Creating a Fun Beachy Scene Using Stampin' Up's Waterfront Stamp Set

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Hi everyone!  I hope you all had a wonderful weekend.  For today's card, I wanted to show that while you can create gorgeous, intricate landscape scenes with Stampin' Up's Waterfront stamp set, you can also keep it simple and still come away with a beautiful card.  Here's some pictures of today's card:

To create this card, I first cut out a stitched circle using the Stitched Shapes framelit dies.  I then stamped my sand with Crumb Cake ink.  Next, I stamped my ocean using Coastal Cabana (stamped off) and then Pacific Point (stamped off). Next, I stamped my beach hut in Coastal Cabana ink.  I then stamped the trunks of the palm trees with Soft Suede ink (first full strength, then stamped off for further away trees).  I then stamped the tops of the trees with Granny Apple Green, full strength, then stamped off, then skewed the stamp a bit and added some Garden Green, stamped off once, then twice.  Next, I stamped my sun with Mango Medley ink.  I then created masks for my sun and beach hut using post-it notes and then stamped my sky using Coastal Cabana (stamped off twice), Melon Mambo, stamped off twice, and Daffodil Delight, stamped off twice.  Finally, I stamped the dots in my ocean with Pacific Point ink.  I then adhered my stamped circle panel to a scalloped circle cut from Coastal Cabana cardstock and cut from the Layering Circles framelit dies.  I then cut a piece of Coastal Cabana cardstick to 1 3/4 by 4" and ran it through my Big Shot with my Seaside Textured Embossing Folder.  I then adhered that panel to a piece of Crumb Cake cardstock, which measures 5 1/4" by 4".  I then stamped my sentiment with Coastal Cabana ink.  Next, I wound some White Baker's Twine around the Crumb Cake panel and then adhered the entire panel to a Coastal Cabana card base, cut at 8 1/2" by 5 1/2 and scored at 4 1/4".  I adhered my layered circles with dimensionals and then added some glitter enamel dots for a finishing touch.  What do you think?

Don't forget, registration is still open for my online card class which uses this stamp set.  Click HERE for all the info on the class and make sure to email me at christinemriley@gmail.com if you'd like to join.

I'll link below all the supplies used to create today's card.  Thanks so much as always for stopping by!

Stampin' Up Online Card Class using Waterfront Stamp Set

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Hi everyone! I'm so excited to introduce my next online class to you. The way my online classes will work is that if you decide you want to join the class, you will email me at christinemriley@gmail.com to sign up for the class. You will send payment via PayPal for the supplies (only the catalog items, in this case, the Waterfront stamp set and the Balmy Blue, Garden Green, and Crumb Cake ink pads. You will then receive from me for free with your order all of the supplies needed to create 6 cards, two each of three designs. You can see the free supplies you will be getting in the video above. I need you to please email me by noon EST on Monday, July 16, 2018 if you want to take the class. That way, I can place the order with Stampin Up, and then create your class packets and get everything shipped to you. I will ship the class items to you on Monday, July 23, 2018. The total cost of this class is $41.29 for the bundle and ink pads (this is the exact cost from the catalog) plus $8 shipping for me to ship the products and class materials to you for a total of $49.29. Along with the products and class materials, you will also get access to an exclusive class video wherein I will teach you step by step how to create the six cards. I will also provide you with a PDF document which will show step by step how to create the six cards. **If you would like to substitute any of the ink pads (say for example you already have the Crumb Cake ink pad and wish to get something else, just include that in your email. You can also add to your order if you like, just email me what you'd like to add and I'll place the order for you once you PayPal me the cost of the order.  Also, as I state in the video, for one of the cards in the class, we will be using aqua painters.  If you would like to add that to your order, please tell me that in the email as well.
**If you are already a demonstrator or have another demonstrator that you would like to purchase from but you are interested in the videos for this class, for $10, you will get access to the class materials and an email copy of the PDF file. Just send me an email at christinemriley@gmail.com if you would like to utilize this option. Thanks so much, I think you will really love this class!!! :)  Hugs!Hugs, Christine

Creating a Beautiful Landscape with Stampin' Up's Waterfront Stamp Set

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Hi everyone!  For today's card, I just had to ink up the gorgeous Waterfront stamp set from Stampin' Up.  There are so many possibilities with this stamp set.  Here are some pictures of my card:

To create this card, I first cut a piece of Whisper White cardstock to 5" by 3 3/4".  I found a reference photo I wanted to use for my scene and I quickly sketched with light pencil where I wanted my mountains, my horizon line, and the two embankments.  Next, I stamped my mountains (furthest away are stamped off once) with Balmy Blue ink.  I then stamped my trees (just the top of the stamp got inked) with Night of Navy ink.  Next, I created the bank with the one line stamp using Old Olive ink (stamped off once).  Next, I created the river using Pool Party and Pacific Point ink.  I stamped the two embankments with Old Olive ink and then stamped the closer trees with Garden Green.  I added some dots from the splatter stamp with Pacific Point ink to the lake and then added a little color in the sky using the one line stamp and Pool Party ink.  Next I stamped my sentiment with Pacific Point ink onto Crumb Cake cardstock cut at 1 3/4" by 1 3/8".  I backed that with Pacific Point an eighth of an inch bigger, then adhered it to my stamped panel using dimensionals (I also wound some silver metallic thread behind the sentiment).  I backed the stamped panel onto a piece of Pacific Point cardstock, cut at 5 1/4" by 4" and then adhered that to a piece of Whisper White cardstock cut at 8 1/2" by 5 1/2, scored at 4 1/4".  For a finishing touch, I added a few silver metallic pearls.  What do you think?

That's it from me today.  Make sure to check back later today to check out my next online card class, which will feature this stamp set.  I'll link below all the products I used to create this card.  Hugs!
Hugs, Christine