Nautical - Right as Rain

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

A Nautical Hello

Hello! Today, I am sharing a nautical-themed card (one of my favorite themes) featuring the Cottage Cutz Lighthouse and Sailboat. As I have mentioned in previous posts sharing Cottage Cutz projects, the die-cutting and assembly is a bit like working a puzzle.

I cut the boat, lighthouse, and wave from watercolor paper on which I had applied watercolor with the Ken Oliver – Color Burst powders.
I stamped white cardstock with the Papertrey Ink Flipping Out sentiment and cut it with the Impression Obsession cloud die.
The background was created with the MFT Cloud Stencil.
I cut the sandy beach from tan cardstock to which I applied Clear Rock Candy glitter.

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Cottage Cutz Nautical Hello

Hello! Today, I am sharing a nautical-themed card showcasing the CottageCutz Lighthouse die. If you have followed this blog for awhile, you may recall that nautical is one of my favorite cardmaking themes.

I die-cut the lighthouse from a variety of cardstock pieces and glued it together.
I stamped the Stampin’ Up sentiment on to a triangle cut with the Color Block Slices die set.
I added the lighthouse and stamped light ray to a patterned paper background and finished it with a frame cut with the A2 Rectangle Frames set.

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Marianne Design – To the Beach

Looking for the Spellbinders Blog Hop post? Find it here.

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.

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Spellbinders Foiled Nautical Thank You

Hello! Today I am sharing a CAS card showcasing a foiled sentiment from the Spellbinders Stylish Script Collection.

I paired the foiled Thank You sentiment with ovals cut using dies in the Elegant Twist Ovals set. I previously shared a card created with this same die set here.

To create a nautical-themed Thank You:

Foil the sentiment on Whip Cream cardstock in Gold.
Cut the Elegant Twist Ovals frames from Brush Gold cardstock.
With dies in the set, cut an oval from Whip Cream cardstock; adhere to the back of the larger gold twist oval.
With a die in the set, cut the foiled sentiment cardstock; adhere the smaller gold twist oval on top.
Add the ovals to a card base covered with Carta Bella paper; add nautical stickers (Paper House Productions “At the Beach”) for embellishment.

Note: the card is slightly larger than A2.

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