Waves of the Ocean Suite Collection Thank You Card

  

Hello!! Thanks very much for stopping by! It's time for Kylie Bertucci's April International Blog Highlights contest! I hope that you like my fun-fold card, and will vote for me! Please click on the button below to go to Kylie's blog, and vote by clicking on the top right corner of the thumbnail of my card (#3), until you see the heart turn red. Thank you so much for your support!!

I absolutely love our Waves of the Ocean Collection!! The card I made this month is a variation of my March contest card and my March Top Ten Winners card, but made into an accordion fun-fold card, modified from a Mystery Stamping project we made in a team meeting. (You can see the original design in my February 28th blog post.) The background of this card uses our stunning Waves of the Ocean Designer Series Paper (DSP), which is available only while quantities last! See the shopping links below if you want to get any of these products, but don't wait! (The Rhinestone Waves Basic Jewels and Blue Foils Specialty Paper are already gone!)

Top view of the fun-fold card

The card as it stands

Here is the closed card

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Full Directions for My Card:

1. Cut the following layers:
• Pacific Point cardstock: 4-1/4" x 5-1/2" (card base); 11" x 3-1/2"--scored at 3-1/2" and 7-1/4"
• Shimmery White cardstock: 10-3/4" x 3-1/4"
• Waves of the Ocean Designer Series Paper (DSP): 11" x 5-1/4"--scored at 1-3/4", 3-1/2", 5-1/4", and 7"
• Basic White cardstock: 4" x 5-1/4"
2. Stamp the pelican in Smoky Slate near the right side of the Shimmery White piece. Colour the pilings with Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends, and colour the pelican in Smoky Slate Stampin' Blends. 
3. Stamp the wave with Versamark on the bottom left corner of the Shimmery White piece. Add white embossing powder and set with heat tool.
4. Add ink to the wave with Blending Brushes (Coastal Cabana and Pacific Point).
5. Cut a Post-it note to cover the sky and wave, and form the sandbank, and to mask the pilings and pelican (stamp on the Post-it note, and then cut out the shape). Apply ink to Shimmery White piece (Crumb Cake at top, then Sahara Sand) with a Blending Brush, and then stamp some texture (from Oceanfront) in Sahara Sand. Stamp the grasses in Mossy Meadow and Old Olive.
6. Remove the sky Post-it notes (keep the pelican/pilings note attached) and cover the sand with "negative" of the sky Post-it notes. Cut a 1" circle (sun) from a Post-it note, and add to sky. Use Blending Brush to apply ink (Daffodil Delight, Pale Papaya, Pool Party, Balmy Blue, and Pacific Point) in overlapping circles around the sun, filling in all of the sky (mask the pelican and pilings with Post-it note). Stamp birds (from On the Horizon) in Basic Gray. Add another Post-it note, covering the sky, at the water line. Apply Coastal Cabana ink to water with Blending Brush, and then stamp with wave stamp in second generation (stamped-off) Pacific Point. Remove note from sun, and apply a small amount of Daffodil Delight ink to the white circle.
7. Stamp "Thanks" sentiment (a partial stamp from On the Horizon) in Pacific Point at top left.
8. Adhere Shimmery White piece to Pacific Point mat, so that the wave is over the 3-1/2" wide panel. Gently score to match, and gently burnish folds.
9. Fold DSP accordion style (starting from right, "mountain", "valley", "mountain", "valley" with largest panel to the right), and gently burnish folds of DSP. Adhere to Pacific Point card base.
10. Placing the widest panel of the DSP to your right (and all the smaller panels to the left), fit the right hand ("valley") fold of the Shimmery White card front snugly into the very right hand ("valley") fold of the DSP, with the top and bottom margins even, and adhere to the DSP. The right edge of the Shimmery White will be about 1/4" from the right edge of the card base.
11. Fold the accordion panels into a stack, place the wave panel over top of the card, and adhere only the left edge of the card front to the first panel of the DSP.
12. Add three Rhinestone Basic Jewels.
13. Adhere Basic White cardstock to back of card for hand-written sentiment. 

