Hello! Welcome to my very first post for Classy Cards 'N Such. This week's challenge is called A Day at the Beach and who doesn't long for one this summer, right? Well, it certainly reminded me of the aquamarine beaches we have in Honduras, particularly in the Bay Islands... So I had to use this fresh color, combined with white and sand beige, to make my card.
I used Spellbinders dies to make my card. I created the card base and central frame, on the Diamonds Effects largest frame, die cutting with A2 Matting Basics A. Then, I decided I wanted to make a double frame for the seashell with White Pearl Linen, to make it stand out from the background. To make the double frame I die cut eight corners from the A2 Filigree Delight. I layered the first four with the filigree ends towards the inside, trying to achieve a square shape. Then I layered the other four with the filigree ends towards the outside, on top of the first frame. This results in a very elegant, nicely layered base for a focal image or sentiment.
To put together my design I added a free seashell image I found on the internet, customized it to match the color of my cardstock and printed it three times on White Pearl Linen. Once cut I made a decoupage with them which worked out nice with the rest of the design. To finish, I added some pearls of various sizes combined with vynil stickers and heat embossed a sentiment (best wishes) on Vellum in silver.
I hope you enjoyed my card and that it has inspired you to create a card with a beach theme for our challenge this week! Follow the guidelines and link up your creation for a chance to win a die from Impression Obsession:
To find out more about the challenge and see my teammates' gorgeous samples please visit Classy Cards 'N Such blog.
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Thanks so much for stopping by.
PS: If you'd like to have the seashell image used on my card, go to the freebies section (top tab) to download it. Enjoy!
This card is participating in:
Anything Goes - Word Art Wednesday
Inspirational Photo or Anything Goes - Dazzling Diva Challenge
P is for Pearls - The ABC Challenge
Summertime - Crafting Musketeers
Under the Sea - Crafty Cardmakers and more
Anything Goes - Curtain Call
I used Spellbinders dies to make my card. I created the card base and central frame, on the Diamonds Effects largest frame, die cutting with A2 Matting Basics A. Then, I decided I wanted to make a double frame for the seashell with White Pearl Linen, to make it stand out from the background. To make the double frame I die cut eight corners from the A2 Filigree Delight. I layered the first four with the filigree ends towards the inside, trying to achieve a square shape. Then I layered the other four with the filigree ends towards the outside, on top of the first frame. This results in a very elegant, nicely layered base for a focal image or sentiment.
To put together my design I added a free seashell image I found on the internet, customized it to match the color of my cardstock and printed it three times on White Pearl Linen. Once cut I made a decoupage with them which worked out nice with the rest of the design. To finish, I added some pearls of various sizes combined with vynil stickers and heat embossed a sentiment (best wishes) on Vellum in silver.
I hope you enjoyed my card and that it has inspired you to create a card with a beach theme for our challenge this week! Follow the guidelines and link up your creation for a chance to win a die from Impression Obsession:
To find out more about the challenge and see my teammates' gorgeous samples please visit Classy Cards 'N Such blog.
Grab my discount code
and get 10% off your purchase!
PS: If you'd like to have the seashell image used on my card, go to the freebies section (top tab) to download it. Enjoy!
This card is participating in:
Anything Goes - Word Art Wednesday
Inspirational Photo or Anything Goes - Dazzling Diva Challenge
P is for Pearls - The ABC Challenge
Summertime - Crafting Musketeers
Under the Sea - Crafty Cardmakers and more
Anything Goes - Curtain Call
Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteYour card is gorgeous. I love what you did with the corners die.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card and thanks for the gorgeous picture of that beautiful beach! Living in a land-locked state (Colorado) makes me miss some ocean time! Have a great day!
ReplyDeleteDonna
What an absolutely beautiful card! Your work is always so lovely!
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful. The colors are so restful and the design is perfect. Love it.
ReplyDeleteReally beautiful and so elegant!
ReplyDeletewonderful work Gracie, Shazx
ReplyDeleteSuch a pretty sea shall card -- love those added pearls!
ReplyDeleteSuch a pretty card, Gracielle! I love the soft beachy colors! Great job! Thanks for joining us at the Dazzling Diva Design Challenge this week. Hugs, Cathy
ReplyDeleteA gorgeous card with lovely layers CCNS is lucky to have you!!
ReplyDeleteJust beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining in with our 'under the sea' challenge
Lin
Crafty Cardmakers and More
Fab project , thank you for joining us over at the Crafting Musketeers this month , Fran (DT) xx
ReplyDeleteLovely card and the beach looks gorgeous too.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing with us at CCM&M.
Jules DT
Such a pretty card. Love the image, the pearls... the diamond effects backgorund looks fabulous! Also like all the other die-cut pieces. Thank you for playing along with us at the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge.
ReplyDeleteLove the colour combination - and those pearls are just beautiful. Thanks for joining us at CCM&M this time. Cxxx
ReplyDeleteYou captured the feel of the beach in your lovely card and the picture you provided! Thank you for joining us at ABC CHALLENGE! Good luck and I hope we see more of your lovely work in our future challenges!
ReplyDeleteLove these colors and the gorgeous pearls...lovely design! So happy you could join us at the Dazzling Diva Design Challenge!
ReplyDeleteCONGRATS on your Add A Little Dazzle win!!
ReplyDeleteTHANKS for letting me know! How exciting!
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