Sweet Stampin' - Summer Fun

It's time for a new challenge over at Sweet Stampin', and this week our theme is "Summer Fun". Mind you, given the current weather the theme might be rainy days!
I decided to use the fab new Waffle Flower set, Stay Cool. I stamped the bear in versafine then masked him off and stamped his towel and bird on his tummy. I masked them all off again, before adding the beach using a blending tool and Fossilised Amber distress oxide, using a torn piece of paper to define the edge. I then used the paper to mask off the beach and used a straight edge of paper to define the horizon and used a mix of broken glass and cracked pistachio distress oxides to form the sea. I them used my MFT cloud stencil to add the sky in broken glass distress oxide. I flicked and spritzed water over the scene , blotting some of it off until I was happy with the effect.

I removed my bear, towel and bird mask and painted them in with wilted violet, worn lipstick, spiced marmalade and walnut stain distress oxides. The only reason I see them wad that they were on my table and I couldn't be bothered to get up! As the oxides have an opacity to them, once dry I went over any areas of black stamping that had been dulled by the oxides. Using my misti I stamped the sentiment twice to get a good black impression. To finish I added glossy accents to his sunglasses and stickles to the sea, along with a little faux stitching around the edges. I then mat and layered it up on a 6x6 card base. Simples! I'm looking forward to seeing your entries this week, just remember to include some stamping to be eligible for our top three. Have a great crafting weekend x