Quick & Easy Card Using Stampin'Up! Ocean Front Stamp Set
July 11, 2023
Today we're going to create a Quick & Easy Card Using Stampin'Up! Ocean Front Stamp Set. I've enjoyed this set for a couple of seasons and each time summer rolls around I just have to create another card. The fluid images are a blast to work with & when your creation is complete it looks like a watercolor masterpiece!
Here's today's creation...
a closer look
What I love about this design is the telescoping frames creating the feeling of depth & a fun way to focus our image. This telescoping is achieved by using 3 successively smaller Countryside Corners dies. If I've ever found a useful set of dies it is this set. The concentric layers can be used individually or, as with this card, in combination to create some masterful designs.
The sky & the water meet with that slight overlap that gives the edge of the water a little added definition.
The beach needed to fill in a significantly larger area than the wedge shaped stamp in the set. I didn't want to stamp that in layers to "fill in" so I turned the water image upside down & let it meet the water edge creating that wet sand line you see at the beach.
A bit of cattails & a smattering of seagrass & we have the perfect peaceful background for our Go To Greeting--Just a Note. This greeting will get you through a multitude of occasions which makes this one of those cards you want to create and keep in your summertime stash.
I'll give you step by step directions for today's card below followed by the supply list.
Stop by Thursday to see what we're creating with this stamp set.
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Directions:
1. Cut Thick Basic White cardstock 8 1/2 X 5 1/2, score long side at 4 1/4 (card base)
2. Cut the followng from Basic White cardstock and center the largest & next smaller dies (Countryside Corners) sequentially:
*41/8 X 5 3/8
*4 X 5 1/4
*3 7/8 X 5 1/8
3. Hold the smallest layer centered on the card front and trace the cut out onto the front in pencil.
4. Stamp the following in the penciled area from top to bottom
*Sky in Balmy Blue
*Water in Coastal Cabana
*Turn water upside down and stamp in Crumb Cake
5. Stamp cattails & sea grass in Pecan Pie. Stamp birds (On the Ocean) in black ink.
6. Use a bit of Wink of Stella on the water.
7. Cut Basic White 3/8 X 1 1/2; stamp Just a Note (Go To Greetings) in black ink; angle cut both ends and adhere with mini dimensionals.
8. Use dimensionals to adhere the smallest to largest frames to the card front.
Your card is ready for sending!
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