My Sea Folly

My Sea Folly

Have you ever started creating with an idea in mind and it just wouldn't happen?! 

Friday I received a demonstrator order, one that I had placed the week before. 

I opened my box of goodies with such excitement and found my Circle Card thinlits die, along with my new DSP's, cardstock & my Sea themed stamps.

 I was over the moon & couldn't wait to get started.

So, yesterday I went to my studio. With the intent of creating one of these 'Circle Cards'....I found an online tutorial showing how to use the die, but ....NO WAY HO-SAY! 

I just couldn't think of how I wanted it to look & nothing I did was going to make it happen.

I was distracted! 

My minds eye kept picturing the Sea themed stamp sets I had unpacked, and I just had to keep picking them up! 

They were calling me to create with them!

SO, I DID

 &

 I created this set, 

I call

 'Sea Folly'

#Bythetide #Fromlandtosea #Seastreet #Traveler 

#Saharasand #Stampinup #Poolparty 

To create Sea Folly: 

For this gorgeous ocean inspired set.

• I used Soft Suede as the base for each card cut into 14 cm x 14 cm top fold squares. 
• I then cut contrasting squares for each base, with each square 2 millimeters smaller than the last until I had 3 layers on top of my base. Blushing Bride, Island Indigo,  with Very Vanilla being the last and smallest square, adding 1 square of the Soft Suede under each of the top squares.. 
• I sponged each Very Vanilla top square with a coordinating ink to match the chosen contrasting cardstock. Inks used for this were Blushing Bride, Pool Party, Bermuda Bay, Early Espresso & Sahara Sand
• I stamped my images onto each of the inked card tops. At one stage having to create a 'Mask' which I used to layer the lighthouse onto the mountains - from the In the Meadow stamp set, and then again when I added the sea spray effect. My masks used are pictured below. I also used By the Tide, From Land to Sea, Sea Street & Traveler stamp sets.

#Masking

• I embellished some of the cards with Brights Sequins Assortment, Pearl Basic Jewels,  Linen Thread + some burlap that I had pulled threads out from, quite alot lol

                                                                           

#KOCreations #Seafolly #Seacreatures

I hope you enjoy these cards as much as I did creating them.

Thank you.

 To shop for any of the items I used in 'To create Sea Folly' Just click on the lighter grey coloured words.

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