Tutorial: Birds by the Bay

Here’s a simple yet pretty card using a free stamp set (available now through March 31 with any $50 purchase of Stampin’Up products during the Sale-a-bration event).

All of the stamps used are from the By The Bay stamp set, and with a few other supplies you can create this pretty card.

Cut Cardstock:

• Card Base: Whisper White — 8 ½” x 5 ½”, score at 4 ¼”
  • 5″ x 3 7/8” (for inside)
• Second Layer: Crumb Cake —5 3/8” x 4 1/8” (cut one for card front only)
• Third Layer: Balmy Blue — 5 ¼” x 4” (cut two)
  • ¼” x 5” strip for inside
• Scraps of Whisper White for stamped pieces

Snail the Crumb Cake card stock onto the card front.

Emboss one of the Balmy Blue pieces with the Seaside embossing folder, making sure the lines on the folder run from side to side to resemble ripples in the water, then snail onto the Crumb Cake piece.

Using Stazon ink and stamps from the By The Bay stamp set, stamp the shore birds, seashell and ‘Thinking of You’ sentiment onto scrap pieces of Whisper White card stock.  Cut out the stamped pieces with the smallest and second largest ovals from the Stitched Shapes Framelits.

Color the stamped images using a Blender Pen with Balmy Blue, Soft Suede and Flirty Flamingo ink. I transfer the ink onto an acrylic block and pick up the color with a Blender Pen to color the images.

Use Dimensionals to attach the stamped pieces to the card front — refer to photo for placement.

For the inside, snail the narrow Balmy Blue strip near the bottom of the Whisper White card stock, then stamp and color the seashell image near the bottom left side. Add a sentiment of your choice or leave inside blank to write your own message. Snail this piece to the remaining Balmy Blue piece of card stock, then snail onto the inside of the card.

Stamp the outside of the envelope with the seashell stamp to complete this project.

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