Sea Shells

Hi Everyone!

Today I have a card that I did for the card swap at Cuttlebug_Itis Swaps group for the month of August.

Since I have some pretty seashells from our last trip to Florida, I decided to incorporate a shell onto a card. 

Here's a list of supplies I used:

American Crafts Tropical Papers
White CoverStock 110 lb
Spellbinders Labels One and Impressabilities "Sea Scape"
Orange and Yellow Pan Pastels
Magic Mesh
Fish brads
Mini and Large Pearls in colors
SU Seashell Wheel Stamp
A real Seashell from Florida

I took the largest die and the 3rd largest die of the Spellbinders Labels One set to make the frame. Take the smaller die and lay it inside the larger die and then run through your machine to cut. 

The frame and the card base are both using the 110# coverstock. The piece that was left over from cutting the frame, I used that as the background panel. I sponged the clouds, water and sand onto this panel. 

Using my Seashell stamp, I stamped on a piece of the brown paper from the American Crafts Tropical color bundle.

Taking another piece of the coverstock, I embossed the Sea Scape Impressabilities and then rubbed orange and yellow Pan Pastels over it. Then I took a soft cloth and rubbed it over the embossing. It makes the Pan Pastels feel like a creamy chalk. 

You can see where I put the magic mesh and glue dotted the fish onto the mesh. The pearls are colored so they matched the Tropical paper colors perfectly. Each pearl is the same color of the paper. 

So I put everything together and finally used glue dots to hold my sea shell down. It went together in about 1/2 hour, which is pretty quick for me. 

That's it for today! 

Debbie       

Pink Black-Eyed Susan

Finally, I'm back. It has been so busy the past two months in our household but things have slowed down for the summer. It's nice to be able to sit back and relax.

I have been busy making flowers and cards and today I have one of my latest cards to show you. I fell in love with the Sizzix Susan Tierney-Cockburn "Susan's Garden" dies and the Pan Pastel Flower Coloring Kit. So far I have 13 of her sets and I still have 5 more that I would like to get.

Today's project was submitted for the Cuttlebug-itis TOW Rectangles challenge. I used the Anna Griffin "Circular Grid" embossing folder, Spellbinders Labels 18 for the frame,  and Sizzix Black-Eyed Susan die set and Pan Pastels for that touch of extra color on the frame and flower. Normally everyone thinks of the color yellow for this flower, but it also grows in pink. So I thought I would do it in pink and I just love how it turned out.

I was going to add a greeting and bow to the front, but I didn't want anything to interfere with the look of the front of the card. If you could see this card for real, I bet you would be tempted to stop and smell the flower.

I also have made other flowers from the Sizzix Susan's Garden die sets. I have Hibiscus, Tulips, large and small Lily's, Dogwood, Flowering Quince and Forsythia already made. My thought is to make a ton of flowers from these dies and make a floral swag to hang in my craft room. I'll have blooming flowers all year round!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great day!