Under the Moon for As You See It Challenge #328

 

This week, As You See It Challenges is featuring a Fill in the Blank Challenge created by myself. The sentence you have to complete asks, "My favourite beach activity is: ____________________. Check out the Challenge Banner:

How would you complete this sentence in just a few words? I can hardly wait to hear! 

There were several answers that I could have given, but then my mind leapt to when we were camping at McKenzie Beach on the West Coast of Vancouver Island. McKenzie Beach is a small part of Long Beach, a well-known stretch of miles of sandy coastline. Of course, you would go for long walks on the beach, but at sunset, everyone, no matter what they were doing, STOPPED in their tracks and watched the sunset, because it was so spectacular. 

And then, in the Dominican Republic this past February, the sunsets there reminded me of McKenzie Beach again. So I'm going to go out on a limb and say "My favourite beach activity is "Watching the sunset from the beach!"

And to illustrate this in a card, I got out a set I've been dying to try out: Under the Moon. 

This was an ideal card with which to use a stamp positioning tool such as a Misty or a retired Stamparatus, if you have one.

1. I positioned a piece of 3 3/4" x 5" Basic White cardstock on the stamp positioning tool and, with a Blending Brush, added Pretty in Pink all around the outside edges and in about 1" or more.
2. In the middle I used another Blender Brush to add some Daffodil Delight ink around in the center, blending it in with the Pretty in Pink around the outside.
3. I took a piece of painter's tape and used it to tape off the horizon on the sky side and off the paper to help secure it in place.
4. From the Under the Moon set I used the water stamp and placed it face down in the position I wanted it directly under the tape, centered horizontally, then picked up the stamp with one of the plates. I inked it up with Summer Splash and stamped the image. I reinked and stamped again to make it very clear.
5. I used another Blending Brush to pick up a little Summer Splash ink and blended it horizontally across that water image to the outside edges to blend it in a bit more.
6. I moved the stamp down, after cleaning it well, to just on the lower edge of the last one and inked it up with Lost Lagoon ink, repeating steps 4 and 5, only with the Lost Lagoon ink.
7. I moved the stamp down one last time to the bottom of the last image and repeated step 6 only with Pretty Peacock ink.
8. Keeping the paper in place, I removed the tape and repositioned it on the horizon but on the water side this time.
9. I placed the sun/moon image right against the tape, centered horizontally and picked it up with the plate.
10. I inked it up with Daffodil Delight and stamped it on the card face twice.
11. I inked it up in Flirty Flamingo, but wiped off the pink from in between the clouds, and stamped it again.

I used one cloud image at the horizon line on the right and again on the left, inking it up in Flirty Flamingo, and the other cloud image further up on the right and on the left, inked in Smoky Slate.

The leaping dolphin images just make this whole design, but on the west coast, they are more likely to be grey whales, humpback whales or orcas.

The sentiment, which is from Seaside Wishes, I thought was perfect for this card.

Have a great weekend!

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Under The Moon Photopolymer Stamp Set [163531]	Seaside Wishes Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [163494]	Fresh Freesia 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [155613]	Summer Splash 8 1/2" X 11 Cardstock [163797]	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276]
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]	Pretty In Pink Classic Stampin Pad [163807]	Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad [147052]	Summer Splash Classic Stampin Pad [163809]	Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad [147094]
Lost Lagoon Classic Stampin' Pad [161678]	Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Pad [150083]	Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad [147113]	Blending Brushes [153611]	Stamparatus [146276]
Unbounded Love Dies [163383]	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653]	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755]	Foam Adhesive Strips [141825]	Stampin' Up! Masking Paper [155480]