Since the sketch required a landscape type layout, I recalled I had some really nice "scene" stamps I bought from Stampin' Up! in 2003 called "Sketches" that would work well. I stamped the scene of the lady sitting in an Adirondack chair on the beach looking at to sea reflecting on her life. The scenery panel was a piece of watercolor paper 3.5"x 4.5".
After stamping the image, I used an SU Aqua Painter water brush to color her using SU Blushing Bride for her shirt, skin and conch shell. Her hat was painted with SU Barely Banana and Crumb Cake. Her hat was also Crumb Cake.
Then using a Post-It Note that was torn with a ragged edge, I masked off the ocean and painted the sandy beach with SU Crumb Cake.
Next, I used the straight edge of the Post-It to paint in the sky with SU Soft Sky ink. I again used the torn edge, but reversed to the other side and shifted it to the left slightly to paint the ocean up to the sky horizon line using Marina Mist and Bermuda Bay. Again using the straight edge, I masked off the sky and darkened the water edge slightly with Marina Mist.
My goal was to create an Impressionistic "painting" with the modeled sky, sea and sand.
The background panel is a 4"x 5.25" SU Bermuda Bay cardstock that I had run through my Big Shot inside the SU "Seaside" embossing folder. This embossed panel was then glued to the card base front using Tombow glue. The watercolor sketch was then glued atop the embossed panel, centered and toward the top of the card.
The sketch required a round element near the bottom edge, so I stamped the lovely Kaisercraft sentiment "Live, Laugh, Love" onto SU Pool Party cardstock using SU Bermuda Bay ink. I used my MISTI to stamp the circle sentiment three times to give a nice solid dark impression. This stamped circle was punched out using a EK Memories 1" punch. It was matted with an 1-1/8" circle of SU Kraft cardstock.
I used a piece of jute twine from my stash and made two loops that I flattened to give them a more pointy look. The ends of the twin were unwound and frayed to make them look more rustic. They were attached to the back of the Kraft circle using the sturdy SU Tear & Tape since they kept wanting to "bounce back" to their more circular shape. The sentiment assemblage was then attached to the watercolor panel using adhesive foam strips on either side of the twine.
Since this card required several steps, including water coloring the main image, I am rating it at a difficulty level of "3" out of a possible "5". I think there are several "everyday" reasons to send this card to a friend or relative since it doesn't reference a specific event.
Date: Friday, July 6, 2018 GMT Views: 1013
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