Hey friends! Cathy here
today sharing a fun summer card featuring the adorable Beach
Buddies Stamps. Summer is my favorite season so making ocean
themed/tropical cards is one of my favorite things to do!
This is a mini slimline card (card base is 6 1/4" x 6
1/2", scored on the 6 1/2" side at 3 1/4" and folded in half)
and I started by cutting a 3” x 6” panel from white cardstock for the card
front. I die-cut a piece of Eclipse masking tape using a Slimline
Nature Borders Die and placed the tape across the panel 2
1/4" from the top edge. I then inked a soft sky with Scattered Straw,
Dried Marigold and Spun Sugar Distress inks. I stamped the “happy” sentiment
1/2" below the top edge and 3/4" from the left edge. Next, I masked the sky and tore a ragged edge on a post-it note.
I applied the post-it note 1” below the horizon line and inked the sand with
Antique Linen Distress ink. Using Speckled Egg Distress ink, I very lightly
inked a few inches below the beach and dotted the shoreline with a white gel
pen. I also sprinkled a little water on the Speckled Egg area. I then adhered
the panel to the card front.
For the waves, I cut 3 pieces of white cardstock (1” x 3
1/4", 2 1/8”x 3 1/4", 2 1/2" x 3 1/4") and die-cut the top
edge of each piece using the Catch
a Wave Dies. I inked them with Evergreen Bough Distress ink at the
bottom blended into Speckled Egg Distress ink towards the top of each wave and
sprinkled water on them. Since I tucked the critters behind the waves, I set
them aside until I had my critters ready to adhere. I stamped all the images on Neenah Classic Crest 80lb solar
white cardstock, colored them with Copics and die-cut them using the
coordinating dies. I used the Beach
Buddies Stamps/Dies and
the Beach
Babies Stamps/Dies (umbrella
and beach ball). I then adhered the critters and waves to the card front as
shown.
To finish, I die-cut a palm tree from the Tropical
Trees Backdrop Die from white cardstock, colored it with Copics
and adhered it on the beach. I heat embossed the “Summer” sentiment on white
cardstock with white embossing powder, inked over it with Kitsch Flamingo
Distress ink and fussy cut around it.
I hope you enjoyed and thanks for stopping by today! For more
inspiration, please visit my blog www.inkredibleadventures.com and you can
also find me on Instagram as @cathy.chapdelaine.
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