CSWM Girl on the Beach Card

Sorry, I missed last week.  Both my husband and I ended up having health issues that had to be dealt with immediately.  I was busy resting and helping my husband with his health issues.  We are back on track, through taking better care of ourselves.

This is my second post for the August Come Stamp With Me "Fun Techniques" Class.  This was a great class and we all had fun.  This card was a hit and a favorite among the participants.  A couple of them talked about framing their card and using it as a home décor item.  I love when we can find multi purposes for the cards or projects we make.   I love this card and have made it in different ways a couple of times.  I hope you enjoy it too.

This card takes me to the beach on the Oregon Coast.

I can hear the birds and smell the ocean breezes.  It

makes me happy....  This is a 5 x 7 card using SU

Whisper White ( 6 3/4 x 4 3/4) to create the beach scene.

This card is made using the SU High Tide and Beautiful You

stamp sets. The first thing I stamped was the dancing

girl from the SU Beautiful You stamp set 

in Black Memento towards the left of the card.  

I then put a paper mask over her so she stood 

on her own without taking on the background colors.

The sand dune is created using two

of the sand & grass stamps from the SU High Tide

stamp set and SU Crumb Cake.  I added more color

to create texture.  I then added the seagrass in 

SU Soft Suede, mostly stamped off for a lighter

color, although you can see where I forgot to stamp off.

Some people liked the darker seagrass and didn't stamp off.

It is so much fun when people do their own creative ideas

and share them with others.  This happens a lot in the 

Come Stamp With Me Classes.  We are all there to 

support each other, be creative, and have fun!

Next, I created the sky and sea.  First, I used a piece

of scrap paper to create a mask for the sand dunes.

Using a sponge dauber and SU Balmy Blue ink,

I lightly laid a base for the sky and sea.  Go in a

circular pattern, starting off the edge of the paper.  

Lift off the dauber in some areas, you can see

it looks like soft clouds are in the sky.

Then, I used the water stamp from the SU High Tide

stamp set and SU Coastal Cabana ink to create the sea.  

Think about creating a horizon between the sky and sea. 

Then go for it, I stamped off in some areas and stamped 

full on in order to create texture and movement of the sea.

Just play with this until you get the look you like.

Then the last thing to stamp are the birds and 

any other sentiment you want to add in SU Soft Suede.  

Then using the sponge daubers and SU Balmy Blue and Crumb Cake

inks, edge the border of the beach scene. 

Remove the mask from the dancing girl and color in her 

dress and hat using SU Stampin' Blends.  I used Flirty Flamingo

and Pineapple Punch on this card.  The class participants went

wild and there were different designs and colors on every card.  

People loved sharing their ideas and then using someone else's 

creative idea.  We had polka dots, mixed colors, one red dress and one

purple dress.  They were all awesome.  I learn so much at these classes.

Now, the fun part...using SU Alphabet Dies, create a word of 

your choice, that is 5 letters or less.  Some examples are:

Smile, Happy, Dance, Love, Hugs, Thank, and on...  

You lay out the letters across the beach scene and

cut the word out using a Big Shot machine.

Adhere the Beach Scene layer to the Balmy Blue layer.

Using SU Dimensionals place each letter back into the 

negative space on the front layer.  I love this technique

and it can be done for many different cards.  You just

create a background or scene, die cut the word, stamp 

additional words, like the "You Are Loved" on the card.

I'm thinking of creating a Christmas Card using this technique.

What ideas do you have?  I would love to hear about them.

I apologize for not having photos of the inside of the card and 

the envelope.  On the inside, I recreated the sand dunes, leaving

a spot to add a die cut Adirondack chair using SU Wood Textures DSP

 and SU Seasonal Layers Thinlits Die.  

On the envelope, I created the sand dunes again to give a 

hint of what is inside the envelope. 

Supplies:

Paper

Crumb Cake Cardstock – 7 x 10, score @ 5 for card base (5x7)

Balmy Blue Cardstock – 6 7/8 x 4 7/8; front border layer

Whisper White Cardstock – two 6 ¾ x 4 ¾; one for front layer and one for inside layer

Wood Textures DSP – 2 ¼ x 1 7/8 to die cut the Adirondack Chair for inside layer

Stamping Mask Paper – stamp and cut out the dancing woman to use as a mask for the front layer

Scrap Paper to use as a mask for the sky and sea

5 x 7 envelope

 Ink

Memento Black to stamp dancing woman

Crumb Cake to stamp the sand dune and edge the panel

Soft Suede to stamp grass on the sand dune (stamp off); full color for the birds and sentiments on the front and inside (optional)

Balmy Blue to add the sky and base of sea, using a sponge dauber and to edge the front panel

Coastal Cabana to stamp in the sea, some stamped off and some full

Stampin’ Blends – Pineapple Punch for the hat on the woman with the Calypso Coral dress; Mango Melody for the hat with the Flirty Flamingo dress

Stamps

Blossoming Basket – “You Are Loved” Sentiment and Make A Difference – “Birthday”; there will be other options for you to select

Other

Alphabet Dies – to die cut word options; Happy, Smile, Thank, Dance, Hello, Life, Love, Hugs, or other 3-5 letter words.

Please make a comment if you have any questions about the card, Come Stamp With Me Classes, or how to order Stampin' Up products.  Have a creative day!

18th Birthday Card - three fold card technique

I love creating scenes on cards; it is something I have done for over 25 years.  Stampin' Up has many stamps that can create beautiful scenes for card that are ageless and genderless.  I like that.  With this technique, you can create any season card using different stamps that work for the season.  I have all kinds of ideas, including a Christmas card.  I hope this gets your creative juices flowing.

