Priscilla's Papercrafts: So Many Shells

Friday, September 8, 2017

Still More Leftovers

Yes, it's Day 3 of my Card Club Leftovers and what I did with them.

Here is the original card we stamped during our club evening. I had two girls accompany their grandma, and they were very good stampers. I wanted to have a card that I knew they would like:

It's a 4" x 4" card of Thick Whisper White cardstock, with a layer of Foil Frenzy Specialty Designer Series Paper. We also started with a Whisper White square, a Pool Party square and a Whisper White square with scallops, all cut with the Layering Squares Framelits.

Our bottle from Message in a bottle was stamped using Smoky Slate ink, and we added the water with Pool Party. Our mermaid was stamped and colored using Blender Pens. Then we stamped the anchor and shells from Seaside Shore and cut them out. Very cute.

But, I went a different direction when making my next card:

I turned the card on it's side and added some Pool Party 3/8" Shimmer Ribbon. Then, using So Many Shells, I stamped the sentiment with Crumb Cake ink and the shells using Powder Pink and Blushing Bride, and Soft Sky and Pool Party. These were fussy cut and adhered with Dimensionals. But basically the same card.

And next, a holiday card:

Again, same basic layout, but I used the snowflakes from the Seasonal Layers Thinlits, and stamped "peace" from Christmas Quilt. All I needed was a few Rhinestones, and called it done.

But finally, I went rogue again:

I love this one! 💘
I merely turned the scalloped square on the diagonal, left the other layers alone, and stamped the images from Half Full. The wine glass is stamped directly on the card front, while the bottle was paper-pieced -- the bottle was stamped in Old Olive and fussy cut, the label in Pool Party and the bottle top using Gold Foil.

I also stamped, colored and cut the grapes, and added a Burlap ribbon bow. And can you see the wine glass and how it looks like "glass"? I "painted" over it with my Fine Tip Glue and let it dry. So pretty!

So here are my four cards - all started with the same supplies, but they all came out different. Such fun! Do you have a favorite? Won't you leave me a comment and let me know?

Product List

Message In A Bottle Photopolymer Stamp Set

[143707]

$17.00

Seaside Shore Wood-Mount Stamp Set

[141622]

$29.00

Seaside Shore Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[141625]

$21.00

So Many Shells Photopolymer Stamp Set

[143695]

$26.00

Christmas Quilt Photopolymer Stamp Set

[144793]

$21.00

Half Full Wood-Mount Stamp Set

[144996]

$30.00

Half Full Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[144999]

$22.00

Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad

[131179]

$6.50

Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad

[126982]

$6.50

Blushing Bride Classic Stampin' Pad

[131172]

$6.50

Powder Pink Classic Stampin' Pad

[144084]

$6.50

Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad

[126978]

$6.50

Soft Sky Classic Stampin' Pad

[131181]

$6.50

Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad

[126975]

$6.50

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock

[140272]

$7.00

Foil Frenzy Specialty Designer Series Paper

[144125]

$13.00

Pool Party 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[122924]

$8.00

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[100730]

$9.00

Old Olive 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[100702]

$8.00

Gold Foil Sheets

[132622]

$4.00

Layering Squares Framelits Dies

[141708]

$35.00

Seasonal Layers Thinlits Dies

[143751]

$33.00

Big Shot

[143263]

$110.00

Paper Snips Scissors

[103579]

$10.00

Blender Pens

[102845]

$12.00

Pool Party 3/8" Shimmer Ribbon

[144152]

$7.00

5/8" (1.6 Cm) Burlap Ribbon

[141487]

$7.00

Rhinestone Basic Jewels

[144220]

$5.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.00

Fine-Tip Glue Pen

[138309]

$7.00

Monday, September 4, 2017

Seas The Day

So Many Shells is a beautiful stamp set, featured in the Annual Catalog. I've been playing with a few of the images, and when I saw a card on Pinterest, by Heather Cooper, I knew I had to try my hand at recreating it. Take a look:

This starts with a piece of Whisper White cardstock. I cut a circle with one of the Layering Circles dies in a piece of Thick Whisper White, to use as a mask. I gently anchored my Thick piece over my card front, and then using sponges, inked a beach scene.

I started with Crumb Cake ink for the beach, then sponged Soft Sky from there on up. I made sure to leave some "whiter" areas to make it look like clouds. Then I took the "water" stamp from High Tide and stamped it (leaving the mask in place) using Marina Mist ink.

I removed the mask and had a lovely "beach circle".

Next I stamped the birds, also from High Tide, using Early Espresso ink.

The card base is Soft Sky, and there's a layer of Crumb Cake between the bottom and the top card front.

And then those shells! They are two-step stamps; the sand dollar was stamped in Sahara Sand and Crumb Cake; the shell in Powder Pink and Blushing Bride, and the long shell (is that a conch shell?) was Soft Suede and Chocolate Chip. Each shell was fussy-cut with my Paper Snips, then adhered with Dimensionals.