Beach Bus Summer Card Set with Mendi

Hello and welcome! This is Mendi here today, popping in to share some VW bus-inspired cards for summer using our Beach Bus Stamps.

For my first card, I paired the bus and surfboard from the Beach Bus Stamps with the ocean, palm trees, umbrella, and clouds from the Ocean View Stamps, and the seals and punny greeting from the Sealiously Sweet Stamps. I used the car and surfboard to hide the beach chair in the ocean scene and trimmed off the beach umbrella so I could position it higher. I then used the string from our Bold Balloons Stamps to string the flip flops from the Sealiously Sweet set between the palm trees and umbrella as a sort of banner or clothesline.

For my second card, I paired the bus and luggage from the Beach Bus Stamps with the critters on scooters from our Critters on the Go Stamps and the peeking woodland critters from our Truckloads of Love Stamps. To set the scene behind them, I used the grass border from the Picket Fence Dies, which I positioned to cut twice in my die-cutting machine to span the longer length of my 8.5" wide slimline card. I then inked up the grassy portion with Twisted Citron distress ink and the dirt road portion with Antique Linen distress ink. My sky was inked with a light hand of Salty Ocean distress ink, and I added the palm trees from our Tropical Scenes Stamps and Sending Sunshine Stamps. Lastly, I tucked in the clouds from our Tropical Trees Backdrop Dies and stamped a punny greeting from the Critters on the Go set.

That wraps up my projects for this morning. I hope I've inspired you in your own cardmaking and that you spread a little happiness by sending out a card to a loved one today. 😊

Don't forget to check out our Sealiously Sweet Stamps and Critters on the Go Stamps in our online shop, which are currently on sale!

Also, please check out all the card ideas using the set the product page. I always make sure to upload tons of card ideas following the product image. 💛

Supplies Used:

Bold Balloons Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Picket Fence Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad Shop at: Sunny Studio	Versafine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio
Sending Sunshine Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sending Sunshine Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sealiously Sweet Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sealiously Sweet Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Tropical Scenes Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tropical Scenes Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Critters on the Go Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Critters on the Go Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Ocean View Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Ocean View Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tropical Trees Backdrop Shop at: Sunny Studio	Truckloads of Love Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Truckloads of Love Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Beach Bus Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Beach Bus Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Zig Chisel Tip Glue Pen Shop at: Sunny Studio
Tsukineko Jumbo Dauber Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Studio Blending Brushes Shop at: Sunny Studio

Mermaid Kisses & Oceans of Joy Cards with Mendi

Hello and welcome! This is Mendi here today, popping in to share some sea-themed cards for summer using our Mermaid Kisses Stamps and Oceans of Joy Stamps.

For my first card using the Mermaid Kisses Stamps, I paired the mermaids with the dolphin and the octopus from our Oceans of Joy Stamps, the palm trees from our Sending Sunshine Stamps and Ocean View Stamps, and the island from our Tropical Scenes Stamps. To create the waves to tuck my critters between, I cut four layers using our Catch A Waves Dies. I added the sunrays behind my island, using a soft lilac print from our Spring Sunburst Paper pack, and stamped my punny birthday greeting using a sentiment from the Mermaid Kisses set.

For my second card, I started with a sparkly background I originally created for the posts shared HERE and HERE. This was my first attempt where I had some of the glitter gel seep below the stencil I had made with our Frilly Frames Lattice Dies. However, always the saver, I hated to throw it away, so I held onto it for six years "just in case." Well, I finally put it to good use, hiding most of my boo-boos behind the giant whale (and turtle) from our Oceans of Joy Stamps. It adds such a pretty sparkle to the scene in person! I added coral and kelp to my sea floor using images from our Best Fishes Stamps, Magical Mermaids Stamps, and the Mermaid Kisses Stamps. Lastly, I added the mermaid and sentiment from the Mermaid Kisses, stamping it onto a pennant strip from the Notebook Photo Corner Dies.

