"Waving" Hello! Ocean Scene Card

I'm back today to share my card using more of the adorable products from the new company called My Pretty Things!  This card totally makes me wish I was waving hello from the beach!  Oh, well, I'll just have to dream!  Haha!

I do enjoy ink blending and really enjoyed the inking up of these waves I die cut from white cardstock with the Layered Waves Dies!  I used ink blending brushes and Distress Oxide Ink in the colors of Salty Ocean, Peacock Feathers, and Mermaid Lagoon.

I overlapped the colors for a smooth blend checking each layer as I went along to make sure it showed some contrasts of colors from one wave to another.  When I was finished, I added water splatters all over and let it air dry.  Then I mixed up a little bit of Confetti White Perfect Pearls and splattered that all over the waves.

While the waves were drying, I chose two adorable images from the Waving Hello stamp set and stamped them in Copic safe black ink.

I decided that I wanted to use the little flower in the Waving Hello set to decorate the surf board.  To do that, I stamped the image onto masking paper.  Since I didn't want the stamp beyond the lines of the surf board, I cut the surf board from the masking paper following the inner stamped line.  This masked everything except the top of the surf board allowing me to stamp the flower just onto the board.

After I colored the images with my Copic markers I cut them out with the coordinating dies.

Before I added the Layered Waves to my card base, I inked on some Squeezed Lemonade and Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide for a sky and sunshine.  I used glue and also foam tape to adhere the waves and images.

The sentiment is also ion the Waving Hello set and cut out with the coordinating die.

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Sending You Sunshine

Hello crafty friends! Today I'm back to the beach with my card featuring Honey Bee Stamps' fun Beach Scene A7 Cover Plate die, but not an A7 card! Keep reading for how I made this into an A2 card!

First I die cut the Beach Scene A7 Cover Plate die from 80# Neenah. Then I used some inks from my stash and a few Distress Inks to color the layers with ink blending brushes. The sand layers are Antique Linen and Gathered Twigs Distress ink. The water layers are three shades of teal inks (linked below). Then the sky is more Distress Inks in the color of Squeezed Lemonade, Scattered Straw, Tumbled Glass and Prize Ribbon.

Next I die cut more 80# Neenah with the fourth largest Sweet Stacks: Rectangles die. Then I used glue to adhere the Beach Scene layers to the rectangle. I slightly offset the center of the scene so that the sunrise would appear more on the right side. After all of the layers were glued on, I used my scissors to trim off all of the excess on each side.

I adhered the Beach scene to an A2 card base. Next I die cut colored cardstock with the hibiscus and plumeria blossoms and leaves dies from the Tropical Bouquet Honey Cuts. I adhered the pieces to the card with glue, except for the hibiscus, which is popped up with a foam dot.

I can't believe I didn't even add any shading to the flowers! LOL! But I just thought that they were very pretty as they are! I treated a piece of white cardstock with my antistatic tool. Then I stamped the sentiment from the Wish You Were Herestamp set in black pigment ink. I sprinkled on black embossing powder and used my heat tool to set it. I cut it out with the coordinating die.

I added foam tape to the back of the sentiment for dimension to match the flowers. I really wanted to add a bit of bling, but decided that this card didn't need it at all! What do you think?

As much as I loved making my autumn wreath card (last week's blog post) it's really hard to get into the autumn feel with it still so hot where I am! This beach scene was just what I needed, and I hope you've enjoyed the process. Thanks so very much for stopping by today!

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One More Trip to The Beach! | Honey Bee Stamps

 Hello friends!  I needed one more trip to the beach (I wish!)  Since I've no trip planned for now, I've created a peaceful beach scene card to take me there!  The Honey Bee Stamps awesome Beach Scene A7 Cover Plate die makes this very easy.

I'm short on time today, so I hope you don't mind a list of the general steps.  (If you have any questions, use the contact form in the left column.)

• Create a 5" x 7" card base from white card stock.
• Die cut the Beach Scene A7 Cover Plate die from white card stock.  Adhere the thin frame onto the card base.
• Using a blending brush, ink the wave pieces in Mermaid Lagoon, Salty Ocean and Blueprint Sketch Distress Oxides.
• Ink the sand pieces with Brushed Corduroy and Antique Linen Oxides.
• Ink up the Sandy Shores Background stamp with Ground Espresso and stamp onto the sand pieces.
• Using a cloud stencil from the Mountain Z-fold stencil set, ink the die cut clouds with Weathered Wood Oxide.
• Ink the sky portion with Tumbled Glass Oxide.
• Adhere all the pieces into the frame on the card base.

• Stamp the plants from the Luau stamp set in green inks.  I used Altenew Forest Glades and Evergreen.
• Die cut the plants with the coordinating Honey Cuts.
• Using scrap pieces of white card stock, blend some Nuvo Embellishment Mousse onto them.  I used Mother of Pearl, Aquamarine, and Coral Calypso.  Let dry.
• Stamp the shells from the Hello Summer set onto the mousse pieces with Versamark clear ink.  Sprinkle on white embossing powder and heat set.
• Stamp the beach chair from the Hello Summer stamp set with Ink On 3's Fadeout detail ink.  Color with Copic markers and then die cut with the coordinating Honey Cuts.
• Die cut the top layer of Summer Honey Cuts three times and adhere the layers.  Die cut the middle layer from Mermaid Lagoon inked card stock.  Finally, die cut the bottom layer from vellum.  Adhere it to the card front.
• Stamp the other sentiment from the Summer set on the leftover blue inked piece with Versamark, add white embossing powder and heat set.  Then I die cut it with a Sentiment Banners Honey Cuts.  I added foam tape and adhered it.

As always, I so appreciate your stopping by for a look!  I hope the rest of your week is good with lots of crafty time!

Supplies:

Beach Scene A7 Cover Plate

Summer stamps & Honey Cuts

Sandy Shores Background stamp

Luau stamps & Honey Cuts

Hello Summer stamp set & Honey Cuts

Sentiment Banners Honey Cuts

Mountain Z-fold stencil set