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I am working on a beach card too, and was going to add some real sand from the kids' sandbox to the card with a 2-way glue pen. Haven't been able to do it yet, as it has been raining here the past 2 days.
sand paper or craft sand works great...use mono multi liquid glue to glue the craft sand..i used it on a beach scrapbook page..also you can cut out sand paper and glue it down with a tape runner to look like sand...hope that helps
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I always use craft sand and sticky sheets, cut to size. Real sand may have tiny things living in it, plus dirt, that may stink after a while.
Mary Beth
If you want the feel of real sand (and can justify the cost for more than just one card), I used Mudd Puddles Sand Paste on a beach scrapbook last year. It came out looking great & was pretty easy to use. It does need drying time. There is a video of it here: Scrapbook.com Video: Muddpuddles Sand Products Tutorial
One note, if you use it in a scrapbook, be careful how/where you use it or the facing page will may "sand-papered".
Jenny Suchin uses kraft cardstock to make cute sand. Here's an example at her blog and she also has a video tutorial: ..Wee Memories..: Aloha! And a Video!
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I agree with Stampinblue. I had to makie 12 calendar pages with a beach scene and the Mudd Puddles worked great. I put it on with a spatula. She's right, it does take time to dry but it has far more texture (like real sand) than using sandpaper like I used to do.
For the "jar or bottle of sand" crafts, we used to use table salt mixed with chalk or dry tempera paint. It has a fine "sandy" texture, with none of the possible contamination found in real sand. Also, the ingredients are pretty cheap.
I recently did a beach scrapbook layout, and I used the corrugated hot cup sleeves from one of the coffee places (can't remember if it's Starbuck's or not) for sandy backgrounds for my embellishments. I sprayed them with Make It Acid Free because they are touching my photos.
Using an edge distressor or the blade of your scissors on sand-colored paper might work. The edge distressor technique came from Betsy Veldman's blog: Paper, Scissors and Superheroes: Papertrey Ink
And somewhere along the way, I learned to use a kitchen grater (the 4-sided handheld kind, and one side with tiny holes) to make paper fluff. (I'm sorry I don't remember who to credit for this. I found this link to give you some ideas, but it's not where I originally read about it:PaperCrafting �
) And I have used craft sand also,
Hope these ideas can be of some help.
__________________ Linda E
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I have used small crushed shells and glued them on. I do not have a picture of a card right now but I used the same shells in this shadow box. Kitty Stamp: Beach Shadow Box and Sunset Cards Details
I bought a jar of crushed shells a number of years ago and have still have a lot left after using it on quite a few projects.
what to use for sand
