Sanding You Warm Wishes

Hi Crafty Peeps!! It’s summertime! It is hot and humid! And I really wish I lived close to the beach right about now!!

But, as luck has it, I’m several hundreds of miles away from the nearest beach. That just stinks!! Oh well… if I can’t go to the beach I might as well bring the beach to me, right! Right!! Because I’m in a “beachy” mood today!

Supplies Used

Sunkissed Greetings (Pink and Main)

Hello Sunshine (Pink and Main)

Stitched Greetings (Pink and Main)

Stitched Greetings Dies (Pink and Main)

Stitched Rounded Rectangle Dies (Pink and Main)

Scallop Waves Die (Pink and Main)

First, I stamped my image on white cardstock using Blank Ink. I usually stamp several images at once and then color them all at the same time. I also like to stamp “extras”, just incase I make a boo-boo along the way. You never know when an accident may occur… like those instances where little hands wander onto your work area and snatch your work. It’s always good to just be prepared!

I like to coloring my images with color pencils and blending out with low odor mineral spirits and blending stumps. Especially on smaller images it’s really hard to color and shade, so I find that a well sharpened pencil tips fit perfectly into those hard to color areas. Once done coloring my images I hand cut the images out. If I have the matching dies for the images I will use those.

Here is a cool trick to make my rectangle seem taller, I cut out 2 rectangles. One for the sand and one for the sky. Then overlap at the ends.

Next, I stamped my sentiment from the Sunkissed Greeting set, using more black ink. I also stamped the stitched oval from the Stitched Greetings set around my sentiment. Then cut out using the matching Stitched Greetings Dies Oval Die.

Lastly, I added adhesive foam for dimension under some of my elements and adhered all the pieces of my card together to create this super cute beach scene.

And here is my finished card…