My sweet hubby celebrated his birthday at the end of July, and of course I sat down to stamp a card for him. I had this image of 2 adirondak chairs from the Stampin' Up! Seasonal Layer thinlit set in my mind… 2 chairs side by side at the beach… well, you see.. I was thinking, "what a great anniversary card"….. um HELLO>>> it's his birthday not our anniversary!! GEESH!! So… luckily before I finished the card I just grabbed the Happy Birthday stamp from the Window Shopping stamp set and made it a birthday card.. but seriously.. I don't know WHAT I was thinking!? LOL!
We had a great birthday weekend celebration complete with a trip to the Oakland A's game with fireworks, meals out and time spent with friends! We tried a new Italian place near us that was really good!
So anyway…. a few tips for you if you want to create this card!
- The texture image from the Stampin' Up! Touches of Texture stamp set is awesome for "sand". I stamped Crumb Cake ink onto a torn piece of Crumb Cake cardstock for the "sand"
- The Color Theory paper stack is great for creating a sunset sky and ocean water!! Sponge some Pumpkin Pie ink onto the (yellow) Crushed Curry ombre paper for the sunset looking sky.
- The Fine-Tip glue pen works great to make the sunshine and lemonade glasses "wet" and glossy
- Die cut the adirondak chairs out of the Wood Texture paper stack for realistic looking wood chairs.
- The palm leaves and grass are stamped using images from the Fabulous Flamingo stamp set.
Can you see that awesome "sand"? I love it! So glad I pulled out the Touches of Texture stamp and tried that!
I used the swirl stamp from the Swirly Bird stamp set for the sun. After stamping it in Tangerine Tango, I added glue from the Fine-Tip glue pen over the image and let it dry to make it glossy. I did the same thing for the 2 die cut lemonade cups – added Fine-Tip glue after stamping to make them glossy!
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Good morning Patty,
What a gorgeous card. Tell Eric I said happy birthday. Thanks for all your tips and tricks and thank you for sharing. Have a wonderful day
Cute birthday card, Patty. Want to let you know that I received my holiday catalog today. Lots of goodies!