The starting point for this card was leftover rub-on images I had on hand (the boat and the birds). I thought it might work well paired with the lighthouse from the High Tide stamp set – and sure enough it did. I cut the image in half and used the boat on one side of the lighthouse and the birds on the other.
After stamping the lighthouse, sand and moon and coloring the rub-on images, I covered everything with VersaMark and embossed in clear powder, before using my Distress Oxide inks to color the water, sky and beach. I discovered something interesting while doing this: I had blended my blues with a touch of black at the top of the cardstock when I started spritzing the ink with water. I then decided afterwards to add Antique Linen at the bottom. Since there were some spots of dried water on the cardstock already, it picked up the ink more intensely in those spots and I ended up with darker spots - which I really like! I will have to play with that on future projects to see what other effects I can achieve that way.
My sentiment was embossed with Platinum powder and I decided at the end to add the rays of light coming out of the lighthouse, which I simply stamped in Versamark to darken the ink underneath.
The colours were inspird by Sunday Stamps #157 and the design by As You See It #154.
Supplies
Stamps: Marée haute (High Tide - Stampin' Up!)
Cardstock: Whisper White White, Tempting Turquoise, Night of Navy
Designer Series Paper; Nautical Expedition
Ink: VersaMark, Cherry Cobbler, Smoky Slate,
Distress Oxide (Antique Linen, Faded Jeans, Broken China, Frayed Burlap)
Accessories: Stitched Scallop Basic Edges Die-namics, Stitched Domes Die-namics (My Favorite Things),
Envelope Punch Board, Clear Stampin' Emboss Powder, Regals Candy Dots, Stampin' Dimensionals (Stampin' Up!),
Fly a Kite Rub-Ons (October Afternoon, Platinum Embossing Powder (Ranger)
Such a superb scene! I love the way you've sponged and spritzed your background. The sweet scalloped and stitched edge is lovely. This card is all-round gorgeous! Thank you for sharing with us at As You See It Challenge.
Posted by: Jan Clothier | July 24, 2017 at 23:22
What a wonderful scene you've created! So much depth and detail! Thanks for playing with us this week and using our sketch!
Posted by: LeAnne Pugliese | July 27, 2017 at 08:23
So lovely, Cindy. I can't say I have tried Distressed Oxide inks -- you color on top of an embossed surface? Sounds interesting. Your card came out beautifully - so much depth! Thank you for joining us at Sunday Stamps this week.
Posted by: Heidi Baks | July 28, 2017 at 07:57
Cindy, this is fabulous! I love the scene you created! This card should be framed! So happy you shared with us at Sunday Stamps! XX
Posted by: Claire Broadwater | July 28, 2017 at 09:27