That wraps up my projects for this morning. I hope I've inspired you in your own cardmaking and that you spread a little happiness by sending out a card to a loved one today. 😊

Don't forget to check out our Oceans of Joy Stamps, Best Fishes Stamps, Magical Mermaids Stamps, and Catch A Waves Dies in our online shop, which are all currently on sale!

Also, please check out all the card ideas using these sets on each of their product pages. I always make sure to upload tons of card ideas following the product image so there are lots of ideas to scroll through there organized by set. 💛

Supplies Used:

Magical Mermaid Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Magical Mermaid Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Oceans of Joy Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Oceans of Joy Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Spring Sunburst 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Frilly Frames Lattice Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Catch A Wave Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Best Fishes Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Best Fishes Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tropical Scenes Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tropical Scenes Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Ocean View Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Ocean View Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Notebook Photo Corners Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Mermaid Kisses Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Mermaid Kisses Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
PinkFresh Studio Blending Brushes Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tsukineko Jumbo Dauber Shop at: Sunny Studio	Versafine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio

Oceans of Joy & Tropical Scenes Cards with Mendi

Hello and welcome! This is Mendi here today, popping in to share some ocean-themed cards for Summer using our Oceans of Joy Stamps and Tropical Scene Stamps.

For my first beach card, I paired the crab and sentiment from the Oceans of Joy Stamps with the Best Fishes Stamps crab. I positioned them on an island from our Tropical Scene Stamps, added the palm tree and parrot from the Sending Sunshine Stamps, and the smiling sun from the Balloon Ride Stamps. I framed my little scene by inking up a Stitched Circle Large Die using Salty Ocean and Peacock Feathers Distress Inks and mounted them onto a white embossed backdrop using the Moroccan Circle Embossing Folder. Phew! That might sound like a whole lot of sets to create what turned out to be a clean and simple design, but all of these elements (except for the sun) were leftover pieces that failed to be included on earlier cards, so I was so happy to put them all to good use.

For my second card, I also utilized many elements I had previously colored in earlier years, including this water background I made when I was inking up a series of water-themed backdrops last summer. I never got around to using this one, so it is was so nice to have something ready to go to speed up the process. I love to sit down and make a number of backgrounds like this assembly line style while I already have everything out. This was a full A2-sized panel, but I was able to repurpose it perfectly for this vertical, slimline-style card. I started by fussy-cutting a wavy top along the panel's top with my scissors to form gentle ocean waves. I then tucked the island and one palm tree beneath using our Tropical Scene Stamps and the second larger palm tree from the Sending Sunshine Stamps.

For the ocean floor at the bottom of my card, I added part of the coral and plant border from the Tropical Scenes Stamps. For my greeting, I heat embossed the phrase "wishing you oceans of joy" using the Oceans of Joy Stamps, but I wanted to word "oceans" to be more prominent in my scene and to make the greeting more of a focal point so I used the Loopy Letters Dies to spell out the word in the center. I then arranged the whale, dolphin, octopus, sea turtles, and other fish from the Oceans of Joy Stamps around my greeting. I completed my card by adding three small clouds from the Comic Strip Everyday Dies to fill in some of the empty space around my palm trees and the flipping dolphin. 

That wraps up my projects for this morning. I hope I've inspired you in your own cardmaking and that you spread a little happiness by sending out a card to a loved one today.💛

Don't forget to check out our Oceans of Joy Stamps, Best Fishes Stamps, and Moroccan Circles Embossing Folder in our online shop, which are all currently on sale!  Also, please check out all the card ideas using these sets on each of their product pages. I always make sure to upload tons of card ideas following the product image so there are lots of ideas to scroll through there organized by set.

Supplies Used:

Oceans of Joy Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Oceans of Joy Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad Shop at: Sunny Studio	Memento Tuxedo Black Marker Shop at: Sunny Studio
Comic Strip Everyday Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Loopy Letters Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Best Fishes Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Best Fishes Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Sending Sunshine Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sending Sunshine Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Moroccan Circles Embossing Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tropical Scenes Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Tropical Scenes Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Circle Small Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Balloon Rides Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Balloon Rides Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Zig Chisel Tip Glue Pen Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Studio Blending Brushes Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hero Arts White Detail Shop at: Sunny Studio	VersaMark Watermark Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio