Happy Tuesday Everyone! It's a beautiful Florida morning so I thought today I'd stay with a Florida theme and use one of my favorite stamp sets, By the Tide, from the little blue 39 page catalog celebrating SUP! 25th Anniversary. The greeting was from the Thoughts & Prayers stamp set, but this card can be easily adapted for any type of greeting. I had a little inspiration block so I started leafing through the tons of cardmaking mags and found a sketch that I liked and adapted it to fit my needs. The hardest thing about this card was trying to cut the diagonals the size I wanted them. Those that know me know that I'm challenged when it comes to anything but a 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 piece of cardstock! Anyway, I'm digressing! I decided that using three different shades of a neutral color for the coral, seashorses, and seashell would not only give a little definition, but also embossing the coral would help make it become the focal point. I don't know that you can see the embossing the picture. I chalked to give it the "water" feature and then used the oval punches for the greeting and added the gold brads since I used earth tone nuetrals.
Supplies used:
Cardstock: Night of Navy, Garden Green, and Whisper White.
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Early Expresso, Night of Navy, River Rock
Stamp Sets: By the Tide; Thoughts & Prayers
Punches: Extra Large and Large Ovals
Brads
Hope you enjoy and have a great day!
Gwen
