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Coastal Cabana

Art With Heart, Beyond The Basics, Birthday Crafts, Technique & Tutorial Tuesday ·

Bring the Beach to Your Cards: Mastering the Blending Brush Technique with Coastal Cabana

Are you ready to dive into the world of papercrafting? Today, I want to share with you a step-by-step guide on how to create a stunning beach-themed birthday card using the vibrant Coastal Cabana color with blending brushes. Get your creative juices flowing and let’s embark on this exciting journey together!

Speaking of colour, in this colour hop you’ll find 10+ simple and creative card ideas using Coastal Cabana. Certainly everything you need to inspire your next crafting session!

1. Gathering Your Supplies

Before we begin, let’s make sure we have all the necessary supplies at hand. Here’s what you’ll need:

  • Coastal Cabana and Basic White cardstock
  • Beach Day Stamp Set
  • So Swirly embossing folder
  • Blending brushes
  • VersaMark ink pad
  • Embossing powder (white)
  • Heat tool
  • Summer Splash and Pretty In Pink ink pad
  • Memento Black ink pad
  • Adhesive
  • Paper snips

Once you’ve gathered all your supplies, find a quiet space where you can let your creativity soar!

2. Setting the Scene

To start off our beach-themed birthday card, create an A-Frame card base with Thick Basic White card stock. Then cut cut a piece of Coastal Cabana cardstock to the same size as the card base. Place inside the So Swirly embossing folder and run through your embossing machine. This will serve as the base for our masterpiece.

Next, take the Lifesaver Cabin image, ink it up with Versamark and stamp onto a square piece of Basic White card stock. Don’t forget to add a seagull image too! Sprinkle embossing powder over the stamped image, making sure to cover all the inked areas. Gently tap off any excess powder and use a heat tool to melt the embossing powder until it becomes shiny and raised.

3. Bring the Lifesaver Cabin To Life

This adorable stamp will bring a touch of whimsy to your design. To make it really pop, ink up your blending brush with Summer Splash and gently apply ink in circular motions from the bottom of the stamped cardstock. Then ink up another blending brush with Pretty In Pink and gently apply ink in circular motions from the top of the stamped cardstock.

As you watch the image appear before your eyes, imagine yourself strolling along the sandy beach, feeling the warm sun on your skin.

5. Finishing Touches

Mount the coloured image on a piece of Basic White card stock and adhere to the card front. Stamp your sentiment in Black Memento ink, cut with scissors and adhere with dimensionals to the card front.

6. Personalize Your Message

Now that our beach-themed birthday card is complete, it’s time to add a heartfelt message for the lucky recipient. Let your creativity flow as you pen down warm wishes and words of love. Remember, this card is not just a piece of paper; it’s a keepsake evoking beautiful seaside memories and emotions.

7. Share Your Creation

Once you’ve finished crafting your beach-themed birthday card, take a moment to appreciate your artistic prowess. Snap a photo and share it with your fellow paper crafters on social media. You never know who might be inspired by your creation!

So, grab your blending brushes, unleash your creativity, and let Coastal Cabana and these co-ordinating colours take you on a journey to the beach. With the Beach Day stamp set as your guide, create a one-of-a-kind birthday card that will leave the recipient in awe. Happy crafting! 💌

Remember to visit our website for more papercrafting tips, tutorials, and inspiration. Until next time, keep creating and spreading joy through the art of paper! 🌈✂️📝

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Let’s Get Crafty: Your Homework!

  1. Gather up your crafting supplies.
  2. Watch the YouTube tutorial.
  3. Follows the links to see more Coastal Cabana paper craft from the Art With Heart Team!

The very talented Rachel Palmieri has been busy making the next creative idea with Cajun Craze for the Blog Hop. Click on the link below to check it out!

If the next button link is not working or you’d like to see the entire list of participants go to Cathy Proctor’s blog.

Thank you for stopping by today. I am excited to create beautiful cards using quality Stampin’ Up! products and support you in your paper craft hobby.

Papery hugs,

Beyond The Basics, Card Sketch 3 Different Ways, Thank You Crafts ·

Cheerful Whale Of A Time Thank You Card Tutorial

Welcome! Imagine receiving this cheerful Whale Of A Time Thank You Card in the mail. You will receive one of these just for shopping with me. Are you one of them? Say hi in the comments [smile]

Whale of a time thank you card

Thank you for joining our us for our Stampin’ Up!® Demonstrator Monthly Team Blog Hop! We are so happy that you could join us today for this blog hop of ideas and creative inspiration. We are a group of Stampin’ Up!® Demonstrators from around the world that are taking part in training that is helping us to build a successful Stampin’ Up!® business and reach some goals we have set. We really appreciate your support.

You may be starting here or have come from another blog – either way you can find the link list at the bottom of this post so that you can see every blog post and idea today.

Nooooo! The Suite is retiring

Are you going to miss this suite? I sure am going to miss the Whale Of A Time patterned paper and those gorgeous sequins when they retire on May 3rd. What was your favourite product in the suite?

But if you check this post out I show you how to make your own beautiful underwater patterned paper, so all is not lost!

Yay! The stamp set and punch are staying put [smile]

This card is a springboard off this month’s exclusive subscriber card sketch and is perfect for the casual crafter or a beginner card maker looking to stretch their wings.

Thank You Card Recipe Preparation

  1. Start with a standard card base. I’ve gone with a side fold 10.5 cm x 14.8 cm thick Basic White card stock.
  2. Cut a 10 cm x 14.3 cm piece of Whale Of A Time patterned paper.
  3. Then cut a 10 cm x 14.3 cm piece of Bermuda Bay card stock, before cutting a curvy piece from the centre of it.
  4. Stamp the sentiment on the bottom left piece of the Bermuda Bay card stock.
  5. In Bermuda Bay ink stamp two turtles on Coastal Cabana card stock before using a small circle die to cut out the turtles.