This is a card I made for my husband's great-niece who was turning 18.  She loves nature, is an individual thinker, and cares for animals and humans alike.  So, I had seen a technique to make a three fold card which also created a scene.  So, I decided to use this technique to create this 18th birthday card.  I hope you like it.

Dancing by the Sea Card

Paper used:  Whisper White Thick, 8 1/2 by 11, card base; Wood Textures Designer Series Paper (DSP), for beach chairs; and Whisper White medium envelope

Stamps used:  Beautiful You - Dancing Woman;

Eastern Beauty - "life is beautiful" sentiment on the front; 

Number of Years - top sentiment on inside of card;

Butterfly Basics - Happy Birthday on inside of card; and 

High Tide - front of the card and first inside layer for the beach, the sea, and the seabirds.

Inks used:  Crumb Cake and Soft Suede for the beach and beach grass;

Early Espresso for front sentiment, dancing woman, and Happy Birthday on inside of card;

Pool Party and Bermuda Bay for the sea and Bermuda Bay only for top inside sentiment;

Soft Sky and Marina Mist for the sponged sky; and 

Basic Black Archival for the seabirds.

Other Tools:  Layering Oval Framelits for the cutout on the front of the card; and

Seasonal Layers Thinlits for the beach chairs

I am showing this photo first so you have an idea of 

what the card is suppose to look like.

Step One:  Using a scoring tool, score the 8 1/2 by 11 Whisper White Thick

cardstock at 4 1/4 down the length of the cardstock.  Then turn the cardstock

and score at 5 1/2 across the width of the cardstock.  Turn the cardstock 

lengthwise again.  You will see the cardstock has four sections.  You

will now cut out the top left section so you have three sections

as shown above in the photo.  Set that piece aside to use for another card.

Fold down and burnish the top right section,

this will be the first inside layer.  Fold over and burnish the bottom

left section and this is the front layer.  Lightly mark this layer with

a pencil.  This is so you know which section you will cut out the oval frame.

Lay the card down on the Big Shot making sure you will only be cutting

through the front layer.  Cut out the oval frame.  Set aside the oval to use 

on another card.

With the card folded so the oval frame is open on the 

first inside layer, lightly mark in pencil the top, bottom, 

and both sides of the oval on the first layer.  This

gives you the boundary for creating the scene you

want to have show on the front of the card.

Now, to create the scene.

Step Two:  Open up the card so you can stamp on the front of the 

card.  You will create the beach only for the front.

Using the long beach stamp with the chair insert in it,

stamp the beach with Crumb Cake, sometimes 

stamping off for lighter shades.  Go up on the bottom

of the oval.  Now, using the small beach stamp and 

Soft Suede ink stamp randomly to add depth to the 

beach.  You will want to test to see if you need to 

stamp off so the beach isn't too dark.  I played with 

this on scrap paper until I found the combination

I liked.  Using the beach grass stamp and Soft Suede,

randomly stamp the beach grass.  Again test to see

what you like.

Step Three:  Using the Seasonal Layer Beach Chair die, cut out

two chairs on the Wood Textures DSP.  Pick the

color you like, there is a great variety.  I actually

cut out a number of chairs to see which one I liked

for the scene.  Lay the Beach Chair on the front 

covering up the hole for the chair.  The stamp the 

sentiment on the front using Early Espresso ink.  

Don't adhere the Beach Chair yet.  Turn to the first 

inside layer.

Step Four:  You are going to want to fold back the front layer

of the card and flatten the first layer so you can stamp

the scene without getting anything on the other

two layers.

As you stamp, you may want to stop and check to

see what is showing through the oval frame.  

Create the beach like you did on the front of the card.

Then using the water stamp, first stamp with Pool

Party ink, being random and stamping off so you have

some white spaces and different shades of water.

Then stamp with Bermuda Bay, definitely stamping 

off until you create the sea you like. You may want

to go back over it with Pool Party again.  I played with 

this on scrap paper until I got the look I liked.

Next you will create the sky using a sponge dauber with 

Soft Sky first.  You can create texture and color variation

by going lighter or heavier with the dauber.  Always start off 

the edge of the cardstock so you have a more blended look.  Have

paper under the card to keep the edges clean.  Leave some 

white spaces here as well.  Then use Marina Mist very

sparingly to add depth to the sky.  Again, I played on scrap paper

until I liked the combination for the sky.

Once you like your scene, then stamp the dancing woman

in Early Espresso.  Note, she will be close to the bottom and 

won't fully show through the oval frame.

Then in Basic Black Archival ink, stamp the seabirds in the sky.

I angled it up slightly.

Step Five:  Lay the Beach Chair on the inside scene, don't 

adhere yet.  Close the front of the card to see if

it aligns with the front beach chair.  Once you have

both Beach Chairs where you like them, adhere with 

Tombow glue to allow you to move around.  On the

Beach Chair for the front, do not put glue on part

of the Beach Chair that will be over the oval frame

as it will glue the card shut.  Eek, I almost did that.

Almost done.

Step Six:  You can choose whether you want to stamp the 

top of the inside layer or not.  Remember,

to use colors that won't show through on the

scene which is on the other side of the section.

I did it because visually it looked better to me.

Otherwise, the bottom inside layer would have

been very busy.

This is the bottom inside layer with the sentiment

stamped in Early Espresso.

Step Seven:  Here is the envelope and finished card;  I would 

recommend doing the envelope at the same time you

are creating the beach for the scene on the front and inside.

You could also add Happy Birthday if you wanted to the 

envelope.  Have fun and make the card your own.

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