Beach Comber

Good morning everyone, today I wanted to share with you one last beach project!  I had this canvas in my stash for sometime and deceived to finally use it!  I flip it over and made a shadow box out of it.  First I covered the edges with embossing paste.  When the paste had dried Color Burst powder was used in a very small amount to the edges and inside using Ultramarine Blue, and Violet.  The canvas with then lightly misted to let the color come alive.  Next the inside was stamped with SNS Tropical stamp set shells. 

The cattails, grass, seaweed and anchor were all cut using my Silhouette.  They were placed on the edges and inside the canvas and small shells were then added.

Using gel medium small micro beads were placed inside and along the bottom edge.  A small chipboard frame was added.

I placed drops of dimensional glue on acetate and covered with Sparkling Snow glitter, let dry overnight.  I removed the glue drops from the acetate and they were used for bubbles.

A title was added to the top along with some fishing net and chipboard.  

Thanks so much for stopping by, have a wonderful day and remember.....Keep Stamping!!

Have A Nice Day

Good morning all, today I would like to share a beach shadow box card with you that was made using the Tropical stamp set.

The background for the card was created using Ultramarine Blue and Pthalo Green Color Burst.  I misted the paper and then added the powders and let them mix together to created this pretty background.  The frame and inter frame was cut using my Silhouette.  1/2 Tear-ific Tape was placed on top of the outer frame.  I removed the backing and applied Ocean glittered around the frame in small areas.  The step was repeated using Spirited Green glitter to create a pretty frame.  The 2 frames were then adhere together and placed on top of the background paper using foam tape.

Using dimensional glue I placed large dots on a piece of plastic and covered with Sparkling Snow to create the bubbles.  The glue dots were left to dry overnight and then removed from the plastic piece and placed on the card.  Small piece of chipboard was placed inside the frame.

The sea shells were all stamped with versamark and embossed using Glitzy Gold EP.  The shells were fussy cut out and colored using copic markers.  Small drops of Glossy Accents were placed on the shells and allowed to dry.  The shells were then placed on the card using pop dots, pearls and twine was added.    The seaweed was cut using the Silhouette inked with green ink and glittered using brushable glue and Spirited Green glitter.

The wave and seahorse were cut using the Silhouette.  For the wave the bottom portion was inked with blue ink and glittered using brushable glue and Ocean glitter, the top of the wave with Sparkling Snow glittered.  The seahorse was inked with versamark and embossed with Abracadabra EP.  A small pearl was added for the eye.  Small dots of Glossy Accents were added along the edges of the frame.

The sentiment was stamped and cut apart.

Thanks so much for stopping by, have a wonderful day and remember....Keep Stamping!

California Dreamin'

Good afternoon everyone, hope you had a wonderful weekend!!  Today I'm sharing a card that I did for Sparkle N Sprinkle's Sept Reveal, all about the beach!! 

 My card base is a simple stepper card 

Simple Stepper Card Tutorial

This easy technique can be applied to make a card any width. The complete card shown above was made from a 5" wide card base.  You can find details Here on how to create this design.

I started my card by stamping images from 3 different stamp set Surf's Up, Tropical and Surfin Woody stamp set.  The images were colored with copic markers and fussy cut out.  The waves were cut using my Sihouette on white cardstock.  I applied Ultramarine Blue Color Burst and misted with water to create the blue on the top wave.  Using a glue pen to the edges of both waves I added sparkle using Sparkling Snow glitter. 

 

Once the fence was colored and cut out, Florida Beach and Spirited Green was applied using a glue pen.  2 strips of Tear-ific Tape were used on the front panel, 1/2" piece was placed at the top and glittered using Waterfall glitter.  A 3/4" piece was placed next and glittered using Celestial glitter, the fence was then placed on top using pop dots.

The sun rays were created using Tim Holtz's Sun Rays stencil with embossing paste.  I took a small amount of Metallic Melon gelato and mixed it with the embossing paste, them covered the stencil with it.  While the paste was still wet I lightly dusted with Sparkling Snow.  When the paste was completely dry I sponged the bottom area using the same Melon gelato.  A small piece of cardstock was torn, inked with versamark and embossed using Hit the Beach EP.  The piece was then inked again with versamark and a small amount of Magic Speckle EP was applied and heat set.  The edges were then inked with brown ink.

The background paper that the surf boards were stamped on was made using Pthalo Green, Lemon Yellow, Violet, Ultramarine Blue Color Burst.  I applied a small amount of each color onto watercolor paper and misted with water.  The colors really turned out so pretty.  The boards were stamped and fussy cut once the paper had dried.  

