Welcome to the end of another week, friends! We made it, and that calls for a celebration! How about new product news and a giveaway to finish off the week? Today we’re getting a peek at the latest products from our friends at LDRS Creative with a beautiful, and beachy cute card from Carol Weatherspoon. Let’s check it out!

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Hello, friends! It’s Carol Weatherspoon with you today and I’m so excited to share a card using fabulous new products from the LDRS Creative Summer Collection! I don’t know about you, but I love anything with a beach theme and palm trees. Maybe it’s because I live in Florida, or it could just be that palm trees make me smile! Whatever the case may be, LDRS Creative has such fun stamps and dies to use until your beachy heart is content.

For this card, I started by stamping the Natural Granite 6 x 6 texture stamp onto an A2-sized card panel. I used Iced Tea hybrid ink to mimic the look of sand on the beach. Next, I cut the panel down using my all-time favorite die, the A2 Diagonal Stitched Layered Card Topper die. I absolutely love the texture that it creates! I thought it would be cute to add my images into a window frame, so to do that, I used a smaller A2 Diagonal Stitched Layered Card Topper die to create my window.

Next, I did a little ink blending with Iced Tea and Bali Blue hybrid inks. I love how it gives that look of sand and the sky to go along with our beach theme. At this point, I needed some super cute images to add to the card, so I pulled out the Hawaiian Vacation stamp and coordinating dies. The images in this set are just adorable!

I stamped the palm tree, turtle and crab onto a piece of Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110lb cardstock and colored my images with Copic markers. I cut them out using the coordinating dies, then I needed to figure out where to put my sentiment. A good tip is to arrange your images onto your card front without adhering them down. This way you can play with the placement and get a good feel of the layout before you add your sentiment. Once I did that, the best place for my sentiment (also from the Hawaiian Vacation stamp) was the upper right-hand corner. I stamped the sentiment, adhered it onto my card base, then added my window frame with foam adhesive.

To finish this card, I adhered all of my images as well as a few sequins from my stash to add a little bling. I think this card turned out so cute and it will surely brighten anyone’s day!

Thank you so much for joining me today! And, if you haven’t done so already, check out the Summer Collection from LDRS Creative. It’s so good!

Find more of Carol’s work here : Blog | Instagram | Facebook

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How cute was Carol’s card, and that summer release from LDRS Creative? How would you like to shop their newest products yourself? Well, you’re in luck because they’ve generously offered this giveaway to one lucky commenter:

Enjoy $25 to shop at the LDRS Creative shop! To enter to win, leave a comment on this post by midnight on Wednesday, July 20th telling us your favourite cardmaking technique! Maybe it is die cutting, stamping, or colouring with alcohol-based markers? We can’t wait to hear!

We also have last week’s New & Noteworthy giveaway from Scrapbook.com—a full set of their new patterned cardstock paper pads—to announce. That lucky winner is:

“I LOVE LOVE LOVE pattern papers and these are SO BRIGHT and cheerful! Thanks so much for the chance!” ~ Meghan

Congratulations, Meghan! Please send your full name, address, and telephone number to meghann@scrapbookandcards.com to claim your prize!

What a great week we’ve had on the blog, friends! From free cut files to fresh inspiration, we hope you loved every bit of it! We’ll see you next week for more papercrafting fun!