BEACHCOMBER HELLO

 Hi friends!

Playing along with this FRESHLY MADE SKETCHES Challenge

(ends 5/18)

and this AS YOU SEE IT Challenge

(ends 5/20)

I’ve been waiting all Winter and Spring to dig out some seashell images - nothing says Summer to me like all things beach!! 

As soon as the newest FMS challenge sketch posted I knew I wanted shells, but didn’t decide on blues/greens til I went pawing through my handmade card stock scrap folder and saw this piece. I’ve hoarded it because it just screamed to me that it had to be beach-related. 

*TIP* When I get a sluggish day in the craft room, I dig out some favorite Distress ink pads, smoosh them on to a slick surface, spritz with water and press white card stock into the mess. If you dry between colors you’ll get brighter more distinct patterning. 

I embossed a 3D folder lightly to get a wavy sand feel on the kraft card stock. The shells were stamped in Versamark onto colored card stock, heat embossed with detail white powder and fussy cut.

*TIP* In this instance I didn’t want any adhesive interfering with the vellum effect so I folded each end over the patterned card stock, then trimmed off at the seam line any vellum that would be doubled over the kraft area. This still left a good size tab to fold over and glue onto the back of the patterned paper. 

Starfish points and sentiment were foam mounted. 

SUPPLIES

sand dollar stamp - PSX #C-194 (1983!!)

starfish stamp - Fred B. Mullett #201

nautilus Shell stamp - JRL Design

word dies - Spellbinders Hello Smile die set S1-154

embossing folder - Altenew Ribbon Waves

flat back dots - Pink & Main Marshmellow

white detail embossing powder

vellum

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