Happy By the Sea
Happy By the Sea
Other Products: Water Color Cardstock, Early Espresso Cardstock, White Cardstock, Blue Cardstock, Crumb Cake Cardstock, Early Espresso ink, Sheer Shimmer Spritz Spray, Foam Squares, Sizzix Textured Impressions Embossing Folder - Cobblesone
For more tips on creating with the Sea Breeze Collection watch the tutorial at https://youtu.be/FEQMFvu880o.
Instructions: Card size is 5 1/2 x 4 1/4” Score and fold 11 x 4 1/4” early espresso cardstock at 5 1/2” on the long side to create a top fold card base. Cut blue cardstock 5 1/8 x 3 7/8” and cut crumb cake cardstock 5 x 3 3/4”. Using the Cobblestone embossing folder, emboss the crumb cake cardstock. Adhere the blue and crumb cake layers together using dries clear adhesive and adhere to card base using dimensional squares. Cut a piece of crumb cake cardstock 4 1/8 x 5 3/8” and a card front from the paper collection 3 7/8 x 5 1/8”, ink the edges with Early Espresso ink and adhere to the inside of the card using dries clear adhesive.
Stamp the rope frame image from the A Day at Sea cling stamp set on watercolor cardstock and the sea gulls from the Sand and Sunsets Cling Stamp set on water color paper using StazOn Jet Black ink. Color using Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers: Brown, Carmine Red, Light Gray, and Beige. Diecut the frame image 4 more times from white cardstock. Adhere the layers together using dries clear adhesive to create a stronger frame. Spray the frame and sea gull images with Sheer Shimmer Spritz Spray.
Using the inner frame die, cut one of the images from the Sea Breeze Paper Collection and cut a second time from white cardstock. Adhere the two together and adhere to the card base using dries clear adhesive. Adhere the frame around the image using Darice Foam Strips.
Cut the sentiment from the paper collection, ink the edges with Early Espresso ink, curve and adhere the ends to the card front. Lightly shape the sea gulls using the Deluxe Flower Shaping Kit and adhere to the ends of the sentiment banner.