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Product List

Waves Of Inspiration Cling Stamp Set (English) [158833] $32.00	Oceanfront Photopolymer Stamp Set [157862] $30.00	On The Horizon Cling Stamp Set (English) [157770] $32.00	Blending Brushes [153611] $16.25	Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154882] $12.00
Balmy Blue Classic Stampin' Pad [147105] $10.25	Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad [147107] $10.25	Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin' Pad [147097] $10.25	Pacific Point Classic Stampin' Pad [147098] $10.25	Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad [147094] $10.25
Pale Papaya Classic Stampin' Pad [155670] $10.25	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [147116] $10.25	Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad [147117] $10.25	Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad [147113] $10.25	Basic Gray Classic Stampin' Pad [149165] $10.25
Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad [147090] $10.25	Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad [147111] $10.25	Basics Embossing Powders [155554] $24.00	Versamark Pad [102283] $13.00	Waves Of The Ocean 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [159982] $15.75

West Coast Creators Blog Hop - Whimsical Trees Gift Card Holder

Welcome to the December West Coast Creators Blog Hop!! This month we are featuring gift card holders and gift packaging. Since Christmas is right around the corner, I hope you will find this useful! My card is a variation of a gift card holder I made on November 29 (which you can find here). It's pretty quick to make, especially if you have some Designer Series Paper (DSP) that you like! Unfortunately, the Whimsy & Wonder DSP is no longer available, but you can make the same gift card holder with any DSP--Christmas or non-Christmas. The Whimsical Trees stamp set is retiring on January 3rd, and is only available while supplies last!!

1. Cut the following layers:
• Polished Pink: 9-3/4" x 5", scored at 3-1/4" and 6-1/2"; 4-1/4" x 5" (card base)
• Whimsy & Wonder Designer Series Paper (DSP): 3-3/16" x 4-5/8", 3-1/4" x 2" (ornaments); 3-1/4" x 4" (stripe)
• Silver Foil Specialty Paper: 3-1/2" x 5"
• Basic White cardstock: 3-1/4" x 4"; 2-1/2" x 1" (for sentiment)
2. Wrap 12" length of ribbon around larger piece of ornament DSP and tie in a knot. Cut silver frame using second and third largest rectangles; glue to DSP. 
3. Make Z-fold with scored piece of Polished Pink cardstock, having "mountain" fold at left, and "valley" fold at right. Adhere card front to panel on left.
4. Stamp sentiment in Polished Pink; cut with Seasonal Labels die; adhere to card front with Mini Dimensionals.
5. Cut striped DSP and Basic White with largest die; use same die to cut the bottom part of the ornament DSP, and then trim the top with the long side of the second largest die. Adhere to striped DSP at bottom and sides only, making a pocket for the gift card. Glue to centre panel.
6. Stamp the sentiment (full strength) and holly (stamped-off) with Polished Pink; adhere to right hand panel.
7. Stamp holly along the edges of 4-1/4" x 5-1/2" Polished Pink cardstock with stamped-off Polished Pink. Glue back of right-hand panel to card base, making bottom edges of Z-fold even with bottom of card base, and equal borders at right and left.
8. Add three Rhinestone Basic Jewels to finish card.

Thanks for visiting my blog! If you have a moment, please leave a comment below. Then be sure to check out the rest of our very talented West Coast Creators' blogs to see their gorgeous creations!

❤️ Kim

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Product List

Whimsical Trees Cling Stamp Set (English) [156330] $30.00	Seasonal Labels Dies [156299] $52.00	Stitched Rectangles Dies [151820] $48.00	Whimsy & Wonder 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [156329] $20.00	Polished Pink 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [155710] $12.00
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $13.25	Silver Foil 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Pack [156457] $13.50	Polished Pink 3/8" (1 Cm) Open Weave Ribbon [155714] $9.50	Polished Pink Classic Stampin' Pad [155712] $10.25	Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220] $6.75

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West Coast Creators Blog Hop May 2020

Woohoo! I'm really excited, because this is the first time I have ever participated in a blog hop!! Our West Coast Creators family just started this blog hop, and for our first one, we are highlighting products that are retiring.

My baby card uses the retiring Welcome Easter stamp set (but it's not just for Easter!), a stitched tag from Bonanza Dies, Mint Macaron Textile Ribbon, as well as the gorgeous Best Dressed Designer Series Paper. I will be really sad to see these products go!!

This card is a fun-fold pop-up card that I was introduced to in a Virtual Technique Club--the one I saw was made by Susan Campfield. I have really enjoyed the design, and this is the third card that I have made using the fun-fold technique. The card base is Pretty Peacock, and I chose the floral Purple Posy and striped papers (both from Best Dressed DSP). The cute animals were coloured with Stampin' Blends--Smoky Slate, So Saffron, Petal Pink, Pool Party, Pretty Peacock, and Light Pumpkin Pie.

Thanks for stopping by, and be sure to check out the rest of the beautiful cards posted by this very talented group of ladies!!!

This is the inside of the card.

This is the back of the card—a place to write a personal message.

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tams# 43883

Product List

Very Versailles Cling Stamp Set [149275]	Stitched Nested Labels Dies [149638]	Ornate Frames Dies [150664]	Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Pad [150083]	Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad [147117]
Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [101650]	Pretty Peacock 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [150880]	Sahara Sand 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [121043]	Linen Thread [104199]	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755]
Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]