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Send your Love in a DIY Card: Lighthouse and Clouds

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Chris

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Would you like to experiment with a design like this? You’ll find a supply list below, including a link to the stencil I used from A Colorful Life Designs.  Follow the link and use the discount code ChrisFan10 to save 10% on your entire order! (Master Creator Bundles are excluded as they already have a 20% discount built in.)

Let’s get Started:

Card Base: 5.5 x 8.5, scored and folded at 4.25

Black Border Layer: 5.5 x 4.25

Card Face:  5.25 x 4

Card Face:

  • I put the card face down in my stamp positioner and stamped the lighthouse, the ground around the base, the water, and the beam of light.
  • I used light gray ink and a blending brush to add the base colour for the sky, allowing variation in depth of tone.  I added the clouds with the Cloud Edger stencil, moving the stencil on the card face and rotating it to create different cloud shapes.
  • I added the same gray ink to all borders,  adding extra colour to the water to create the look of a stormy sea.
  • I put the card face back into the stamp positioner and added the sentiment using Versafine Onyx.
  • I used a ruler to measure ½” on each corner,  marking these with pencil.  Then I connected the marks with a red marker to create a frame.

Assembly

  • I glued the black border piece to the card base,  and centered the card face on top of these.

Final Thoughts:

This is one of my favourite stamp sets , and although it is (sadly) retired,  I still pull it out from time to time.

I am always impressed with the depth I get by using the Cloud Edger stencil.

Supplies: (and links where possible)

   I have listed the products I have used and where they can be purchased. It’s a huge marketplace, and in most instances, there are multiple sources and many alternatives to choose from.

Stencil: Cloud Edger,  A Colorful Life Designs

Stamps: High Tide , Stampin’ Up! (retired)

Ink: Stampin’ Up!

Blending Brushes: Stampin’ Up! 

Versafine Onyx, Simon Says Stamp

Adhesive: Tombow Aqua, Michaels

 Recollections 110 lb., Michaels

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