Card sketches stretch your creativity. Sketches help jump start your vision.  You may be surprised at how how easy it is to make a card. Use your imagination along with stamp sets, die, accessories, colors, ink, etc. It is entirely up to you.

Sand & Sea Card Recipe

• Stamp Sets: Friends Are Like Seashells.
• Inks: VersaMark, Sahara Sand, Melon Mambo, Garden Green
• Papers: Sahara Sand, Blushing Bride, So Saffron, Vellum, Sand & Sea Designer Series Paper, Pearlescent Specialty Paper.
• Accessories: Stampin’ Emboss & Cut Machine, Seashells Embossing Folder, Seabed 3D Embossing Folder, Stitched Shapes Dies, Silver Metallic Pearls, Blending Brushes, Clear Emboss Powder.

Here Is the How To

• Sahara Sand – 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″, Score At 4-1/4″, fold and burnish with bone folder, scrap for Sand Dollar.
• Blushing Bride: 5-1/4″ x 4″ – emboss using the Stampin Emboss & Cut Machine (also know as the Big Boss) and the Seabed 3D Embossing Folder.
• Pearlescent Specialty Paper: 2-1/2″ x 4-3/4″ Use the Big Boss and the Seashells Embossing Folder to embossing. Use the Blending Brushes and the Sarah Ink to add color to the embossed paper. Scraps for miscellaneous seashells.
• Layer a strip of the DSP cut 1-1/2″ x 4″ and attach to the lower portion of the card.
• So Saffron cardstock – 3-1/4″ x 3-1/4″”. Die cut a stitched circle with the 2nd largest Die.
• Vellum for the sentiment. – 3″ x 3″. Ink the “Love You to The Beach & Back” stamp with VersaMark and immediately ink with Melon Mambo. Stamp on the Vellum and die cut using the 3rd largest Stitched Circle Die, sprinkle with Clear Emboss Powder and Heat set with Heat Tool.
• Use Glue Dots to attach the Vellum circle to the So Saffron circle. Place the Glue dots behind the embossed words.
• Use the Seashells die to cut a few of the shells plus some greenery. Emboss the shells with the embossing folder (SEE THE VIDEO TO HELP YOU THROUGH THIS STEP.) Highlight with the Sahara Sand Ink. Attach these to the card,

Here is a stepped up version of the card using the same sketch. Can you pin point the differences between this card and the one I demonstrated in the Video. Use card sketches to stretch you creativity.

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