Sand & Sea Birthday Card

 

Welcome to the February edition of the West Coast Creators Blog Hop! This month we are focusing on Hey Chick, Hey Birthday Chick, and birthday cards in general. I wanted to use one of my favourite new products--the Sand & Sea Suite. I ended up using six of the seven components of it. There's so much to love!!

I started with two pieces of Sand & Sea Designer Series Paper (DSP)--a 5" x 3-3/4" piece of the Misty Moonlight DSP, and a 5" x 2-1/4" piece of Sahara Sand DSP (which I cut with a Curvy Die, but you could just use paper snips). I adhered the Sahara Sand piece to the Misty Moonlight DSP with Seal, and then that layer to a 5-1/8" x 3-7/8" Misty Moonlight mat. The card base is a 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" piece of Seaside Spray cardstock, scored at 4-1/4". I used my Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine to die cut and emboss a 5-1/4" x 4" piece of Pearlescent Specialty Paper with the large Seaside Shells Die and Seashells 3D Embossing Folder. 

I cut apart the shells, leaving some seaweed attached to the largest shell, and I used our amazing Blending Brushes to add ink (Seaside Spray, Blushing Bride, Flirty Flamingo) to three shells, and Mint Macaron to some of the seaweed. I pulled the edges of a 7" length of 3/16" Braided Linen Trim apart, made a loop at one edge, and attached it to the DSP layer with glue dots. I added the shells and seaweed with Seal and Dimensionals.

Two of the seaweed "fronds" were curled up to give them some dimension, and glued so that they lifted a bit from the paper. 

The sentiment--from the Friends are Like Seashells stamp set--was stamped directly onto the DSP in Misty Moonlight. I added three Opal Rounds to complete the card. 

The Sand & Sea Suite is absolutely beautiful, and has so many possibilities for creativity!

Thank you very much for visiting my blog! Please leave a comment below, if you have time. Then be sure to visit the other blogs--there are some gorgeous cards to see!!

❤️ Kim

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Product List

Friends Are Like Seashells Bundle [156205]	Seashells 3 D Embossing Folder [154309]	Sand & Sea Designer Series Paper [154288]	Pearlescent Specialty Paper [154291]	Misty Moonlight 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [153081]
Seaside Spray 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [150883]	Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' Pad [153118]	Blending Brushes [153611]	Opal Rounds [154289]	3/16" (1 Cm) Braided Linen Trim [147808]
Stampin' Seal [152813]	Mini Glue Dots [103683]