Relaxing at the Beach - Try Stampin' on Tuesay #414

The hot lazy days of summer are finally here!  The Spring was rainy and cool, great for the garden, but not so great for enjoying the outdoors.  Hot, humid weather is forecast, but hopefully not as hot as what Europe is experiencing.  However, hot enough to enjoy the beach.

That's exactly what the gentleman in the card I designed for the challenge with Try Stampin' on Tuesday #414 (theme summer fun) is doing - relaxing at the beach.

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The card base is Coastal Cabana card stock, layered with a piece of Whisper White card stock embossed with the Subtle Texture embossing folder inked with Coastal Cabana ink.  I love the tone on tone effect.

On this layer are added two different panels of DSP matted with Gray Granite card stock. One strip (the smaller) is from Follow Your Art DSP, and the larger one with the Sea Gulls from Bird Ballad DSP.  I sponged the edges of both DSP panels with Gray Granite ink to blend the two different designs for the purposes of this card.

The gentleman relaxing on a chair on the beach is from "A Good Man".  The ocean behind him is stamped using a Waterfront stamp ; the sky washed with a watercolor pencil and an aqua painter, and the beach sand created using glimmer embossing paste coloured with Sahara Sand reinker. 

I stamped some birds in the sky from "Sailing Home". 

Because the sentiment was too long for the art piece, I using a Basic Black marker to high light the words so that the sentiment could fit on the art piece. Dimensionals are used to add the sentiment to the art piece.

This art piece is added to the card front with dimensionals.

To finish the card, a bow made using the braided Sahara Sand trim is added to the bottom of the smaller DSP panel.

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  A Good Man,ncils, Free as a Bird, Waterfront, Sailing Home

Inks:  Coastal Cabana, Black Memento, Sahara Sand reinker, watercolor pencAils, Gray Granite

Papers:  Coastal Cabana, Whisper White, Gray Granite, Bird Ballad DSP, Follow Your Art DSP.

Accessories:  Subtle Texture 3D Embossing folder, 1/16 Sahara Sand braided twine, Dimensionals, Shimmer Embossing paste, Aqua painter