Kia ora Koutou

I seem to have been doing a lot of beach themed papers lately and I have another beach themed card for you today. I was asked to do a birthday card with a beach theme and a westie dog in it. The Heartfelt Creations Sea Breeze collection was perfect and I was so happy with how this turned out just like I had planned it in my mind. I wanted a little dog running up from the beach towards you among all the shells, birds and boats. Because I wanted this card done very quickly I die cut all the small embellishments out of the papers and all I had to do was trim the paper, add the frame, sentiment and flowers I had already made some time before and I was done. Once again I have downloaded the image for the dog from CoolerPainting on Etsy and printed it on watercolour paper and it was perfect! I was told that the recipient cried when she received this card which makes me very happy. 

My Project.

I created a side folding 5″ x 7″ base card out of white cardstock. I layered gold cardstock with a beach image paper for the base. I die cut the boat, seagull on marker and some birds from the paper collection and die cut plain dies to add the patterned dies on top for more dimension. These were added over the images on the paper. I die cut two frames from the Heartfelt Creations Majestic Swirls Frame Die – one from white cardstock and one from gold cardstock. The gold frame was adhered to the white frame and then added to the card front with foam strips. I die cut more images from the paper collection and added them to plain dies and these were added to the card front. The gate was trimmed in half for both sides of the card and I added some shells, foliage and more birds to the bottom of the card. I also added some seagulls to the main body of the card. The westie image was printed onto watercolour paper, fussy cut and then added to the bottom of the frame to look like he was running up to meet you.

I made the hibiscus flowers and leaves out of watercolour paper and these were added to the top right of the card. To finish I added some more foliage from the Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Spring Foliage which I die cut out of green cardstock around the hibiscus flowers and leaves.

To finish I added some Crystal Ultrafine glitter to the sea and generally over the card using Bearly Art Glue.

Products Used:

Heartfelt Creations Sea Breeze Paper Collection

Heartfelt Creations A Day At the Sea Die

Heartfelt Creations Sand and Sunsets Die

Heartfelt Creations Sea Breeze Harbour

Heartfelt Creations Tropical Hibiscus Die

Heartfelt Creations Majestic Swirls Frame Die

Heartfelt Creations Lattice Flourish Gateway Die

Heartfelt Creations Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper

Heartfelt Creations Luxe Gold Cardstock

Heartfelt Creations Stamens

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Rainforest

Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Spring Greenery Honey Cuts

Bearly Art Glue

Ranger Archival inks – Peachy Keen, Magenta Hue, Sunflower, Tiger Lily, Leaf Green, Vivid Chartreuse, Olive

Bockingford Water Colour Paper – 165 gsm

Heartfelt Creations Deluxe Flower Shaping Kit

Foam strips

Art Glitter Crystal Ultrafine Glitter

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Patricia