Inspiration: July VSN challenge H + Mojo Monday #357 + CAS Colours & Sketch #281 + Tic Tac Tuesday #4 (Ocean + Yellow + Tearing) + Simon Says Stamp Wednesday (Use a die or punch)
For such a cute, uncluttered card, you'll be surprised at how many different items I pulled out to put it together. I'm super happy with the result, though - it's clean and sunny and sort of puts you in a good mood just looking at it.
The starting point was a July VSN challenge based on a treasure hunt, where you had to put together various summer vacation-related items. I paired something "that reminds you of summer" (the beach, "that tastes good" (the pineapple) and "that is red, yellow or orange" (the pinapple). I had this idea that I wanted to make a little Polaroid frame with a summer picture. I decided the CAS Colours challenge had the perfect summery vibe (by the way, I'm très happy that Coastal Cabana is back in the current colour roaster!) and as I was looking for stamps that would work, I was torn between using the pineapple or the flamingo. I decided I wouldn't have to choose if I simply did two Polaroid pictures instead. I was looking for a sketch that could work and I found inspiration in an old Mojo Monday sketch. I then realized I could do a tic-tac-toe line for the Try Stampin' on Tuesday challenge since I already had Ocean and Yellow. I simple added tearing with my pink cardstock.
To make the picture background, I took the center square of the Selfie Frames die and cut the squares in half using a Simple Stitched Border on one for the beach, and a wave border on the other to make the ocean. I blended Distress Oxide inks on my various cardstock pieces, added fine glitter to the edge with a glue pen, and I used the Stitched Windy Backdrop on one sky piece and the Stitched Cloud Backdrop on the other. (See how the stamps and dies are starting to add up?)
When I had flipped through stamps, the hashtag stamps from Wild for You had caught my attention and I later decided to pull that set out again to add the #selfie underneath the flamingo picture. I kind of wanted something else for the pineappe but the other hashtags were not really what I was looking for, so I found a small "miss you" in the How You Bean? Conversation Heart Add-On set, which was perfect.
Finally, I used the Scripty Aloha die on teal glitter paper and I die-cut a piece of white foam to glue underneath it and give it dimension.
Tip: While using fun foam to quickly add dimension underneath a die is a quick way to raise it up, I have noticed that the foam gets squished when going through the die-cutting maching and often gets out flattened and therefore a little wider than the cardstock die-cut. Here, the white shows around my scripty word. I didn't mind and decided it's part of the look, but be mindful of that. I had tried the foam trick on a previous project using a triple window die and I decided against using it because the foam was way too apparent. In that case, your best bet is still to die-cut the same image a number of time out of regular cardstock and stack those cardstock die-cuts together to get the thickness you want.
Supplies
Stamps: Flamingo Together, Aloha, Wild for You, How You Bean? Conversation Heart Add-On (Lawn Fawn)
Cardstock: Thick Whisper White, Lemon Lime Twist, Powder Pink, Coastal Cabana (Stampin' Up!)
Ink: Lemon Lime Twist, Powder Pink, Coastal Cabana (Stampin' Up! Classic Ink);
Tumbled Glass, Squeezed Lemonade, Peacock Feathers (Distress Oxide - Ranger)
Dies: Selfie Frames, Stitched Windy Backdrop, Stitched Cloud Backdrop: Portrait, Aloha,
Flamingo Together, Scripty Aloha, Simple Stitched Hillside Borders, Shadow Box Card Ocean Add-On,
Outside In Stitched Rectangle Stackables (Lawn Fawn); Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder (Stampin' Up!)
Accessories: Two-way Glue Pen, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, White Medium Envelope,
Powder Pink Glimmer Ribbon (Stampin' Up!); Glossy Accents, Blending Tool (Ranger);
Teal Glimmer Paper (unknown source); Alcohol Markers (Copic)
The "#SELFIE" sentiment made me smile. Your card is so cute and colorful. Thanks so much for joining us at TSOT.
Posted by: Dianne Keough | July 22, 2018 at 11:08
Such a cute beachy scene! Love these images in these fun tropical colors!! Thanks so much for playing at TSOT!
Posted by: Heather H | July 22, 2018 at 15:02
Great summery card! Love the tropical theme. Thanks for joining us at CC&S this week.
Posted by: Jeanne K | July 22, 2018 at 23:14
Such a cute and pretty card. Love how you put diecut background in a small photo frame. The pineapple and flamingo are so cute! Beautifully made fun card. Thank you for joining us at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge!
Marge
Posted by: Marge | July 23, 2018 at 04:50
Very clever, Cindy! I like how you used the half-selfies to create your scene as a way to tie the two images together. Also, the sentiment with the foam turned out fine in my opinion. If you wanted to avoid the white showing, how about trying a matching color foam? I like the white peaking out as a slight "matting effect", though. Thanks for joining us at Try Stampin' on Tuesday! -Donna
Posted by: Donna Scholz | July 25, 2018 at 07:27
Aloha! What a cute card and sentiment! :) Love all the colors and layers everywhere...so fun! Thanks for sharing with us at Try Stampin' on Tuesday.
Sara H.
Posted by: Sara Hoogendoorn | July 31, 2018 at 19:55