More Layering Diorama Dies for As You See It Recipe Challenge

 It's TGIF everyone and one of the good things about every other Friday is that we get to play a brand new As You See It Challenge. This week it's a Recipe for a Happy Birthday and here is the challenge banner as cooked up by fellow Design Team member Joanne!

This week I've been playing with the Layering Diorama Dies, so I thought I'd continue using them for this challenge....that, and all my Design Team Members aced me on the gorgeous florals this time, so I did a 180 degees and designed a masculine birthday card.

• This time I only had 3 layers and the bottom was a Basic White panel that I blended with ink. I used a taped off horizon line to get it really straight and a piece of Post It Note die cut in a circle to mask where the setting sun should be, then sponged both the ocean and the sky before I realized that I was going to need some patterned paper somewhere on the card. So I had to replace my beautifully blended ocean with some Expressions in Ink Specialty Designer Series Paper. The greens blended with gold veins really actually works well for the ocean as the gold works as the reflected sunlight!
• The blended sky is a mix of Bumble Bee, Flirty Flamingo, Highland Heather and Night of Navy, applied with Blending Brushes. The sun, after the mask is removed, was filled in with a bit of Daffodil Delight.
• I used Night of Navy and Sahara Sand as the layers die cut with the Layering Diorama dies. I added die cuts of seaweed on the Sahara Sand using the Smooth Sailing dies and more Expressions in Ink DSP.
• On the Night of Navy I added a Lighthouse, stamped in Night of Navy then embossed with Clear Embossing Powder to fulfill the Heat Embossing element of the challenge. The sailboat on the back layer is also heat embossed with Clear Embossing Powder along with the sentiment from Timeless Tropical.

• The die cuts are the lighthouse, the sailboat, the sentiment label, the seaweed and the ship's wheel. The lighthouse and sailboat were also coloured in using Light Poppy Parade Stampin' Blends, Gray Granite Stampin' Blends and So Saffron Stampin' Blends.
• The ribbon or twine is a sailor's knot at the bottom, tied using White Baker's Twine and Linen Thread.

I hope you'll play along with us!

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Product List

Sailing Home Cling Stamp Set [149457] $33.00	Timeless Tropical Cling Stamp Set (English) [151497] $31.00	Expressions In Ink 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [155464] $20.00	Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100867] $12.00	Sahara Sand 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [121043] $12.00
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $13.25	Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad [147110] $10.25	Basics Embossing Powders [155554] $24.00	Bumblebee Classic Stampin' Pad [153116] $10.25	Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad [147052] $10.25
Highland Heather Classic Stampin' Pad [147103] $10.25	Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad [147094] $10.25	Poppy Parade Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154958] $12.00	Gray Granite Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154886] $12.00	So Saffron Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154905] $12.00
Linen Thread [104199] $6.75	Baker's Twine Essentials Pack [155475] $15.00	Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053] $41.00	Blending Brushes [153611] $16.25	Smooth Sailing Dies [149576] $44.00
Layering Diorama Dies [155565] $39.00	Layering Circles Dies [151770] $48.00	Stampin' Seal [152813] $11.00	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $7.25	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $5.50

Layering Diorama Dies! So Cool!

 

Ahoy, maties! I be in a sea-farin' mood today and ready to explore the ocean deeps, all the way down to Davy Jones' locker! And I'm doing that with the Layering Diorama Dies, new in the 2021-2022 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue!! These dies had me fascinated from the moment I saw them used in the catalogue and now I'm searching for stamp sets and dies to use them with. But, if you know me, you know that I have an affinity for coastal themes, so I combined three stamp sets and one set of dies to use with the Diorama Dies to create a seascape with incredible depth, just like a diorama!

The Layering Dioramas are the subject of my Monday Morning Facebook Live at 11 am PDT, so join me at my Playing with Papercrafting Facebook page for this card:

             

• I combined three different stamp sets here: Sailing Home, Whale Done and the new Seascape for the images. I used the Smooth Sailing dies to die cut the lighthouse, the ship's wheel, the anchor and the seaweed. The turtle, from Whale Done, was fussy cut.
• The card base was Bermuda Bay which you can see at the back of the diorama as the darkest colour. On it I embossed coral from Seascapes and a seahorse from Whale Done in White Stampin' Emboss Powder.
• The next layer is Coastal Cabana, and though you can't see it in the photo, there are some wee fishes stamped on there in Bermuda Bay ink. The image is from the Whale Done stamp set. The sea turtle, also from Whale Done was fussy cut and attached to this layer with a glue dot at the back and a Mini Dimensional at the front.
• Pool Party is next and I embossed the coral from Whale Done in White Stampin' Emboss Powder on that layer.
• The next layer is Soft Sea Foam and on it, I stamped the larger fishes image from Sea Scape in Just Jade ink. I also attached the seaweed, die cut from Just Jade and Soft Sea Foam cardstock with the die from Smooth Sailing dies.
• Finally, the outside cover is Sahara Sand, embossed with the Tasteful Textile 3D Embossing Folder after the diorama die has cut the hole in it. Then the lighthouse is stamped in Gray Granite and die cut with the Smooth Sailing die and adhered to the bottom left side using glue dots, the anchor is stamped in Gray Granite on Gray Granite cardstock and die cut with the same die set and adhered top right, and finally the ship's wheel is die cut from Soft Suede, using the same dies and adhered just over and to the left of the anchor.
• The sentiment is stamped in Just Jade ink and die cut with the small banner from Smooth Sailing Dies.

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If you live in Canada, and don't have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator, I'd love to be yours. I can help you with ideas, get you catalogues and provide you with Stampin' Up products. You can leave a message in the comments or contact me using any of the methods listed in the right side bar at the top of the page. You can shop with me from anywhere in Canada by clicking on the SHOP NOW button in the top menu or clicking on any of products below from my Online Store.

Product List

Sailing Home Cling Stamp Set [149457] $33.00	Whale Done Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [152470] $23.00	Seascape Cling Stamp Set [155009] $31.00	Seascape Bundle [158359] $63.00	Bermuda Bay 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [131197] $12.00
Coastal Cabana 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [131297] $12.00	Pool Party 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [122924] $12.00	Soft Sea Foam 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146988] $12.00	Sahara Sand 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [121043] $12.00	Just Jade 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [153079] $12.00
Gray Granite 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146983] $12.00	Soft Suede 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [115318] $12.00	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $13.25	Versamark Pad [102283] $13.00	Basics Embossing Powders [155554] $24.00
Gray Granite Classic Stampin' Pad [147118] $10.25	Just Jade Classic Stampin' Pad [153115] $10.25	Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad [147096] $10.25	Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053] $41.00	Tasteful Textile 3 D Embossing Folder [152718] $12.25
Layering Diorama Dies [155565] $39.00	Smooth Sailing Dies [149576] $44.00	Paper Snips [103579] $13.50	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $163.00	Stampin' Seal [152813] $11.00
Mini Glue Dots [103683] $7.25	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $5.50	Mini Stampin' Dimensionals [144108] $5.50