Sand and sea - Happy birthday beautiful friend

 

Hi everyone, and welcome once again to another craftalong tuesday. Today I've chosen a really lovely bundle that is an extra special one, as one of the main dies within the bundle corresponds with the embossing folder, which I think is just amazing giving such a delicate embossed look to all of the seashells. So without rambling on any longer let's get started with todays project, hope you like it!..................

Materials needed:

Seaside spray cardstock

1pc - 5-7/8" x 8-1/4" - scored on longside at 4-1/8" - cardbase

1pc - 7/8" x 4-1/8" - sentiment layer

Basic white cardstock

2pc - 4" x 5-3/4" - front of card layer and inside of card

1pc - 3/4" x 4" - for the sentimet

Sand and sea dsp

1pc - 3-7/8" x 5-5/8" - front of card layer

Piece with seashell images on to fussy cut some out

White vellum cardstock

1pc - 3-7/8" x 5-5/8" - front of card layer

Soft seafoam cardstock

1pc - approx 4-1/2" x 6" - to die cut seashells out

Sahara sand cardstock

1pc - approx 4-1/2" x 6" - to die cut seashells out

Pearlescent speciality paper

1pc - approx 3-1/2" x 3-1/2" - to die cut one seashell out

Opal Rounds

 Card instructions

1. Fold and burnish the cardbase.

2. Stamp images and sentiment using soft seafoam ink and seaside spray on the white card piece for the inside of the card and glue inside card flat.

3. Glue the dsp piece onto the other white card piece, and glue flat to the front of the card base.

4. Die cut all of the different seashell pieces, including the single pearlescent one and then place them one at a time inside the embossing folder, you will see that they line up with the embossing folder exactly, run them through the die cutting machine, and then you will be wowed as to how fabulous they look.

5. Carefully using your snips cut the shells  from the sahara sand section, and then using a few, not lots of dimensionals layer them on top of the soft seafoam section. I've also used the seaweedy pieces to give the whole piece alot of dimension.

6. Fussy cut the dsp shells out and give them a bit of depth using a bone folder, then attach them into place, don't completely glue anything down, as you want it to look 3D rather than flat.

6. Stamp the sentiment using seaside spray ink and then add a few dots using the stamped image and sahara sand ink. Now glue this flat at a slight angle, onto the seaside spray piece of cardstock and then glue this onto the shell section.

7. Cut out the pearlescent shell using your snips and then place this onto the shell piece tucking it under and on top of different pieces, again to give a bit of depth.

8. Now take the vellum piece and using your snips rough up the edges of it, I've put small tears into each side as well. Take the shell section and place dimensionals behind the shells, put a small bit of glue onto the dimensionals and now attach this whole section onto the vellum (using a bit of glue makes sure that it stays attached to the vellum).

9. Now on the reverse side of the vellum place glue dots, again behind the shells, then attach this to the front of the card base on top of the dsp. Using the vellum just dulls the dsp down a bit making it look merky like under the sea.

10. Place 3 opal pearls onto the front of the card base and that's the card finished.

Hope you liked the project today, I really loved how it finished and I already have a dear friend in mind to send it to for her birthday.

Until next time take care and keep crafting see you soon.

Huge Crafty Hugs

Natalie xx

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Product List

Friends Are Like Seashells Bundle [156205] £50.25	Seashells 3 D Embossing Folder [154309] £8.25	Opal Rounds [154289] £7.00
Pearlescent Specialty Paper [154291] £3.75	Sand & Sea Designer Series Paper [154288] £10.75	Seaside Spray A4 Cardstock [150889] £8.25
Seaside Spray Classic Stampin’ Pad [150085] £7.00	Soft Sea Foam A4 Cardstock [147012] £8.25	Soft Sea Foam Classic Stampin' Pad [147102] £7.00
Sahara Sand A4 Card Stock [121695] £8.25	Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad [147117] £7.00	Blushing Bride Classic Stampin' Pad [147100] £7.00
Blending Brushes [153611] £11.25	White Vellum A4 Card Stock [106584] £9.25	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] £9.00
Clear Block A [118487] £3.75	Clear Block B [117147] £5.50	Clear Block G [118489] £4.25
Paper Trimmer [152392] £23.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] £3.75	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [154974] £4.50
Mini Glue Dots [103683] £5.00	Paper Snips [103579] £9.25	Bone Folder [102300] £6.50
Take Your Pick [144107] £9.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] £112.00

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