WOOP WOOP, I am so excited about this card!! I dusted off two stamp sets that haven't seen the light in years, AND I did a technique I have never done before to make the words scratched in the sand. I was inspired by a photo I saw on Google where someone had written words in the sand, and I thought, "I can do that on a card!!" For the towel, I used a bit of sticky-back canvas, sponged with Daffodil and then stamped with Melon Mambo using the Batik stamp set. For the words, I lightly wrote them in pencil first and then scratched them into the "sand" using my paper piercer. I made sure to scratch all the way through the Crumb Cake cardstock to the other side, and I backed it with Early Espresso so that the dark brown cardstock would show through the letters just a little. I used a clean eyeshadow applicator to rub some Soft Suede ink over the letters so they would look darker, like the wet sand underneath the surface. On each layer of the "water," I sponged some white craft ink to mimic the seafoam. And aren't those flip flop stickers just darling?! This was SUCH a fun card to make!! For a few more details on the creative process, visit my blog post: http://1-happystamper.blogspot.com/2...hools-out
Date: Wednesday, June 25, 2014 GMT Views: 6955
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Fri, Jun 27, 2014 @ 12:07 AM
Oh my goodness, I LOVE your card! So creative with the way you 'wrote' in the sand - love the flip-flops and the sea - everything is just 'WOW'. Popped it into my favourites :-)