Designer's Choice Cards with Catherine and Bobbi

Hello Friends! Catherine here, sharing a swimming pool edge to edge shaker card created with the new Swimming Pool Die and the adorable friends from Kiddie Pool Stamps.

For the pool water background, I ink blended white cardstock sized 4.25” x 5.5” with Tumbled Glass and Mermaid Lagoon Distress Oxide Ink. I lightly splattered Mermaid Lagoon Distress Oxide ink mixed with some water onto the background. I then embossed another piece of white cardstock sized 4.25”x 5.5” with Moroccan Circles Embossing Folder. The Moroccan Circles has a summer feel is perfect for this card. 

I used the Swimming Pool Die to die cut the top left side and the bottom right side of the embossed cardstock to complete the card front.

I placed the embossed cardstock onto the water background and lightly traced the pool shapes. I adhered foam tape all around the pools. I added Blue Topaz, Crystal Clear Jewels, and Magic Blue Jewels into the pools. I then wrapped a polybag which was cut 6.5” x 5.5” around the card and secured it with double-sided tape on the back. 

Next, I place double sided tape onto the back of the card front and adhered it onto the pool background.  I added some cute pool friends from Kiddie Pool Stamps, and swimming accessories from Beach Buddies and Sealiously Sweet which were colored with Copic Markers. I finished off the card with white heat embossed sentiments from the Kiddie Pool Stamps and Fabulous Flamingoes.

For more details and inspiration, please drop by my blog Craft-Cat! Have a wonderful day!

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Hi there! It’s Bobbi here with a thinking of you card designed for the summer season. Nothing says summer like tropical leaves and hibiscus flowers. This floral centerpiece is a special way to send happy thoughts to someone you are thinking about. 

I am using the following Sunny Studio Stamps products:

Summer Greenery Dies

Tropical Paradise Stamps

Watering Can Stamps

Sweet Treat Bag Dies

To make this 5″ X 7″ card, I started with a light wash of color on Canson XL Watercolor paper using Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolor paint. I used soft blues and yellows which also created some nice greens, too. For the centerpiece bowl, I got creative with my Sunny Studio dies. I used the rounded flap from the Sweet Treat Bag die set and added a striped piece of pattern paper from the Subtle Greys pad for a decorative top edge to the bowl.  I used my Copic C1 and C0 to add shading below the pattern strip to make it look more real.

For the centerpiece flowers and foliage, I cut a number of sets of leaves using the Summer Greenery Dies and colored them using G28, YG67, YG17, YG03, and YG00. I like to make them look a bit striped because often they really are a bit striped in real life. Rarely are they perfectly blended (I spent years in my mom’s flower shop!)

For the hibiscus, I used the following red Copic markers to color them: R89, R29, R24, R17, R43, R22, YR31, and Y21. For the butterfly, I used YR27, YR24 and YR21. The leaves and flowers were arranged into the centerpiece bowl and adhered in place. I use Scrapbook Adhesives foam squares to make the flowers stand out a bit more. I added some sparkle to the front using coordinating shades of  embellishment jewels. Lastly, the front was attached to a white card base using double-sided tape. Tip: The double sided tape holds watercolor paper flat and keeps the edges secure.

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Sunny Studio Supplies Used: 

Tropical Paradise Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tropical Paradise Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Beach Buddies Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Beach Buddies Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fabulous Flamingos Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Moroccan Circles Embossing Shop at: Sunny Studio	Subtle Grey Tones Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sweet Treats Gift Bag Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sealiously Sweet Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Sealiously Sweet Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Kiddie Pool Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Kiddie Pool Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Watering Can Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Swimming Pool Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Summer Greenery Die Shop at: Sunny Studio