I am so missing the warm sunny beaches of Kauai. My family and I spent a wonderful week in Princeville, Kauai soaking up the fresh sunshine, watching whales frolic in the Pacific Ocean, listening to the mesmerizing rhythm of the waves crashing on the beach and just spending time with each other. My youngest son lives in New York City, so this was a great way to spend some quality time together in a magical paradise. We ate some wonderful meals, drank some fun cocktails and slurped on some refreshing shaved ice. I was the only one that didn't have to go back to a 9-5 job last week, but I still struggled motivating myself after such a great vacation!
Waves of the Ocean is a perfect new suite collection to spend some time scrapbooking these wonderful memories. I had made a swap card for a recent team swap using this wonderful suite. I just love the wave stamp and dies - they look so much like the enormous waves on the North Shore of Kauai!
This was a fun card to create by exploring how to use the dies and the stamp set. I used the beautiful Blue Foils 12" x 12" Specialty Paper for the frame as well as one of the waves.
Instructions as follows:
- Cut Basic White Thick Cardstock at 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". Score in half at 4 1/4" and position card in landscape orientation.
- Cut Basic White Cardstock at 5 1/4" x 4". Place this piece of cardstock in landscape orientation. To get the entire large wave stamp onto the cardstock it needs to be in landscape orientation. Stamp the large wave from the Waves of Inspiration Cling Stamps. I used a sponge dauber to dab some Night of Navy and Pacific Ocean ink from the Classic Stampin' Pads onto the stamp image in various locations overlapping slightly the two colors. Get your inspiration from your favorite ocean picture.
- Using Balmy Blue Classic Stampin' Pad and a Blending Brush, add enough blue sky to the card front. Adhere to the card front using Stampin' Seal or Multipurpose Liquid Glue.
- Cut Coastal Cabana Blue Foils 12" x 12" Specialty Paper at 5 1/2" x 3". Cut Adhesive Sheet at 5 3/8" x 2 7/8" and adhere to the back of the foil paper. Die cut the bottom wave (less water droplets on the top edge of the wave) from the Waves Dies.
- Cut Pool Party Supple Shimmer 12" x 12" Specialty Paper at 5 3/4" x 3". Cut Adhesive Sheet at 5 5/8" x 2 7/8" and adhere to the back of the foil paper. Die cut the top wave (more droplets on the top edge of the wave) from the Wave Dies. Remove the adhesive backing from this wave and adhere this wave on top of the foiled wave. Remove the adhesive backing from the Coastal Cabana Blue Foiled wave unit and adhere to the top of the card front aligning the waves with the stamped image.
- Cut Night of Navy from the Blue Foils 12" x 12" Specialty Paper at 5 1/4" x 4". Die cut with the 2nd largest Stitched Rectangle die from the Stitched Rectangles Dies. Adhere the frame to the card front using Mini Stampin' Dimensionals
- Cut Basic White Cardstock at 2 1/4" x 3 1/4". Cut Adhesive Sheet at 2 1/8"" x 3 1/8". Die cut 3 seagulls (I'm going to call them Albatross as we had flocks of them circling our condo daily. We found out later from the Park Ranger at the Wild Bird Refuge that the second largest flock on the island after the refuge was near our condo!) Die cut the larger outline of clouds to place at the bottom of the cloud.
- Cut Basic White cardstock at 2 1/4" x 1". Cut the larger cloud. Adhere the cloud outline to the larger cloud by removing the adhesive sheet backing. Adhere the cloud to the card front with Stampin' Dimensionals.
- Cut Basic White cardstock at 3 1/4" x 1". Stamp the "Happy Birthday" greeting from the Waves of Inspiration Cling Stamps with Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad. Die cut with the longer narrower label die from the Waves Dies. Adhere to the card front with Stampin' Dimensional.
- Adhere the three Albatross (seagulls) by removing the adhesive sheet backing and place onto card front.
- Adhere 3 different colored Rhinestone Waves Basic Jewels above the outer sentiment.
The Waves of Inspiration Cling Stamps and the Waves Dies will be showcased in the upcoming 2022 - 2023 Annual Catalog. They are currently available in a bundle at a 10% discount.
The Waves of the Ocean 12" x 12" Designer Series Paper , the Blue Foils 12" x 12" Specialty Paper and the Rhinestone Waves Basic Jewels are only available while supplies last through May 2, 2022. Please order yours early so that you don't miss out on any of these beautiful products before they sell out!
Only 17 days left to snag your Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine at 20% off - only $48. What an amazing price for this small but mighty die cutting machine. And if that isn't sweet enough, select bundles are 20% off as well. Not sweet enough - well, three previously bundled products are now available in a bundle at 20% off: Art Gallery, Celebrate Sunflowers, and Garden Wishes! Click Here to see the list of compatible bundled products perfect to use with your new Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine.
I love my Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss machine. I keep on my working desk to cut my smaller die labels and images. The cutting base of the machine is approximately 3 1/2" wide. The machine comes with 1 Mini Base Plate, 2 Mini Cutting Plates, 1 Mini Embossing Place, and 1 Mini 3D Embossing Plate. This smaller version is made with the same sturdy materials as the larger Stampin' Cut and Embossing Machine. I splurged for my birthday and bought a second one for my desk and I'll retire the one on my desk to use for classes, retreats and get togethers!
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Growing through life can also mean growing pains. Whether they’re climbing their career ladder or moving out for the first time—change can be simultaneously thrilling and scary—but isn’t that what makes life beautiful? Because new beginnings, after all, are simply new adventures. Let your loved ones know you’ll be there to support them through all of life’s chapters!
The Change is Beautiful kit contains enough supplies to create 9 stunning cards with a unique folding technique to commemorate moments of change. The designs are inspired by the natural cycles of change found in nature.
This month's kit contains:
- Change is Beautiful Photopolymer Stamp Set
- Melon Mambo Classic Stampin’ Spot®
- Printed card bases
- Printed envelopes
- Printed, shaped die cuts
- Iridescent sea glass
- Dimensionals
- The list of coordinating Stampin’ Up! colors are as follows: Balmy Blue, Basic Black, Bermuda Bay, Crushed Curry, Evening Evergreen, Granny Apple Green, Melon Mambo
Place your order any time prior to April 10th! Perfect kit to bring to our April Monthly Kit Gathering on April 22! I am moving the event up by a week as I am going on my first Scrapbooking retreat since 2019.
Our Monthly Kit Gathering is coming up on Friday, 3/25/22. This gathering is always a great time to catch up with friends and spend some quality time crafting on a new kit of your choice. The Robot Buddies Kids Card Kit is one of the newest kits added to the Kit Collection. If you are interested in joining us, click here to register for the gathering by Wednesday, 3/23/22 so I have an idea of how many to plan for. Please order your kit by 3/15/22 in order to receive in time. Click Here to see the variety of kits available from the Kit Collection.
One last inspiration today for the Waves of the Ocean Suite Collection, a picture of the high surf on the North Shore of Kauai. Perfect match of the colors of the DSP and Specialty DSP in the Waves of the Oceans Suite collection!
Here is one of my favorite cards from when I played with the Waves of the Oceans Suite Collection:
I turn another year older today. I am so blessed for another year of good health and to having fun! Hubby took me to a rock concert last night at the Fillmore - still young at heart! We saw Chris Daughtry and his band Daughtry last night. Who is Chris Daughtry for those that don't know of him? He was the 4th runner up on American Idol in 2006. He was very good! Although, truly I had to wear ear plugs to get through the evening lol!
Enjoy your week and ...
Keep on Crafting!
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