Hi friends!
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
Thanks for stopping in today!
9 comments:
Oh wowza, Nancy - I LOVE this! Your details are perfect, the sandy emboss, the torn vellum foam, the gorgeous spritzy water - perfect! Love your heat embossed shells, too! Perfect for summer! Thanks so much for playing at As You See It! (And come for class any time you're in AZ!)
This is just GORGEOUS! You combined all those images perfectly and your background technique is spot on! The vellum adds just the right touch! Amazing sentiment too! Love it all! Thanks for playing with our Beachcombing challenge this week at As You See It!
What a beautiful card! The soft rippling of the sand is super but it's the use of the vellum to soften the background and to act as waves on the shore is inspired. The cluster of shells is great... thanks so much for sharing this with us at As You See It.
Saw your card on Freshly Made Sketches....not only did you do a great job on the interpretation of the sketch, but all the extra detail you put in really blew me away. The distress ink squishing, the use of vellum and the subtle wavy embossing is outstanding. Love it!
Nancy your beach inspired card is fabulous! I love the subtly embossed sand and your inky cardstock is perfect for the sea, as is your vellum and the torn edge adds great textural detail. And a trio of shells to boot! Thanks for sharing with us over at As You See It this week!
A wonderful nautical themed card! I love the beachcomber elements and the torn vellum is a nice touch! Thanks for joining Freshly Made Sketches this week!
This is fabulous! I love how you've used the sketch to create a beach scene! Thanks so much for joining us at Freshly Made Sketches.
What a wonderful beach scene! I love how you used some vellum to create the waves. This is brilliant. Thanks for joining us at FMS this week.
Nancy, you've nailed this beach scene, particularly in your use of vellum and white embossing powder! The varied colour of the water, the wavy textured sand and the gorgeous shells are everything!Thanks for giving our theme at try at As You See It!
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