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Marianne Design Beach Scene

Hello! Even though it is not even 60 degrees here in the Pacific Northwest, I am sharing a beach scene! The card is created primarily with die sets from Marianne Design. (The company is based in The Netherlands; I buy their sets from Frantic Stamper or 123Stitch.)

The sand is created from light tan cardstock to which I added dry clear glitter with double-sided adhesive.
The Lifeguard House has open slots on the back through which I inked the details (white pigment ink on navy blue cardstock).
The Lifeguard House die is one piece. I cut it from white and added the navy blue portion (by fussy-cutting it). I did the same with the red flag.
The umbrella die is one piece as well. I cut if from white and yellow cardstock; I cut the yellow portion and added it to the white umbrella piece.
The sentiment is from a now-retired Simon Says Stamp set. I stamped it on to white cardstock and cut it with a Memory Box cloud die.

Supplies: Marianne Design Beach Houses

Marianne Design – To the Beach

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Hello! With Labor Day just around the corner, I am sharing a CAS, end-of-summer card using the Beach Houses set from Marianne Design. The company is based in The Netherlands; I buy their sets from Frantic Stamper.

The dies for the houses have open slots on the back through which I inked the details on the houses and the umbrella.
I masked the houses to ink the flag and the bird.
I cut the chairs and the door from cardstock inked with the Memento Love Letter ink. I inked squares with Dandelion ink and taped the pieces behind the windows.
I stamped the Papertrey Ink sentiment (which I use once every year it seems!) on to Sea Glass cardstock, and added a strip of blue cardstock for the ocean, and kraft cardstock for the beach.
I cut the lone bird in the sky with a Memory Box set, now retired, which I lightly inked on the edges.
I adhered the elements to the scene.

Supplies:

Freshly Made Sketches #411

Hello! I’m playing along with the Freshly Made Sketches Challenge this week with a CAS Christmas card.

I cut the penguin with the Picture Book Secret Penguin die from Simon Says Stamp and assembled him. The hat was cut with the Eline’s Winter Outfits set from Marianne Design.
I stamped the Neat & Tangled “Hello Winter” stamp (now retired) in white ink on the darker red cardstock. I stamped the sentiment twice; when I stamped the second time, I shifted down a line to create a more random pattern.
I used a heart die in the Lawn Fawn Speech Bubbles set to cut the heart in a brighter red cardstock.
The background paper is from the Echo Park Celebrate Winter collection.

Snow Much Love

Hello from the snowy Pacific Northwest! We received almost a foot of snow overnight. Today I am sharing a CAS Valentine created with the Marianne Design Eline’s Penguin and Igloo & Mountain sets (I purchased the sets from 123 Stitch).

I paired the assembled penguins and igloo with a sentiment that I created on my computer and cut with a snow slope die.

Patterned paper from my stash filled in the background.

Hope your week is off to a terrific start!

Die-cut Chickens

Hello! Today, I am sharing a card combining die-cuts from the Marianne Design Eline’s Chicken Family set with a sentiment in the Technique Tuesday Chicken Family stamp set. This card also combines the design element of color with the die-cut technique (two of my favorite things when it comes to card making).

For the card background, I applied Tumbled Glass ink to Neenah cardstock and stamped the sentiment in Ranger black ink. To create the chickens, I grabbed a bunch of Stampin’ Up cardstock colors and cut them with the Eline’s Chicken Family die set until I liked the combinations (I tried several different yellows, oranges, and reds before deciding).