Sea of Textures for Freshly Made Sketches and Double PCC Points

                                             

Happy Monday to you! I had fun this weekend visiting my youngest daughter and watching her perform in Grease in a local theatre production in her town.

Now, I am back, ready to face the whirlwind that is the last week of the old Annual Catalogue and the first week of the New Annual Catalogue. Have you got your wishlist ready? Do you even have your catalogue yet? The first batch went out with the early May orders, but let me know if you would like one and I'll see that you get one as soon as I can. Or you could come to my Catalogue Launch on June 9th and pick up one then.

Freshly Made Sketches had a unique sketch this week for their challenge:

Wanting to try out some more of my new stamp sets, I thought that the Sea of Textures Stamp Set* would be perfect for the vertical elements of this sketch! Here's how it turned out:

• I'm a pushover for anything remotely nautical or beachy, so this Sea of Textures* set is right up my alley! And throw in some unique texture stamps and I'm "hooked"!  The long strands of seaweed were perfect for the vertical pieces in this design and I used some old and some new "sea colours" together! My goodness, we have some beautiful blues, greens and teals in our collection. I used the new Soft Seafoam* and Mint Macaron*, plus the old Island Indigo, Lemon Lime Twist and Tranquil Tide and they all look amazing together here!
• The background paper is from the new Tranquil Textures Designer Series Paper* which features not only some of those amazing colours, but also some great textures, not just for sea designs. Some are generic enough to use for many different themes. I used one of the designs here.
• The sentiment is from this Sea of Textures stamp set* as well, with one of the fish skin-like textures stamped off in the background of it. It's diecut using one of my retired old favourites, the Project Life Cards and Labels Framelits.
• I added some starfish and a clam shell from the retiring Seaside Shore stamp set. Do you have that one? If you want it, I will be submitting my last order tomorrow so contact me before then. I used some 1/4" Copper Trim, opened out like a fish net as the final embellishment.

*New products from the 2018/19 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue available to purchase starting June 1, 2018.

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Click on the links below to take you to my On-Line Store, where you can read about, look at, and purchase if you wish, the products used to make this card today.

Product List

Seaside Shore Wood-Mount Stamp Set [141622] $39.00	Seaside Shore Clear-Mount Stamp Set [141625] $28.00	Island Indigo 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [122923] $10.00	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $11.25	Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin' Pad [144086] $8.50
Tranquil Tide Classic Stampin' Pad [144085] $8.50	Island Indigo Classic Stampin' Pad [126986] $8.50	1/4" Copper Trim [144179] $8.00	Project Life Cards & Labels Framelits [135707] $33.00	Big Shot [143263] $136.00
Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755] $5.25	Glue Dots [103683] $7.00	SNAIL Permanent Adhesive [104332] $9.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $5.25

Sea of Textures Stamp Set*, Tranquil Textures Designer Series Paper*, Mint Macaron Classic Stampin' Pad*, Soft Seafoam Classic Stampin' Pad*

*New products from the 2018/19 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue available to purchase starting June 1, 2018. 

By the Sea for The Paper Players

When I saw the The Paper Players had a Summer Fun in the Water challenge this week, I couldn't resist! I know you must be getting tired of seascapes but I'm pretty addicted, I'm afraid and I had another reason - I wanted to try another technique with Embossing Paste - adding sand to it, and this was the perfect opportunity.

Here's The Paper Players' Challenge #353 banner:

Isn't that appealing? I love the beach and so happy that we got our kayak this year to get us there more often. But enough of that. Here's my card:

• The first thing I noticed was that my sponged horizon was crooked. I don't know about you, but I have the worst time with ovals and keeping them straight. They look good to me at the time, but as soon as I see them from a distance or in the photo, I realize that they were crooked. I'm sure it's a genetic eye or brain condition called Ovalitis Nonparallelectoplasm. Does anyone else suffer from that??
• I used some Post-It Notes tape to tape off the sand and the water when I was sponging them and a reverse oval mask for the whole shape. The sand area was sponged in Sahara Sand. (I managed to overcome my disability for that part somehow!) The sea was sponged in Soft Sky and stamped with the wave stamp from High Tide in Bermuda Bay. The sky was sponged in Soft Sky very lightly with a light touch of Flirty Flamingo to echo the background panels.
• Then it was time to play with the Embossing Paste. I mixed up a little and coloured it with Sahara Sand ink. I used 1 drop of the refill, but off to one side so I could pull in as much colour as I wanted, and I did not use it all. Then I added maybe a teaspoon full of decorative sand and mixed it well. With the mask still in place, I spread it over the sand area. 

• Due to the sand mixed in with the Embossing Paste, it went on fairly thick, but I was amazed at how fast it dried even then. I did help it along a bit with the Heat Tool. It definitely creates a 3D effect. I stamped some grass bunches in Always Artichoke on the edge.
• The starfish and scallop shell are from Seaside Shore, stamped and cut out by hand, and the lighthouse is a two step stamping image from High Tide. Neither have matching framelits and must be fussy cut. The sentiment is from So Many Shells, and you will have guessed that it's one of my favourites!

It's Friday, woo hoo! so have a wonderful weekend and enjoy the beach yourself! Maybe we'll get time for a paddle in our kayak!

Click on the links below to take you to my On-Line Store, where you can read about, look at, and purchase if you wish, the products used to make this card today.

Product List

High Tide Photopolymer Stamp Set [143006]	Seaside Shore Clear-Mount Stamp Set [141625]	Seaside Shore Wood-Mount Stamp Set [141622]	So Many Shells Photopolymer Stamp Set [143695]	Sahara Sand 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [121043]
Soft Sky 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [131203]	Flirty Flamingo 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [141416]	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]	Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad [126976]	Soft Sky Classic Stampin' Pad [131181]
Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [141402]	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [126975]	Always Artichoke Classic Stampin' Pad [126972]	Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad [131171]	Embossing Paste [141979]
Layering Ovals Framelits Dies [141706]	Big Shot [143263]	Paper Snips Scissors [103579]	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755]	Fast Fuse Adhesive [129026]
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals [144108]