Awash In Seaside Wishes

Everytime Stampin’ Up! offers any set with a coastal, ocean or seaside theme, I make sure I get it!  I had my eye on this set from the minute I saw it. So, I don’t know why it has taken me so long to take it out and do something with it! I have a swap I had to make cards for and this seemed the perfect set to use for this particular swap, which takes place in Florida! A seashell themed card is perfect for this group.

I have known since I got the set, I would do something with the County Woods pattern paper. The weathered wood patterns in this collection are perfect for coastal themes and this one in pool part could not be more perfect. I used Pool Party, Crumb Cake and Petal Pink as the soft coastal colors for this design.

You will also notice, I used the sand dollar die cut for the sentiment. It was a perfect fit with the design. I tried the sentiment with the embossed sand dollar, but it dimished the stamped sentiment, so I die cut it without. I added some texture to the starfish by Stampin a bit. A linen thread bow and few of the Glossy Dots in Pool Party finished off the card nicely.

You can see from the product list below, I used far fewer products in this card than usual. It’s because the Emboss and Cut folder with dies does most of the work of bringing this card to life. The only stamping required was the sentiment and a few bits of texture stamping.  The Cut & Emboss folders are wonderful for making a beautiful card. If you haven’t tried one, I highly recommend it!

Products Used For this Card

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