July 16, 2013

Sea Glass and Sand Dollars

Good day everyone!  It's another hot and humid day here in New Brunswick.  It's way too hot to be in my craft room upstairs so I've been crafting a bit downstairs.  It's a bit inconvenient as I always forget something I need so I'm forever going up and down the stairs.  Which makes me all hot and sweaty.  Kind of defeats the purpose.  Oh well.  I've got a card to share with you today that I really love.  It's probably one of my husbands favourites too.


I've wanted to use some sea glass in one of my cards for a while and I came up with this idea.  I stamped my sentiment (Fiskars, Simple Expressions set) with black StazOn right onto the sea glass.  I took a piece of kraft card stock which I tore a strip out.  Then I stamped my sand dollars (Studio 112) in versamark and embossed in white on the two torn pieces.  I masked a bit where there is the two sand dollars.  I did some splattering of white and gold acrylic paint.  (Looks kind of polka dotty to me. LOL). I made a card base I (turquoise mist, Bazill Basics) and put a white panel on it.  Then I put the torn kraft pieces on the white with foam dots, leaving a space for my sea glass sentiment and glued that on.

I'm entering this into a few challenges.  CAS-ual Fridays has a polka dot theme going on right now.  My splatters cover that, I think.  CAS-ology's cue card is "Cool".  One of our favourite ways to cool off on these hot days is a visit to the beach.  This card is definitely beachy.  And lastly, Addicted To CAS whose code word is Water.  Lots of water at the beach!  :-).

Well, hope your all having a great Tuesday!  Stay cool!

15 comments:

  1. Beaches are definitely COOL!

    I recently gathered Sea Glass -what a SUPER idea!

    Maybe I will steal it (credit back to you of course- Ahaa let me pin this quick to I can do that )... Wow, this card fits onto several of my Pinboards (Life's a Beach, I wanna make this! and the Clean and Simple Cards!!) You can see I am excited... LOL

    Thanks for joining in the FUN at CASology this week!

    -Kimberly

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  2. Your card is so beautiful, well worth the effort of running up and down the stair. Thank you so much for joining us this week at CASology

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  3. Gorgeous! Absolutely stunning!!!

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  4. great CAS card!
    Thanks for playing along with us at CAS-ual Fridays!
    Sylvia xx

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  5. This is so beautiful and serene! Love the colours (and your up and down story - sounds like me! lol!) Thanks so much for playing along with us at CASology this week!

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  6. I Agree with the beach, but on Monday I got a bit too much beach so I am still a bit burnt. LOL Love your beautiful card. Thank you so much for sharing with us this week at CASology!

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  7. Hi Kim. Cool card! Love the colors ... and love the beach glass. Fabulous design with the torn front panel - LOVE! Thanks for joining us at ATCAS. Loll

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  8. Hi Kim, I've never heard of sea glass. (sea/beach - water...like your thinking). Fabulous card. Loved reading how you made this. Thank you for playing along with the ATCAS challenge.
    Florence x

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  9. Wonderful effect with the torn kraft paper! Lovely card. So glad you joined the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge!

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  10. This is very pretty! Thanks so much for joining us over at CAS-ual Fridays!

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  11. How cool to stamp the sentiment on the sea glass! It look fantastic! Love the white ink on the kraft too and the touch of turquoise behind it. Thanks for playing along with CASology this week!

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  12. Your torn card front is amazing! An all around cool card! So glad you joined us at CASology this week!

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  13. love the sentiment stamped on the sea glass... totally cool idea! thanks so much for playing along with CASology!

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