By the Tide for As You See It Challenges

I must have squealed out loud with delight when I saw this week's As You See It Challenge. You see, it's all about the seashore, and you know how I love coastal design of any kind! Take a look at the challenge sketch:

Thank you Amanda! So then came some decisions about colour and specifics. The colours I decided to use were Sahara Sand, Mint Macaron, Tip Top Taupe and Pool Party.

Feel free to use this combination if you like it. It has a very beachy feel to it. I got out an old favourite stamp set - so old that it is still in the old-fashioned stamp case! It is By the Tide. I also used the splatter from Gorgeous Grunge and the sentiment from Picture Perfect.

• I wasn't sure from the challenge sketch, which part was the sea and which was the sand, but with the torn piece on the top, I thought that would make a better sea, with the waves coming into shore. The torn paper and the embossed spatter from Gorgeous Grunge make great sea foam.
• The back panel in Tip Top Taupe was embossed with the Softly Falling Embossing Folder, which kind of reminds me of air bubbles in the water.
• On the Sahara Sand sand (lol) I added a stamped off version of the script stamp in By the Tide, in Mint Macaron ink and then I stamped the shell, the seahorse and the postmark on separate pieces of Very Vanilla and fussy cut them and added them to the sand.
• A narrow strip of Silver 1/8" ribbon adds a light touch to the top of the card. I just fastened a 5" length of the ribbon to the back with Fast Fuse adhesive and then tied a short piece to the front to make an unassuming little knot, or faux bow as we used to call them.
• The top sentiment is from the Picture Perfect stamp set and it has a great font for this card. It is embossed in White Stampin' Emboss Powder, like the sea foam a little further down.

And that wraps up another week! Hope you've had a good one! Make the most of the weekend and don't forget to do something crafty! Why not enter this sketch challenge over at As You See It Challenges this week.

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Product List

By The Tide Clear Stamp Set [129120]	By The Tide Wood Stamp Set [131910]	Gorgeous Grunge Wood Stamp Set [130514]	Gorgeous Grunge Clear Stamp Set [130517]	Picture Perfect Photopolymer Stamp Set [140520]
Mint Macaron 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [138337]	Sahara Sand 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [121043]	Pool Party 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [122924]	Tip Top Taupe 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [138336]	Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [101650]
Versamark Pad [102283]	White Stampin' Emboss Powder [109132]	Mint Macaron Classic Stampin' Pad [138326]	Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad [126976]	Silver 1/8" Ribbon [132137]
Paper Snips Scissors [103579]	1" Circle Punch [119868]	Embossing Buddy [103083]	Heat Tool [129053]	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755]
Fast Fuse Adhesive [129026]	Glue Dots [103683]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]

Ink Smooshing and By the Tide

As nice as it is to get February the dreary over for another year, and even though I got 1 more day than I usually do in February, it seemed like it was a big rush getting my newsletter done in time. It feels like there has been a lot going on lately. But I did get it finished and sent out there in cyber space! Phew! Each newsletter, my contacts get a free tutorial of a new project. The tutorial is a step-by step photo how-to which includes a supplies list and measurements. I wanted to share the project with you today:

• This card features the ink smooshing technique and uses By The Tide and Picture Perfect stamp sets. I was just thinking the other day that I hadn' used my By The Tide set in a long time, and I love the way Picture Perfect coordinates with it.

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By the Tide Wiper Card for The Paper Players

I was excited when I saw this challenge from The Paper Players, because I'm all about the coastal decor right now.

We're redecorating at the moment and though the process will take a while yet, most of the painting in the living area of the house is done, we have new cupboard doors in the kitchen and we've even repainted some of the furniture. And I've been having the fun of shopping for some decor items. My colours are Mint Macaron, Sahara Sand and Whisper White with a pop of Calypso Coral, so I wanted to feature a couple of them on my card. (Photos of the house a bit later!) This card is a wiper card which I learned how to do from a video by Dianne Sisneros at Stamp with Bee. Thanks, Dianne.

If you're not sure what a wiper card is, take a look at these photos:

The two sides of the card form a kind of box which collapses to standard card size, but when opened up, a little flag or "wiper" pops up! Lots of fun to do!

• Sahara Sand forms the card base and the base of the wiper as well. I topped it with some Calypso Coral Designer Series Paper from the Subtles Designer Series Paper Stack. I used both sides of the paper, the stripes and the floral. The stripes are especially "beachy" looking to me.
• I stamped a collage of Sahara Sand and Calypso Coral images from By the Tide Stamp Set on the front Whisper White panel. I love the way it looks, because it is just like some pillow covers I am ordering from Etsy with a very similar design!
• The sentiment is from my old standby set: Project Life Remember This Stamp Set! Life is good seems to sum up life at the beach. The Lots of Labels Framelits dies cut the sentiment and it's backing. Then I used the 1 1/4" and 1 1/2" Circle Punches for the circles on the little "wiper". 

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Here are some photos of our redecorating:

And you can appreciate it more when you see the total change from the way it was:

So we're pretty happy with it and having fun with the coastal theme.

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Product List

By The Tide Clear Stamp Set [129120]	By The Tide Wood Stamp Set [131910]	Project Life Remember This Photopolymer Stamp Set [135786]	Subtles Designer Series Paper Stack [138437]	Sahara Sand 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [121043]
Calypso Coral 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [122925]	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]	Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad [126976]	Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Pad [126983]	1-1/4" Burlap Ribbon [132140]
Lots Of Labels Framelits Dies [138281]	1-1/4" Circle Punch [119861]	1-1/2" Circle Punch [138299]	Stampin' Trimmer [126889]	Big Shot [113439]
Simply Scored [122334]	Fuse Fast Adhesive [129026]	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]	Glue Dots [103683]