By the Seashore

3/30/2016 Update: This card was a Top Three winner at AHSC #152!








Today's card was inspired by the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #152 and Just Us Girls Photo Inspiration #336. My childhood and much of my adult life was filled with time spent in, on or by the sea. Who could have ever imagined that now I'm retired and living in the Sonoran Desert! I intended for the card to be masculine but by adding the rhinestones to give the look of sparkling water I am unsure if I could get away with that now.

On a panel of die cut cardstock, the Sea Fan coral was heat embossed in two colors. The other four images were stamped, heat embossed in various colors and fussy cut. A panel of paper with shells was adhered to a panel of cardstock. The striped Washi tape was thought to be paper until it was cut to size. There was a peel away backing for adhering it and liking the Washi look, it was used for the ribbon and the banner. The die cut panel in Pool Party was adhered to a panel of Vanilla cardstock, then the Vanilla was fussy cut as a mat. It was adhered with foam tape to add dimension. The images were also adhered with foam tape. This was all added to the card base, which was lined with
cardstock and decorated with a heat embossed Sea Fan coral image in Pool Party powder.

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Techniques: Stamping, die cutting, fussy cutting, heat embossing
Size: A2 (4.25" x 5.5")

Stampin' Up! Materials
Stamps: "By the Tide" and "By the Seashore"
Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Basic Gray, Pool Party
Misc.: Embossing powder (various colors), Dimensions foam tape, rhinestones

Other Materials
Inks: Versamark
DSP: Paper Pizzazz "Sea Shells" (from Joann's)
Die: My Favorite Things Die-namics Stitched Rounded Rectangles