Smell the Sea

Hi there,

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I'd like to share a Sparkle N Sprinkle card with you using two of our May release sets, Sand Dune Silhouettes 940 and Nature of the Beach 929 along with an older set Wetlands 1 790.  

I started with making a mask, by die cutting a circle (Lifestyle Nested Circles) and using the frame part, taping it lightly to my white cardstock square. 

I positioned the "water" in the stamping platform so that it would stamp in the middle of the circle. I stamped with Versafine Clair Twilight and heat embossed with Sparkle. 

Memento Sky Blue was sponged on for the sky. 

After inking the bottom third with Versafine Claire Cheerful I sprinkled on some Celestial Glitter which attached to the Versafine like an embossing powder. This gave a shimmery, sandy look. 

The mask was then removed and the birds and the sentiment were then placed on the stamping platform and stamped in Versafine Clair Twilight, I then heat embossed the sentiment with Sparkle. 

1/4" tear-ific Tape edged a 5 3/4" square piece of card and after attaching the scene to the middle, Autumn Frost was burnished in to the sticky edges. The little turtle was stamped on the beach with Versafine Clair Acorn ink. I inked and stamped a couple of times to give it good coverage on the textured sand.

 

The shells were stamped in Versafine Acorn and were colored with Copics. Nuvo Crystal Drops Ripened Pumpkin, Sugared Almond and Jewel Drops Rose Water were then added to the shells for some dimension. Once dry they were mounted to the bottom of the scene using foam tape. 

That finished off my card for today. 

Below you will find all the products that I used in my card and those with a link can be found over at the Sparkle N Sprinkle website. You can use my code ShonaDT10 for a further 10% of your purchase.

Sand Dune Silhouettes Set 940

Nature of the Beach Set 929

Wetlands 1 Set 790

Sparkle (EP107)

Celestial (G1031)

Autumn Frost (GM2031)

Versafine Clair Cheerful

Versafine Claire Acorn

Versafine Clair Twilight

Memento Summer Sky

Nuvo Crystal Drops: Ripened Pumpkin

Nuvo Crystal Drops: Sugared Almond

Nuvo Jewel Drops: Rose Water

¼” Tear-ific Tape

Lifestyle Nested Circles Dies

Copics

I'd like to join in the following challenges with my card today:
Try Stampin' on Tuesday, Challenge #407: Masking
Craft Stamper Make it Take it Challenge - May: Anything Goes
World Wide Open Design Team Challenge #5: Anything Goes
Morgan's Artworld Open Challenge #5 - May: Anything Goes
Classic Design Team Open Challenge #4: ATG

Hope you'll come back to visit again soon. Thanks again for stopping by!

Shona

Take Time to Relax!

Hi there,

I'm so glad you stopped by today. My card today features three Sparkle N Sprinkle Stamp Sets, two from the May Reveal: Cruisin' Digi 949, Sand Dune Silhouettes 940 and one older Set 404, Ocean Treasures. This card shows not only how to work with more than one stamp set at a time, but also how digis and rubber can work together.

To begin with I printed out the version of the Cruisin' digi. After fussy cutting the car I applied Versamark and heat set with Clear Detail. I repeated this step and then after applying Versamark a third time, I heat set with Super Thick Clear. You need to heat from beneath to stop the thicker granules of embossing powder from flying off the project. This gave our car a lovely shine. 

I stamped my sand dune scene, starting with the sand dune stamp and then the grasses in the bottom left, then the little grass from the Ocean Treasures Set in the bottom right. All of these stamps were stamped in Versafine Clair Acorn. I then cut a line along the horizon of the scene.

Memento inks were applied directly to paper to color the sand.

When the inks were dry I took a brush and applied Brushable Glue on top of the sand and applied Sparkling Sands Flocking to give the sand some texture and sparkle.

The sentiment and birds were arranged on the stamp platform and were stamped with the Versafine Clair Acorn Brown again directly to the blue cardstock that I was going to use as the background.

The blue panel was attached to a Kraft card base then the sand dune scene was taped down with 1/4" Tear-ific Tape. The car was added with mounting foam to finish off my card for the day.

Listed below are the Sparkle N Sprinkle products used on my project that you will find on the website. You can use my personal code ShonaDT10 at checkout for a further 10% off these products and anything else that catches your eye!.

Cruisin’ Digi Set 949

Sand Dune Silhouettes Set 940

Ocean Treasures Set 404

Clear Detail (EP280)

Super Thick Clear (EP230)

Versamark

Versafine Clair Acorn

Memento Inks: Desert Sand and Toffee Crunch

Brushable Glue #540

Sparkling Sands (FL218)

¼” Tear-ific Tape

Mounting Tape

I'd like to join along in the following challenges:

World Wide Open Design Team Challenge #4: Anything Goes
Crafts Galore Challenge #63: Anything Goes
Creative Craft Cottage #118: Use Ink
Craft Stamper Make It Take It May Challenge: Anything Goes

Thanks again for stopping by. I do hope I've inspired you to try mixing stamp sets and using both the digis and stamps. I think this will make a fun Father's Day card!

Shona