Can you smell the sea?

Morning Folks!

Hope everyone is OK and ready for the new challenge over at Sparkles Monthly Challenges, where our new theme is

SEA SHELLS

Confession time from me - I found this a very hard challenge! Despite my best efforts and a good old rummage through both my rubber and digi stamps I couldn't find a single suitable image for this challenge! Time for some head scratching and panicking! Eventually I came up with the idea of a seaside style image with real shells. I found a beach image from a very old precoloured Michael Powell set of papers that I bought years ago but had forgotten about until the aforementioned great seashell hunt. Then I spent another hour playing hunt the seashells in my embellishment drawers .... if only I was more organised!! 

Anyhow, enough waffling ... here's my card which I actually quite like after all the hassle!!

Here's a few close ups too:

 The hollow shells were also a nightmare to stick down, in the end I packed them with foam squares and added glossy accents to the edges: 

Please visit the main blog

to see the inspiration from the rest of the design team!

Thank you so much for visiting today and for any comments you're kind enough to leave xx

I'd also like to enter the challenges at:

CHNPP - A/Goes with patterned paper

Crafts Galore Encore - A/Goes

A bit more time to craft - A/Goes

Crafty Creations - A/Goes