Hello and thank you being here, again, today. I am so pleased that you are popping by to see what my latest project is.
It is Sunday, so it’s a Global Design Challenge project. This week, it’s a THEME CHALLENGE.
For this card, I decided to use some of the products from the Sand & Sea Suite. Then I chose three colours that all have sea related names – Bermuda Bay, Coastal Cabana and Pacific Point.
The first step was to stamp the shell, starfish and sand images onto the background layer. Then I embossed three pieces of cardstock and cut them so that the strips, placed over the background, were perfectly matched. If I had placed them side by side, they would align and match a 3-3/4″x 4″ section of the embossed design. The three panels are popped up using Stampin’ Dimensionals, to give some added height.
The next thing I did was to stamp, die cut and emboss the nautilus shell. I used some of the gold twine from the Forever Green Trim Combo Pack to create three loops behind the shell – I’m going to miss this twine when it retires. The loops were attached to the back of the shell using some strips of Stampin’ Seal. A few Dimensionals were attached to the back of the shell and the shell positioned on the card front. The shell then had some Clear Wink of Stella brushed across it.
I stamped the greeting and sand image onto a scrap of Basic White cardstock and used one of the new and totally amazing Tailor Made Tag Dies to cut it out. The dies also have coordinating reinforcement shapes, that I used to add some Pacific Point colour to the label. I used some more of the gold twine to wrap through tags hole.
TIP: place some Adhesive Sheet behind your chosen cardstock before cutting out the reinforcement shapes. Then you can avoid getting sticky, glue fingers trying to apply Multipurpose Adhesive to the back of the shape.
I used some of the remaining embossed cardstock to finish the card insert and envelope.
I am so pleased with the way this card looks – it is definitely so by the sea.
Happy stamping.
If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.
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