Under the Sea

It's officially May which means it's time to say goodbye to all the retiring stamp sets. In total, I'm losing 18 stamp sets from my collection (although a few of those will be kept because I love them so much). Many of these stamp sets are still available, but they are no longer guaranteed. If you want any of the sets featured, buy now before they are gone!

I wanted to make a masculine underwater card. After digging through my patterned paper stack, I landed on the True Gentleman DSP as the perfect compliment to the Seaside Shore fish and anchor. I love the use of the Embossing Folder as a background piece and the sparkly glitter enamel dots.

For my second card, I wanted to use the Seaside Embossing Folder to create an underwater scene. I stamped on the seaweed and bubbles and then embossed my piece of Vanilla. From there I stamped and cut out the fish and sentiment. I layered those onto paper to create a ocean-like background and finished the card with some glitter enamel shapes and pearls.

Stamps: Seaside Shore
Inks: Night fo Navy; Dapper Denim; Emerald Envy; Calypso Coral; Soft Sky; Tranquil Tide
Cardstock: True Gentleman DSP; Color Theory DSP; Very Vanilla; Night of Navy; Tranquil Tide; Dapper Denim
Accessories: Pearls; Glitter Enamel Dots
Tools: Seaside Embossing Folder

SSINKIC46: Under the Waves

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card using the image below as inspiration.

I pulled out my trusty Seaside Shore stamp set and started layering on some pieces. I stamped the seaweed and fish separately, colored them, and cut them out. I was going to adhere them to an embossed piece of white or Pool Party paper but it just wasn't right. After staring at the card for a while, I finally figured out how to make the background piece: watercolor it! I did a simple watercolor wash using Pool Party ink before stamping on some bubbles, starfish, and a sentiment. I layered it on a piece of Pool Party to repeat the color and them adhere it to a Lemon Lime Twist card base to repeat the seaweed color. Such a fun card!

Stamps: Seaside Shoer
Inks: Lemon Lime Twist; Flirty Flamingo; Powder Pink; Pool Party; Dapper Denim
Cardstock: Pool Party; Lemon Lime Twist
Accessories:
Tools:

Time at the Seaside

Today’s card is celebrates the great By the Shore DSP pack. I love the fun sea motifs included in this pack. I paired the paper with the coordinating stamp set Seaside Shore. Construction wise, this is a simple card. I cut strips of DSP to create the background and then layered them on top of a piece of Soft Sky. The images were stamped and cut out.

Stamps: Seaside Shore
Inks: Dapper Denim; Calypso Coral; Mint Macaron; Soft Sky
Cardstock: By the Shore DSP; Very Vanilla; Soft Sky; Dapper Denim
Accessories:
Tools: Layering Circle Framelits

Stamp Sets to Use:

Birthday Blooms
Celebrate Today
Build a Birthday
Love and Affection
Foxy Friends
No Bones About It
Watercolor Wings
Papillon Potpurri
Jar of Love
Petite Petals
Seaside Shore
Suite Sayings
Friendly Wishes
Flower Shop
Timeless Textures
Playful Backgrounds
Work of Art
Blooms and Wishes
Botanical Blooms
Kinda Eclectic
Labeler Alphabet
Cookie Cutter Christmas
Paisleys and Posies
Endless Birthday Wishes
Dragonfly Dreams
Cool Treats
Bookcase Builder
Birdcage Builder
Tasty Trucks
Hey Chick
Designer Tee
Reverse Words
Four You
Four Feathers

Swimming with the Fishes

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a manly card. I love the fun underwater look of this card. I layered on a few pieces of DSP, some fussy cut images, and some stamped images. The end result is a lot of layers, but not a complicated card at all.

Stamps: Seaside Shore
Inks: Denim Dapper; Calypso Coral; Mint Macaron; Crumb Cake
Cardstock: By the Shore DSP; Very Vanilla; Calypso Coral
Accessories: Dapper Denim Ruched Ribbon; Mint Macaron 5/8" Mini Striped Ribbon
Tools: Circles Framelits; Scallop Tag Topper Punch

Just Keep Swimming

Sneak peek time! We're getting so close to the launch of the Holiday Catalog...

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a masculine card. This Seaside Shore stamp set and coordinating paper is perfect for all the men in your life. I went with a simple design highlighting the beautiful stripe patter and stamp set. The only other piece I added was a few gold sequins to add a bit of pop. Notice that I fussy cut the fish and popped him on a dimension to give more dimension.

Stamps: Seaside Shore
Inks: Night of Navy; Soft Sky; Wild Wasabi
Cardstock: By the Shore DSP; Night of Navy; Soft Sky
Accessories: Gold Sequins
Tools:

Sunday Haul #15

July's stamp club order came early! Woohoo! I snagged:

Playful Backgrounds Stamp Set
Seaside Shore Stamp Set
Petal Burst Embossing Folder
Labeler Alphabet Stamp Set
Metallic Foil Doilies
Softly Falling Embossing Folder
2016-2018 In Color Enamel Shapes