Ocean waves may inspire and/or bring you calmness. You can be on the ocean or on the seashore with  the sounds of the  crashing waves and embracing the wonders that lie below the surface..  However, the ocean also has a dangerous side and it’s important to remember that.

The inspiration for this card came from Marcie Bescher.

Waves of Inspiration Card Recipe

Stamp Sets: Waves of Inspiration, Ocean Front.

Ink: VersaMark, Basic Grey, Pool Party, Memento Tuxedo Black, Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Coastal Cabana,  Stampin’ Blends: Smoky Slate, Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, Bronze, Stamparatus,

Paper: Night of Navy, Pool Party, Basic White.

Accessories: Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, Waves Die, Basic Border Die, Basic Stampin’ Emboss Powders (White), Blending Brushes, Paper Snips Scissors, Rhinestone Waves Basic Jewels, Sponge Daubers.

Cutting Measurements

Night of Navy: 8-1/2 x 5-1/2″ Score at 4-1/4″ and burnish with Bone Folder.

Pool Party: 4″ x 5-1/4″.

Basic White: 5″ x 3-3/4″, Scraps for sentiment, pelican and logs, and rocks and 5-1/4″ x 4″ panel for the inside of the card..

Create the Card

• Before starting to create the card, cut a border from Basic White cardstock and the Basic Border Dies.  Lay the cut out from the Basic Border dies with the curves up on the Basic White cardstock panel. Ink the Blending Brush with Pool Party ink.  Use the die cut as a  stencil and swirl the brush on the Basic White cardstock.  Move the stencil around to create different patterns for the clouds.
• Ink the Wave stamp with VersaMark, then ink with Pool Party ink. Add the Coastal Cabana ink to the stamp in various places with a Sponge Dauber.  Now, stamp on the Basic White cardstock. Heat emboss with white embossing powder and heat gun..
• Ink the rocks from the Ocean Front with Soft Suede ink.  Cut out with the Paper Snips.
• Stamp the pelican and the logs with Tuxedo Black Memento ink. Stamp the Pelican head & body a second time.  Use the Bronze Stampin’ Blend, to color the logs the strings with the Smoky Slate Blend.  Color the Pelican’s beak with the Pumpkin Pie Blend,, the head with  Smoky Slate Blend and the body with the light Black Blend. Color the 2nd Pelican’s head and body the same way. Die cut with the pelican and logs dies.
• Attach the pelican and logs on the right hand side of the waves.  Adhere the 2nd pelican with Mini Dimensionals to the 1st pelican.
• Stamp the birds on the sky with the Basic Grey ink.

Sentiment

• Lightly stamp the wave stamp on a scrap of Basic White cs. Ink the sentiment stamp with Night of Navy and stamp on the Basic White.  Die cut and attach to the card front with dimensionals. Adhere 2 Rhinestone Waves Basic Jewels to either end of the sentiment.  TIP: If you don’t have these gems, then color the Basic Rhinestone Jewels with a Stampin’ Blends
• At the same time, stamp the wave on the panel for the inside of the card.
• Attach the art image to the Pool Party cs and  then to the card front.

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