The sentiment was stamped with versamark and embossed using Sapphire EP.

Thanks so much for stopping by, have a wonderful evening and remember.....Keep Stamping!!

Sparkle N Sprinkle's September 1st Reveal

Welcome to Sparkle N Sprinkle's

 Sept 1 New Reveal Blog Hop!

This month we are doing something a little different.  Instead of releasing new stamp sets, we decided to do a themed reveal.  Our theme is "Beach/Water" related, so you will see lots of different stamp sets used by our Designers.   Any "beach themed" set will be 20% off until Sept 3.  So once you finish the blog hop, head on over to the store and start shopping.  All of the sets are available on cling mounted rubber or as a digital image.  

Big Day 749 is the stamp set featured with this month's Technique Video Kit.

Here are a few of the Beach themed sets being used this month:

Tropical 158 (digi version DIGI158)

Ocean Treasures 560 (digi version DIGI560jj)

Sea Lady 735 (digi version DIGI735)

Mermaid Kisses 529 (rubber only)

Surf's Up 455  (digi version DIGI455)

Beach Babes 473 (digi version DIGI473m)

On Sept 3, one GRAND PRIZE WINNER will be selected from the comments left on the Designers' blogs.  Please leave a comment with each Designer in order to be eligible for the Grand Prize.  You never know who the Mystery Designer will be that has the winning comment.  

The winner will get to choose FOUR beach/water themed stamp sets of his/her choice (or the digi version, if preferred).

The Grand Prize Winner will be announced on Sept 3 on the SNS Facebook page, the Designer's blogs, and here on the SNS Blog.  

In addition to our regular Designers, two of our 2015 Guest Designers this month, Ani and Chris are with us again this month.

The Blog Hop order this month is:

Eret

Chris

Anne

Ani

Marie

Belinda (your Here)

Shona

(*Tip: if you have difficulty with a particular link, try clicking on the Designer's blog title to send you to their Home page.)

Hope you all have had a wonderful summer!!  I enjoyed 2 weeks with my grandchildren visiting Disneyland and beach fun on the beautiful California beaches!!  Love this month's reveal using all the fun beach stamp sets!  On my layout I used the Tropical stamp set along with Camera Life and Flourishes #2.

To start creating my background paper I used a 12 x 12 piece of watercolor paper that was trimmed to 11 x 11.  The flourishes were stamped with versamark and embossed with White EP.  The next step was to add color, that was done using Ultramarine Blue and Violet Color Burst.  Small amount of powder was sprinkled all over the paper and misted with water.  The colors just came to life and created the perfect background.  Next I used a Tim Holtz's stencil along with white embossing paste randomly around the page.  Once dry the larger dots were created with a second stencil, embossing paste and Ocean glitter.

The next step was to create my embellishments for my layout.  I started stamping my sea shells with versamark and embossed with Glitzy Gold and Hit the Beach EP.  Color was added using copic markers.  The shells were then fussy cut out, and small dots of liquid glass was added to them.

Using my Silhouette the other chipboard embellishments were cut. 
The title was stamped using a stamp from the Camera Life stamp set.  Versamark ink was used to stamp the title and it was embossed with Sapphire EP

Small sea shells were added to the layout along with cheese cloth.  Once the elements were on the page small amount of gesso was added to give a distressed look.

The larger chipboard flourish was covered with gesso and a bit of sparkle was added by apply Sparkling Snow glitter while the gesso was still wet.

Sparkle was also added to the sea shells using a small brush, brushable glue and Sparkling Snow glitter.

Pearls were added for a little extra bling.
The layout was then glued to a 12 x 12 piece of white cardstock.  The edges were distressed and inked with Brilliance Coffee Bean ink.

I hope you have enjoyed my layout, the next stop on our blog hop is Shona! 

Have fun and enjoy all the beautiful project our talented designers have created.  Good luck to you all!!

A little sneak peek of more beach project to come!!  Hope you will come back to see the reveal!!

We love reading your comments and hope that we have inspired you as well.  If you can not leave a comment for some reason, please email icinganne@yahoo.com with your comment and the name of the blog or the Designer you are commenting about.

The Sparkle N Sprinkle Creative Challenge also begins today.  There are lots of prizes and recognition badges.  Come check out how you can become a SNS Featured Artist as well.  The theme is always Anything Goes using Loose Glitter, Embossing Powder, and/or Flock.

We hope you enjoy the New Reveal Blog Hop as much as we do.  Thanks for joining us and remember to comment on each of the Designers' blogs to be eligible for the Grand Prize.  

 Wonder who the Mystery Host will be this month????