A Guiding Light

Hello

My card for today is for the current challenge over at Joanna Sheen Challenge - It's A Man's World.  Here is my card:

This is made using the Thomas Kinkade cd-rom from Joanna Sheen, and is a fabulous triple cd set.  So useful for men's cards.

I find there's something very magical about lighthouses and I love this image with the waves crashing against the rocks.  I printed the image onto glossy photo paper, and the backing papers onto a textured paper.  All the matting and embellishments use a gorgeous pearlescent card I got from PaperMill.

I used various Spellbinders Fleur de Lis dies, I think these work so well with seasidey images.  The largest die reminds me of a ships wheel, and I decided to add some spirelli to this shape using a variegated thread.  Bakers twine was added to another die and finally some little sea shells to complete the card.

My card is also for the following challenges:

The Crafty Pad - Use dies

Pile It On Challenge - All about S (Sea, Shells)

Bunny Zoe's Craft - Use ribbon or twine

Shopping Our Stash - Macsuline

Papertake Weekly - Water, water everywhere

Crafts and Me - 3d embellishment

Thanks for visiting my blog today, and for all the comments you leave.