in a challenge at the Country View Crafts Blog: Simply Scenic.

Most of the elements were cut out with dies, except the umbrella, the rays of the sun and the roofs of the huts.

I was lucky because I had "Sand" paint at home which contains fine grains so my sandy beach looks quite realistic.

What I used:

Sizzix Sizzlits Die, Jessie&Tucker (654436) - I used this for the girl with dog

Sizzix Sizzlits Die, Chloe on the Phone (656507) - I used this for the other girl

Sizzix for Stampin' Up! embossing folder, Stripes - I embossed the huts and the beach towel with this

Sizzix Framelits Die and Stamp Set, Kites by Stephanie Barnard (657581) - I used this for the bigger and puffier clouds

Memory Box Die, Puffy Clouds (98172) - I used this for the smaller clouds

Memory Box Die, Alphabet: Lower Case

Sizzix Framelits Die, Rectangles (658610) - I used this for the huts, the doors and the towels

Sizzix Thinlits Die, Alphanumeric by Tim Holtz (660056) - I used this to write the BEACH

Sizzix Embossing Folder, Notebook by Tim Holtz (656647) - I embossed the doors with this

Signature Die, seagulls (SD232) - I used this for making the seagulls

Signature Die, deck chair (SD186) - I used this for making the chair

stretched canvas (30x50 cm)

Ranger Distress inks and markers - I coloured the houses, the umbrella, the chair, the towel and the girls 

acrylic paints

acrylic medium

modelling paste

StazOn ink - I used this for stamping the hot air balloon