Summer Days Like This
Summer Days Like This
Other Products: 6” x 6” white card base, Crumb Cake card stock, Caylpso Coral, Soft Sea Foam, Gray Granite, soft suede, Early espresso ink -(stampin Up!), metallic pencils (spectrum noir), white stamping card, hot glue, parcel twine, Copic pens: Y35, R27, R29, G43, YG67, C2, C4, E35, E55, E59, Y26, Clear embossing powder
For more tips on creating with the Sea Breeze Collection watch the tutorial at https://youtu.be/FEQMFvu880o.
For more tips on creating with the Wild Aster Collection watch the tutorial at https://youtu.be/1mriCKqh-Ac.
Instructions: Cut a 5.5” square piece of paper from the collection with the seagull to the bottom right of the paper. Edge with early espresso ink, adhere onto a square of crumb cake card slightly smaller than 6” square and adhere these layers to the 6” x 6” card base.
Stamp the rope frame onto white stamping card using early espresso ink, cover in clear embossing powder, remove excess and heat to set. Die cut and colour using copic pens, colour the anchor with metallic pencil. Shape lightly using the flower shaping tools.
Stamp 4 of the sea grasses onto white stamping card using early espresso ink, cover in clear embossing powder, remove excess and heat to set. Die cut and colour using copic pens and lightly shape with the flower shaping tools.
Make the flowers: Stamp the small and medium flowers onto the flower shaping paper using the calypso coral ink, colour the centre with calypso coral and the outer edge of the petals using soft suede ink. Die cut and colour the reverse of the flower in soft suede. Spritz the reverse of the flower and use the flower shaping tools to shape. Create the flower by layering 2 petal groups together. Allow to dry.
Stamp the sprays in gray granite ink onto the flower shaping paper. Colour using daubers and the soft sea foam and calypso coral ink. Die cut and shape.
Adhere the frame to the card front, so that it frames the seagull, using hot glue and add the grasses along the bottom of the card using dries clear glue.
Place some swirls of parcel twine onto the card and use hot glue to secure the flowers and sprays in position over and under the twine. Add dries clear glue to the sprays using a sponge and sprinkle with the glitter, remove excess.
Place a nuvo drop in the centre of each flower and cover with the prills. Allow to dry then remove the excess.
Die cut the tag. Tie with twine and position into place using hot glue.