I had a small piece of pre-embossed double sided dual-colored cardstock on my table, so I tore it into strips and flipped the pieces to create some ocean water. I added a couple of die-cut sailboats from I.O. and colored them with blue markers, placing them between the torn strips. The clouds were done with a set of T.E. stencils and some tumbled glass distress ink. I added some Diamond glitter glue to the edges for a little sparkle, then added a stamped SNSS sentiment (Ocean Paradise 2009) on a Lil Inker stitched die cut. The stamped birds are from another SNSS set called "Serene Silhouettes" also from 2009.
I thought a close-up might show the sparkle but you get the idea 😉
I'll enter this into the following challenges:
the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - Summertime Blues
Cardz4Guyz #276 - Shades of Blue
the Happy Little Stampers August Stencil challenge - a/g
the Retro Rubber Challenge #164 - a/g must use stamps older than a year
Being near the ocean might be a good place to cool off as it's supposed to get steamy hot again today.
Thanks so much for stopping by and I wish you all a relaxing weekend!
Carol
20 comments:
Oh my gosh....this is amazing! How did I never see those little IO sailboats before? My hubby loves to sail, but if I get some, he might get tempted to go buy another one!!! Very sweet waves, it's all awesome! Thanks for sharing it at Retro Rubber too!
Brilliant clever card love how you created the waves and great cloudy sky love the dinky sailboats too
Carol x
Gorgeous nautical card Carol!
Your ripped embossed layers here makes for a very nice water scene Carol! I love the added birds as well as the sails! Looks like a place to go for sure!! I'm always needing masculine cards...LOVE it! Thanks for the inspiration! HUGS
This turned out beyond beautiful such nice effects. Lis
What a lovely peaceful scene, what could possibly be nicer than sitting watching yachts on sparkly seas. I think your card is adorable and so nicely designed. Maybe more water/Christmas cards will help occupy the mind from the heat, stay cool x
Wow Wow Wow Wow!!!!!! My open mouth touch the floor! :D This is the most stunning, amazing and inspiring marine card I have seen! I can breathe the salt air and hearing the ocean waves!
This is not a card, but a fab picture to put hanging on a wall! The way you made the weaves is so beautiful and very inspiring! And those bicoloured sailboats add movement to the whole scene! Fantastic cloudy sky too!! Love the little sparkle on the waves and the birds, as well the sentiment! You deserve a gold star! :D
Sending hugs across the ocean! :D
A super card Sue, your waves are fabulous and I love the sweet little sailboats.
Pauline - Crafting with Cotnob
x
A gorgeous card. A very inviting scene.
Those waves are awesome and the colors are perfect. The sailboats are so cute. Great card!
I love how you've created texture to your waves. It's lovely. Thanks for joining my challenge over at Cardz4guyz. Love Dawn x
How cute is this?! Love the scene you created and those little sailboats are super fun, Carol! Love this and I couldn't agree more about being near the water to stay cool! Going to be a hazy, hot & humid week ahead! Hope you stay cool, my friend!
Totally love the torn papers for your "ocean". They look great. Very nice cards incorporating the 'shades of blue" Thank you for joining us at Cardz4Guyz. Cheers, Jolanda - DT
I really like all the textures on your card...as well as the colors!
Love the torn paper for your “water”. Really nice card. Thank you for joining us at Cardz4Guyz. Cheers, Jolanda - DT
A beautiful sailboat scene with those cute little boats! And, those waves are amazing! Awesome texture and sparkle! Great card, Carol!!
Love that paper you made the waves with Carol, it is very cool and I love that it is two colors on each side-makes great ocean waves! Those sailboats are so cute and I love how you placed them around. Great sky too, love the added birds. Hot, hot, hot-yep, we are hot! Stay cool Carol! Hugs, Brenda
This is awesome!! Love your torn waves with the charming little sailboat...well done!! Thanks for playing along with our "shades of blue" challenge over at Cardz 4 Guyz!!
Wow! It might be a CAS card, but there are many details to see here. The clouds are spot-on, the waves are so pretty to "sea" (haha, no pun intended), and the tiny boats are just doing their thing out there on the water. Well done, Carol!
Lovely sky with the soft clouds -- love the cute sail boats too. Thanks for joining in at HLS Stencil Challenge
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