Cathy's Craft Room: Summer Fun at the Beach!

Saturday, August 3, 2019

Summer Fun at the Beach!

This card was made at my table at Rose Hill Stamp Camp in May 2019, and also in my July class in my craft room.

Click on image for closer look.

Thanks to Jacque Williams, a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator in New Zealand, for this design. View Jacque's original design at http://stamphappy.co.nz/2017/07/colour-inkspiration-14-gift-set-wedding/.

Materials:

Stamp Sets:

* Colorful Seasons (sentiment)

* High Tide (birds)

* Waterfront (speckles and blue in background)

Paper:

* Balmy Blue card stock (8-1/2” x 5-1/2”; about 3” x 3” for scalloped circle)

* Whisper White card stock (5-1/4” x 4” for layer; about 3” x 3” for circle)

* Gray Granite card stock (5-1/8” x 3-7/8”)

* Wood Textures 6” x 6” DSP (retired) (about 2-1/4” x 1-3/4” for chair)

* Vellum card stock (about 2-1/4” x 5/8” for sentiment)

Ink:

* Balmy Blue Classic Stampin’ Pad

* Gray Granite Classic Stampin’ Pad (birds and sand)

* Soft Suede Classic Stampin’ Pad (sentiment)

Accessories and Tools:

* Seasonal Layers Die (chair)

* Pinewood Planks Embossing Folder

* Layering Circles Dies

* Flax Ribbon (5”)

* Mini Sequin Trim (retired)

* Stampin’ Sponge

* Adhesives: SNAIL; Liquid Glue; Tear ‘n Tape

Other Supplies (all retired Stampin’ Up! items):**

* Mini Stapler

* Washi Tape Punch

** My apologies for listing a few retired items for this card. Since the card was originally made at the end of the catalog year, these items were not yet retired. There are items in the current catalog that will substitute nicely for these items.

NOTES:

Nothing on this card is popped up; all pieces are attached with either SNAIL Adhesive or Liquid Glue. I also added a tiny bit of Tear ‘n Tape behind the bottom of the ribbon to hold it in place.
On the Whisper White circle, Balmy Blue ink was very lightly sponged behind the birds; Gray Granite was very lightly sponged behind the speckles to give the scene a little more color.

Inside:

For the inside of this card, I used the circle die to cut a corner from a large sticky note and used it as a template. I then attached the sticky note to a 5-1/4" x 4" piece of Whisper White card stock, exposing only the lower left-hand corner. The inside was stamped and sponged exactly the same as the circle on the front of the card . . . except for the birds. Before stamping the birds, I removed the sticky note so they could fly outside of the circle.

Author’s Note: I chose these colors rather than the more vivid colors used on the original design because these reminded me of a calm oceanside beach house (at least the ones I’ve seen in magazines . . . I live in Colorado – no oceans here).

Cathy ;D