Sea, Sand & Sun

Before getting down to the business of crafting, a word on commenting. I try and visit the blogs of those entering the Dictionary challenge and those fellow bloggers leaving comments on mine, but if your blog settings restrict commenters to Google + members then I can't do it.
I already have more ID's that I can remember passwords for and I'm not a great user of social media and if your entry is on Facebook, Instagram etc... I won't be able to comment either.

So don't think I'm ignoring you...

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After all the Spring makes, I am allowing myself a burst of summer feeling for the Craft Barn dictionary challenge. They gave the letter S and for a twist we have to include a shell. I thought of seashells and went in full beach mode! All I could think about is the famous song by Serge Gainsbourg with three S, and with the tune firmly ensconced in my brain, I had a vision.... Yes I knew I had the perfect stamps in my stash!

The post title was an obvious choice although I tweaked it a little...

In the foreground, I stamped a shell from the Paper Artsy set HP1111, inked with water based pens. The textured watercolour paper hides a lot of the detail from the stamp but I needed a base that stood up to lots of water.
The letter S is from a cheapo acrylic set.
All the other stamps are from the Rubber Dance Retro Beach set, inked with black Versafine.

I wanted to participate in the Paper Artsy latest challenge, and trying to keep white space was the most challenging part of this make, since I was intent on using my latest toy, namely the Paper Artsy Infusions, here the Violet Storms.
Now these little bottles of powders should come with a warning and a mandatory viewing of this video! Remember that like Brushos, Bistres, Color Bursts etc... those fine powders are VERY fine. They can, and do, go airborne and fly far with a gust of air. And that includes gusts of air created by a spray of water!

To keep it all under control I first masked with masking fluid (drawing gum, liquid frisket) all the stamping, then applied the water and the Infusion on top. Maybe a bit dark for the sea but I needed the contrast for the little boy.

Lots of you have been managing to include several other words with the same letter in your dictionary challenge pages and this is the first time I manage it... but today, with Serendipity on my side I had six! :))
Thanks for coming by,
Also entering the Stamploration challenge.