Thank You Card Recipe Construction

  1. Apply multipurpose glue to the underside of the patterned paper. Centre it on your card base, keep the edges even and glue in place.
  2. Adhere Stampin’ Dimensionals to the underside of the Bermuda Bay pieces. Position the top right piece, matching the edges of the patterned paper. Repeat with the bottom left piece.
  3. Decide where your turtles will be positioned, then adhere a Stampin’ Dimensional to the underside where it will stick to the patterned paper.
  4. Apply multipurpose glue to the underside of each turtle where it sticks to the card stock.
  5. Adhere in place.
  6. Run a thin line of multipurpose glue along the curvy edge of the card stock.
  7. Sprinkle Whale Of A Time sequins along the thin line of glue.

You can grab the Whale of a Time patterned paper and sequins on sale right now!

Better still you can grab the whole suite on sale right now!

Product List
Whale Of A Time Suite Collection (English)
$114.00
Whale Done Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)
$30.00
Whale Of A Time Sequins
$11.25
Whale Of A Time 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper
$20.00

On Thursday I’m sharing with you a WOW card, which is another springboard idea from this month’s exclusive subscriber card sketch.

Thank you card with gorgeous turtles

Simply click Add All To Cart to purchase everything you need for this project!

Product List
Whale Of A Time Suite Collection (English)
$114.00
Whale Done Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)
$30.00
Whale Of A Time Sequins
$11.25
Whale Of A Time 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper
$20.00
Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad
$13.00
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad
$10.00
Card Stock A4 Bermuda Bay
$15.25
Card Stock A4 Coastal Cabana
$15.25
Layering Circles Dies
$58.00
Stampin' Dimensionals
$6.00
Multipurpose Liquid Glue
$7.00
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Thank you for stopping by today. I am excited to explore ways you can save time and organise your card making supplies so that busy card makers like you can make more cards, more often. That’s what it means to be ‘eager to stamp’!

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Thank you card highlighting stunning patterned paper
Thank you card for the casual stamper

Beyond The Basics, Fancy Fold Friday, Technique & Tutorial Tuesday, Thank You Crafts ·

Fun Fold Thank You – Playing with the Z Fold

Welcome! I’m showing you my Fun Fold Thank You card that I’ll be sending out to my Stampin’ Up!® customers that purchased from me this month.

Fun Fold Thank You card open

Thank you for joining our us for our Stampin’ Up!® Demonstrator Monthly Team Blog Hop! We are so happy that you could join us today for this blog hop of ideas and creative inspiration. We are a group of Stampin’ Up!® Demonstrators from around the world that are taking part in training that is helping us to build a successful Stampin’ Up!® business and reach some goals we have set. We really appreciate your support.

You may be starting here or have come from another blog – either way you can find the link list at the bottom of this post so that you can see every blog post and idea today.

Regular readers will know how much I LOVE this bundle! It never fails to be my go-to set when I need a card in a hurry. This Fun Fold Thank You card comes together very quickly but packs a whole bunch of WOW!

Fun Fold Thank You card closed

I went with a basic Z Fold on a base of Pool Party and placed a stamped mat of Whisper White on it. Then I wrapped a long piece of Pool Party sheer ribbon around the middle of the card and tied into into a bow to the right of the fold. When I was happy with the bow placement I adhered the ribbon on the folded card front.

After that I adhered the die cut sunflower over the top of the ribbon, leaving half the sunflower centre hanging of the edge. I kept the centre attached and adhered some sequins from the Woven Threads packet.

To complete the card I stamped the sentiment with Versamark onto black card stock. Sprinkled white embossing powder over it and heat embossed. Next I fussy cut the “bunch” saying from the main sentiment and set to the side while I fussy cut the rest of the sentiment. Finally I mounted the “THANKS A” with dimensionals onto the card front and adhered the “bunch” saying below (no dimensionals).

Fun Fold Thank You card

Fun Fold Thank You Baby Wipe Stamping Technique

Have you tried the Baby Wipe Technique? As a lover of colour, it’s one of my favourite techniques!

The colours I decided to go with were Pool Party, Bermuda Bay, Coastal Cabana and Granny Apple Green.

Using an empty stamp case I layered a clean baby wipe on the base. I then chose my reinker colours. I decided Coastal Cabana would be the sunflower centre and Pool party would dominate the top and bottom areas of the stamped image. Drops of Bermuda Bay and Granny Green Apple were given the left and right sides respectively. After watching the spread of colour I sprinkled some more drops of Pool Party to ‘fill-in’ some of the gaps.

I was sparing on the dominate Bermuda Bay and Granny Apple Green, but looking at my card I think a bit more Granny Apple Green could have worked.

Fun Fold Thank You card using baby wipe technique

When I was happy with the spread of the ink (i.e. no more gaps), I pressed the large sunflower image into the baby wipe. Just press. Don’t lift and repress like you would on an ink pad. After giving the stamp a good press down onto the baby wipe, lift and check that you are happy with the ink distribution.

On my first go I realised the ink area needed to be wider to fit the large stamp. So I added more drops of ink from the reinkers. I cleaned the stamp and pressed down into the baby wipe.

Lift. Check. Stamp. {smile}

Thank you for stopping by today. I am excited to explore ways you can save time and organise your card making supplies so that busy card makers like you can make more cards, more often. That’s what it means to be ‘eager to stamp’!

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