The Sea Is Calling For Me!

The sentiment is so fitting for me!  I could take a trip to the sea anytime at all--I love it!  I'll be sharing a few details of this card here to go along with the reel I've posted over on Instagram.  This features several beautiful products from Picket Fence Studios April release.

This shaker card is created with an A2 panel from the Beachcombing Fabulously Glossy A2 Card Fronts pack.  After sealing the shaker pocket around the card, I added the shaker bits from the Island Blues Sequin Mix.

Next I used a scrap piece of cardstock from the Coral to Aqua to Turquoise Ombré foiling toner cardstock pack.  It's great that this cardstock has beautiful colors and can be used as is, without foiling!  I placed a piece of Lapis Watercolor toner foil over it and ran it through my Minc Mini machine.  I have had this foil for several years, and amazingly, it is still available!  The link is in my list below.

I die cut the foiled piece with the dies in the Find Me By The Sea word die set.  I die cut two more from white cardstock and adhered the layers together.

After using a Paper Pouncer to color the Ornamental Grass die cut, I used glue to adhere it and the turtle to the card front.  The turtle is from the A Sea Turtle's Journey stamps and dies and I had saved it from a previous project.  The sentiment is adhered with glue.  Did you see how I trimmed the stamped sentiment to work with the die cut sentiment?  It's from the Signature Quotes: The Sea and I just used my scissors to trim off the "the sea" portion.  A few pieces of foam tape pop it up on the card.

I hope you'll check out my reel over on Instagram for some of the in action making process!  Thanks so very much for stopping by today!

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A Beautiful Ocean Themed Card with Stencils, Paper Pouncers, & Paper Glaze

Happy Friday!  Today I'm sharing my card I made with Picket Fence Studios new A Sea Turtle's Journey stamps and coordinating dies.  I used several other fun new products to make this card that you can read about below.

The background is a panel from the new Coral to Aqua to Turquoise Ombre Toner Card Stock.  The cool thing about this cardstock is that it can be used as is like I've done, or since it is a toner paper, you can add foil and run it through your Minc or laminator!  

I added Cream Puff Paper Glaze Velvet, from the sampler pack called Ocean Odyssey, through the Ocean Waves 6x8 stencil.  I set it aside to dry and cleaned up my tools.  There are two other gorgeous colors in the sampler pack too!

Next I stamped all of the turtles from the A Sea Turtle's Journey stamp set with Black Hybrid ink.  Then I cut them out with the coordinating dies.  I used one turtle for this card and will save the others for another project.  Next I used these new Paper Pouncers to add three shades of ink to the turtle.  (Inks are in the list below.)

I added two die cuts of the Layering Flora: Over-sized Ornamental Grass Die.  These were cut with white cardstock and then quickly colored with Paper Pouncers.  A TIP I forgot to mention above is to use a Paper Inking Palette to hold these intricate die cuts while you color them!  These are so helpful!!

The sentiment is from Signature Quotes: The Sea stamp set, stamped with black ink, and then cut out with the coordinating die.

I added just a touch of bling with a few sequins from the Tropical Breeze sequin mix.

I really love how this card turned out.  It was so fun to make with all of the different techniques too!  Thanks so much for stopping by.  I hope you have a wonderful and crafty weekend!

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