Hello fellow stampers! I am Theresa McEntee-author of Theresa’s Treasures Paper Crafts. I am hopping along with the Ink & Inspiration Blog Hop today with my Seaside Wishes Encouragement Card. Here you can also visit super awesome blogs from around the world! The list to follow the hop is at the end of my blog post. Please stop by and see everyone’s wonderful projects!
The Seaside Wishes Encouragement Card is designed with the Seaside Wishes stamp set and dies available in my Online Store HERE.
The Ink & Inspiration Challenge this month is both an image and a color challenge. I was really stuck with this one. The colors were more inspiring to me than the image. Several stamp sets were tried and several cards made before I decided on this Seaside Wishes Encouragment Card.
Measurements for the Seaside Wishes Encouragment Card
- Thick Basic White cardstock (cs) card base: 4 1/4″ x 11″ scored at 5 1/2″
- Basic White cs: 4″ x 8″ (to die cut the sand dollars)
- Basic White cs: 5/8″ x 4 1/4″ (for sentiment)
- Calypso Coral cs: 3″ x 5 1/2″ (to stamp & die cut the starfish)
- Coastal Cabana cs: 3 1/2″ x 5 1/2″
- Garden Green cs: 1 1/2″ x 3 1/2″ (to die cut the seaweed)
- Old Olive cs: 1″ x 3 1/2″ (to die cut the seaweed)
Supplies
- Stamp Set: Seaside Wishes
- Dies: Seaside Wishes
- Embossing Folder: Seaside Wishes Hybrid Embossing Folder & So Swirly Embossing Folder
- Ink: Crumb Cake, Calypso Coral & Coastal Cabana
- Embellishments: Adhesive-Backed Dappled Dots
- Wink of Stella
- Blending Brushes
- Sponge Dauber
Instructions for the Seaside Wishes Encouragement Card
- Use a Blending Brush and the Crumb Cake Ink to blend color onto the front panel of the Thick Basic White cs card base. Apply a darker color to the edges.
- Stamp the stones and sand with the Crumb Cake Ink.
- Die cut the sand dollars using the Seaside Wishes Hybrid Embossing Folder with the Seaside Wishes Dies.
- Apply a light layer of Crumb Cake Ink to each sand dollar with a Blending Brush. Make some areas a little darker. Set aside.
- Stamp the starfish onto the Calypso Coral cs in Calypso Coral Ink. Die cut with the Seaside Wishes Dies. Set aside.
- Tear the Coastal Cabana cs along the right-hand side to make an ocean wave. Emboss with the So Swirly Embossing Folder.
- Apply Wink of Stella to the torn portion of the Coastal Cabana cs. Adhere to front left of the Basic White cs card base.
- Die cut some of the seaweed from the Garden Green and Old Olive cardstock.
- Arrange the sand dollars, starfish & seaweed as desired.
- Add the Adhesive-Backed Dappled Dots as stones.
- Stamp the sentiment in Coastal Cabana Ink onto the 5/8″ strip of Basic White cs. Adhere to the card front.
In the end I really enjoyed designing the Seaside Wishes Encouragement Card because it reminded me of a vacation I took with my family to a beach in Florida. We had such a wonderful time. Good memories! I will have to design a scrapbook page now!
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Have a most wonderful day!
Theresa
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Very pretty card! I love this bundle, and since I only live 90 miles from the ocean, this card really appeals to me.
Wonderful card! I love the way you added the feel of the ocean and the sand. Making it vertical is really cool.
Nice! I really like the seaside theme. I am getting a bigger collection of ocean-y stamp sets than I care to admit
Lovely card Theresa, love the sponging on the sand dollars x