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<\/a>To create this sun shiny card, I used some fun papers from the Scrapping for Less June At the Beach Card Kit<\/a><\/span>. The orange polka dot and the smiley face sun patterned papers are from the Doodlebug Designs “Sweet Summer” paper collection. I first, however, cut out four 1.5″ stitched squares from plain white card stock using the Simon Says Stamp Stitched Squares Die Set<\/a><\/span>. These are then layered in a grid pattern over the smiley face sun paper that I die cut using the largest die from the\u00a0Simon Says Stamp Stitched Squares Die Set. This whole assemblage is popped up on fun foam to add a bit of dimension to the card.<\/p>\nFor the sentiment, I heat embossed, “sending you sun kisses & warm wishes” from the LDRS Creative “Just Beachy” stamp set also from the Kit<\/a><\/span>. I used black card stock and Ranger Super Fine White Embossing Powder<\/a><\/span> to ground the card with black (which is repeated in a lighter tone in the seals used in the scenes – oh, but I’m jumping ahead) and so that the words would pop. To match the depth of the framed die cut squares above it, I backed this sentiment strip with fun foam as well.<\/p>\n Then to create cute little scenes of sea animals all sending the birthday girl kisses and warm wishes, I stamped, Copic colored, and fussy cut out the following critters from the\u00a0LDRS Creative “Just Beachy” stamp set:<\/p>\n Before selecting which sea animals to put into which squares, in order to ground all the animals, I blended on some Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink in Antique Linen<\/a><\/span> to the bottom 1\/3 of each white square. Then all that was left was the fun of picking which critters would go where. As I had repeated the same seal image twice, I positioned one behind the sandcastle to make it look like he was building the sandcastle and I did not put them in squares directly above one another. Since the other seal and the turtle, were positioned looking to the left, I made sure they were on the right sides of the squares. I also located the crab and the turtle in kitty-corner squares so that the coral colored critters would be balanced on both sides of the card. As one of the little scenes appeared a bit bare, I also decided to add a little sea gull from the Sweet Summer Mini Icons sticker sheet from the Kit<\/a><\/span>. Lastly, I added three yellow starfish gem stickers from the Kit to add a little sparkle.<\/p>\n For the inside liner of the card, I simply printed out, “Happy Birthday!” onto some buff paper. Then I added a sand dollar and a sea horse image from the Carta Bella Frames and Tags (also from the Kit<\/a><\/span>). The sand dollar was ready to go, but the sea horse had to be fussy cut out of a tag. Adding these little embellishments seemed to finish off the inside of the card nicely.<\/p>\n Please click the following picture to watch a process video of crafting this card:<\/p>\n Disclosure<\/span>: Many of the supplies I\u2019ve used for today\u2019s project are linked.\u00a0Some may be affiliate links, which means if you make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support toward the costs of running this blog!<\/em><\/p>\n This card is being entered into the following challenges: <\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/a>Seals: W0, W1, W3, W5, and R20 for blush
\nSandcastle: E41, E51 and E53
\nCrab: R11, R22, and R35
\nTurtle, Y11,\u00a0R11, R22, and R35
\nAs the sun from the stamp set was a semi-solid stamp, I didn’t want to stamp this in black and then try to color up the inside. Instead, I stamped out the sun with Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Inks in Squeezed Lemonade<\/a><\/span> and Carved Pumpkin<\/a><\/span> and then filled in the inside lightly with both of those inks using a finger dauber. To match the black lines around the other stamped images, I inked the sun (and all the other images) with a Momento Tuxedo Black Marker<\/a><\/span> for a finished look.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nSimon Says Stamp Wednesday Use a Die or Punch Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nSimon Says Stamp Monday Add a Little Sparkle Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nWord Art Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nCreatalicious Anything Goes with Optional No Patterned Papers Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nCard Mania Anything Goes Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nLil Patch of Crafty Friends Anything Goes Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nMFT Birthday Project Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nCrafter’s Castle Anything Goes with Optional Christmas in July Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nMFT Color Challenge 97<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n