Take your summer cards to the next level by combining florals and subtle hints of the ocean air. Mix in a little sand, and you have a masterpiece.
We have a gorgeous nod to summer with today’s stunning floral card creation by Kassie. She shared, “There is something calming about walking on the beach, and listening to the waves. I’ve tried to recreate a bit of that magic in this card, and I even included some real sand!” We love her use of the Flourish stencil and how it mimics with breeze and waves of the ocean. Sometimes our cards can lean into the whimsical and not so literal, and this card *feels* like a stroll down the summer beach boardwalk.
- Sprinkle watercolor pigment powder in a diagonal on a piece of watercolor paper, then spray with water to activate the pigments. The more you spray, the more the colors will move and blend, the less you spray, the more pops of color you will get. Let dry completely
- Add modeling paste through the 4308 Flourish stencil following the same diagonal the paint is on. Let dry
- Sprinkle on some chunky white, gold, and black embossing powders randomly along the same diagonal. Heat from below to melt the embossing powders without blowing them off the paper
- Cut a piece of children’s Fun Foam and glue it to a piece of felt, then attach to the Tim Holtz blending tool handle. Use this lightly apply a thin layer of white acrylic paint to just the lights points of the stenciled image and embossing powder texture. The firm foam should skim easily over just the highest points.
- Cut the paper the 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″
- Adhere double stick tape near outside edge of a piece of cardstock.
- Remove the liner and cover with sand. Shake off excess sand, then cover with a scrap piece of paper and burnish with a bone folder to ensure sand is firmly adhered to the tape.
- Die cut the sand paper using the largest die from 5028D Nested Rectangle Scallop die
- Stamp 38023 Layered Echinacea onto watercolor paper using a light waterproof ink
- Watercolor the flowers
- Die cut the flowers using 38023D Layered Echinacea die. Cut and addition 3 blanks
- Adhere the stack of flower die cuts together
- Tie a sting around the textured panel and tuck the flower behind the bow. Add some adhesive behind the flower to glue in place
- Adhere the sand panel to an A2 card base
- Adhere the textured panel on top of the sand panel
- Stamp the Happy Birthday sentiment from 3495-05 Vitamin Sea using Versamark Clair Nocturne ink on a separate piece of paper
- Die cut the sentiment using 5704D Nested Tags die
- Rub an embossing ink pad around the edges of the sentiment tag, and emboss with gold embossing powder
- Adhere sentiment tag to the card
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