Beach Life

Good Morning.

As I mentioned in a previous post, I am playing along with some of the challenges at Splitcoast.

This was a long weekend here for us, so I had time to play.

I made 2 cards using the same stamps but totally different techniques which I will do my best to explain.

The card above was really an experiment to see what would happen if I used hot glue on my cardstock.  I had read about a technique using it with heat embossing so thought I would give it a whirl.

I began with heavy weight cardstock and squeezed a line of hot glue onto my paper.  While it was still hot, I used a credit card to pull the glue downwards and really didn't know what to expect.  Before it cooled, I sprinkled on some white embossing powder and melted that with my heat gun.  After it cooled, it reminded me of water and a wave so I inked up the background with Distress Oxide ink and then using my Misti, stamped the birds and the sentiment.

Fun to try something new.

The second card is more straight forward.

For this card, I watercolored the background using Distress inks, then using my Misti, I stamped the same birds as above.  

For the card front, I used a piece of drywall tape to stencil using Peeled Paint and Mowed Lawn Distress inks.  I thought the green was a nice compliment to the colours in the scene.  I stamped the sentiment from Mama Elephant using black Memento ink and mounted the scene over the bkg using foam dots.

Well there you have it.  Two different cards using the same stamps.
 Thanks so much for the visit!


Adding my card to these challenges:

Use Your Stuff- QUOTE
(quote on my card)
 A Bit More Time to Craft- ANYTHING GOES
Create and Inspire- ANYTHING GOES
NordSalten Hobby Club- BLUE
Stempelgarten- SUMMERTIME

Supplies

Card #1

Stamps- Flying Crane, Standing Crane (Frog's Whiskers); 

Everyday Beauty (Impression Obsession)

Ink- DOX- Salty Ocean; Memento black

Paper- heavy weight (local store)

Accessories and Tools- Misti; hot glue; credit card; white eb powder; heat tool; sponging tool

Card #2

Stamps- Flying Crane, Standing Crane (Frog's Whiskers); Everyday Greetings (Mama Elephant)

Ink- Distress ink- Salty Ocean, Peeled Paint,Seedless Perserves

Paper- heavy weight (local store)

Accessories and Tools- Misti; drywall tape; foam dots; paintbrush